Crawfordsville Journal-Review July 23 ? 1939 -- Will L. Stump, 53 years old, executive VP of Elston Bank & Trust Company died unexpectedly Thursday morning at his office in the banking house. Mr. Stump was stricken while conferring with associated and succumbed almost instantly. He had been ill since May 10 with a heart ailment. A native of Montgomery county,Mr. Stump was born Oct 12, 1886, the son of Perry F. and Tabitha Surface Stump, pioneer Indiana residents. He was educated in the Crawfordsville schools and Wabash college, receiving his AB degree from Wabash in 1910. Mr. Stump began his business career with the Farmers & Merchants Trust Company shortly after graduating from college and had been identified prominently with local banking houses ever since. He was united in marriage with Edith May Grimes, Aug 13, 1910. Besides having been a leader in Crawfordsville banking circles for 30 years, Mr. Stump also was active in the church and social life of the community. In church and community affairs, he had served as chairman of the board of the First Methodist Church, and was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Ben Hur Life Association and the Crawfordsville Country Club. Mr. Stump was well known in banking circles outside Crawfordsville and was a former president of the Montgomery County Bankers' Association and former member of the Council of Administration of the Indiana State Bankers Association. He also was a director of the Hoosier Crown Corporation of this city. Surviving are the widow, a son, Raymond of Crawfordsville; two brothers, Walter of the Elston Bank & Trust, and Paul, clerk of the Indiana State Supreme and Appellate Courts; a granddaughter, Carol Ann and daughter-in-law, Kathryn Copper Stump. The parents preceded him in death several years ago the father passing away April 1934, and mother June 1917. The body was taken to the Proffitt & Sons Funeral Home and will be kept there until shortly before the services at the church.