ELMER D. SHRUM

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Elmer D. Shrum, 73, of Sedgewickville, died Friday, April 11, 1997, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville.

He was born April 27, 1923, son of Ralph and Bertha Lix Shrum. He worked as a heel laster for the International Shoe Company for many years. He was a member of Crossroads Methodist Church and enjoyed talking on the CB under the name of "Molasses Maker."

He is survived by two brothers, Ellis and Lester Shrum, both of Sedgewickville; two sisters, Daisy Shrum and Viola Webb, both of Perryville; 10 nieces and nephews, and 11 great-nieces and -nephews.

Visitation will be today from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Monday from 6:30 a.m. to noon at the Young & Sons Chapel in Perryville. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Crossroads Methodist Church, the Revs. Michael Davis and Howard Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.