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SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Terry Delane Sistrunk, 54, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday March 1, 2011 at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Terry was born on April 18, 1956 in Shreveport and passed away suddenly on February 24, 2011.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Wilmer and Elizabeth Bumgardner Sistrunk. Terry was survived by his brother, Virgil Wayne Sistrunk and wife Joan, and other relatives.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Southside Chapel 687-1256

(Published in The Shreveport Times on February 28, 2011)

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SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Wilmer V. Sistrunk, 87, will be held at 11:30 am, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. Officiating will be Reverend Todd Mallory. Interment will follow in Forest Park West Cemetery.

The family to receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Tuesday, June 9.

Mr. Sistrunk was born on October 11, 1921 in Mitchell, LA to George Wiley and Ruth Sistrunk. He passed away on June 5, 2009 in Shreveport, LA. Wilmer was a veteran of WWII as seamen 2nd Class in the US Coast Guard and a longtime shop foreman of Caddo Radiator of Shreveport.

He was preceded in death by his former wife, Elizabeth Bumgardner Sistrunk; his parents; six brothers and three sisters. Mr. Sistrunk is survived by his wife of 45 years, Betty Bridges Sistrunk; his sons, Virgil Wayne Sistrunk and his wife, Joan and Terry DeLane Sistrunk: stepchildren, Robert Mathis and wife, Cindy, Ronney Mathis, David Mathis and wife, Cindy and Dianne Mathis; numerous step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express a special thanks to the Doctors and Staff of LifeCare Hospital Main, for their excellent care, compassion and their professionalism.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home Southside Chapel
687-1256

(Published in The Shreveport Times on June 9, 2009)

Wilmer married Lena Elizabeth Bumgardner 7 Aug 1943, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lena (daughter of Jacob Alexander Bumgardner, Jr. and Lena Tabitha Kendrick) was born 30 Mar 1927, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 13 Aug 1994, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Bumgardner Burial Rites Slated Today

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Rose-Neath chapel for Jacob Alex Bumgardner, 63, of 719 Travis street, who died at 11:30 p.m. Monday at a local hospital after a long illness.

The Rev. H.G. Buchanan, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, will officiate. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at the Red River cemetery at Linton.

Bumgardner, a retired shipping clerk, had been a resident of Shreveport for the past 35 years. He was born at Linton in Bossier parish. He was associated with the Hemenway-Johnson Furniture company and later with the Roby Furniture company. He retired three years ago due to ill health.

Bumgardner is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lena Kendrick Bumgardner; four sons, J.K. of Baton Rouge; F.A., F.M. and J.E., all of Shreveport; four daughters, Mrs. T.T. Elkins, Natchitoches; Mrs. W.V. Sistrunk and Mrs. V.H. Brown, both of Shreveport; and Mrs. Louis Bass of Long Beach, Calif.; one brother, John W. Bumgardner, Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. J.G. Warfield, Houston, Texas; and 11 grandchildren.

Active pallbearers will be R.L. Hudson, W.R. Birdwell, Harry Bumgardner, W.F. Dalrymple, Jr., Arthur Ray Teague, and Milton Davis.

Honorary pallbearers will be H.D. Tucker, Dr. John W. Cobb and employees of the Roby Furniture company.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 7, 1951)

Jacob married Lena Tabitha Kendrick 15 Aug 1914, Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lena was born 10 Jan 1894, Tullos, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 2 Feb 1978, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 4 Feb 1978, Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home for Lena Bumgardner, 84, of 2913 Judson St.

Mrs. Bumgardner died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Schumpert Medical Center following a lengthy illness.

Services will be conducted by the Rev. O.H. Prothro, a retired Baptist minister. Burial will be in Lay Cemetery near Benton.

Mrs. Bumgardner was a native of Tullos but had lived in Shreveport most of her life. She was a member of the Queensborough Baptist Church, the Broadmoore Chapter Order of Eastern Star and the VFW Auxiliary.

She is survived by three sons, John K. Bumgardner, of Baton Rouge, Fred Bumgardner, of Macon, Ga., and James Bumgardner, of Shreveport; four daughter, Mrs. Tom Elkins, Baton Rouge, Mrs. Beth Sistrunk and Mrs. Vollie H. Brown, both of Shreveport, and Mrs. Louis Bass of Slidell; 20 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on February 4, 1978)

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J.A. Bumgardner, 77 years old, and for 60 years a resident of Bossier parish where he emigrated from Talladega, Ala., in 1865, died Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, J.A. Bumgardner, Jr., 2124 Seymour street. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from the home of his son-in-law, Lonnie Houston, 3149 Samford avenue, where services conducted by Dr. M.E. Dodd and the Rev. Winston Borum, pastor and assistant pastor of the First Baptist church, of which he was a member. The body will be sent to Linton for burial. He was married June 10, 1880 to Miss Alwilda Ketura Holly and to them eight children were born, three of whom survive him, Mrs. J.G. Warfield of Houston, and J.A. and John Bumgardner of Shreveport. Two brothers, L.R. and W.R. Bumgardner, both of Linton, also survive him. He was a veteran of the Confederacy and a member of Gen. LeRoy Stafford Camp, U.C.V., Shreveport.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 17, 1925)

Jacob married Alwilda Keturah Holley 7 Jun 1880, Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Alwilda (daughter of Nathan Holley and Martha E.) was born 23 Jul 1859, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Oct 1908, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 18 Oct 1908, Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Kittie (Holly) Bumgardner, wife of Mr. J.A. Bumgardner, died at her home late last Saturday afternoon, and was laid to rest in Red River Cemetery, Sunday. She was forty-nine years of age, and leaves a husband and four children - Mrs. L. Houston of Catahoula parish, Aleck, Kittie and John. For a short time Mrs. Bumgardner lived in Benton where she made many friends. She had a gently and kindly disposition, and was a good Christian. Aside from the members of the bereaved family and other relatives, there are many friends in our parish who will deeply mourn her death.

(Published in The Bossier Banner on October 22, 1908)