"Charleston Gazette" - January 30, 1998
OREN L. SUMPTER
Oren L. Sumpter, 87, of Normantown, Gilmer County, died Jan. 28, 1998, in St. Josephs
Hospital, Parkersburg, after a long illness.
He was a former schoolteacher in Gilmer and Calhoun counties and director of
Community Action. He was an employee of the Commission on Aging and a member,
deacon and Sunday school teacher at Upper Steer Run Baptist Church.
Surviving: wife, Gwen Alltop Sumpter; daughters, Sharon Schulz and Judy Hashman,
both of ELyria, Ohio, Joan Fluharty of Canton, Ohio, Peggy Whyte of Wellston, Ohio;
son, Bryan of Fort Wayne, Ind.; sisters, Maude James and Lucille Gerwig, both of
Glenville; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Ellyson Mortuary, Glenville, with Elder Lary Fisher
and Elder Roger Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Beall Cemetery, Normantown.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary.
