Bridges, who owned and operated Endurance Seafood Co. off Colington Road since 1976, was the second person confirmed to have died from Vibrio in Dare County since July.
Bob Dillard’s mind is imprinted with memories of summer days dropping fish-head-baited lines to catch what would usually yield a basketful of blue crabs in Topsail Sound.
Known as the “Crabfather of Colington,” Murray Bridges died Aug. 22 after contracting a bacterial infection from open wound exposure to sound water two days before, according to his daughter.
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