Harlan D. Lumsden

November 22, 1932 - December 13, 2013

Funeral services for Harlan D. Lumsden, 81, will be Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 3 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Piedmont with the Rev. Michael Ingram officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 1 - 3 p.m. Mr. Lumsden passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at his home. Survivors include his loving wife of 58 years, Bonnie Lumsden; his children, Barry Scott Lumsden (Judy) of Caden, Rebecca Michelle Burgess (David) of Gadsden and Bruce Eric Lumsden (Nancy) of Jacksonville; eight grandchildren, Andrew Lumsden, Sabrina Lumsden, Josh Lumsden, Chase Lumsden, Megan McCombs, Jeremy Murphree, Ashley Murphree and Cody Burgess; 10 great grandchildren, Devin Culpepper, Wyatt Lumsden, Ben Lumsden, Lilly Lumsden, Ollie Isaac, Caden Fell, Logan Fell, Sophia Spencer, Samuel McCombs and Hannah McCombs; one brother, Charles Lumsden of Marietta, Georgia; and a sister-in-law, Hazel Lumsden. Pallbearers will be Joshua Lumsden, Chase Lumsden, Jeremy Murphree, Cody Burgess, Andrew Lumsden and Steve Minton. Honorary pallbearers will be Ashley Murphree and Pep Waits. Mr. Lumsden has been a resident of Ohatchee for the past five years and was a former resident of Piedmont and Lincoln. He was a U.S.Army Korean war veteran, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Piedmont and retired from the fire department at Anniston Army Depot in April 1988. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kristina Lumsden; his parents, J. O. and Effie Mae Lumsden; mother-in-law, Mary Warrine McGowan; brothers, Joe Vann Lumsden, Tom Lumsden and Harold "Pete" Lumsden; and two sisters, Ann Shealy and Mary Voiles.