Luella Jumps (Bolivar)'s Obituary
Luella (Copeland) Jumps, 87, passed away on April 8, 2021 at Buffalo Prairie Care Center in Buffalo, MO. Luella was born in Fair Play, MO on December 7, 1933 to Buel and Jessie (Harville) Copeland.
Luella was the oldest of three children and graduated from Fair Play High School as Salutatorian of her class. She married Paul Collins in 1951 and moved to Kansas City where she worked at Hallmark Cards. Paul and Luella moved to Marshfield where she worked at Citizen State Bank for a number of years. Not long after moving, they had three children; Stephen, Susan, and Sherry. Luella married Roy Jumps in 1997 and made their home in Fair Play, MO. Luella loved to travel on bus tours with Roy, play with her grandkids, watch bull riding, and crochet.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, Bobby Copeland and Dixie Hammons, her husband, Roy Jumps, and daughter Susan (Collins) Mattox.
She is survived by a son, Stephen Collins of Marshfield, MO; a daughter Sherry (Collins) Bell and husband Roger of Broken Arrow, OK; a son-in-law, Jim Mattox of Ash Grove, MO; a grandson, David Bell and wife Kourtney of Bixby, OK; a granddaughter, Sarah (Bell) Stout and husband Timothy of Tulsa, OK; niece Cindy Balmer of Iowa; and numerous cousins.
Memorial services to be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 12th at Butler Funeral Home with visitation Sunday, April 11th from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Internment will be at Shady Grove Cemetery in Fair Play. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Fair Play Public School.
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