Elsie Lenora Nelson

Female 1911 - 1997  (85 years)


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  • Name Elsie Lenora Nelson 
    Born 16 Dec 1911  Kingston, De Soto Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Jul 1997  Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Jul 1997  Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13281  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2024 

    Family Harry Marvin Bumgardner, Sr.,   b. 25 May 1909, Linton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1974, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1938  Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. H.M. Bumgardner, Jr.
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F5842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Dec 1911 - Kingston, De Soto Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Dec 1938 - Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jul 1997 - Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 28 Jul 1997 - Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Elsie Lenora Nelson Bumgardner
    Elsie Lenora Nelson Bumgardner
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    Elsie Lenora Nelson
    Elsie Lenora Nelson
    1930 Centenary College of Louisiana Yearbook Photo
    Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

    Documents
    Marriage Announcement of Harry Marvin Bumgardner, Sr. and Elsie Lenora Nelson
    Marriage Announcement of Harry Marvin Bumgardner, Sr. and Elsie Lenora Nelson
    Published in The Bossier City Planters Press on December 29, 1938
    Obituary of Elsie Lenora Nelson Bumgardner
    Obituary of Elsie Lenora Nelson Bumgardner
    Published in The Shreveport Times on July 26, 1997

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      Elsie Nelson Bumgardner

      BOSSIER CITY, LA Services for Elsie Nelson Bumgardner will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 28, 1997 at Rose-Neath's Bossier Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. Damon Vaughn, pastor of Airline Baptist Church. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

      Funeral home visitation will be Sunday, July 27, 1997 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

      Mrs. Bumgardner was born December 16, 1911 in Kingston, LA to R. Clyde Nelson, Sr. and Edna Durham Nelson. She was a life long resident of Bossier City. Mrs. Bumgardner died Friday, July 25, 1997 at Willis-Knighton Bossier. She attended Centenary College and Northwestern State University. She was a retired teacher from the Bossier Parish School System after 30 years of service, a member of the Bossier Parish School Retired Teachers Association and a member of the Bossier City Mother's Club. She was a lifetime resident of Bossier Parish and a member of Airline Baptist Church.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry M. Bumgardner, Sr. and brother, Clyde Nelson, Jr.

      Survivors include, one son, H. Marvin Bumgardner, Jr. and wife, June of Arlington, TX; one sister, Mildred Dumas and husband, W. B. of Bossier City, LA; two brothers, Josey Nelson and wife, Gene of Bossier City, LA, Milton Nelson and wife, Det of Haughton, LA; two grandsons, Barry Bumgardner and wife, Shona of Arlington, TX and Brent Bumgardner of Arlington, TX.

      Pallbearers will be Bryan Dumas, Robert Dumas, Ashford Nelson, Brad Nelson, George Dement, Sherwood Searcy, Billy Richardson and Dewitt Patten.

      Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. C. H. McCuller and Hal Boylston.

      Memorials may be made to Airline Baptist Church or charity of donor's choice.

      Rose-Neath Funeral Home
      Bossier Chapel, 746-2543

      (Published in The Shreveport Times on July 26, 1997)