Mellie R. Sumner

	Memorial Services for Mellie R. Sumner, 93, of Jasper, Texas, were at 2 p.m. Friday, August 25 in the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home Chapel.  Memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.
	Mrs. Sumner died Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital.  A native of DuQuoin, she was a former resident of Longview and Akron, Ohio and was a longtime Jasper resident.
	She is survived by her daughter, Joan Sumner of Jasper; a sister, Kathern Little of Florida and numerous nieces and nephews.
	Services were under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Jasper, Texas.
