Sunday's Obituary - Bertha Bynum Odom

Hattiesburg American - 2/25/1970

Bertha Rebecca Bynum Odom was the daughter of James Benjamin "Ben" Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  She was a sister to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Bynum Family Wins Star Brand Shoe Contest

Hattiesburg American

In 1929 the London Dry Goods Company in Hattiesburg, Mississippi was giving away pairs of Star Brand shoes on what appears to be a weekly basis.

The winner for the week of February 19 was the Ben Bynum family of Sumrall, Mississippi.

Ben and Annie Sumrall Bynum were my paternal great grandparents.  John, the oldest of their thirteen children, was my grandfather.

Their other children were Minnie Frances [Sumrall], Narvel Houston, Thomas Terrell, Robert Earl, Bertha Rebecca [Odom], Annie Roberta "Bertie" [Nichols Alphin Bobinger], Bessie Lee Anna [McQueen], Nancy Arella [Ford], Daniel Gordon, Howard Ben, Margaret Evelyn, and Mary Lois [Robinson].

By 1929, the only children living at home were Arella, Gordon, Ben, Margaret and Mary Lois.

I wonder who got the free pair of shoes?

Sunday's Obituary ~ John Buel Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 6/6/1972

Hattiesburg American - 6/3/1972

Jackson Daily News - 6/7/1972

Transcription:

Jackson Daily News
Wednesday, June 7, 1972

John B. Bynum

PRENTISS - Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from Prentiss Baptist Church for John B. Bynum, 76, of Prentiss, who died Friday afternoon at the Jefferson Davis County Hospital where he had been a patient for one week.  Interment followed in the Prentiss Cemetery with Saulters Funeral Home in charge.

Bynum was a native of the Sumrall area of Lamar County.  He attended public schools there and later was graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi.  For a number of years he taught school in the counties of Lamar, Marion, Greene, Covington and Jefferson Davis.  From 1944 to 1960 he served as a county superintendent of education of Jefferson Davis County.  

He was an active member of the Prentiss Baptist Church and for at least 50 years he had taught Sunday School in the various communities where he ad resided.  

He was a veteran of World War One and a member of the Jefferson Davis County Election Commission, had served as a member of the Jefferson Davis County Democratic Executive Committee, the town of Prentiss Democratic Executive Committee and was an Advisor To Registrants of the Jefferson Davis County Selective Service Board.  

He was currently serving as secretary of the Jefferson Davis County Chamber of Commerce, a post he had held for several years following his retirement. He was also a substitute mail carrier from the Prentiss Post Office.

In November of 1971 he and his wife observed their golden wedding anniversary.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Flora McIver Bynum of Prentiss; one son, Jimmy Bynum of Mandeville, La.; three daughters, Mrs. Edwin Luper of Jackson, Mrs. Lloyd Livingston of Prentiss and Mrs. Bruce Edmonds of Sicily Island, La.; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Howard Bynum of Jackson, Gordon Bynum and Terrell Bynum, both of Sumrall; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie McQueen of Hattiesburg, Mrs. Robert Bobinger, Mrs. Waldo Ford and Mrs. Dewey Robertson, all of Baton Rouge, La.