Obituaries: Odus Merwin Wardlow, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 30, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Merwin Wardlow, Montgomery Bank President, Dies

Odus Merwin Wardlow, 37, member of the Montgomery City Council and president
of the Bank of Montgomery, died suddenly of a heart attack as he entered the
bank on August 24, at 8:30 a.m.

Wardlow was a veteran of World War II.  He lost a leg on the beaches of Anzio,
Italy, where he landed as a paratrooper.

Survivors include his wife, the former Dorothy Sowers of Winnfield and two
children, John Merwin, 10, and Kay Louise, 5; his mother, Mrs. O. F. Wardlow,
all of Montgomery; one sister, Mrs. F. N. Brian of Alexandria; and one
brother, Kent Wardlow of Montgomery.

Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church at 4 p.m.
Saturday, with burial in Montgomery Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Iley Brian, Donald Harrison, Thomas Harrison, G. R. Cilcrest,
Bill McCain, and Will Fletcher.