Catherine Sumrow
Catherine Lorenda Sumrow, 94, of Atoka, Oklahoma, died Friday, January 15, 2016 at Calera Manor Nursing Center in Calera, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be 3:00 PM, Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Memoryland Memorial Park under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Clay Womack will officiate. Visitation will be 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Sumrow was born December 26, 1921 in Celeste, Texas. She was the daughter of Jess and Bessie Gibson. She married C. B. Sumrow on June 26, 1941, in Quinlan, Texas. She was a homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church in Garland.
Survivors include her daughter, Sue Franks and husband, John of Atoka, Oklahoma; sons, Steve Sumrow and wife, Dolly of Katy and Scott Sumrow of Bedford; grandchildren, Emily Rider, Mary Katherine Sumrow, Michael Sumrow, Andrew Sumrow, Matthew Sumrow, Christiana Hughes and Gloria Sumrow; and great-grandchildren, Allena, Jacob, Abigail, Alexander and two on the way. She was preceded in death by her husband, C. B. Sumrow in 2009; sister, Oma Leinart; and brother, Cloyd Gibson.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to First United Methodist Church, 801 West Avenue B, Garland, Texas 75040.