ROSA BELLE BUNCH

EAST PRAIRIE -- Rosa Belle Bunch, 85, of Gahanna, Ohio, formerly of East Prairie, died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1997, at St. Ann Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

She was born Dec. 22, 1911, in Fulton County, Ky., daughter of John Jefferson and Lillie Faye Poynter Bunch.

She married William Aubrey Bunch. He died in 1994.

She was of the Baptist faith.

She previously lived in Mississippi County, Mo., and Hickman and Graves counties in Kentucky. She had lived in Gahanna the past four years.

Survivors include eight sons, George Bunch of Leesburg, Fla., Wade Bunch of Ninnekah, Okla., Merideth Bunch and Jerry Bunch, both of Wingo, Ky., Billie Bunch and Dennis Bunch, both of Mayfield, Ky., William Clyde Bunch of South Fulton, Ky., and Wayne Bunch of Avondale, Pa.; a daughter, Hattie Enrich of Gahanna; a sister, Argan Bunch of Poplar Bluff; 18 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shelby Funeral Home Chapel in East Prairie. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home.