Billy Cummings
Posted: May 7, 2009
MILLPORT, Ala. — Billy Cummings, 73, died May 5, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services are Friday at 11 a.m. at Dowdle Funeral Home in Millport with the Rev. Lenwood Gilliland, Linda Henderson, Bro. Chester Shaw and Kenneth Humbers officiating. Burial will follow at Millport City Cemetery in Millport. Visitation is today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Cummings was born June 13, 1935, in Millport to the late James Comer and Lela Petronella Cummings. He was a lifelong resident of Millport, the business owner of Columbus Awning for 35 years, member of Church of the Nazarene in Millport, and a founding member and honorary member of South Lamar Rescue Squad. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Humbers Cummings of Millport; daughters, Lisa Turner of Millport and Watana Orcutt of Dallas; son, Barry E. Cummings of Muscle Shoals; sisters, Colene Livingston and Peggy Gilliland, both of Gordo, Ala., and Ann Partain of Millport; brothers, Charles Cummings of Fayette, Ala., and Jimmy Cummings of Millport; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Steve and Ricky Cummings, Tyler and Caleb Turner, Danny Livingston, Keith and Mike Sullivan and Tommy Pate.