Mary Bessie Baker Peterson
1888 - 1994 (106 years)-
Name Mary Bessie Baker Peterson Birth 19 Oct 1888 McDowell, Highland Co., VA 
[1] Gender Female Death 12 Dec 1994 Augusta Co., VA [1] Burial 15 Dec 1994 Monterey Cemetery, Monterey, Highland Co., VA [2] Person ID I49511 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 1 Feb 2020
Father Charles Stuart Peterson, b. 23 Mar 1863, Augusta Co., VA d. 6 Jul 1955, Highland, Chester Co., PA (Age 92 years) Mother Ella Virginia Bradshaw, b. 3 Jul 1867, Highland Co., VA d. 20 Apr 1892, McDowell, Highland Co., VA (Age 24 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1885 Highland Co., VA [3] Family ID F17263 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dennis Hamilton Gum, b. 13 Sep 1882, Meadowdale, Highland Co., VA d. 2 Nov 1964, Churchville, Augusta Co., VA (Age 82 years) Marriage 22 Jan 1912 Washington, DC [4] Children 1. Mary Jane Gum, b. 4 Nov 1916, Meadowdale, Highland Co., VA d. 23 Dec 2009, Staunton, VA (Age 93 years)Family ID F17267 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Jan 2020
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Notes - The News Leader, Staunton, VA, Wednesday, 14 Dec 1994, p. 2A, col. F
Bessie P. Gum
CHURCHVILLE - Bessie Baker (Peterson) Gum, 106, of Rt. 1, Churchville, died on Monday (Dec. 12, 1994) at Augusta Medical Center.
She was born on Oct. 19, 1888 at McDowell, a daughter of C. Stuart and Ella Virginia (Bradshaw) Peterson.
She had lived in Churchville for 30 years. A retired teacher, she had taught in Highland County public schools. She was a charter member, of Highland Handweavers Guild, she was the oldest living member of Pisgah Presbyterian Church, where she taught the beginners Sunday school for 50 years.
Her husband, to whom she was married on Jan. 22, 1912, died on Nov. 2, 1964.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Jane Sellers of Churchville; two sisters, Mrs. J.E. Reynolds of Cochranville, Pa., and Mrs. Robert Hodgson of Atglen, Pa.; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren.
A service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bear Funeral Home by the Revs. C. William Fox and Richard A. Forbes Jr., with burial at Monterey Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jacob, Richard W. Jr., Richie and James Hevener, Holmes, James and Ben Stephenson and Lyle Hull.
The family will receive friends from 7-8 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Loch Willow Presbyterian Church building fund, in care of Karen Ridley, Box 84, Churchville, Va. 24421; Highland County Medical Center, Box 490, Monterey, Va. 24465; or a favorite charity.
- The News Leader, Staunton, VA, Wednesday, 14 Dec 1994, p. 2A, col. F
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