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The Darwyn and Pauline Young Family W. T. SUMMERS - Belden Walter Troy "W. T." Summers, 86, died Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Tupelo. He was born and raised in Mantachie on Nov. 1, 1922, to the late Watler and Ivy Murphy Summers. He graduated from Fulton High School and lived in Itawamba County until moving to the Belden area in 1949. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II and was a self employed farmer all his life. He and his late wife, Jean Young Summers, owned Two Sisters Dress Shop in Tupelo many years. He was a longtime member of the Belden Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. An avid Mississippi State University fan, he loved the land and all its produce and the great outdoors. Services, with military honors, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Tupelo Chapel of Holland-Harris Funeral Directors with Dr. Don Baggett and Bro Owen Riddick officiating. Burial will follow in the Belden Cemetery. Holland-Harris Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include his daughter, Janice S. Leach of Belden; two sons, David Summers (Janice) of Tupelo and Walt Summers (Ginger) of Belden; nine grandchildren, Chad Leach and Dana Langley (Joseph), both of Belden, Ryan Summers (Angela) of Corinth, Mark Summers (Amanda) of Mantachie, Clay Taylor (Whitney) of Hattiesburg, Shawn Summers (Jennifer) of Tupelo, Chris Summers (Kelly) of Belden, Landon Summers (Jennifer) of Starkville and Katie Gann (Scott) of Tupelo; nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Annie Lou Roebuck of the Furrs Community; and one brother, Trent Summers (Martha) of Belden. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and will continue from noon to service tiem on Friday at the Tupelo Chapel. Memorials may be made to the Belden Baptist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 92, Belden, MS 38826 Source: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thursday, May 28, 2009, pg. 4A. |
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