J. D. "Jake" Warden

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J.D. "Jake" Warden, 78, of Kirbyville, died in his home Tuesday evening. He was born in Fairdale, Texas, to Jesse D. and Katie McGee Warden. J.D. graduated from Hemphill High School in 1954, then served in the U.S. Army in Korea after the Korean War. J.D. or "Jake" as he was known by his co-workers retired as supervisor for United States Steel and was a member of Boiler Makers Union Local 587. He belonged to and was a deacon of the Beechgrove Missionary Baptist Church. He moved to Kirbyville seventeen years ago coming from Orange, Texas.

J.D. is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Leona Warden of Kirbyville, his daughter Leisa Lewis and her husband Wesley of Orange, his brother Donald Warden and his wife Cookie of Kirbyville, his sisters; Kathryn McDaniel Smith and her husband Gale of Mauriceville, Dwanda White McCroskey and her husband Glenn of Hemphill, and his grandson Jarred Lewis. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters; Helen McGraw, Hazel Seago, Jessie Low, Tressie Loudon and his brother Norris Warden.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, August 28, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, August 29, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Mt. Sinai Cemetery in the Fairmount community near Hemphill.

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 3, 2014, Page 12

Family/Spouse: Madie Leona Ladner. Madie (daughter of Elzie Nathaniel Ladner and Madie Clara Love) was born on 19 Jan 1941 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Nov 2020 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 27 Nov 2020 in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]