HALL OF FAME
Ralph Bridges
2013
Ralph married Margret Sanders in 1951 and raised five sons and one daughter; Steve, Terry, Iris, John
Mark, Walter and David. He has 22 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Bridges has been in the cattle business since 1940. He has been a member of the Georgia Cattlemen’s
Association since it was founded in 1961.
Bridges served the cattle industry and agriculture in many different capacities. Bridges served as a
director for the American Angus Association from 1989-1994; President of the Georgia Angus
Association from 1989-1990; GCA Purebred Breeder of the year in 1991; President of the Georgia
Cattleman’s Association in 1992; helped start what is known today as the Georgia Beef Challenge in
1992; Vice President of the American Angus Association in 1995; President of the American Angus
Association in 1996; American Angus Association Historic herd award in 1996; he was inducted into the
Wilkes County Cattleman’s Association Hall of Fame in 2006; and inducted into the Georgia Angus
Association Hall of Fame in 2012.
Throughout his life, Bridges loved his Lord Jesus, his family, his country and cattle; especially Angus
cattle.