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Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home for Lena Bumgardner, 84, of 2913 Judson St.

Mrs. Bumgardner died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Schumpert Medical Center following a lengthy illness.

Services will be conducted by the Rev. O.H. Prothro, a retired Baptist minister. Burial will be in Lay Cemetery near Benton.

Mrs. Bumgardner was a native of Tullos but had lived in Shreveport most of her life. She was a member of the Queensborough Baptist Church, the Broadmoore Chapter Order of Eastern Star and the VFW Auxiliary.

She is survived by three sons, John K. Bumgardner, of Baton Rouge, Fred Bumgardner, of Macon, Ga., and James Bumgardner, of Shreveport; four daughter, Mrs. Tom Elkins, Baton Rouge, Mrs. Beth Sistrunk and Mrs. Vollie H. Brown, both of Shreveport, and Mrs. Louis Bass of Slidell; 20 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on February 4, 1978)

Lena married Jacob Alexander Bumgardner, Jr. 15 Aug 1914, Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA. Jacob (son of Jacob Alexander Bumgardner, Sr. and Alwilda Keturah Holley) was born 18 Nov 1887, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 5 Mar 1951, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 7 Mar 1951, Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. John Kendrick Bumgardner was born 25 Nov 1915, Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 1 Mar 1979, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 3 Mar 1979, Greenoaks Memorial Park - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
2. Alwilda Rosena Bumgardner was born 5 Mar 1918, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 3 Mar 1996, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 5 Mar 1996, Gilgal Cemetery - Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA.
3. Frederick Alexander Bumgardner was born 3 Jul 1920, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 3 Jun 2006, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA; was buried 6 Jun 2006, Macon Memorial Park - Macon, Georgia, USA.
4. Francis Marion Bumgardner was born 22 Aug 1922, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 4 Nov 1974, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 6 Nov 1974, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
5. James Earl Bumgardner was born 2 Oct 1924, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 2 May 1980, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 5 May 1980, Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA.
6. Lena Elizabeth Bumgardner was born 30 Mar 1927, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 13 Aug 1994, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA.
7. A.C. Bumgardner
8. Mary Lillian Bumgardner was born 4 Mar 1934, Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 7 Jun 2008, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA.