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Major R. N. Ware, Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, December 25, 1959

Final Rites For Major R. N. Ware, Jr. Held Thursday Morning In Memphis, Tennessee; Died At Home On Monday 

Final rites for Major R. N. Ware, Jr., who died at his home Monday night, were held Thursday morning 
in Memphis.  Local services were held at the Tallulah Methodist Church at 3:00 on P. M. Wednesday 
with the Rev. F. William F. Mayo officiating. Crothers Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements. 

Following services in Tallulah, the body was taken to Jackson. It was sent to Memphis by train. A prayer 
service was held at the National Funeral Home at 11:30 A. M., with the Rev. Chris Keller, a former 
Tallulah resident officiating. Burial followed in the Memphis Memorial Cemetery of' Memphis.

Mr. Ware was a veteran of World War I, had served under General Pershing, and was badly wounded at 
the Somme offensive and was hospitalized in Belgium. He was a major. Following the war, he was in charge 
of a German POW camp before being transferred to the states.

Major Ware, as he was better known by his friends, began his career with the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company 
on June 1, 1920 at the Blytheville, Arkansas plant in the logging department. In 1927 he was made manager 
of the plant, and held this position until May, 1933, at which time he was transferred to the Tallulah plant 
as manager. In March, 1952, he was elected vice-president of the company by the Board of Directors, which 
position he held until the time of his retirement on December 31, 1958. He was 69.

During Mr. Ware's service with the company, there had been many new developments in which he had a most 
active part. Notably, while at Blytheville he was instrumental in developing the use of hardwood plywood 
in the box industry.

At Tallulah, he began a research program for treatment of insect damage to timber and lumber, and development 
of additional uses for wood. He was co-inventor of a machine for the production of Craveneer, a product 
developed in this research laboratory, utilizing the lower grades of timber into a paper-covered wood veneer 
used extensively in the manufacture of boxes, crates and other packaging material. Under his direction 
Craveneer plants were started in Georgia and California by various companies granted license to use this 
patented product. He initiated a forestry program at Tallulah with selective management of timber, under 
the supervision of trained foresters.

Under Mr. Ware's supervision, the Crude Oil Division was organized in 1956, and two oil fields have been developed.

Major Ware was appointed to an unexpired term of Mayor of Tallulah in the early '40's by Gov. Sam Jones and 
was unopposed for a full term. Due to Illness in 1946 he didn't ran for another term.

Major Ware has been active in civic affairs, was instrumental in aiding the construction of the first Little Boys 
Baseball Park. He has served as president of the Tallulah Country	Club and was very instrumental in the growth 
of the club. He served as Parish Civil Defense Director during World War II. He was a member of the American 
Legion and the Methodist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Alice Ware; one son, Dick Ware of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Harold Hagaman, 
Richmond, Virginia; three sisters, Mrs. Ernestine Hill, Henderson, Tenn.; Mrs. Ola Pruette, Grand Juction, Tenn.; 
Mrs. Ethel Simmons, Franklinton, La.; and one brother, Frank Ray Ware, Pulaski, Virginia; and five grandchildren.

Pallbearers were J. F. Griswold, Jr., Paul R. Schwartz, Charles Brown, Max Watson, Fred Massey, M. B. Christian, 
L. C. White and Lloyd Alexander.