Pine Bluff Commercial Jan 9, 1949: John W. Redden, 54, retired grocerman of Whitehall, died at 7:20 p.m. last night at the Veterans Administration hospital in Little Rock where he had been a patient since October. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ralph Robinson and Son Mortuary Chapel, witht the Rev. Charles W. Finch, chaplain of Boonevill Sanitorium, and the Rev. Hugh Owen, pastor of the Lee Memorial Baptist church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Mr. Redden is survived by his wife, the former Miss Ana Polk of Whitehall; one daughter, Mrs. Martha Ann Redden; five sisters, Mrs. G. G. West, Mrs. Selvin Adams and Mrs. Joe Fowler, all of Banks, Mrs. C. H. Taylor and Mrs. V. C. Coleman of Pine Bluff, and three brothers, A. D. Redden of Banks, L. D. Redden of Little Rock, T. A. Redden of Pine Bluff. Born in Banks, a son of John W. and Martha Redden, Mr. Redden attended school there. During World War I he served in the Army in the Phillipines and in Siberia. After the war he operated a restaurant in Denver, Col., and later returned to Whitehall where he operated a grocery until ill health forced him to retire in 1940. He is past post commander of Monk-Hildershiem Post No. 126 of the American Legion and was a member of the Last Man's Club. He was a justice of the peace at Whitehall and a member of the school board. He served on the board of stewards of the Whitehall Methodist church. Pallbearers will be Rance Bridges, Hugh Cooper, Frank Anderson, Herman Baker, the Rev. Lawrence Monk, Floyd Waymack, R. C. Fergerson and W. C. Morrison. (What was the "Last Man's Club"?) --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.