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Richard Matthews Summers

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Richard Matthews Summers

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Jun 1999 (aged 79)
Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Richard Matthews Summers was born on March 28, 1920 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, and he was the son of Alice (Honeycutt) (Summers) Neal (1897–1986) and her 1st husband Joe J Summers (1894–1932).

He was married to Olive Dean Cooper (1922–2002) on June 6, 1941 in Williamson County. Tennessee, Richard was a US Army veteran who served during World War II and received the Purple Heart.

Living in West Nashville, Davidson County, Richard was 79 years old and married when he passed away on June 25, 1999.

Survivors included his widow Olive Summers in Nashville, two sons, two daughters, sister Ida Ballafant, eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held on June 29th at the chapel of West Harpeth Funeral Home, and burial was in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville.


Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on June 20, 1999
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Richard Matthews Summers was born on March 28, 1920 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, and he was the son of Alice (Honeycutt) (Summers) Neal (1897–1986) and her 1st husband Joe J Summers (1894–1932).

He was married to Olive Dean Cooper (1922–2002) on June 6, 1941 in Williamson County. Tennessee, Richard was a US Army veteran who served during World War II and received the Purple Heart.

Living in West Nashville, Davidson County, Richard was 79 years old and married when he passed away on June 25, 1999.

Survivors included his widow Olive Summers in Nashville, two sons, two daughters, sister Ida Ballafant, eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held on June 29th at the chapel of West Harpeth Funeral Home, and burial was in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville.


Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on June 20, 1999

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