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: Tennie Elmore Allison (1857 - 1949)

 

Born:  January 27, 1857

Died:  May 26, 1949

Member of Rover Baptist.

Predeceased by Parents James Hugh Elmore & Nancy Tillman Gault Elmore

Husband, David Crockett Allison.

Survivors

Daughters:

Mrs. C. Bradley of Nashville (Willie Allison)

Mrs. Ernest Gobel of Nashville (Jessie K Allison)

Mrs. R. R. Heath of Inglewood, California (Ola Allison)

Mrs. F. M. Rehmund of St Louis MO (Martha Allison)

Son:  

Charles Savage Allison of Jacksonville, Florida

Sister:  Miss Elizabeth Elmore of Nashville

Brother:  Granville Sandusky Elmore of Rover, Tennessee

11 Grandchildren

16  Great Grandchildren

Sources:

Nashville Banner, May 27, 1949, p  10, col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-obituary-for-tennie-elm/206717689/ : accessed September 25, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Tennie Elmore Allison.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167655844/tennie-allison: accessed 25 Sep 2026), memorial page for Tennie Elmore Allison (27 Jan 1857–26 May 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167655844, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.