Doyle Bumpious

Doyle A. Bumpious, 78, of Anniston, Ala., passed away Monday, June 19, 2017.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Parker Me-morial Baptist Church in Anniston. Dr. Mac Amis will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens near Union City at 10 a.m. Saturday. Pastor Chip Davis will officiate.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Mitchell Bumpious; two daughters, Leah Bumpious Junkins (Jimmy) and Damita Bum-pious Becknell; a son, John Mitchell Bumpious (Jennifer); a brother, John Randall Bumpious (Barbara); five grandchildren, Hunter Becknell, Hayden Becknell, Drew Bumpious, Ashley Bum-pious and Davis Bumpious; six nieces, Kim Bumpious Provancher, Kathy Barnes Patterson, Vickie Criswell Moore, Becky Criswell, Mindy Baker Ackles and Holly Baker Schumann; and six nephews, Keith Bumpious, Lynn Barnes, Kenneth Barnes, Rex Criswell, Randy Mitchell and Mark Baker.
Mr. Bumpious was a native of Union City and was a resident of Anniston, Ala. He attended Parker Memorial Baptist Church. He was a member of the Dixie School Class of 1957 and a 1961 graduate of the University of Tennessee, after which he earned his Professional Engineering License. He started his career with International Harvester in Memphis and also worked for Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Ala., and Southern Tool in Oxford, Ala., before starting his own company, Alloy Engineering.
Mr. Bumpious was preceded in death by his parents, John Alfred and Edna Brown Bumpious, who were also longtime residents of Union City.
Mr. Bumpious had a great love for his family, friends and the great outdoors.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, ALZ.org, and Ducks Unlimited, 1-800-453-8257.
Published 6.21.17