MELODY 
SCRIPTURE READINGS 
OLD TESTAMENT NEW TESTAMENT PaJtor Micbtul Terrell 
PRAYER AND SOLO 
BiJhop Richard B. Lanlcford, Sr. 
TRIBUTES 
Ann Wead Kimbrough Ce Cole Dillon Marie Shavin Monica Pear,;on Edward .&tu 
OBITUARY READ SILENTLY 
SOLO 
Mr1. Karen G. Lowery 
WORDS OF COMFOR 
Reverend Dr. Walter L. Kimhrougb 
ACKNOWLEDGE 
RECESSIONAL 
 
 FAMILY OF SIDMEL KAREN ESTES EXTENDS ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE MANY COURTESIES DISPLAYED DURING HER ILLNESS AND TRANSITION. IT IS A BLESSING TO BE SURROUNDED BY CARING AND LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUCH AS THOSE WHO 
HAVE EMBRACED US. MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU. 
ANDREWS- CHENNAULT FUNERAL HOME 
116 JOSEPH E. LOWERY BOULEVARD, SW ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314 
404.755.0965 
 
  ~~S SURVIVED BY AND LEAVES TO CHERISH HER 
MEMORY: TWO DEDICATED SONS, JOSHUA KHALID SUMPTERAND SIDNEY RASHID SUMPTER; BROTHERS EDWARD AND CHRISTOPHER (SHAQlJITA); SISTER CHERYL (NICK); SEVEN NIECES AND NEPHEWS , STEPMOTHER BARBARA, FORMER HUSBAND B. GARNETT SUMPTER, AND A HOST OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. 
 
 FOR NO FOUND 
THE 
MOST JOURNA 
 
  WAS A NATIONALLY INSIDER 
E AND BUILD THE PROGRAM, 
GA/FOX 5 
 
SHE MADE HISTORY IN 1991 WHEN 
 
SHE WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST 
 
WOMAN P SIDENT OF THE 
 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK 
 
JOURNALISTS. lN 1993, SHE WAS 
 
LISTED IN EBONY MAGAZINE'S 100 
 
MOST 
 
INFLUENTIAL 
 
BLACK 
 
AMERICANS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
SIDMEL WAS NAMED "MEDIA WOMAN OF THE YEAR' BY THE ATLANTA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA WOMEN. THAT FEAT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE THAT THEN MAYOR ANDREW YOUNG PROCLAIMED 
NOVEMBER 18, 1988 AS SJDMEL ESTES 
SUMPTER DAY. SHE WAS FEATURED 
IN EBONY'S 100 MOST INFLUENTlAL BLACK AMERICANS IN 1993, AND IN MORE MAGAZINE'S BOOK 50 OVER 50. SIDMEL WAS ALSO HONORED 
WITH THE SILVER CIRCLE AWARD FROM THE TELEVISION ACADEMY. 
 
 ) 
 
OOL, DID NOT FtND HER PASSION IN 
 
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING. SIDMEL'S 
 
PASSION WAS IN TELLING STORIES AND THE 
 
NEWS. SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELORS 
 
AND MASTERS DEGREES AS AN HONORS 
 
GRADUATE 
 
OF 
 
NORTHWESTERN 
 
UNIVERSITY'S MEDILL SCHOOL OF 
 
JOURNALISM WHERE SHE WAS INDUCTED 
 
AS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL'S 
 
HALL OF ACHIEVEMENT. 
 
 ESTES. SIDMEL'S UNUSUAL NAME WAS A COMBINATION OF THEIR NAMES. SIDMEL'S FATHER, THE LATE DR. SIDNEY HARRISON ESTES WAS A TEACHER, PRINCIPAL, AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IN ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SIDMEL'S MOTHER, THE LATE EMELLEN MITCHELL ESTES WAS A TEACHER IN THE ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS , AND WAS THE FOUNDING PRINCIPAL AT M. 
AGNES }ONES SCHOOL