BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SUMPTER: B.F. Sumpter, 70 Dies; Funeral To Be Held Thursday Benjamin Franklin Sumpter, 70 died at 12:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home five miles northeast of Centraila. He had been in ill health for the past 1 1\2 years and seriously ill six weeks. He was born in Howard County, but lived in Moberly most of his live. The past eight years he had lived in his home near Centrailia. He became a member of the Antioch Christian Church many years ago. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. John Adams of Moberly; a son, Herschel Sumpter of Centraila; a granddaughter, Miss. Betty Jean Hunter of Moberly; a sister, Mrs. Mary Ellen Foster of St. Louis; and a brother, Floyd Sumpter of St. Louis. The body will remain at the Snow Funeral Home until tomorrow when it will be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Egelston, 1201 Henry Street. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the West Park Methodist Church. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Copied from the "Moberly Monitor-Index", Randolph County, Moberly, MO, 65270; Tue. 7 Jan. 1947, d. 6 Jan. 1947 Survived by g-daug. Miss. Betty Jean Hunter living in Moberly, Randolph County, MO in 1947. (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SUMPTER (ROBERT7, JAMES6, FIELDING "EBB"5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM THOMAS3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS1) was born Abt. 1877 in Howard County, MO, and died 6 January 1947 in rural Centralia, Boone County, MO.) Burial: 8 January 1947, Antioch Cemetery, Randolph County, MO