Anna M. McCumbee
1932-2020
Anna Marie McCumbee, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the Berkeley Springs Center.
Born November 15, 1932 in Posey Hollow, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Will Darl and Bessie May Cain Merchant.
She was a member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.
She attended public schools in Morgan County, W.Va.
She had worked at the Interwoven Hosiery Mill and done waitress work in Berkeley Springs. Anna Marie worked for 31 years as a finishing supervisor with Londontown Manufacturing in Hancock, Md.
She was a member of South Morgan Volunteer Fire Department and volunteered at Valley View Nursing Home.
Anna Marie played the upright bass in her early years and then was a member of the Gospel Lamplighters.
She enjoyed cooking, baking and loved children.
Surviving are her son, Harry James “Jimmy” McCumbee, Jr. and his wife Ginger of Berkeley Springs; her granddaughter, Holli Nicole McCumbee of Berkeley Springs; her great-grandson, Cooper Reid McCumbee of Berkeley Springs and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry James “Bud” McCumbee, Sr.; one son, James Randall McCumbee; four sisters, Mildred Louise Michael, Geneva May Custer, Mary Virginia McDonald Hurley and Pauline Edna Asbury and two brothers, Willie Sylvester Merchant and Roscoe Wilbur Merchant.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, 6752 Winchester Grade Road, Berkeley Springs, W.Va., with Pastor Lloyd McCanna officiating.
Friends may call from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Olivet Cemetery Association, 355 Harrison Avenue, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411.
Online condolences may be expressed at www. helsleyjohnsonfh.com.
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