B.A. married E. Sanford [Group Sheet]

1. E.D. Sanford
2. R.D. Sanford
3. K.E. Sanford

B.A. married R.E. McLaren, Jr. [Group Sheet]

Lloyd married Ida Mae Sparks 14 May 1935, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Ida (daughter of Thomas Jackson Sparks and Lillie Mae Bumgardner) was born 27 Aug 1915, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 8 Dec 1994, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried , Roselawn Memorial Gardens - Calhoun, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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VIVIAN - Funeral services will be held today at 3 p.m. in the Ida Baptist Church for Thomas J. Sparks, 73, who died Monday in a Shreveport hospital after a lengthy illness.

The Rev. Waymon Swain will officiate and burial will be in Bethsadia Cemetery under the direction of Hanner Funeral Home.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. B. W. Haywood of Shreveport, and Mrs. L. W. Coon of Calhoun; seven grandchildren; a brother, J. C. Sparks of New Orleans; a sister, Mrs. A. N. Atkins of Shreveport.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on December 3 & 4, 1963)

Thomas married Lillie Mae Bumgardner 6 Aug 1913, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lillie (daughter of Walker Reynolds Bumgardner and Julia T. M. Lockey) was born Apr 1892, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 12 Sep 1955, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 14 Sep 1955, Bethsaida Cemetery - Ida, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Final Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Lillie Sparks

VIVIAN - Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Sparks, 62, of Ida, who died at her home there Monday following a heart attack, were to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ida Methodist Church.

Officiating at the rites will be the Rev. J. B. Dwiggins. Interment will be in the Bethsaida Cemetery at Vivian under the direction of the Hanner Funeral Home.

Mrs. Sparks had been a resident of Ida for 50 years. She was a former resident of Benton.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas J. Sparks, Ida; two daughters, Mrs. L. W. Coon of Calhoun and Mrs. B. W. Haywood of Jackson, Miss., and seven grandchildren.

(Published in The Shreveport Journal on September 14, 1955)

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W. R. BUMGARDNER, BANKER OF IDA, LA., DIES ON SATURDAY

Funeral services for W. R. Bumgardner, prominent banker and planter of Ida, who died at his home in Ida Saturday morning, will be held there at 3 p. m. Sunday.

Mr. Bumgardner was a member of Ida Lodge No. 324, F. & A. M., Ida Baptist church and president of the Ida State bank. He had lived in Caddo parish many years. He was born in Talladega, Ala., April 2, 1859, and came to Louisiana when a young man.

He was married to Miss Mattie Fox, October 30, 1895, and is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Martin and Mrs. Thomas Sparks, of Ida, and seven grandchildren.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on October 25, 1931)



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W. R. Bumgardner Passes Away.

People throughout Bossier and Caddo parishes will regret very much to learn of the death of Mr. W. R. Bumgardner, of Ida, who passed away last Saturday, October 24th. He was born in Talladega, Ala., and lived most of his life in Bossier and Caddo parishes. he was well known throughout this section, being a leading planter and banker of North Caddo. He was a charter member of the Ida Masonic Lodge, an Eastern Star member and a Baptist. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mesdames Norman Martin and Tom Sparks, seven grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces.

(Published in The Bossier Banner-Progress on October 29, 1931)

Walker married Julia T. M. Lockey 3 Mar 1881, Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Julia was born 30 Nov 1859, Pike County, Alabama, USA; died 10 Jan 1895, Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]