Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:01 am

Lee R. Bumgardner passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Services were held at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lee F. and Ellen Bumgardner and a son, Dennis Owen Bumgardner.

He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Ruth Brittain Bumgardner, two sons and a daughter, Harvey Bumgardner, Myra Walker, and Charles Bumgardner, and five grandchildren and  his sister, Daphine Canipe.

Memorials may be made to Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church, 1117 South Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28203.

Crowe’s Mortuary of Rutherfordton, NC is serving the family.