Doyle Leon Lumpkin

Doyle L. Lumpkin born November 3, 1921 near Simms, Texas died Saturday September 17, 2011 at an area care center. Visitation will be 1:00 pm to 8:00pm on Sunday September 18, 2011 with the family being present to greet friends from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Funeral service will be 11:00 am Monday September 19, 2011 at the First Baptist Church Chapel with Dr. Mark Bumpus, officiating. Burial will follow at Belvedere Memorial Park. Arrangements are with Robert Massie Funeral Home. Doyle is predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Marie Hardwick Lumpkin. He is survived by three sons; David Lumpkin and wife, Melisa of Mc Kinney, Daniel Lumpkin and wife, Margery of Richmond and Dr. James Lumpkin and wife, Jeanette of Ruston, LA; and two daughters; Elizabeth Murphy of Charlotte NC, and Nancy Kane and husband, Leo of Greenwood, IN, ten grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren; sister in law, Kay Hardwick, brother in law, Robert Hardwick and a special family friend, Elaine Bettis. Honorary pallbearers will be Department 8 of the First Baptist Church Sunday School Class. He was educated in Texarkana, Texas high school and Ouachita Baptist University with BA and MA degrees. He received his Bachelors of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Rev. Lumpkin pastored in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. His military career spanned twenty-eight years as active duty and Air Force reserves and Air National Guard. As a non-commissioned officer; he attained the rank of T/SGT. As Air Force Chaplin; he retired as a Major. He was a graduate of Air Force Sr. Chaplain School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Rev. Lumpkin also served as a hospital chaplain at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK. He served as part-time chaplain at both the VA hospital in Little Rock, AR. and North Little Rock, AR. He retired in 1985 from the Missions Department of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. After retirement, he did volunteer work with the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He and his wife both served 23 months in Germany as Volunteers of the Foreign Mission Board. They were instrumental in establishing the East Bavaria Southern Baptist Church in Grafenwoehr Germany. He and his wife were avid travelers and served with Campers on Mission in Arkansas and Texas. In November 1990, he moved from Little Rock, AR to Baptist Memorials Village in San Angelo, TX. Our family wishes to thank everyone at Baptist Memorials Village and the Baptist Hospice.