Former Interior Decorator
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Robert Witt Borum, 74, a retired interior decorator, died Monday at
Greater Southeast Community Hospital after a heart attack.
Born in Burkeville, Va., he came to Washington in 1923, and started
work with W & J Sloane, Inc., a home furnishings store.
Mr. Borum was an interior decorator with the company's Washington
store until his retirement in 1967.
He was a member of the District Heights Presbyterian Church. He
lived at 5501 Marlboro Pike, District Heights.
He is survived by a brother, F. Jeffers (sic) Borum, of Burkeville,
and two sisters, Louise B. Howell, of Amherst, Va., and Emily B.
Anderson, of Richmond.