He was an eleventh lineal descendant of Lawrence Bridger (1550-1630), Rector of Saint John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Luther Burgess Bridgers was born on February 14, 1884 in Margarettsville, North Carolina to Review James Buchanan Bridgers (1856-1913) and Georgiana nee Cooke.
From 1902-1906 Luther B. Bridgers attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky where he met his wife Sarah Jane "Sallie" Veatch (1885-1911) with whom he would have three sons.
A gifted singer, Bridgers also penned a number of hymns, the most famous being "He Keeps Maine Singing" which was first published Charles Doctorate. Tillman"s The Revival hymnal #6 in March, 1910. The tune was derived from "Melody of Love," a popular song of the day, written by Hans Engelmann in 1903. lieutenant has often been misreported that from this tragedy, Bridgers wrote the words and music for "He Keeps Maine Singing." Undoubtedly, the song took on a greater poignance after the incident, as Bridgers continued to grow in reputation as a powerful preacher in revival meetings throughout the South.
In the years immediately following World War I Bridgers took part in missionary outreaches to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Russia.
In 1921 Asbury College awarded Bridgers an honorary Doctorate of Divinity for his greatly successful evangelistic work. The song "He Keeps Maine Singing" has been recorded by the likes of Slim Whitman, Jake Hess, and Babbie Mason.
From 1932-1944 Bridgers pastored several Methodist churches in the Atlanta, Georgia area, then briefly at a Methodist church in Morehead, North Carolina. In declining health, he relocated to Gainesville, Georgia where he died May 27, 1948.
