Lena married Melvin Christian Menning 9 Apr 1947, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. Melvin was born 28 Mar 1916, Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, USA; died 10 Oct 2001, Kingwood, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried , Antioch Cemetery - Buna, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Lena married John Lytton Peebles 2 Aug 1951, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA. John was born 24 Sep 1902, Douglassville, Cass County, Texas, USA; died 16 Aug 1971, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 18 Aug 1971, Memorial Oaks Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. J.L. Peebles
2. Margaret Dawn Peebles was born 19 Mar 1959, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died 20 Mar 1959, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 21 Mar 1959, Forest Park Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA.

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WARFIELD - John Griffith Warfield, 70, of 1314 Tulane, died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. He was a native of Memphis, Tenn., and had lived in Houston for the past 18 years. He was one of the organizers of the Rosewood Park Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Warfield; three daughters, Mrs. B.C. Edwards, Misses Sybil and Lena Mae Warfield all of Houston; two sons, George Warfield of Houston and Ven Warfield of Waco; brother, H.B. Warfield of Houston. Services held at 3 p.m. Tuesday from the Folge-West Chapel with Rev. J.W.E. Airey, pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial in Rosewood Park Cemetery. Active pallbearers: B.C. Edwards, who is a son-in-law, Kenneth, Edward and Horace Warfield, L.C. Ebling, who are nephews, and Grover Baggett. The family requests friends to please omit flowers. Fogle-West Company directing.

(Published in The Houston Chronicle on July 23, 1940)

John married Lamantha Ruth Bumgardner Sep 1919, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. Lamantha (daughter of Jacob Alexander Bumgardner, Sr. and Alwilda Keturah Holley) was born 20 Jul 1892, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 3 Nov 1982, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 5 Nov 1982, Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery - Humble, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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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)

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]

Nathan married Martha E. abt. 1846. Martha was born abt. 1830, Georgia, USA; died bef. 1867, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]