James Henry Gardner (1920 - 2007)

Born 11 Oct 1920 in Greenwood, Leflore, Mississippi, United States

Died 30 Oct 2007 at age 87 in Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States

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Biography

James was a son of James Henry Gardner and Ethel Peterson. He married Alice Louise Hammond in 1948. James passed away in 2007.

The Greenwood Commonwealth

31 October 2007

John H. Gardner

Services for James Henry Gardner Jr., a Greenwood native, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home.

Mr. Gardner, 87, died of heart failure on Tuesday, Oct. 30 2007, at Ocala Regional Hospital in Ocala, Fla.

Mr. Gardner attended Greenwood Public Schools and graduated from Delta State University in 1947. He was a veteran, having served in World War II with the United States Army. He owned Mary Bell's Flower Shop for 25 years. He was a past president of the Greenwood Lions Club. Mr. Gardner was a charter member of North Greenwood Baptist Church, where he was ordained as a Deacon.

Mr. Gardner is survived by his wife Alice Hammond Gardner of Dunnellon, Fla.; his son James H. Gardner and wife Susan of Titusville, Fla.; and his brother William S. Gardner.

Visitation will be at noon Friday at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home.

Bob Hatzfeld will officiate at the services. Pallbearers will be George Flanagan, Tom Flanagan, Trey Evans, George Kuykendall, Daryl Holland, W.S. Gardner Jr., Robert Hammond and Richard Avant.

Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Mississippi; 31 October 2007

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1K-L6C : accessed 7 July 2023), James H Gardner Jr. in household of James H Gardner, Greenwood, Leflore, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 3B, line 75, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1156; FHL microfilm 2,340,891. enumerated 3 April 1930
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSC-QK9 : Fri Jun 09 20:57:33 UTC 2023), James Gardner in household of Jim and Ethel Gardner, enumerated 16 April 1940, Leflore County, Mississippi - Greenwood City.
• World War II Draft Registration of James Henry Gardner; Registration Date: 16 February 1942; Registration place: Greenwood, Mississippi. Serial #T124, Order #T10605; Student at Delta State Teachers College, Cleveland, Mississippi.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FM3-TXLH : Sun Jan 29 21:59:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Anne Mae Champion and James H Gardner, Jr, lodgers in the home of Anne Mae Champion, 15 April 1950, Bolivar County, Mississippi - Cleveland.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201713273/james-henry-gardner: accessed 07 July 2023), memorial page for James Henry Gardner Jr. (11 Oct 1920–30 Oct 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201713273, citing IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Charles Cobb (contributor 50057557).