Lillian L. Brumfield

May 20, 1932 - April 3, 2011

Lillian Loretta Light Brumfield, 78, of Itmann, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 3, 2011 surrounded by her loving family at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley following a long illness. Born May 20, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Beatrice (Woolwine) Light. Loretta was a homemaker and a member of the Alpoca Pentecostal Church Of God. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and loved bargain shopping at yard sales and auctions. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Porter Lee; an infant daughter; two grandsons, Jerry Dean Brumfield and Jerry Lee Brumfield, Jr.; one sister, Susan (Lena) Light Sizemore; and one brother-in-law, Weaver Sizemore. Those left to cherish her memory include her loving children, Jerry Brumfield and his wife, Barbara, of Itmann, Ronnie Brumfield of Itmann, Jack Brumfield of Madison, NC, Wanda Brumfield and her companion, Thomas Lattie, of Itmann, Jimmy Brumfield and his wife, Patty, of Rhodell, and Kathy Brumfield and her companion, Robert Tilley, of Mullens; two brothers, Herman Light, Jr. and his wife, Margaret, of Itmann and Bill Light and his wife, Darlene, of Stephenson; two sisters, Nancy Lester and her husband, Luther, of Alpoca, and Rosie Sizemore of Alpoca; eleven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be 3:00 p.m. Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Lusk officiating. Burial will follow in the Rube Howerton Cemetery, Basin. Friends may call one hour prior to services Thursday at the funeral home. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.