Funeral service for Mrs. Vera Bell Hickman Summers, 86, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2011, at 2:00 pm at Laird Funeral Home with Bro. Charles A. Hancock officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
Mrs. Summers was born on December 3, 1924, in Petersburg, Texas to the late Lonnie Artemouse Hickman and Carrie Lee McWhirter Hickman. She passed away peacefully on Friday, March 18, 2011, in Nacogdoches.
She grew up in Roaring Springs, Texas having attended school there as well. She graduated from Massey Business College in Nacogdoches. Vera was a wonderful wife and mother. She loved her grandchildren tremendously, making them doll clothes, making cookies or just playing with them each day. She loved to quilt, sewing, vegetable gardening and canning and playing 42. Vera was a wonderful Christian woman who loved Christmas, cooking for her family and providing the only way a loving mother can, with all her heart.
Vera is survived by three sons, William Summers and wife, Sue, Richard Summers, and Henry Summers and wife, Ann, all of Nacogdoches; six grandchildren, Cheryl Fenlason, Craig Summers, Tracey Brewer, Kristi Courvelle, Carrie Hobbs and Jon Summers; twelve great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; Vera is also survived by two sisters, Elizabeth Hutchins and Lillie Mae Holt.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis Summers; son, Author Ray Summers; and two brothers, Raymond and L.W. Hickman.
Pallbearers will be Craig Summers, Jon Summers, Ted Brewer, Todd Parrish, Richard Courvelle and Lono Russell.
Visitation with the family will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2011, from 6-8 pm at Laird Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to New Faith Baptist Church, 4105 East Main St., Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.
Love you Granny and miss you bunches!