Harold A. Drum

CONOVER - On Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, Pastor Harold A. Drum succumbed to pulmonary fibrosis following a battle lasting almost six years. Pastor Drum was born July 9, 1933, to the late David Ray Lafayette Drum and Amanda Ella Dellinger Drum. Harold grew up in Catawba County and attended Lenoir-Rhyne College, as well as Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He faithfully served parishes in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and when he retired to North Carolina, he served interim assignments in Charlotte, Morganton and at Mount Zion in Conover. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Janet Schneirla Drum; two daughters, Adrienne Drum and fiance, Rick Fincher, and Meg Lumsdaine and husband, Peter; two grandchildren, Sophia Lumsdaine and Brendan Lumsdaine; and his brother, Maury Drum. A service of remembrance will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at Mount Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Dr. David Seymour officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m., prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Mount Zion Lutheran Church, c/o the Rev. Harold Drum Fund, 4420 County Home Road, Conover, N.C. 28613 or Palliative CareCenter & Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, N.C. 28658. Condolences may be sent to the Drum family at www.drumfuneralhome.com. The Drum family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover.