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A talented painter who specialized in postwar and contemporary art, Lumpkin  was a [[professor]] and chairman of the Art Department for more than twenty years at Angelo State University. His paintings hang in collections around the country. He was  also the director of European Studies and led students on trips to [[Europe]]. Lumpkin spent his life exploring and learning as much as he could. He was regarded as a "southern gentleman," known for his graciousness and guidance to students.<ref name=findagrave/> He had his last art show in San Angelo in March 2011, a year prior to his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://littlesomethings.blogspot.com/2011/03/otis-lumpkin.html|title=Something: Otis Lumpkin|[publisher=littlesomethingsblogspot.com|date=March 12, 2011|accessdate=January 22, 2020}}</ref>

A talented painter who specialized in postwar and contemporary art, Lumpkin  was a [[professor]] and chairman of the Art Department for more than twenty years at Angelo State University. His paintings hang in collections around the country. He was  also the director of European Studies and led students on trips to [[Europe]]. Lumpkin spent his life exploring and learning as much as he could. He was regarded as a "southern gentleman," known for his graciousness and guidance to students.<ref name=findagrave/> He had his last art show in San Angelo in March 2011, a year prior to his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://littlesomethings.blogspot.com/2011/03/otis-lumpkin.html|title=Something: Otis Lumpkin|[publisher=littlesomethingsblogspot.com|date=March 12, 2011|accessdate=January 22, 2020}}</ref>

Lumpkin was married to the former Jo Anne Reeves (1933-2005), a native of Ardmore in Carter County in southeastern [[Oklahoma\\.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78807173/jo_anne-lumpkin|title=Jo Anne Reeves Lumpkin|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 22, 2020}}</ref> He had two children from a previous marriage, Otey Lumpkin (born 1949), a [[Certified Public Accountant]], and his wife, the former Shirley Alane Hall of [[Dallas]], and Olivia  "Libby" Lumpkin (born 1951) and husband Dave Charles Hickey of [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], He and Jo Anne had four children, Lynn Layman of [[Midland]], Texas, Elaine Floyd and husband Ricky Lane Floyd of Frederick, [[Maryland]], Lisa Minton and husband Burton Rix Minton of [[Austin]], Texas, and Eric Bradley Lumpkin and wife Lindsey Raines Lumpkin of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]]. He was also survived by Jo Anne's sister, Nancy Bradley and husband Wilbur of [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], and brothers-in-law, Chuck Reeves and Ronnie Reeves, both of Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]. and Bill Reeves of [[Little Rock]], Arkansas.<ref name=findagrave/>  

Lumpkin was married to the former Jo Anne Reeves (1933-2005), a native of Ardmore in Carter County in southeastern [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78807173/jo_anne-lumpkin|title=Jo Anne Reeves Lumpkin|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 22, 2020}}</ref> He had two children from a previous marriage, Otey Lumpkin (born 1949), a [[Certified Public Accountant]], and his wife, the former Shirley Alane Hall of [[Dallas]], and Olivia  "Libby" Lumpkin (born 1951) and husband Dave Charles Hickey of [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], He and Jo Anne had four children, Lynn Layman of [[Midland]], Texas, Elaine Floyd and husband Ricky Lane Floyd of Frederick, [[Maryland]], Lisa Minton and husband Burton Rix Minton of [[Austin]], Texas, and Eric Bradley Lumpkin and wife Lindsey Raines Lumpkin of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]]. He was also survived by Jo Anne's sister, Nancy Bradley and husband Wilbur of [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]], and brothers-in-law, Chuck Reeves and Ronnie Reeves, both of Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]. and Bill Reeves of [[Little Rock]], Arkansas.<ref name=findagrave/>  

Lumpkin died at the age of eighty-seven of a brief illness in Shannon Hospital in San Angelo. He and his wife are interred there at Fairmount Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave/>

Lumpkin died at the age of eighty-seven of a brief illness in Shannon Hospital in San Angelo. He and his wife are interred there at Fairmount Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave/>