Eileene Sergent Mumpower

February 5, 1923 - May 24, 2012

Columbia, MD Eileene Sergent Mumpower, 89, formerly of Big Stone Gap, VA, passed away on Thursday (May 24, 2012) while visiting her daughter in Knoxville, TN. She lived most of her life in Big Stone Gap, VA, having resided on Jackson Heights from 1968 until 2001. She had lived in Leesburg, VA and Columbia, MD since 2001. She was a member of the Intermont Garden Club and the Lonesome Pine Country Club in Big Stone Gap, where she had a hole-in-one. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Big Stone Gap. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon "Buddy" Mumpower; and two brothers, Bill Sergent, longtime resident of East Stone Gap, VA and Ralph Sergent, longtime resident of Appalachia, VA. Surviving are her son, Gordon M. Mumpower, Jr. of Columbia, MD; her daughter, Barbara Heller of Knoxville, TN; five grandchildren, Stephanie Brown, Candice Mumpower, Nicole Horan, Rob Davis and Amanda Fannon; five great grandchildren, Cameron Powell, Brandon Davis, Brenna Davis, Jesse Fannon and Haley Fannon; a sister, Betty Pannell of Leesburg, VA; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday (May 28, 2012) at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap, VA. A graveside service will follow in the Glencoe Cemetery in Big Stone Gap with Dr. Ken LaDuke officiating. To view the obituary online and sign the guest registry, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the Mumpower family.