Monday, October 15, 2018

MR. GARY MELVIN SHUMATE

Mr. Gary Melvin Shumate, 70 of Thomaston died October 12, 2018 at Upson Regional Medical Center. 

Funeral services will be Monday October 15, 2018 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Coggins Funeral Home. Rev. Mickey Corley officiating. Interment will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Shumate was born March 7, 1948 in Upson County, GA to the late Bentley and Hattie Mae Blanton Shumate. He worked at Standard Textile and retired from Thomaston Mills with 35 years of service. 

Survivors include his wife Cynthia Smith Shumate of Thomaston, daughter, Michelle Shumate Daniel and her husband Mike of Thomaston, sons, Dewayne Shumate and his wife Casey of Ft. Valley, GA and Chad Shumate and his wife Angie of Thomaston, half brother, Wendell Blanton, five grandchildren, Nick Goodman and his wife Deann, Josh Goodman, Jade Shumate, Leah Shumate and Zac Shumate, five great-grandchildren, Nicholas Goodman, Adalyn Goodman, Autry Goodman, Gill Marcus and Frankie Marcus.

Mr. Shumate was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Norman Shumate and a sister, Patsy Owenby.

The family will receive friends Sunday October 14, 2018 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Coggins Funeral Home.
 
You may sign the online guest book and share your own special thoughts with family of Mr. Shumate by visiting the Coggins Funeral Home website at www.cogginsfuneralhome.com.
 

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