Palestine High School Alumni Association

05 / 16 / 1913  –  01 / 07 / 2006

Services for Frank Bailey Summers Sr., 92, of Palestine will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Bailey & Foster Chapel with the Rev. Tom Loden officiating. Burial will follow in Palestine City New Addition Annex Cemetery under the direction of Bailey & Foster, Palestine.

Mr. Summers died Saturday at Cartmell Home.

He was born May 16, 1913 in Nacogdoches to Elbert Joseph and Bessie Bailey Summers.

Mr. Summers married Helen Christine Hughes of Palestine, and they had two children, Frank Bailey Summers Jr. and Hugh Summers. He worked for Gulf Oil Corporation for 42 years as a landman and scout, living in over 50 towns before raising his family in Houston. He worked in the community serving with the United Way in Houston, was Cubmaster of Boy Scout Pack 317, Committee Member and Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 317, was an Elder of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Houston and First Presbyterian Church of Palestine and an adviser for the Junior Achievement Program. He helped start the Houston Landman Association and served with many other organizations. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Palestine for 18 years.

Mr. Summers was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Christine Hughes Summers, in 1996; a son, Frank Summers Jr.; two brothers, Elbert Summers Jr. and Alfred Summers.

He is survived by his son, Hugh Summers and daughter-in-law Ahnise Summers of Palestine; two grandchildren, Alan Hugh Summers and Richard Bailey Summers of Houston; brother-in-law, Irby B. Hughes Jr. and wife Virginia Hughes of Houston; niece, Helen Hughes Roessler of Houston; nephews, Irby Bennett Hughes III of Kansas City, Kan., Elbert Joseph Summers III of Palm Springs, Calif., Jess Summers of Jackson, Miss., and John Koy Summers of Pittsburg, Texas.

Pallbearers will be Alan Summers, Ric Summers, Ben Hughes, Drew Roessler, Andrew Roessler, Koy Summers, Thomas W. Bailey, Bob Burroughs and Richard Gilliam. Honorary pallbearers will be Jess Summers, Lee Gilliam, Bobby Gilliam, Rick Gilliam, Bob Summers, David Dial and the Men’s Bible Class of First Presbyterian Church.

Condolence calls will be received from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Bailey & Foster, Palestine

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Palestine, Steeple Fund, P.O. Box 1183, Palestine, Texas, 75802-1183 or to the Cartmell Home, 2212 W. Reagan, Palestine, Texas 75801.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 01-11-2006