Tensas Parish Louisiana Obituaries James W. Eads, Sr. Extracted from the Tensas Gazette, January 16, 2002 Submitted by Edith Ziegler, FEB 2002 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** James W. Eads Funeral services for James W. Eads, Sr., 87, were held January 8,2002, at the Newellton Union Church. Interment followed at the Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton. Mr. Eads was born April 7, 1914 in Indianola, Mississippi. He was the son on Andrew Jackson Eads and Lenora Pyron Eads. He died at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe on January 5, 2002. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother John A. Eads; a half sister Mary Marie Eads and his stepmother, Nellie Johnson Eads. He is survived by his wife Alice Welch Eads; two sons, James Walter Eads, Jr. of Monroe and Roger Dale Eads of Denham Springs; four grandchildren, 6 step grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, seven step great great grandchildren; two sisters Vera Eads Yearwood of Jackson, Mississippi and Ethel Eads Stafford of Jefferson, Texas; a brother Wilson Eads Pendey of Visalia, California and numerous nieces and nephews.