THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that ALEX SHUMATE,
Director of The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Company"),
hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K. Smucker,
and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power
of substitution, as attorneys or attorney of the
undersigned, to sign and to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all
pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with full
power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
officer might or could do in person, in furtherance of
the foregoing.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.




/s/ Alex Shumate
ALEX SHUMATE

Date:    February 4, 2009