Seventh Generation

3249. Lucille Pearl LUTZ was born on 30 September 1910 in Catawba County, North Carolina.²⁷⁵⁷ She died on 13 July 2005 at the age of 94 in Abernethy Laurels, Newton, North Carolina.²⁷⁵⁷ She was buried in New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, NC. Lucille was buried in New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, NC.²⁷⁵⁷ Her obituary appeared as follows: NEWTON - Lucille Lutz Bumgarner, 94, of Abernethy Laurels, Newton, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at Abernethy Laurels. Born Sept. 30, 1910, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late William Raymond and Bessie Bost Lutz. She was a lifelong member of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, where she was active in the Senior Friends group, Women of the Church and various other committees. She was a homemaker and a member of the Homemaker’s Club of Catawba County, which, in 1976, presented her with the “Mother of the Year Award.” In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Cloyd Randolph Bumgarner; a daughter, Helen B. Kanipe; and four brothers, Frank Lutz, James Lutz, Phillip Lutz and Floyd Lutz. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Norman and Diana Bumgarner and W.R. and Connie Bumgarner of Newton; a daughter and two sons-in-law, Myra and Ted Hefner of Hickory and Charles Kanipe of Newton; a brother, W.R. Lutz of Newton; a sister, Alice Seitz of Charlotte; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. A Service of Remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2005, at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Startown Road in Hickory. The Rev. Randall Cauble will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church. Grandsons of Mrs. Bumgarner will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Building Fund, 2120 Startown Road, Hickory, N.C. 28602. The Bumgarner family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. [Hickory Daily Record - Friday, July 15, 2005]

Lucille Pearl LUTZ and Cloyd Randolph BUMGARNER , Sr. were married estimated 1932. Cloyd Randolph BUMGARNER , Sr., son of William Perry BUMGARNER and Lillie Ella (Harvest) HARBENSON, was born on 4 July 1911 in Catawba County, North Carolina.²⁷⁵⁷ He died on 4 March 2000 at the age of 88 in Abernethy Laurels, Newton, North Carolina.²⁷⁵⁷ He was buried in New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, NC.²⁷⁵⁷

Lucille Pearl LUTZ and Cloyd Randolph BUMGARNER , Sr. had the following children: