Joseph T. Sumrell

JOSEPH THOMAS SUMRELL, 66, DIED SUNDAY IN A DURHAM HOSPITAL.
HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR AND WAS THE MAYOR OF DORTCHES.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERIAN LEGION, DORTCHES RURITAN CLUB, DORTCHES BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR NINE YEARS OF THE ROCKY MOUNT LEAFS AND PHILLIES BASEBALL TEAMS.
A FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AT DORTCHES BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REV. EMANUEL PEGRAM OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MRS. KATHLEEN ROSE HAGINS SUMRELL OF THE HOME; TWO SISTERS, MRS. HELEN JONES AND MRS. EMMA SAVAGE, BOTH OF KINSTON.
FREINDS MAY CALL AT THE FUNERAL HOME TONIGHT FROM 7-9 O’CLOCK.