Cherokee Co., OK Obit for Gladys R. Summerlin,

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Submitted 1/19/2002 to the Cherokee Co., OK Archives site
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cherokee/cherokee.html
by  Kay Hubbard Thompson
Email:  katiewho@intellex.com
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Submitted by:  Kay Hubbard Thompson

GLADYS R. SUMMERLIN

	TAHLEQUAH-Funeral services for Gladys R. Summerlin, 93, of 
Tahlequah, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 16, 2002 at the 
Reed-Culver Funeral Home with the Rev. Bernell Rogers and the Rev. 
Erick Goodman officiating.  Burial will follow at the Greenleaf Cemetery 
under the direction of the Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
	Pallbearers will include Steve Jones, Tim Jones, Curt Mefford, 
Bill Lamons, J.L. Denny and Bob Mahan.
	Gladys Rozella Summerlin was born Jan. 30, 1908, in East Saint 
Louis, Ill., the daughter of Clarence and Clara Bequette, and she passed 
from this life on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002 in Tahlequah.
	Gladys moved to Yellow Hammer, near Gore, when she was 15 years 
old.  She was married to George Summerlin Sept. 9, 1946, and they moved 
to Cherokee County in 1948.  Gladys had worked at the Muskogee School for 
the Blind for several years.  She was a loving mother, wife and homemaker, 
and she was famous for her cooking.  She cooked on a wood-burning stove 
and her apple pie was a favorite.
	Gladys was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church of Tahlequah.  
She was preceded in death by her first husband A.L. Box, and husband 
George Summerlin who died Dec. 27, 1998.
	She is survived by three daughters and their spouses, Pearl 
(L.C.) Curtis of Tulsa, Audrey (Sid) Redfern of Armona, Calif., and 
Dorothy (Roy) Tribble of Stockton, Calif.;
two stepdaughters , Shelia (H.D.) Ratliff of Tahlequah and Frela Morse 
of Fort Gibson; four stepsons, Harold Dean Summerlin of Golden Mo., 
Gearld (Bernie) Summerlin of Cabot, Ark., Donald (Pauline) Summerlin 
of Fort Gibson, and Roy Dale (Reba) Summerlin of Jacksonville, Fla.; 
eight grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren,  
one great-great-great granddaughter, 16 step-grandchildren, 20 step-great-grandchildren, 
and two step-great-great-grandchildren.  She also leaves behind many other relatives, 
loved ones and her extended family at the Cherokee County Nursing Home.

Reed-Culver Funeral Home
117 W. Delaware
456-2551
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