Samuel Wilson Cummings

(ROANOKE) Funeral service for Samuel Wilson Cummings, 85, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee.

The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Cummings died Tuesday, Jan. 23, at his home.

A Randolph County native, Mr. Cummings was born July 4, 1932, the son of Thomas Rufus “Bud” and Carrie Mae Mitchell Cummings. He had been self-employed as a cattle farmer.

Survivors include one son, Horace Cummings (wife, Angie) of Roanoke; one stepdaughter, Betty Kelly (husband, Melvin) of LaFayette; two sisters, Delilah Fetner and Susan Murphy, both of Roanoke; three brothers, Billy Cummings and Ricky Cummings, both of Roanoke, and Buddy Cummings of Wedowee; one stepsister, Frankie Reynolds; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cummings was preceded in death by his wife, Dovie Mitchell Cummings; brothers, Gene Cummings, Calvin Cummings and Thomas “T.A.” Cummings; and one sister, Margaret “Sis” Nations.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Fetner, John Fetner, Zack Murphy, Randy Cummings, David Cummings, Jeremy Cummings and Blake Cummings.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.quattlebaumfuneralhome.com. _

Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke.