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Ida, LA - Service celebrating the life of Mattie Lee Terry, 92, will be held at 2 pm Sunday June 7, 2009 at Ida Methodist Church. Officiating will be Reverend Kendall Doctor and Reverend Jerry Means. Internment will follow in Bethsaida Cemetery in Ida. The family will receive friends 6-8 pm Saturday June 6, 2009 at Gorsulowsky Funeral Home in Vivian, LA.

Mrs. Terry was born to Norman and Jennie Lee Martin in Ida, LA on December 24, 1916. She went to be with the Lord on June 3, 2009 in Magnolia, AR at the home of her son Larry Terry and his wife, who cared for her the last 6 months of her life.

Mrs. Terry was a life long resident of Ida and faithful member of Ida United Methodist Church. She worked her entire life as a homemaker and farmer, while raising five children. Mrs. Terry was never afraid of hard work and often worked harder than many men. She loved gardening, beautiful flowers and especially her roses and made some of the best biscuits known to man.

She was preceded by her parents, her husband J. F. "Shem" Terry and her son-in-law Phil Brackman.

Left to cherish her memory are her sons Paul Martin Terry and wife Nancy of Ida, LA and Larry Wayne Terry and wife Nancy of Magnolia, AR, daughters Betty Sue Lawton and husband Sheryl of Lafayette, LA, Ruth Ann Mixon and husband Mike of Farmerville, LA, and Virginia Brackman of Palestine, TX, 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild and numerous extended family members.

Pallbearers will be Fred Mixon, Stewart Mixon, Jeff Brackman, Herb Vickers, Thomas Shaw and LeRoy Farmer.

The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the Professional Home Health of Springhill, LA and Life Touch Hospice in Magnolia, AR, whose employees provided such wonderful care in the last months of Mrs. Terry's life.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on June 6, 2009)

Mattie married Jewell Franklin Terry 30 Sep 1933, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas, USA. Jewell was born 2 Aug 1918, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Aug 1973, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 21 Aug 1973, Bethsaida Cemetery - Ida, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. B.S. Terry
2. Paul Martin Terry was born 4 Jan 1938, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 24 May 2010, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 26 May 2010, Bethsaida Cemetery - Ida, Louisiana, USA.
3. R.A. Terry
4. L.W. Terry
5. V.K. Terry

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]