Mr. George Melvin Cumalander

January 14, 1947 - June 9, 2019

Funeral services for Mr. George Melvin Cumalander, 72, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Todd Latham will officiate with burial in Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. Mr. Cumalander went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, June 9, 2019. Born in Bishopville, SC, he was a son of the late John and Marion Kennington Cumalander. He graduated from Bishopville High School and the University of South Carolina. He taught School in Lee and Kershaw counties and was employed by Shaw Components in Sumter before forming Cumalander Construction in 1987. He was a member of First Baptist Church for over sixty years where he taught Sunday School over four decades. He loved God, his family, and golf. Surviving are his wife Carolyn Clark Cumalander of the home; three children, Sam (Pam) Tisdale of Bishopville, SC, Teresa (Ray) Purvis of Sumter, SC, Clark (Rhonda) Tisdale of Marion, SC; a sister, Brenda (Bill) Fulmer of Little Mountain, SC; seven grandchildren, Sam Tisdale, Caroline Tisdale, Matthew Tisdale, Chandler Tisdale, Christian Tisdale, Brittany (Jeffery) Richardson, Brad Barwick; two great-grandchildren, Sam Tisdale and Asher Richardson; his mother-in-law, Margaret Clark. He was preceded in death by his sister and brother-in-law, Melba and Cliff Burress. Pallbearers will be Brad Barwick, Sam Tisdale, Matthew Tisdale, Chandler Tisdale, Christian Tisdale, Wesley Burress. Online condolences can be given at www.hehfunerals.com