Ninth Generation

18414. Raymond Hill Bumgarner was born on 8 September 1927 in Banner Elk, Avery Co., NC.⁴⁵⁵³⁰ Raymond died on 11 May 2011 at the age of 83 at Watuaga Medical Center in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 13 May 2011.⁴⁵⁵³¹

Obituary, Watauga Democrat, May 13, 2011

Raymond Hill Bumgarner, 83, of Hillside Drive, Boone, died Wednesday afternoon, May 11, 2011, at the Watauga Medial Center. Born September 8, 1927, in Avery County, he was a son of Emery Claud and Ella Coffey Bumgarner. Hill served in the Army Air Corp during WWII. Before retiring from the ASU Steam Plant, Hill cooked at Lees-McRae College Cafeteria and the Daniel Boone Hotel. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Boone and enjoyed vegetable gardening and lawn maintenance.

Mr. Bumgarner is survived by his daughter, Daphne Ramsey, of Boone; three grandchildren, Eric Hill Ramsey and wife, Stephanie, of West Jefferson, Brian Oakes, and Crystal Ward and husband, Jared, all of Boone; four great-grandchildren, Coty, Kiersten, Campbell and Aura; one brother, Roy Bumgarner and wife, Joyce, of Whitnel; and three sisters, Leona McLaughlin and Nina Orders and husband, Freddie, all of Morganton, and Thelma Harmon, of Statesville. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Aldridge Bumgarner; one daughter, Hilda Oakes; and two sons-in-law, Johnny Ramsey and Cecil Oakes.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, 2011, at the First Baptist Church in Boone, officiated by Pastor Roy Dobyns and the Rev. Lawrence Goodman. The family will receive friends 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday prior to services at the church. Entombment will follow at the Mount Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family respectfully requests no food and suggests memorials to the American Heart Association, Memorial & Tribute Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, Va. 23058.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at the website austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.

Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Bumgarner family.

Raymond Hill Bumgarner and Ruby Clara Aldridge were married on 18 April 1949 in Banner Elk, Avery Co., NC.⁴⁵⁵³² Ruby Clara Aldridge, daughter of Wallace Aldridge and Sarah , was born on 15 May 1923. Ruby died in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 15 December 1994 and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC in December 1994 .⁴⁵⁵³³