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Funeral for B. C. Edwards, 64, of Houston will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Gibson Funeral Home in Lufkin. Burial will be in Gann Cemetery.

He died Wednesday in a Trinity hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nettie Edwards of Houston; three sons, Dr. Billy C. Edwards, John Robert Edwards, and Jim Griffiths, all of Houston; a sister, Mrs. B. C. Gann of Trinity; a brother, R. L. Edwards of Austin; and two grandchildren.

(Published in The Austin American-Statesman on December 18, 1969)

B. married Nettie Myrtle Warfield 26 Mar 1938, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. Nettie (daughter of John Griffith Warfield and Lamantha Ruth Bumgardner) was born 21 Dec 1919, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; died 27 Jun 1996, Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA; was buried , Memorial Oaks Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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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)