Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - W. S. Summers ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** From the files of June Tuck SUMMERS, W. S. - A former citizen of this city, died at his home in Dallas, in Oak Cliff, on Sunday night from a complication of troubles. He was once in business in this city with R. A. Melton. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and father. His brother, Barker Summers, and his sister, Mrs. Lum Houston, live in this city. His remains were brought here on Tuesday and interred in the City cemetery. (Sulphur Springs Gazette, Feb. 6, 1914) Later report - He was in business in Sulphur Springs many years ago. He left here and engaged in business first in St. Louis and later in Dallas where he was a successful promoter of a large and growing paint manufacture.