James Bernard Ludden

James Bernard Ludden, 78, of 509 E. Jefferson street, a former Brashear business man, died in a Kirksville hospital today at 12:30. He had been in failing health the past three years.
Funeral services will be held at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear Thursday afternoon at two o'clock conducted by Rev. G.D. Hammontree. Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.
He was the son of Bernard and Anna Ludden and was born on a farm near Adair on February 29, 1874. He came to Brashear in 1903 and engaged in the general merchandise business until 1944. In 1945 he moved to Kirksville.
He was married to Iris F. Clark on December 31, 1919 and one daughter was born to them.
He is survived by his wife and daughter, Patricia of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; one brother, Frank Ludden of Kirksville and one sister, Mrs. Hannah Eagen of Baring.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters.
He was a member of Paulville Lodge No. 319 A.F. & A.M.
Bearers will be Dorsey Thompson, Hurley Traylor, George Gardner, Fred Barker, Raymond Ladwig and Roy Lancaster.