Stella Jane Shumaker

Stella Jane Shumaker, 93, of Zama, MS died March 16, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala. Graveside Services are 10:00 a.m., Friday March 18, 2022, at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Kenny Gentry will officiate the services. Mrs. Shumaker was a retired schoolteacher. She taught in the Attala County School District for 40 years. She was an avid reader. She loved genealogy and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Upon her retirement, she served on the Attala County school board. Mrs. Stella will be greatly missed by her family. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Roy Shumaker; parents, William Hadley Gregory and Stella Annis Adams Gregory; five brothers, and two sisters. She is survived by nieces Nina Sue (Curtis) Burchan of Guntown, MS and Jane (Bryan) Myers of Zama, MS, and great nieces Abigail Myers and Emmalee Myers of Zama. Pallbearers are Charles Hobson, Curtis Burchan, Robert Gentry, Sam Bell, Bradley Ryals, and Bryan Myers. Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery Fund or Bethel Baptist Church in Leake, Co.