Obituaries:  Willie Oscar Bardwell, Sabine Parish       B-634
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 24, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Willie Oscar Bardwell (Photo)

  Services for Mr. Willie Oscar Bardwell, 68, of Shreveport, were
held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 19, at Wellman Chapel. Officiating
was Rev. Jimmie E. Hefner, pastor of Ford Park Baptist Church.
Burial was at Forest Park West

  Mr. Bardwell was a native of Pleasant Hill, La., and a resident
of Shreveport since 1935. He was retired from Libby Owen Ford,
owner of Bardwell Marina, and was in the Nursery business for the
past four years. He was a member of the Congregational Methodist
Church of Pleasant Hill, La., the American Legion, Moose Lodge,
president of the Friendship Academy Athletic Association,
Shreveport Boots and Saddle Club, Greenwood, and Southside Riding
Club, and Veteran of WWII. Mr. Bardwell died Wednesday, July 16,
1986, at Schumpert Medical Center, following a lengthy illness.

  Survivors include his wife, Margaret Wooley Bardwell; one
daughter and son-in-law, Judy Lenn and Cecil E. Gates; and one
grandson, William "Bubba" Gates, all of Shreveport; two brothers
and sisters-in-law, Herman and Anna Bardwell of Shreveport, and
Nuel J. and Eddie Bardwell of New York State; one sister and
brother-in-law, Juanita Bardwell and William Cullen Coleman of
Benton; and several nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Herb Matteson, Connie Robertson, Ron O'Quinn,
James Perser, A. J. Bennett, and Harold Leyda.

  Honorary pallbearers were Gary Mobley, Mark Mobley, Dale
Coleman, Bill Wooley, and Randy Wooley.