Larry Dwain Sumner, 63, of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Alapaha passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross as the result of an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2010, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Dan Johnson will officiate with burial to follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Sumner was born on July 31, 1946 in Tifton and was the son of Glenn Sumner and Willie Mae Vickers Sumner, both deceased. He was a retired physicist with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia and a graduate of Valdosta State College and Virginia Tech. He was of the Methodist faith.
Mr. Sumner is survived by his wife, Carolyn Hayes Sumner of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Alapaha.