Freestone County, Texas
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Rosa (Chapman) Bounds

Rosa Bounds, 87, of Wortham passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001 after a lengthy
illness at Wortham Rehabilitation Center in Wortham.

Graveside services will be 3 p.m. today at Wortham Cemetery with the Rev. Tom
Prentiss officiating.

She was born Nov. 28, 1914 in Waxahachie, the daughter of James H. Chapman and
Mary Willie Bivings Chapman. After graduation from Waxahachie High School in
1931, she completed a business course in Dallas. She worked as a secretary to
the county judge of Ellis County and for Trinity University Insurance Company
in Dallas. On Sept. 16, 1933, she married Harry Price Bounds, who preceded her
in death on Dec. 22, 1992. They had two sons; the first, Harry Walton, died at
birth in 1935; and James Price who was born in 1939 and passed away in 1999. 

Mrs. Bounds gave generously of her time as a volunteer to many civic duties and
Central Presbyterian Church. She taught Sunday School classes there for more
than 50 years and served as Christian Education Director, church secretary and
treasurer. She was presented a life membership in the Texas Congress of P.T.A.
in 1955 by the local organization. In 1998, she was honored by the Wortham
Study Club for her 62 years of active membership. She served 15 active years as
an officer of the Wortham Cemetery Association and started the memorial program
for the cemetery.

Perhaps her most significant contribution has been the Wortham Memorial Park.
She served as a trustee since 1953. The park is under the maintenance of the
Wortham Study Club for which she served as chairman. 

In addition to being a homemaker, Rosa wrote for the Wortham Journal Weekly as
long as it was published locally, and the Mexia Daily News as a volunteer. She
was a member of the James Blair Chapter of D.A.R. in Corsicana, and Kinsloe
House.

Mrs. Bounds is survived by a sister-in-law, Mary Alice Chapman of Corsicana;
and a number of nieces and nephews.

The family requests that any remembrance be made as a contribution to Central
Presbyterian Church or the Wortham High School Academic Sweater and Scholarship
Program.

Arrangements by Porter Funeral Home.