Obituary of John Kendrick Bumgardner, St. Helena Parish, 
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by  Jerry Nelson, May, 1999

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Source:  The St. Helena Echo; Greensburg, LA; Wednesday, 
         March 7, 1979; p. 1


JOHN KENDRICK BUMGARDNER died Thursday, March 1, 1979, at his 
residence in Baton Rouge.  He was 63, a native of Jena.  He was a
veteran of World War II.  Religious services were held at
Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel Saturday, conducted
by the Rev. Stafford Rogers and the Rev. George Terrell.  Burial
in Greenoaks Memorial Park.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Gass Bumgardner, Baton Rouge;
two daughters, Miss Kathryn Lee Ann Smith and Miss Amy
Bumgardner, both of Baton Rouge; two sons, John Larry Bumgardner,
Baton Rouge, and James K. Bumgardner, New Orleans; four sisters,
Mrs. Wilhelmina Elkins, Robeline, Mrs. Beth Sistrunk and Mrs. Ada
Clarie Brown, both of Shreveport, and Mrs. Mary Bass, Slidell;
two brothers, Fred E. Bumgardner, Macon, Ga., and James E.
umgardner, Shreveport.

Preceded in death by a brother, Francis M. Bumgardner, and his
parents.  He was a member of Brookstown Baptist Church and the 
Capital Masonic Lodge.

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