Irma Lou Ward
b. 25 January 1894, d. 17 August 1982
- Father: William J. Ward b. 10 October 1867, d. 1 September 1911
- Mother: Emma Cornelia Cooper b. 27 January 1872, d. 29 August 1954
- Irma Lou Ward was born on 25 January 1894 in Texas.
- William J. Ward appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Navarro County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of William's sister Carrie Nixson. Other members of the household included Irma Lou Ward, Julia Earl Ward, Alfred T. Ward, Partha E. Gilbert and Mary G. Ward. Also in the household was one male boarder working on the farm.
- William J. Ward and Emma Cornelia Cooper appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Wortham, Freestone County, Texas. Other members of the household included Irma Lou Ward, Julia Earl Ward and Alfred T. Ward.
- She married James Roy Bounds.
- The following appeared on 4 April 1930 in the Denton Record-Chronicle: (Beulah, Apr. 2) Mr. and Mrs. Albert Davis of Fort Worth visited W. A. Bounds.
- The following appeared on 11 April 1935 in the Corsicana Daily Sun: (Wortham, April 11) Charles W. Deakle, age 78, of Streetman, who died in Corsicana Monday was brought to Wortham for burial in the Wortham cemetery. The body was brought to the home of his [step]daughter, Mrs. Roy Bounds. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Central Presbyterian church with Oliver Burleson and Son, funeral directors in charge.
The deceased came to Texas from Alabama, when a small boy. He is survived by his wife and several children. - Irma Lou Ward became a widow at the 21 December 1958 death of her husband James Roy Bounds.
- Irma Lou Ward died on 17 August 1982 at age 88 in Wortham, Freestone County, Texas, at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home.
- She was interred at Wortham Cemetery, Wortham, Freestone County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 31 Jul 2016