Joseph Homer Gardner

Male 1911 - 1996  (84 years)


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  • Name Joseph Homer Gardner 
    Born 31 Oct 1911  Bolinger, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Mar 1996  Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Mar 1996  Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12843  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2023 

    Family Mable Christine Martin,   b. 4 Jan 1915, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 2007, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married Mar 1935  Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Homer Reynolds Gardner,   b. 7 Mar 1937, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 2013, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +2. William Ronald Gardner, DVM,   b. 23 Mar 1942, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 2001, Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +3. J.R. Gardner
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F5644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Oct 1911 - Bolinger, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Mar 1935 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Mar 1996 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 20 Mar 1996 - Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Marriage License Announcement of Joseph Homer Gardner and Mable Christine Martin
    Marriage License Announcement of Joseph Homer Gardner and Mable Christine Martin
    Published in The Caddo Gazette on March 12, 1935
    U.S. World War II Draft Card - Joseph Homer Gardner
    U.S. World War II Draft Card - Joseph Homer Gardner
    Name: Joseph Homer Gardner
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age: 29
    Birth Date: 31 Oct 1911
    Birth Place: Bolinger, Louisiana
    Residence Place: Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
    Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
    Registration Place: Lucas, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
    Employer: Joseph Homer Gardner
    Height: 5' 6"
    Weight: 140 lbs.
    Complexion: Ruddy
    Hair Color: Brown
    Eye Color: Gray
    Next of Kin: Mrs. Mabel Cristine Gardner
    Obituary of Joseph Homer Gardner
    Obituary of Joseph Homer Gardner
    Published in The Shreveport Times on March 20, 1996

    Headstones
    Headstone of Joseph Homer Gardner and Mable Christine Martin Gardner
    Headstone of Joseph Homer Gardner and Mable Christine Martin Gardner
    Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
    Footstone of Joseph Homer Gardner
    Footstone of Joseph Homer Gardner
    Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      SHREVEPORT, LA - Mr. Joseph Homer Gardner, 84, died at Schumpert Medical Center on Monday, March 18, 1996.

      Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at Osborn Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. Floyd Davis assisted by Rev. Douglas Burton of Woodridge Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery.

      Mr. Gardner was a native of Bollinger, LA and was raised in Ida, LA. He was a retired farmer and resident of South Caddo Parish for 61 years.

      He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mable Martin Gardner; three sons, Dr. Homer R. Gardner and wife Sandra of Vicksburg, MS, Dr. William R. Gardner and wife Carol of Wiggins, MS, and John R. Gardner, J.D. and wife Mary of Shreveport; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

      Pallbearers will be the Deacons of Woodridge Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be the Anglers Sunday School Class.

      The family wishes to thank the physicians that attended Mr. Gardner in his last days and the medical staff at Schumpert Hospital.

      The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memoirals be made to the Woodridge Baptist Church Building Fund, 3845 St. Vincent, Shreveport, LA 71108.

      (Published in The Shreveport Times on March 20, 1996)