Lena Pearl Brodnax

b. 29 March 1890, d. 5 December 1942
  • Lena Pearl Brodnax was born on 29 March 1890 in Honest Ridge, Limestone County, Texas.
  • Thomas Whitaker Brodnax Jr. and Missouri Lucinda Perkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Limestone County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lena Pearl Brodnax, Bruce Bloom Brodnax, Albert Whitaker Brodnax, Cox William Brodnax, Mary Olive Brodnax and Rosa Ida Brodnax.
  • She married William Jerry Ward circa 1909.
  • William Jerry Ward and Lena Pearl Brodnax appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Limestone County, Texas, at Mexia & Teague Concrete Road. Other members of the household included Thomas Whitaker Brodnax Jr.
  • The following appeared on 30 August 1935 in The Dallas Morning News: (Mexia, Aug. 29) P. [sic] Whit Brodnax, 83, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jerry Ward, on a farm near Mexia. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis more than a year ago, and had been in ill health since. Born April [sic] 30, 1852, Mr. Brodnax lived in the vicinity sixty-two years. Surviving are four daughters and three sons. Mrs. M. E. Tucker of Mercedes, Mrs. Earl Sharpe of Watt, Mrs. Jerry Ward of Mexia, Mrs. T. Roy Leavell of Dallas, Bruce Brodnax of Palestine, White [sic] Brodnax Jr. of Mexia and Cox Brodnax of Mexia. Twenty-eight grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren also survive.
  • Lena Pearl Brodnax died on 5 December 1942 at age 52 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
  • Her husband William Jerry Ward became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 14 Feb 2016

Family: William Jerry Ward b. 12 August 1889, d. 31 August 1966