A memorial service to celebrate the life of Arthur Edwin Dumont Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Camden Military Academy, 520 U.S. 1 North, Camden, S.C. Chaplain Timothy Hunter will officiate. Burial to follow at Quaker Cemetery. A reception will be held following the burial at Camden Military Academy. Memorials may be made to Camden Military Academy.
Arthur Edwin Dumont Jr., 82, died suddenly in Lakewood, Colo., on Feb. 13, 2024, while on a business trip. The cause of death was acute heart failure.
Art Dumont was born in Quincy, Mass., on Nov. 24, 1941, the son of Arthur Edwin Dumont Sr., a bookkeeper-accountant, and Eileen Rita Parsons. He spent his first decade in Massachusetts before his family moved south, first to the Richmond, Va., area and then to the Charlotte, N.C., area. He attended Myers Park High School in Charlotte, but graduated from Carlisle Military School in Bamberg, S.C., in 1959. He attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, graduating in 1963. At NC State, he joined the National Society of Pershing Rifles and started the Marching Sergeants. After graduation, he worked for Alcoa in Charlotte and Atlanta, and then for Tifton Aluminum in Tifton, Ga., an Alcoa subsidiary established in 1966. In 1961, he married Dianne Willis. They had two daughters before they divorced.
In the late 1970s and 1980s, Art had his own contracting business, Art Dumont Enterprises. In 1999, he joined Custom Glass Products of Salisbury, N.C. His 25-year tenure as a national sales representative covering the contiguous United States significantly contributed to the nationwide expansion of its patented Decralite grid components for windows and doors and left an indelible mark on both colleagues and clientele alike. His boundless passion for his work was rivaled only by his genuine care, wisdom, and mentorship towards all who crossed his path. With an unparalleled ability to grasp his clients’ needs and an infectious personality, he cultivated enduring relationships built on trust, integrity, and his trademark sense of humor. His legacy as a diligent professional and a compassionate soul inspired all who had the privilege of knowing him.
In 1998, Art moved to Camden, S.C., where he served for 20 years as a member of the board of trustees at his alma mater, Camden Military Academy (successor to Carlisle Military School). He also served on the academy’s advisory board for five years. He started the school’s Black Jack competition drill program. The team won the Black Jack Division of the National John J. Pershing Memorial Drill Competition in 2017. He took the drill team to France to visit World War II sites and to honor U.S. World War I Gen. John J. Pershing. A member of the Society of Excalibur, he was a generous donor to the school, who mentored countless young men throughout the years.
While living in Camden, he married Carole Jean Grizzell, who died in 2017.
He is survived by his first wife, Dianne (Willis) Dumont; his daughters, Susan Ann Raihala (George) and Lisa Ann Dumont (Tom McCarthy); five grandchildren, and; one great-grandson.
Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.
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