Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has authorized flags in Centre to be flown at half mast to honor the longtime city attorney and active community member the Honorable Albert “Al” Shumaker.
Arrangements for Mr. Shumaker are being handled by Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home.
The Honorable Albert “Al” Shumaker, age 84 of Centre, passed
away Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at Encompass Health and Hospice in Gadsden, Alabama.
Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Sunday, February 23, 2025 at the Recreational Outreach
Facility (The ROC) of First Baptist Church Centre with Pastors Eddie Nation, Gary Hardin, and
Melvin Salter officiating. Mr. Shumaker will lie in state at the church one hour prior to service.
The Honorable Shumaker will be lying in state in the law library of Shumaker and Associates
Law Firm, 270 East Main Street on Saturday, February 22nd from 3pm until 6pm. The family will
be receiving friends during that time. A committal service will be announced later in Jasper,
Alabama, where he will be interred in his family cemetery.
Mr. Shumaker is survived by his wife, Anne Williamson Shumaker.
Pallbearers include: Representative Richard Lindsey, Mayor Mark Mansfield, Honorable Dean
Buttram, Jr., Judge Wes Mobley, James Walker, Lanny Starr, Jed Lockridge, & Pete Conroy.
Honorary Pallbearers include Judge Randall Cole, Judge David Rains, D.L. Powell, Tim
Lavender, Tommy Minix, Members of the Bar Association, Members of the Al Shumaker Sunday
School Class, Members of the Centre Rotary Club.
A complete obituary highlighting this brilliant litigator’s life will be published soon.
Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements
