The Norman Transcript
May 2004
Sadie Margaret Bumgarner, 89, of Norman died Friday, May 28, 2004
in Noble. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at McFarlin Memorial
United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dick House officiating. Burial
will follow at Norman IOOF Cemetery. Services are under the direction
of Havenbrook Funeral Home.
She was born Nov. 3, 1914, in Lindale, Texas to Fonzo Robert and
Hettie Eunice Edwards Covington. At the age of 4, she traveled to
Wister from Texas, accompanyinh her father in a covered wagon.
Later she moved with her family to the Goldsby area and graduated
from Washington High School. She attended the University of
Oklahoma and received a bachelor's degree in education. She
married John Lee Bumgarner Jr. Feb. 15, 1946, in Norman.
Mrs. Bumgarner was a third-grade teacher in Texas and Oklahoma
for more than 30 years. She began teaching in Norman in 1956 at
Adams Elementary and retired from Cleveland Elementary. She was
a longtime member of McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church
and was active in the visitation ministry. She was a member of the
United Methodist Women's Circle and the Norman Retired Teachers
assocation.
Mrs. Bumgarner was preceded in death by her husband, John in
2003; her parents; a sister, Avis Wimpy; and two brothers, Bill and
Barney Covington.
Survivors include daughters, Linda Lippe and husband, Dennis of
Austin, Texas and Mary June Joseph and husband, Joe of Satellite
Beach, Fla.; sisters, Nettie Brockhaus and husband, James of
Noble; Corrine Luther of Midland, Texas; and Lorene Harris of St.
George, Utah; brothers, Burl Covington and wife, Doris of Whittier,
Calif., and Bryan Covington and wife, Luding of Redwood City,
Calif.; four grandchildren, Aaron, John, Tyler Joseph and Calvin
James Lippe and Joseph J. Joseph III; and many nieces, nephews
and cousins.
The family extends its appreciation to the caregivers of Sadie and
John, who they say will always be a part of their family.
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