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SHREVEPORT, LA - Mrs. Mable Martin Gardner, 92, passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2007 at Osborn Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at the Chapel at Osborn Funeral Home. Officiating will be Dr. T. Floyd Davis of Woodridge Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Gardner was a native of Ida, LA and a resident of Shreveport, LA for 71 years. She was a member of Woodridge Baptist Church.

Mrs. Gardner was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Joseph Homer Gardner; son, William Ronald Gardner; and brothers, William Scott Martin, Edmund R. Martin and Robert Newton Martin.

She is survived by two sons, Homer R. Gardner and wife, Sandra, of Vicksburg, MS and John R. Gardner and wife, Mary of Shreveport, LA; daughter-in-law, Lynne Gardner of Purvis, MS; six grandchildren, Christopher Gardner and wife, Cheryl of Cumming, GA, Melissa Barker and husband, Bruce of Jackson, MS, Nathan Gardner and wife, Roxanne of Woodville, MS, Walker Gardner and wife, LaQuita of Laurel, MS, Amy Gardner and Rob Gardner, both of Shreveport, LA; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Mattie Terry of Ida, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Steve Gordon, Alton Johnson, John Kish, Randy Loe, Chuck McInturf and Perry Woods.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Woodridge Baptist Church Building Fund, 850 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Shreveport, LA 71106.

The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the sitters of Home Instead Senior Care, the nurses and staff of the Guest Care at Spring Lake and of Agape Hospice Care, and Dr. Clarence Teagle. OSBORNFUNERALHOME.NET

(Published in The Shreveport Times on April 23, 2007)

Mable married Joseph Homer Gardner Mar 1935, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Joseph was born 31 Oct 1911, Bolinger, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 18 Mar 1996, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Mar 1996, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Homer Reynolds Gardner was born 7 Mar 1937, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Jul 2013, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA; was buried 23 Jul 2013, Green Acres Memorial Park - Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
2. William Ronald Gardner, DVM was born 23 Mar 1942, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Aug 2001, Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia, USA; was buried 4 Sep 2001, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
3. J.R. Gardner

Norman — Jennie Lee Bumgardner. Jennie (daughter of Walker Reynolds Bumgardner and Martha Jane Fox) was born 26 Jul 1896, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 1 Apr 1952, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 3 Apr 1952, Bethsaida Cemetery - Ida, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Jennie L. Martin Dies Tuesday at Ida

Mrs. Jennie Lee Martin, 54, lifelong resident of Ida, died at her residence at 9 p.m. Tuesday of a heart attack.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Lee Terry of Ida, and Mrs. Mable Gardner of Shreveport; two sons, Newton Martin of St. Martinsville, and M/Sgt. Scott Martin in the Air Force in Selma, Ala.; also seven grandsons and two granddaughters; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Mae Sparks of Ida.

Funeral arrangements in charge of Hanna Funeral Home of Vivian are incomplete. The body will be at the family residence in Ida.

(Published in The Shreveport Journal on April 2, 1952)



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Funeral service for Mrs. Jennie B. Martin, 55, will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the First Baptist church in Ida. The Rev. Fant, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Bethsaida cemetery, Ida.

Mrs. Martin, a life-long resident of Ida, died at her residence at 9 p.m. Tuesday of a heart attack.

Survivers include two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Terry, of Ida, and Mrs. J. H. Gardener, of Shreveport; two sons, Robert N. Martin, of St. Martinsville, and M/Sgt. Scott Martin, of Selma, Ala.; seven grandsons and two granddaughters, and one sister, Mrs. Lillie Mae Sparks, of Ida.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on April 3, 1952)

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W. R. BUMGARDNER, BANKER OF IDA, LA., DIES ON SATURDAY

Funeral services for W. R. Bumgardner, prominent banker and planter of Ida, who died at his home in Ida Saturday morning, will be held there at 3 p. m. Sunday.

Mr. Bumgardner was a member of Ida Lodge No. 324, F. & A. M., Ida Baptist church and president of the Ida State bank. He had lived in Caddo parish many years. He was born in Talladega, Ala., April 2, 1859, and came to Louisiana when a young man.

He was married to Miss Mattie Fox, October 30, 1895, and is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Martin and Mrs. Thomas Sparks, of Ida, and seven grandchildren.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on October 25, 1931)



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W. R. Bumgardner Passes Away.

People throughout Bossier and Caddo parishes will regret very much to learn of the death of Mr. W. R. Bumgardner, of Ida, who passed away last Saturday, October 24th. He was born in Talladega, Ala., and lived most of his life in Bossier and Caddo parishes. he was well known throughout this section, being a leading planter and banker of North Caddo. He was a charter member of the Ida Masonic Lodge, an Eastern Star member and a Baptist. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mesdames Norman Martin and Tom Sparks, seven grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces.

(Published in The Bossier Banner-Progress on October 29, 1931)

Walker married Martha Jane Fox 13 Oct 1895, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Martha was born 17 Dec 1858, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 4 Nov 1932, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 6 Nov 1932, Bethsaida Cemetery - Ida, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Ida, Nov. 5 (Special.) - Funeral services for Mrs. W. R. Bumgardner, 74, who died Friday night after a brief illness, were conducted today by the Rev. J. P. Olive at the Ida Baptist church. Burial was in Bethsada cemetery. Surviving are one brother, R. A. Fox of Ida, and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Martin and Mrs. Tom Sparks, both of Ida.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on November 6, 1932)



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Aged Ida Resident Dies

The remains of Mrs. W. R. Bumgardner, aged seventy-four years, who died last Friday night after a brief illness, were laid at rest Sunday in Bethsaida Cemetery, near Ida, following services from the Ida Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. J. P. Olive.

Mrs. Bumgardner, who was a lifelong member of the church, was well known throughout the Ida section and here in Bossier Parish, where she resided for many years, and will be greatly missed by the host of friends she formed during her long and useful life.

She is survived by one brother, Mr. R. A. Fox, of Ida, and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Martin and Mrs. Tom Sparks, both of Ida.

(Published in The Bossier Banner-Progress on November 10, 1932)

Jacob married Martha Jane Thompson abt. 1845, Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, USA. Martha (daughter of James Thompson and Mary Sabra Rowland) was born 6 Jun 1825, Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, USA; died 10 Feb 1877, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Bumgardner Cemetery - Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]