April 29, 1924 — July 20, 2014

PORT GIBSON — Services for Martha Brady Lum, 90, of Port Gibson, formerly of Jefferson County, who died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at The Hill, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Burial will follow in Wintergreen Cemetery under the direction of Glenwood Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church.

Mrs. Lum was a passionate leader of numerous genealogical and historical organizations.

She is most lovingly remembered for her leadership at the national and state levels in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, organizing chairman, Nathanial Jefferies Society, Children of the American Revolution, entry enrollment: 150, largest entry enrollment in the history of the CAR, past president, Claiborne County Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Rosalie State Board of Management, Natchez.

Other memberships include, Pilgrimage Garden Club, Natchez, Claiborne County Historical Society, Mississippi Historical Society, Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, First Families of Mississippi and Magna Carter Dames.

Mrs. Lum was listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Two Thousand Women of Achievement, Personalities of the South, Claiborne County Chapter, Women for Constitutional Government, National Society and Americans of Royal Descent.

Through the efforts of Mrs. Lum and her husband, Bill, Temple Gemiluth Chassed, the oldest Synagogue in Mississippi, was saved from the wrecking ball.

At their home Oak Square, they meticulously restored and furnished Oak Square Bed and Breakfast beyond its former glory.

She loved getting to know celebrities and guests she entertained from all points of the globe.

She raised a family of four. To those who knew her, she was good hearted and skilled in diplomacy. She will be remembered and missed by many in the Vicksburg, Jackson, Natchez and Port Gibson region.

Mrs. Lum was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William Douglas Lum Sr.; one son, Albert Brady Lum; and one daughter, Deborah Ker Lum Purviance.

Survivors include one son, Doug Lum and wife, Deborah, of Port Gibson; one daughter, Sandra Knellinger and husband, Ronald, of Ridgeland; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Brady Lum, Brett Lum, Ronald Knellinger, Lael Lum, Erastus Lum and Douglas Lum.

Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Bowen, Roy Wilkerson, Marion Smith, David Dowell, Dr. David Headley, Clinton Bagley, Ken Parks, Elbert Hilliard and Ken P’Poole.

Memorials may be sent to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Port Gibson.