John Lumsden

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- John Lumsden, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

He was born Dec. 5, 1931, to Charles and Ora Wilmurth Lumsden in Matthews, Missouri. He graduated from Canalou High School and obtained a bachelor of science in Agriculture degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia. John worked as a self-employed farmer all of his life.

He married Barbara Graham on May 25, 2003.

As a lieutenant, John served in the Air Force as a navigator from September 1954 to July 1957.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder on the session and other church needs.

John is survived by his loving spouse Barbara Lumsden; a son, Joe (Mary Ann) Lumsden of Kelso, Missouri; two daughters, Cathie Wilcoxon of Van Buren, Missouri, and Marianne Lumsden of Fredricksburg, Virginia; a stepdaughter, Sherrie Jozwiak of California; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Nelson Lumsden, Harold Lumsden and Donald Lumsden.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Moore Funeral Service Chapel, with the Rev. Steve Patterson, officiating. Burial will take place in Memorial Gardens Cemetery with full military honors.

Online condolences can be given at moorefuneralservice.com.