Mr. Roy Raburn Rumbley, 81, of Moss Point, Miss., died Thursday, Feb. 22,
2007 in Pascagoula. He was born Nov. 25, 1925 in Repton (Conecuh County), Ala.
and had been a resident of Moss Point since 1946. Mr. Rumbley enlisted in the
United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He served three years on the
USS Indus in the Pacific Theatre during which time he fought in the Battle of
the Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands. He was retired after 42 years of
service as a machine operator from International Paper Company in Moss Point and
attended First United Pentecostal Church of Pascagoula.
Mr. Rumbley was preceded in death by his father and mother, Mr. William
Oscar and Mrs. Lucy Elizabeth Boulware Rumbley, four sisters, Nannie Cloe Bush,
Eulene Rumbley, Ann Lou Byrd, Helen Cole and one brother, Robert Rumbley.
Mr. Rumbley is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mrs. Irene Rumbley of Moss
Point, a daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and John Lee of Warner Robins,
Ga., two sons and daughters-in-law, Roy R. and JoAnn Rumbley of Birmingham,
Ala., and Roderick and Michelle Rumbley of Madison; five grandchildren, Chuck
and Leslie Collum of Amboy, Wash., Jeffrey Lee of Warner Robins, Ga., Frank
Kline of Moss Point, Danielle and Addison Rumbley of Madison and Gary and Kym
Kline of Charleston, S.C.; seven great-grandchildren, Maggie, AnnaLeigh, Lilly
and Lucy Rumbley and
Kaylee and Mason Collum, Cora Kline; and numerous nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 from 6 until 9 p.m. at
Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 at 2 p.m. from the funeral
home chapel with Rev. Jerry Ramsey officiating.
Interment will follow in Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula.
If friends prefer, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Judes
Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Tel: (800)
873-6983.
Arrangements by Holder-Wells Funeral Home, Moss Point, Miss.
2007 in Pascagoula. He was born Nov. 25, 1925 in Repton (Conecuh County), Ala.
and had been a resident of Moss Point since 1946. Mr. Rumbley enlisted in the
United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He served three years on the
USS Indus in the Pacific Theatre during which time he fought in the Battle of
the Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands. He was retired after 42 years of
service as a machine operator from International Paper Company in Moss Point and
attended First United Pentecostal Church of Pascagoula.
Mr. Rumbley was preceded in death by his father and mother, Mr. William
Oscar and Mrs. Lucy Elizabeth Boulware Rumbley, four sisters, Nannie Cloe Bush,
Eulene Rumbley, Ann Lou Byrd, Helen Cole and one brother, Robert Rumbley.
Mr. Rumbley is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mrs. Irene Rumbley of Moss
Point, a daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and John Lee of Warner Robins,
Ga., two sons and daughters-in-law, Roy R. and JoAnn Rumbley of Birmingham,
Ala., and Roderick and Michelle Rumbley of Madison; five grandchildren, Chuck
and Leslie Collum of Amboy, Wash., Jeffrey Lee of Warner Robins, Ga., Frank
Kline of Moss Point, Danielle and Addison Rumbley of Madison and Gary and Kym
Kline of Charleston, S.C.; seven great-grandchildren, Maggie, AnnaLeigh, Lilly
and Lucy Rumbley and
Kaylee and Mason Collum, Cora Kline; and numerous nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 from 6 until 9 p.m. at
Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 at 2 p.m. from the funeral
home chapel with Rev. Jerry Ramsey officiating.
Interment will follow in Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula.
If friends prefer, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Judes
Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Tel: (800)
873-6983.
Arrangements by Holder-Wells Funeral Home, Moss Point, Miss.
Mr. Roy Raburn Rumbley, 81, of Moss Point, Miss., died Thursday, Feb. 22,
2007 in Pascagoula. He was born Nov. 25, 1925 in Repton (Conecuh County), Ala.
and had been a resident of Moss Point since 1946. Mr. Rumbley enlisted in the
United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He served three years on the
USS Indus in the Pacific Theatre during which time he fought in the Battle of
the Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands. He was retired after 42 years of
service as a machine operator from International Paper Company in Moss Point and
attended First United Pentecostal Church of Pascagoula.
Mr. Rumbley was preceded in death by his father and mother, Mr. William
Oscar and Mrs. Lucy Elizabeth Boulware Rumbley, four sisters, Nannie Cloe Bush,
Eulene Rumbley, Ann Lou Byrd, Helen Cole and one brother, Robert Rumbley.
Mr. Rumbley is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mrs. Irene Rumbley of Moss
Point, a daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and John Lee of Warner Robins,
Ga., two sons and daughters-in-law, Roy R. and JoAnn Rumbley of Birmingham,
Ala., and Roderick and Michelle Rumbley of Madison; five grandchildren, Chuck
and Leslie Collum of Amboy, Wash., Jeffrey Lee of Warner Robins, Ga., Frank
Kline of Moss Point, Danielle and Addison Rumbley of Madison and Gary and Kym
Kline of Charleston, S.C.; seven great-grandchildren, Maggie, AnnaLeigh, Lilly
and Lucy Rumbley and
Kaylee and Mason Collum, Cora Kline; and numerous nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 from 6 until 9 p.m. at
Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 at 2 p.m. from the funeral
home chapel with Rev. Jerry Ramsey officiating.
Interment will follow in Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula.
If friends prefer, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Judes
Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Tel: (800)
873-6983.
Arrangements by Holder-Wells Funeral Home, Moss Point, Miss.
2007 in Pascagoula. He was born Nov. 25, 1925 in Repton (Conecuh County), Ala.
and had been a resident of Moss Point since 1946. Mr. Rumbley enlisted in the
United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He served three years on the
USS Indus in the Pacific Theatre during which time he fought in the Battle of
the Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands. He was retired after 42 years of
service as a machine operator from International Paper Company in Moss Point and
attended First United Pentecostal Church of Pascagoula.
Mr. Rumbley was preceded in death by his father and mother, Mr. William
Oscar and Mrs. Lucy Elizabeth Boulware Rumbley, four sisters, Nannie Cloe Bush,
Eulene Rumbley, Ann Lou Byrd, Helen Cole and one brother, Robert Rumbley.
Mr. Rumbley is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mrs. Irene Rumbley of Moss
Point, a daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and John Lee of Warner Robins,
Ga., two sons and daughters-in-law, Roy R. and JoAnn Rumbley of Birmingham,
Ala., and Roderick and Michelle Rumbley of Madison; five grandchildren, Chuck
and Leslie Collum of Amboy, Wash., Jeffrey Lee of Warner Robins, Ga., Frank
Kline of Moss Point, Danielle and Addison Rumbley of Madison and Gary and Kym
Kline of Charleston, S.C.; seven great-grandchildren, Maggie, AnnaLeigh, Lilly
and Lucy Rumbley and
Kaylee and Mason Collum, Cora Kline; and numerous nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 from 6 until 9 p.m. at
Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 at 2 p.m. from the funeral
home chapel with Rev. Jerry Ramsey officiating.
Interment will follow in Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula.
If friends prefer, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Judes
Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Tel: (800)
873-6983.
Arrangements by Holder-Wells Funeral Home, Moss Point, Miss.
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