Wilmer Atkins Rumbley, 96, peacefully went to be with the Lord late Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013, at Morehead Nursing Center where she had been in residence since September, 2010.
Her funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, March 25, at Hampton Heights Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Gardens in Eden.
Mrs. Rumbley was born on April 22, 1916, in Woolwine, Virginia; she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Weaver Atkins. As a young woman, she left Woolwine to find a job in the big town of Leaksville (now Eden). She would end up working at Spray Cotton Mill, Fieldcrest, and then retiring from Karastan. Not only did she work outside the home, raise five boys, and take care of her aging in-laws, but also, she was a charter member of Hampton Heights Baptist Church where she willingly served in various capacities during her lifetime. Having had five boys, she felt it necessary to offer her assistance in the nursery. She was a member of the Ladies Sunday School class and an active member of the Willing Workers and the Baptist Women. Her favorite thing to do was to cook and bake for her sons and their families up until she had a stroke in 1996.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Allen Reid Rumbley; her son, Malcolm Reid Rumbley; her three brothers, Jesse, Brice and Reuben Atkins; four sisters, Annice Hinson, Lizzie Earles, Ozella Wilmouth, and Maltie Wilmouth.
Her funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, March 25, at Hampton Heights Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Gardens in Eden.
Mrs. Rumbley was born on April 22, 1916, in Woolwine, Virginia; she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Weaver Atkins. As a young woman, she left Woolwine to find a job in the big town of Leaksville (now Eden). She would end up working at Spray Cotton Mill, Fieldcrest, and then retiring from Karastan. Not only did she work outside the home, raise five boys, and take care of her aging in-laws, but also, she was a charter member of Hampton Heights Baptist Church where she willingly served in various capacities during her lifetime. Having had five boys, she felt it necessary to offer her assistance in the nursery. She was a member of the Ladies Sunday School class and an active member of the Willing Workers and the Baptist Women. Her favorite thing to do was to cook and bake for her sons and their families up until she had a stroke in 1996.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Allen Reid Rumbley; her son, Malcolm Reid Rumbley; her three brothers, Jesse, Brice and Reuben Atkins; four sisters, Annice Hinson, Lizzie Earles, Ozella Wilmouth, and Maltie Wilmouth.
Wilmer Atkins Rumbley, 96, peacefully went to be with the Lord late Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013, at Morehead Nursing Center where she had been in residence since September, 2010.
Her funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, March 25, at Hampton Heights Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Gardens in Eden.
Mrs. Rumbley was born on April 22, 1916, in Woolwine, Virginia; she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Weaver Atkins. As a young woman, she left Woolwine to find a job in the big town of Leaksville (now Eden). She would end up working at Spray Cotton Mill, Fieldcrest, and then retiring from Karastan. Not only did she work outside the home, raise five boys, and take care of her aging in-laws, but also, she was a charter member of Hampton Heights Baptist Church where she willingly served in various capacities during her lifetime. Having had five boys, she felt it necessary to offer her assistance in the nursery. She was a member of the Ladies Sunday School class and an active member of the Willing Workers and the Baptist Women. Her favorite thing to do was to cook and bake for her sons and their families up until she had a stroke in 1996.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Allen Reid Rumbley; her son, Malcolm Reid Rumbley; her three brothers, Jesse, Brice and Reuben Atkins; four sisters, Annice Hinson, Lizzie Earles, Ozella Wilmouth, and Maltie Wilmouth.
Her funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, March 25, at Hampton Heights Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Gardens in Eden.
Mrs. Rumbley was born on April 22, 1916, in Woolwine, Virginia; she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Weaver Atkins. As a young woman, she left Woolwine to find a job in the big town of Leaksville (now Eden). She would end up working at Spray Cotton Mill, Fieldcrest, and then retiring from Karastan. Not only did she work outside the home, raise five boys, and take care of her aging in-laws, but also, she was a charter member of Hampton Heights Baptist Church where she willingly served in various capacities during her lifetime. Having had five boys, she felt it necessary to offer her assistance in the nursery. She was a member of the Ladies Sunday School class and an active member of the Willing Workers and the Baptist Women. Her favorite thing to do was to cook and bake for her sons and their families up until she had a stroke in 1996.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Allen Reid Rumbley; her son, Malcolm Reid Rumbley; her three brothers, Jesse, Brice and Reuben Atkins; four sisters, Annice Hinson, Lizzie Earles, Ozella Wilmouth, and Maltie Wilmouth.
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