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Obit for Douglas posted by Martha Reddout

© Marietta Monitor
28 Jan 2000, Page 4

Lt. Sumrall was born July 8, 1932, in Gulfport, Mississippi, the son of Lawrence & Viola Tucker Sumrall, and died January 20, 2000, in Gulfport. A resident of the Gulf Coast for the past 21 years, he retired as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and received the following awards:  National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Mississippi Emergency Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm, Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, & the Good Conduct Medal 6th Award.  He was a member of the V.F.W., the Masonic Lodge, a life member of the D.A.V. & American Legion, and a member of the Paradise Valley Baptist Church of Lawton. He and the former Billye Jeleen Monkres were married in November 1967 in Copper Cove, Texas.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jeleen Sumrall of the home in Gulfport; three daughters, Andra Brown and Sharon Bates of Gulfport, and Marla Carney of Clinton, North Carolina; two sisters, Mary Tompkins and Betty Blake of Woolmarket, Mississippi; three brothers, J.W. Sumrall and Raymond Sumrall of Gulfport, and Leonard Sumrall of Wiggins, Mississippi; his father and mother-in-law, Thurman and Hester Monkres of Leon; and five grandchildren.

Lt. Sumrall was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, R.B. Sumrall. 

Graveside military rites were conducted in the Leon Cemetery by the Ft. Sill Honor Guard, Lawton.

Assisting as pallbearers were nephews,  Jimmie Monkres, Jackie Dale Miller, Jaylin Miller, Jaryl Arthur, Derrick Salazar, Timmy Arthur, Jason Conway, Marvin Conway, James Arthur, Jody Salazar & Cody Miller. 

Arrangements were under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home, Wilson.

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