In Memoriam: Laura Heath Bumpus (1874 - 1921)

 

Laura Heath Bumpus

Born:  July 13, 1874

Died:  March 16, 1921

United with Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in 1902

Married William Alexander Bumpus

After marriage attended Union Ridge Baptist.

Parents William Heath & Mary A Patterson Heath

Predeceased by Father William Heath

Survivors:

Husband--William Alexander Bumpus

Mother Mary A Patterson Heath

Half Brother--Sanford Monroe Crick

I've been unable to find her burial place.  Her death record says burial in family cemetery.

That may be the Heath Cemetery in Rockvale where her brother Charles Benjamin Heath is buried according to his death record.

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, May 19, 1921, p  13, col 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-obituary-for-laura/206852538/ : accessed September 27, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Laura Heath Bumpus.

"Tennessee, Deaths, 1914–1966," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-69D9-S7K : accessed 29 September 2026), Mrs. Laura Heath Bumpus death certificate, no. 258 (1921), Bedford County, vol. 1; citing Tennessee State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Nashville.

In Memoriam: Mary Bumpus White (1890 - 1927)

 

Mary Bumpus White(Mrs. A.F. White)

Born:  August 10, 1890

Died:  January 10, 1927

Survivors

Husband, A. Fonzie White

Sons:

Alfred F. White

William Claude White

Lonnie Clyde White

Earl Bumpus White

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, January 27, 1927, p  13. col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-obituary-for-a-f/206589962/ : accessed September 23, 2026), clip page for Obituary for A. F. White by user rmbeckman

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117809316/mary_b-white: accessed 23 Sep 2026), memorial page for Mary B Bumpus White (10 Aug 1890–10 Jan 1927),Memorial ID 117809316, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Lavenia Brown Bumpus (1843 - 1895)

 

Lavenia Brown Bumpus

Born:  March 11, 1843

Died:  December 20, 1895

Buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

Predeceased by husband Henry Martin Bumpus(m. 1879 in Rutherford Co TN.

Survived by 

2 daughters and several step children

Her FindAGrave entry and many Ancestry trees have her parents listed incorrectly.  She is not a daughter of the John Brown(b. in VA) of Browns Mill, Rutherford Co TN.  She is the daughter of William Brown(b. NC) and wife Catherine who lived in the Rover, Dist 10 Bedford Co TN area and who are buried at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church along with Lavenia.  While I can't do anything about the tree errors I have submitted corrections to FindAGrave.  See the table below for the explanation.

Sources:  

Baptist and Reflector, March 19, 1896, p  14, col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-lavenia-bumpus/206308452/ : accessed September 19, 2026), clip page for Lavenia Bumpus -- Obituary.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24935359/lavenia-bumpus: accessed 20 Sep 2026), memorial page for Lavenia Brown Bumpus (11 Mar 1843–20 Dec 1895),  Memorial ID 24935359, citing Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Eagleville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Ona Phillips Fisher (1900 -1927)

 

Ona Phillips Fisher

Born:  February 15, 1900

Died:  October 14, 1927

Joined Union Ridge Baptist in 1914

Married:  Cooper Fisher December 1, 1919

She is the great Granddaughter of Ivie Phillips(Ivie--Wm H--John Rainy--Ona)

Survivors

Husband--Henry Cooper Fisher

Daughter-- Imogene Fisher

Parents:  John Rainey Phillips & Mary H Bumpus Phillips

Sisters: 

Kathleen Phillips Roach

Ann Jeanette Phillips Riggs

Dolores Phillips Gager

Sources: 

Baptist and Reflector, December 15, 1927, p  16, col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-obituary-for-ona-p/206008997/ : accessed September 15, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Ona Phillips FISHER.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114096603/ona-fisher: accessed 15 Sep 2026), memorial page for Ona Phillips Fisher (15 Feb 1900–14 Oct 1927), Memorial ID 114096603, citing Unionville Cemetery, Unionville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.