James Neil Sumner

ASHEVILLE - JAMES NEIL SUMNER, 67, OF 116 HEMPHILL ROAD DIED FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 2000 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A MEMBER OF BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH AND A U.S. ARMY VETERAN. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE JAMES LEONARD AND ROBENA HUNTER SUMNER AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, CHARLES LEONARD SUMNER. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, DORA BUCKNER SUMNER OF THE HOME; SONS, GREGORY N. SUMNER AND WIFE TERESA DIANE OF ALEXANDER AND ANTHONY K. SUMNER AND WIFE KRISTA OF FAIRVIEW; GRANDSON, MATHEW NEIL THOMAS SUMNER OF FAIRVIEW; SISTER, ANNE HUFFMAN OF GA.; BROTHERS, EUGENE SUMNER OF GREENVILLE, S.C. AND CARROLL SUMNER OF SHAWNEE, KA. AND AN UNCLE, WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE HUNTER OF SWANNANOA. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 A.M. MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REVS. JOE HONEYCUTT AND ROGER MUNDY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE WESTERN CAROLINA STATE VETERANS CEMETERY WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES CONDUCTED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL VOLUNTEER MEMORIAL TEAM. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 8:30 P.M. SUNDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.