Mrs. Beulah L. Bunch
October 07, 2012
Mrs. Beulah Long Bunch was born December 14, 1931, the daughter of Anna Dalton Long and Leroy H. Long in Winston-Salem, NC.
She was a member of the Atkins High School class of 1949 and a 1953 graduate of Winston-Salem Teachers College. Beulah was a great lover of music, especially classical. She was very proud of the seven years spent singing with the New York City Choral Society. She sang with any choir that she could find to sing “Handel’s Messiah”, which she truly loved. Mrs. Bunch was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church where she was a member of the Missionary Circle
and a past leader of the Miriam Group. She also sang with the Chancel Choir of Mount Zion, was a member of the Hattie File Club, BTU, and Hand Bell Choir. She truly loved the Lord and loved to help anyone she could. She was a member of the National Women of Achievement, where she was a member of the Hall of Fame. She was president of the Rural Hall NWOA. Mrs. Bunch also had memberships with the National Winston-Salem State University Alumni Association, The Kimberly Park Alumni Association, the Winston-Salem State University Former Alumni Queens Association and Singles and Friends.
Mrs. Bunch was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Bunch; daughter, Angela Bunch; brothers: Leon Long, Leroy Long, and Ernest Long. She leaves to cherish her memory: a son, Charles (Christa) Smith, Jr. of Atlanta, GA; a sister, Wheatley Octavia McLurkin of Washington, DC; seven granddaughters: Christina Smith of Atlanta, Ga, Jamaria Bunch, Jonay Howard, Jaquita Howard, Lakesha Byrd and Ashanta Byrd-Arnold, all of Winston-Salem, Charneva Franklin of Clarksville, TN; five grandsons: James R. Smith, Charles Avery Smith of Atlanta, GA, Chandi Crawford of Decatur, GA, Charles “Chuckie” Smith of Clarksville, TN, and Lester Byrd of Winston-Salem; numerous great grandchildren; a devoted cousin, whom she often called her sister, Gwendolyn Thompson; lots of first and second cousins: The McCoy, McMillan, Dalton, Hampton and Long families; three lifetime devoted friends: Annie Pearl Wilson of Winston-Salem, Thelma Foy of Washington, DC and Wilma Howard of Roxbury, Mass.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, October 12, 2012 at Mount Zion Baptist Church, with Pastor Serenus Churn, officiating. The family will greet friends at 12:30 PM. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
She was a member of the Atkins High School class of 1949 and a 1953 graduate of Winston-Salem Teachers College. Beulah was a great lover of music, especially classical. She was very proud of the seven years spent singing with the New York City Choral Society. She sang with any choir that she could find to sing “Handel’s Messiah”, which she truly loved. Mrs. Bunch was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church where she was a member of the Missionary Circle
and a past leader of the Miriam Group. She also sang with the Chancel Choir of Mount Zion, was a member of the Hattie File Club, BTU, and Hand Bell Choir. She truly loved the Lord and loved to help anyone she could. She was a member of the National Women of Achievement, where she was a member of the Hall of Fame. She was president of the Rural Hall NWOA. Mrs. Bunch also had memberships with the National Winston-Salem State University Alumni Association, The Kimberly Park Alumni Association, the Winston-Salem State University Former Alumni Queens Association and Singles and Friends.
Mrs. Bunch was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Bunch; daughter, Angela Bunch; brothers: Leon Long, Leroy Long, and Ernest Long. She leaves to cherish her memory: a son, Charles (Christa) Smith, Jr. of Atlanta, GA; a sister, Wheatley Octavia McLurkin of Washington, DC; seven granddaughters: Christina Smith of Atlanta, Ga, Jamaria Bunch, Jonay Howard, Jaquita Howard, Lakesha Byrd and Ashanta Byrd-Arnold, all of Winston-Salem, Charneva Franklin of Clarksville, TN; five grandsons: James R. Smith, Charles Avery Smith of Atlanta, GA, Chandi Crawford of Decatur, GA, Charles “Chuckie” Smith of Clarksville, TN, and Lester Byrd of Winston-Salem; numerous great grandchildren; a devoted cousin, whom she often called her sister, Gwendolyn Thompson; lots of first and second cousins: The McCoy, McMillan, Dalton, Hampton and Long families; three lifetime devoted friends: Annie Pearl Wilson of Winston-Salem, Thelma Foy of Washington, DC and Wilma Howard of Roxbury, Mass.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, October 12, 2012 at Mount Zion Baptist Church, with Pastor Serenus Churn, officiating. The family will greet friends at 12:30 PM. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.