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Benjamin Franklin Corum

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Benjamin Franklin Corum

Birth
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Death
9 Mar 1915 (aged 64)
Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Corum Rites Will Be Held

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Smyrna church for George T. Corum, 73, prominent Hillsboro resident, who died Monday at a Tuscaloosa hospital after undergoing an operation.

E.E. Byars will conduct the services while Highsmith of Moulton will direct burial.

The deceased is survived by the widow; five sons, Sheriff Ben Corum; and Tom Corum, Moulton; Buford and John Corum, Hillsboro; Hobson Corum, Sheffield; five daughters, Mrs. E.M. Veitch, Bessemer; Mrs. Louise Hill, Empire; Mrs. Estella Terry, Hillsboro; Mrs. Bessie Lou Wells, Decatur; Mrs. Hazel Peebles, Hillsboro; 25 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Berryhill and Mrs. Ida McKelvey, both of Bessemer.

Pallbearers will be Tennis Bass, Bill Landers, Floyd Turner, Jack Thompson, Fred Darnell and Herman Harris.

Mr. Corum was a member of the Church of Christ.

DECATUR DAILY - August 19, 1947
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Benjamin Franklin Corum, son of Lemuel Corum and Jane Thomason, married Margaret Elmira King.
Corum Rites Will Be Held

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Smyrna church for George T. Corum, 73, prominent Hillsboro resident, who died Monday at a Tuscaloosa hospital after undergoing an operation.

E.E. Byars will conduct the services while Highsmith of Moulton will direct burial.

The deceased is survived by the widow; five sons, Sheriff Ben Corum; and Tom Corum, Moulton; Buford and John Corum, Hillsboro; Hobson Corum, Sheffield; five daughters, Mrs. E.M. Veitch, Bessemer; Mrs. Louise Hill, Empire; Mrs. Estella Terry, Hillsboro; Mrs. Bessie Lou Wells, Decatur; Mrs. Hazel Peebles, Hillsboro; 25 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Berryhill and Mrs. Ida McKelvey, both of Bessemer.

Pallbearers will be Tennis Bass, Bill Landers, Floyd Turner, Jack Thompson, Fred Darnell and Herman Harris.

Mr. Corum was a member of the Church of Christ.

DECATUR DAILY - August 19, 1947
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Benjamin Franklin Corum, son of Lemuel Corum and Jane Thomason, married Margaret Elmira King.


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