Juanita Pullum

Thursday, June 7, 2007

PORTAGEVILLE -- Juanita Pullum, 87, died June 5, 2007, at Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems in Hayti.

Born Sept. 13, 1920, in Parma, daughter of the late Bluford and Lula Ford, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Portageville. She had owned and operated Pullum Bakery.

In August 1937, in Bloomfield, she married Benjamin D. Pullum who preceded her in death on Jan. 10, 1981.

Also preceded her in death were one daughter, Donna Powell; and two sons, Randal Pullum and Kenneth Pullum.

Survivors include: two sons, Robert Dean "Bobby" Pullum of Portageville and Bennie Wayne Pullum of New Orleans; two daughters, Sandra Kay Bordanora of Portageville and Laura Ann Stewart of Greenville, Ill.; one sister, Marie Montgomery of Mountain Home, Ark.; and five grandchildren and 11 great-

grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of services at noon Friday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. The Rev. Buck Morton will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery.