Mary Elizabeth Hinson Sumner, 89, of Omega passed away Saturday, April 15, 2023, at her residence. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 18 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. A private family graveside service will be held for Mrs. Sumner at a later date at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest.
Thomas Sumner, Stephen Sumner, Tommy Stone, Gene Hinson, Christian Sumner, Zack Puryear and Everett Rowan will serve as pallbearers.
Born September 9, 1933, in Colquitt County, Mrs. Sumner was the daughter of the late Jimmie Mitchell Hinson and Viola Shivers Hinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Sumner; one son, Steven “Steve” Sumner; and one brother, Bobby Hinson. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Sumner is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, June and Ken Ponder and Becky Sumner, all of Omega; a daughter-in-law, Tabitha Sumner; one brother, Jimmie Hinson of Lenox; one sister, Libby Stone of Omega; three grandchildren and their spouses, Stephen Sumner, Thomas and Skylar Sumner and Elizabeth and Zack Puryear; and four great-grandchildren, Charleigh Sumner, Liam Puryear, John Thomas Sumner and Lucy Sumner.
Contributions may be made to Voice of God Recordings, Inc., P. O. Box 950, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 47131; or Hospice of Tift Area, 618 Central Avenue North, Tifton, GA 31794.