Richard Clayton Brumfield

Sumter, SC…. Richard Clayton Brumfield, age 94, beloved husband of 72 years to Marilyn Patricia Bloom Brumfield, died on Monday, December 2, 2024, at Prisma Health Tuomey.  

Richard was born in Waverly, Ohio, the son of the late Nolan Brumfield and Marilla Dunkle. He grew up on a family farm in Ohio where he developed his love of gardening.  He attended Ohio State University where he graduated and was an avid football fan. He later enlisted in the United States Air Force where he would serve a long and memorable career as a meteorologist. Richard went on to be stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he met and married the love of his life, Marilyn. During his military career he and his wife were stationed all over the United States and England. Richard had a life that was well lived. After retirement from his military career, he went on to work in Real Estate, Cabinet making and in Social Services. He was a man of many talents. In his spare time, he was an avid woodworker, model ship builder, duck carver and loved to dabble in electronics. At one point he even took flying lessons. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Cookeville, TN.

Richard will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by; three sons, Nolan Bruce Brumfield and his wife Marti, Jeffrey Scott Brumfield and his wife Lynn and Steven Richard Brumfield and his wife Jane all of TN; two daughters, Linda Maryl Brumfield Holland and her husband Thomas of VA and Susan Leigh Brumfield Nethercutt and her husband Lloyd of Sumter, SC; one surviving sister; twelve grandchildren, Maria Thomas and her husband Steve, Tim Brumfield,  Katy Johnson and her husband Tim, Danny Holland, Josh Nethercutt, Andrew Nethercutt, Matthew Nethercutt and his wife Brittany, Alison Brumfield Young and her husband Dillon, Caren Brumfield, Trisha Brumfield Queener and her husband Jake, Jason Brumfield and Lauren Brumfield; six great grandchildren, Brett Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Sabine Johnson, Ella Nethercutt, Hayden Queener and Alleigh Queener.

Services will be held at a later date

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Cookeville, TN, 565 E. 10th Street, Cookeville, TN 38501.

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