Last Rites Held April 30 for Elgin Brumfield
Funeral services for Elgin Gene Brumfield, 45, of Gravity, were held April. 30 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev. Ross Keyt officiating. Mr. Brumfield died in his Gravity home April 26, 1975. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Elgin Gene Brumfield was born July 14, 1929 at Sheridan, Mo., the son of Bert Olin and Anna Fern Irvin Brumfield.
He was married at Hiawatha, Kans., to Oney Mae Hopple. He has lived at Bedford, Ia., and Hopkins, Mo., and was presently employed by the Central Telephone Co. He was a past member of the National Riflemen's Association.
His father preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Oney Mae; two daughters, Sharon and Karla Kay of the home; three sons, Ricky Lee, and wife, Barbara, of Gravity, Randy Roy, and wife, Lydia, and granddaughter, Amber Dawn, of Villisca, Ia., and Paul Allen of the home; mother, and stepfather, Anna and Tom Black, of Bedford; sister and husband, Willa and Paul King, of Des Moines, Ia.; twin brother and wife, Elvin and Doris Brumfield, of Beaumont, Texas; brother and wife, Ronald and Naomi Brumfield, of Waukee, Ia.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Susie Hopple, of Monett, Mo.; sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Rodgers of Monett, Mo.; brother-in-law and wife, Robert and Wynona Hopple of Gravity, Ia.; many nieces; nephews; and a host of friends.
Thomas Moore wrote these comforting words:
"Joy of the desolate, light of
the straying, hope of the penitent,
fadeless and pure; here
speaks the comforter, tenderly
saying 'Earth hath no sorrow
that heaven cannot cure'."
Last Rites Held April 30 for Elgin Brumfield
Funeral services for Elgin Gene Brumfield, 45, of Gravity, were held April. 30 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev. Ross Keyt officiating. Mr. Brumfield died in his Gravity home April 26, 1975. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Elgin Gene Brumfield was born July 14, 1929 at Sheridan, Mo., the son of Bert Olin and Anna Fern Irvin Brumfield.
He was married at Hiawatha, Kans., to Oney Mae Hopple. He has lived at Bedford, Ia., and Hopkins, Mo., and was presently employed by the Central Telephone Co. He was a past member of the National Riflemen's Association.
His father preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Oney Mae; two daughters, Sharon and Karla Kay of the home; three sons, Ricky Lee, and wife, Barbara, of Gravity, Randy Roy, and wife, Lydia, and granddaughter, Amber Dawn, of Villisca, Ia., and Paul Allen of the home; mother, and stepfather, Anna and Tom Black, of Bedford; sister and husband, Willa and Paul King, of Des Moines, Ia.; twin brother and wife, Elvin and Doris Brumfield, of Beaumont, Texas; brother and wife, Ronald and Naomi Brumfield, of Waukee, Ia.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Susie Hopple, of Monett, Mo.; sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Rodgers of Monett, Mo.; brother-in-law and wife, Robert and Wynona Hopple of Gravity, Ia.; many nieces; nephews; and a host of friends.
Thomas Moore wrote these comforting words:
"Joy of the desolate, light of
the straying, hope of the penitent,
fadeless and pure; here
speaks the comforter, tenderly
saying 'Earth hath no sorrow
that heaven cannot cure'."
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