Washington County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Richard M. Summers

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Bristol Herald Courier
Sunday, November 24, 2002

Richard M. Summers

    ABINGDON -- Richard M. Summers, 79, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Johnston 
Memorial Hospital in Abingdon. He was preceded in death by his mother and 
father, John Carlisle and Billie McClung Summers; his brother, John Summers; 
his second wife, Betty Orr Summers; and his grandson, Brandt Buffington.
    He is survived by his daughter, Jean Buffington Gable and her husband, Tony 
Gable of Lawrenceville, Ga.; two granddaughters, Kacey Buffington of 
Lawrenceville and Keri Balsamo of Basking Ridge , N.J.; and his sister, Eugenia 
Summers Phillips of Abingdon. 
    Mr. Summers was born in Welch, W.Va. He grew up spending the summers in 
Abingdon until his family moved permanently to Abingdon in 1945. In 1942 he 
graduated from Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, Ga., and in 1943 he 
entered the U.S. Army where he was assigned to Company B, 171st Combat Engineer 
Battalion, 84th Infantry Division. He served in England and Europe and 
participated in the Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. He 
was award the American Theater Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Theater 
Ribbon and the World War II Victory Ribbon. 
    Following his discharge from the Army in 1946, he attended National 
Business College, Roanoke. After graduation, he moved to Abingdon in 1949. In 
Abingdon he worked as an accountant for several businesses and for a time was 
deputy clerk in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office of Washington County.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25, at Sinking 
Spring Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Robert Tolar Jr. officiating. Burial 
will follow in Knollkreg Memorial Park with military honors by the Highland 
Fellowship Honor Guard. Pallbearers will be Tony Gable, John S. Phillips, Dr. 
Thomas Phillips Jr., Stephen Smith, Preston Smith and Hank Grant. 
    The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday evening at Campell 
Funeral Home. Instead of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent to Sinking 
Spring Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 136 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210.
    Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at 
www.campbell-funeralhome.com.
    Campbell Funeral Home of Abingdon is in charge of arrangements.