The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, December 29, 1994            TAG: 9412290332
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
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WILLIE H. SUMNER

Willie Harrison Sumner, 75, of Rt. 1, died Dec. 27, 1994.

He was a member of Ashley Grove Baptist Church and was retired from NASA.

Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Sykes Sumner; a son, Donald H. Sumner of Hampton, Va.; one brother, Everette Sumner of Conway, N.C.; two grandsons, one great-grandson, and two step-children.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in Ashley Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow at the Deloatch Family Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Roanoke-Chowan Hospice, Ahoskie, N.C. 27910, or the Conway Rescue Squad, Conway, N.C. 27820. Jackson Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB