Obituaries:  J. E. Bumgardner, Sabine Parish       B-526
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 8, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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J. E. Bumgardner

  Funeral services for James E. Bumgardner, 55, of Shreveport,
were held at 9:30 a.m., Monday, May 5, at the Rose-Neath Funeral
Home, Marshall Street Chapel, with the Rev. Kemuel Corkern,
pastor of Red River Baptist Church, officiating.

  Masonic graveside rites were held at Red River Cemetery near
Benton.

  Mr. Bumgardner died Friday morning, May 2, at his home,
following a lengthy illness.

  A resident of Shreveport most of his life, he was a body and
fender mechanic, and was a member of the Queensborough Baptist
Church, and a mason.

  He is survived by his wife, Alice Bumgardner of Shreveport; two
daughters, Joy Welland, and Janet Gates, both of Shreveport, and
a stepdaughter, Anita Fincher of Memphis, Tenn.; four sisters,
Mrs. Tom Elkins of Natchitoches, Mary Bass of Slidell, and Beth
Sistrunk, and Ada Brown, both of Shreveport; and six
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Robert Edwards, Herschell Garderson, Glen Bass,
Tom Elkins, Dickie Wallace, and Frank Johnson.