Mary Corilla Bumgarner, age 75, died September 12, 2009 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia. Funeral services were held September 15, 2009 at McDonald Funeral Home in Hohenwald with Rex Reed officiating. Burial followed in the Lewis County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Bumgarner, a daughter of the late Miles Carr and Connie Mae Winkler Alexander, was born April 8, 1934 in Hickory, North Carolina. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, James Corey Bumgarner of Hohenwald and James Colin Bumgarner of Pulaski; five daughters, Scarlet Lee Bumgarner, Sandra R. Parlier and Shannon Miller, all of Hohenwald, Sheila Elaine Pharis of Lakeland, Florida and Robin R. Alexander of Tallahassee, Florida; 23 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bumgarner was preceded in death by two brothers, Elbert and Aaron Alexander, two sisters, Naomi Cook and Mariam Meromey and a grandson, Daniel Ray Pharis.