ROCKY MOUNT - Elder Howard H. Sumner, 81, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Guardian Care Nursing Center in Rocky Mount.

Funeral Service was held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 18 at Grace Covenant Church in Rocky Mount with the Rev. Howard Jackson officiating. Interment followed immediately after the service at the Sumner Family Cemetery in Halifax.

Visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, October 17 at H.D. Pope Funeral Home Chapel in Rocky Mount. A wake was held from 11 a.m. -12 noon at the church prior to the service.

Arrangements entrusted to H.D. Pope Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.