Zella Garnett

GARNETT, Zella Shumaker, of Cumberland County, died in Farmville on December 21, 2009. She was born in Buckingham County on May 20, 1913, the daughter of the late Harrison and Bette Shumaker. She was the widow of the late Robert E. Garnett. She was also preceded in death by her son, R. Edmund III; and by her two sisters and five brothers. She is survived by her daughter, Betty Sue Mahan and her husband, Clyde; her granddaughter, Kim Hodgson and her husband, Jim; her grandson, Clyde E. (Roby) Mahan; and her two grandchildren, Tom and Katherine Hodgson; and several nieces and nephews. Other survivors include her daughter-in-law, Judy Womack and her husband, Charles, and their two sons, Michael and John, and their families; and a close friend, Charlene (Charlie) White. She was a longtime member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Cumberland County. She was a sales clerk in the ladies department of Baldwins Dept. Store for many years. As were her wishes, there will be no visitation and there will be a graveside service, which will be held at Centenary United Methodist Church on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11 a.m. Doyne-Burger-Davis Funeral Home will be in charge of the service. Remembrances may be made to the cemetery fund of Centenary Church.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.