Services for Mrs. Ora Bulah Brasfield were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 7 in the chapel of the Pickle Funeral Home with the Rev M.L. Hollis the Rev D.H. Matherly and the Rev. Sidney McLeod officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery with the Pickle Funeral Home in charge. She was 80.
Mrs. Brasfield died at 1:30 a.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B.D. Shumpert, in North Amory after an illness of six months.
Mrs. Brasfield was born and reared near Smithville and was married in 1900 to Joe A. Brasfield, who died in 1944. They resided in the Mt. Zion community where she was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
She leaves two sons, Casper Brasfield of Amory and Floyd Brasfield of Smithville; five daughters, Mrs. B.D Shumpert, Mrs. Leslie Gilmore and Mrs. Mellie Stevens of Amory, Mrs. Eron Nash of Hatley and Mrs. Robert H. Hill of Amory; three brothers, Erie, Woodie and Arch Ausborn, all of Hatley; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Services for Mrs. Ora Bulah Brasfield were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 7 in the chapel of the Pickle Funeral Home with the Rev M.L. Hollis the Rev D.H. Matherly and the Rev. Sidney McLeod officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery with the Pickle Funeral Home in charge. She was 80.
Mrs. Brasfield died at 1:30 a.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B.D. Shumpert, in North Amory after an illness of six months.
Mrs. Brasfield was born and reared near Smithville and was married in 1900 to Joe A. Brasfield, who died in 1944. They resided in the Mt. Zion community where she was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
She leaves two sons, Casper Brasfield of Amory and Floyd Brasfield of Smithville; five daughters, Mrs. B.D Shumpert, Mrs. Leslie Gilmore and Mrs. Mellie Stevens of Amory, Mrs. Eron Nash of Hatley and Mrs. Robert H. Hill of Amory; three brothers, Erie, Woodie and Arch Ausborn, all of Hatley; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Family Members
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Fleta Edna Brasfield Schumpert
1901–1996
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William Floyd Brasfield
1904–1970
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Flonnie Mae Brasfield Gilmore
1906–1991
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Mellie Green Brasfield Stevens
1909–2004
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Melvan Boyd Brasfield
1912–1918
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Jewel Ethlune Brasfield Nash
1914–2001
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Casper Lafayette Brasfield
1917–1992
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Ruby Laverne Brasfield Hill
1919–2010
