Retha Sumler

TIFTON — Retha Evelyn Cox Sumler, 83, of Tifton died Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at New River Baptist Church. The Rev. Larry Layfield will officiate with burial to follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will meet at the home of Darlene and Howard Burrous, 145 S. Church Street in Ty Ty.

Her nephews, David Hobbs, Ed "Junior" Hobbs, Wayne Evans, Tim Walker, Steve Huey, Butch Coleman, Todd Sumler, Bruce Sumler, Chip Sumler and Donald Shell will serve as pallbearers.

Mrs. Sumler was born Jan. 10, 1927 in Jacksonville, Fla., and was the daughter of Charlie E. Cox and Maggie Lee Cox, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Albert Tillman Sumler; two brothers; and three sisters. She was a retired bookkeeper and a member of New River Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Eastern Star and had lived in Tift County for 60 years.

Mrs. Sumler is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Albert Boyd and Wanda Sumler of Omega, Ivey and Sue Sumler of LaGrange and Kenneth Tobie and Clarice Sumler of Tifton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Iris and Gene Scoggins of Haines City, Fla., and Sally Darlene and Howard Burrous of Ty Ty; one sister, Ida Pearl Bennett of Cordele; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

You may express online condolences to the family at www.bowen-donaldson.com. Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals is in charge of arrangements.

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