Col. Jackson Bryan Ardis was the son of Col. Clinton Henry Ardis & Harriet L. Hamilton. He was a major contributor to the upbuilding of Shreveport, LA. He first married Tweatie Stephenson. She died in childbirth. He then married Gertrude Ingersoll Prince and lived at 628 Cotton St.

The Minden (La) Signal-Tribune & The Springhill Journal May 7, 1935

Ardis To Be Buried Here This Afternoon
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NATIVE OF
MINDEN DIES
EARLY MONDAY
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Interment To Be In Minden
Cemetery This After-
noon
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OUTSTANDING BANKER
AND PHILANTHROPIST
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Colonel Was Active In Red
Cross and Chamber of
Commerce
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Colonel Jackson Bryan Ardis, one of North Louisiana's best-known and best-loved citizens, who died at his home in Shreveport at 6:30 o'clock Monday morning after an illness of several weeks, will be brought back to Minden, where he was born on March 21, 1857, to be buried this afternoon.

Funeral services are to be held from his residence, 638 Cotton street in Shreveport, with the Rev. James M. Owens, rector of St. Marks Episcopal Church, officiating. The funeral cortege will then proceed to Minden where interment will be in the Minden cemetery, where members of his family are buried.

Surviving the deceased are three grandchildren, the Misses Virginia and Bess Frame, and a grandson Ardis Frame, all of Waukesha, Wisconsin, the children of his only daughter, the late Mrs. H.J. Frame. A nephew, George Mills of Shreveport, and a large number of cousins also survive.

Jackson Bryan Ardis was born at Minden, March 21, 1857, and was educated in private schools here, and at Soule's Business college at New Orleans. He was the son of Colonel C.H. Ardis and Hattie Hamilton, both of Minden. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Tweatie Stephenson of Marshall, Texas. To this union was born one child, a daughter, the late H.J. Frame of Waukesha, Wis. After the death of his first wife, Col. Ardis was married to Mrs. Gertrude Ingersoll Prince at New Orleans, on Nov. 28, 1888. She died in March, 1934.

In 1873, he went to Shreveport with his father, who established a wholesale grocery business there in 1880. Since that time Colonel Ardis was identified prominently with the business and civic development of Shreveport. For a half century the name of Ardis has been connected with movements which have to do with civic, patriotic, and moral improvement of Shreveport.

Colonel Ardis' philanthropies were numerous. He was always generous to every charity, and was a leader in the founding of the Shreveport Provident association, which for years has assisted the needy of that city. People who knew him well estimate that he has given to philanthropic enterprises approximately one million dollars during his lifetime, although he never spoke of such donations.

He was active in the work of the American Red Cross, for many years being a director and treasurer of the local chapter. Another of the enterprises to which he contributed was the Shreveport Young Women's Christian Association. He was also a leader in the establishment of the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce 25 years ago, and was active in its work.

As a banker Colonel Ardis was one of the outstanding in Louisiana. He organized the City National bank of Shreveport and served as its president until it was merged with the First National bank. He then organized the City Savings Bank and Trust Company, serving as the chairman of its board. He was a member of the board of directors of the Shreveport Journal for several years and also was a director of the V.S.& P. railway.

He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Elks.

In tribute to Colonel Ardis, all city offices in Shreveport will be closed this afternoon.
(thanks to Yon Hafer for sharing this information).