Lavada Bernice Gilmore, nine-year-old daughter of Rosa Gilmore of Bonifay, passed away Feb 16, 1999 in the Doctors Memorial Hospital in Bonifay.  She was a 3rd grade student at Bonifay Elementary School.

	Funeral service was held Feb 20 at Mt Zion Baptist Church in Bonifay with the Rev Henry Taylor, the Rev R E Hudson, and the Rev Joe Harmon officiating.  Interment followed in the Bonifay Cemetery with Cooper Funeral Home directing.

	Survivors include her mother Rosa Gilmore Russ of Bonifay; brothers Franklin Russ II and Jason Lavar Jennings, both of Bonifay and many other relatives and friends.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser, 24 February 1999, Page 21