‘Joe
W. Brumfield Dies of Heart Attack Monday’
Mr. Brummfield has been in the mercantile business in the
coast town for many years and was at one time employed by Godchaux in New
Orleans. At a wholesale convention in
New Orleans a few months ago, he was cited as the most outstanding mercantile
merchant in the south.
Mr. Brumfield was a Mason, a member of the Rotary Club, and a
World War I veteran. He was a member of the Baptist church and served as a
deacon. He was son of Frank Brumfield and the late Mrs. Brumfield of Walkers
Bridge. Other survivors are his wife, the former Flossie Wingo, a native of
Pontotoc, a daughter, Mrs. Vincent Blackwell of Columbia, Missouri, one son,
Henry Brumfield of Pascagoula and six sisters, Mrs. Phillip Brunson of
Magnolia, Mrs. Pearl Stout, Pascagoula, Mrs. Harry Pittman, Fernwood, Mrs. Lindsey
Murphre, Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Audrey Ford and Miss Hannah Brummmmfield, both of
Magnolia, and two brothers, Thad Brumfield of Gulfport and Frank Brumfield,
Moss Point.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
from the First Baptist Church in Pascagoula with interment in the Jefferson
Memorial Cemetery. Rites were conducted by the rev. Milton Varnado, pastor and
lifelong friend of the deceased. He was assisted by several other local
ministers."
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That's a nice obituary for an important member of the community. Love that list of survivors, but wouldn't it be helpful if the tradition had been to give the woman's name, not her husband's?
ReplyDeleteYes, Wendy, we would make many more connections that way!
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