Marian Eva Gibson Sumner of Lumber Bridge passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in the FirstHealth Hospice House at the age of 92.
She was born in Robeson County on May 27, 1926 to Merritt Simpson Gibson and Ethel Deaton Gibson. She was past president of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Lumber Bridge Fire Department and a member of the Lumber Bridge Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Flora Macdonald College and worked in Civil Service at Ft. Bragg. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sidney E. Sumner; her granddaughter, Kimberly McMillan Porter; her brother, Jeptha David Gibson; and her sisters, Margery Miller, Louise Freeman.
She is survived by her daughters, Faye McMillan of Raeford, and Pamela Lewis (Ricky) of Lumber Bridge; her son, John E. Sumner of Las Vegas, Nevada; her grandchildren, Kristy Newton (David) of Raeford, Sidney Lewis (Christina) of Vass, Richard Lewis of Lumber Bridge, Selena Stoney (Carlton) of Charleston, South Carolina, John Sumner (Rachel) of Summerville, South Carolina, and Angela Sumner of Lopez Island, Washington; her great-grandchildren, Cody Porter (Mary Lou) of Austin, Texas, Dylan and Coleton McMillan, both of Raeford, Lizzy and Abbey Newton both Raeford, Sidney, Riley Ann and Sawyer Lewis, all of Vass, Addison, Ellison and Piper Stoney all of Charleston, and Destiny Underwood and Darius Burris both of Fayetteville; great- great-grandchildren, Emma and Brodie Porter of Austin; and her brother, Merritte Gibson (Sherry) of Carolina Beach.
The visitation will be 1-2 p.m. at Crumpler Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, with the funeral at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Wayne Sanderson officiating. Burial will be in the Raeford Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to: First Health Hospice House, 150 Applecross Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374.