Frances N. Bruff
Posted: June 30, 2009
Frances Norene Bruff, 71 of Steens, MS, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2009 at her residence. Visitation for Mrs. Bruff was Monday, June 29, 2009 from 3:30 – 4:30 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. Graveside service were Monday, June 29, 2009 at 5:30 PM at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Vernon, AL with Bro. Armon McDill officiating, Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS directing. Mrs. Bruff was born April 8, 1938 in Fernbank, AL to the late Alvin and Bertha Beard Sims. She was a member of the Church of God of Vernon, Vernon, AL. She retired in 1978 from Coy Manufacturing as a seamstress. She loved quilting, fishing, reading, canning and making banana pudding. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bruff is preceded in death by her 2 husbands Robert Baldwin and Joe Bruff. Mrs. Bruff is survived by her daughters – Frances Ruby (Fred) Williams, Millport, AL,and Joyce Faye (Pete) Richards Clark, West Point, MS; son – Roy Monroe (Wanda) Baldwin, Caledonia, MS; sister – Lorene Hayes, Steens, MS; brother – Willard Sims, Chandler, OK; ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Rocky Allen, William Hall, Jr., Shawn Terrell, Jeff Putnam, Jessie Brooks and Michael Hayes. Honorary Pallbearers will be Ronnie Allen, Tommy Sims and Gene Beatty.