Shawn Sumner

Shawn Michael Sumner, 17, of Columbia, died Friday evening, Jan. 30, 2009, as a result of an automobile accident.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. David Nash officiating. Visitation will be from noon until the service Wednesday. Burial will be in Montgomery City Cemetery.

Shawn was born Sept. 18, 1991, a son of Jon A. Sumner and Carol Ann Hines Sumner. He had attended South Callaway High School.

He was an avid fisherman and K.C. Chiefs fan. He played baseball and paintball and had also participated in other sports.

Survivors include his father, Jon Sumner and friend Jeannie Pratt, St. Charles, his mother Carol Ann Sumner and friend John Ehrhardt, Columbia; grandparents, Ed Hines and wife Carol, Mexico, Carolyn Parks and husband Dan, Williamsburg, and Marilyn Chandler, Bellflower; one sister, Brittany L. Sumner, Columbia; and several aunts and uncles including Craig and Dianna Hart, Eric Robbins, Donna and Earl Burry, and Cheryl Gilleland, all of Fulton, Richard and Sandra Gibson, Williamsburg, Charles and Rosie Gard, Columbia, William Sumner, Hannibal, Ray Sumner, Vandalia, and Henry Sumner, Montgomery City; great aunts and uncles Alan and Linda Worsham, Danville, Calif., Thomas Sumner, state of Florida, Ruth Ann Sumner, Columbia, and Bonnie; godmother, Toni Humphrey; godfather, Niki Miller; and several cousins including Alison Worsham, Danville, Calif.

Memorials may be given to the Shawn Sumner Memorial Fund. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.