Obituary from "St. Petersburg Times," Thursday, May 14, 1987
South Pinellas
Borum, Bessie S., 80, of 5840 37th Ave., N, St. Petersburg, died
Wednesday (May 13, 1987) in the emergency room in East Pasco Medical
Center, Zephyrhills. Born in Deep Run, N.C., she came here in 1956 from
Burkeville, Va. She was past worthy matron for Fairfax Chapter OES and a
member of First Baptist Church of Pinellas Park, where she was a member
of the Young at Heart Club, teacher of the Beacon Light Sunday School
class since 1967 and a choir member since 1956. Survivors include four
sons, Albert C., Cecilia, Ky., Thomas J., Farmville, Va., Charles A.,
Pinellas Park, and Robert J., Tampa; four daughter, Clara E. Borum, St.
Petersburg, Catherine L. Dunkum, Pinellas Park, Laura E. Bates, Seminole,
and Gloria M. "Betsy" Howard, St. Petersburg; a sister, Ellen Hall,
Zephyrhills; 20 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. C. E.
Prevatt Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.