L.A. "Babe" Summers

BURLESON -- L.A. "Babe" Summers, 93, of Burleson, a retired labor negotiator for the National Electrical Contractors Association, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Hamilton. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday in Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Laurel Ambrose Summers was born Aug. 15, 1914, in Ray, N.D., to Charles Andrew and Mary Heinen Summers. He married Mary McGhee on June 29, 1945, in Brownwood. He proudly served his country as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was instrumental in setting up blood banks for the Red Cross in St. Paul, Minn., and Waco. Mr. Summers was a member of First Baptist Church of Burleson, a devout Christian who taught Sunday school his entire life, and never stopped spreading God's word. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; one sister; and his wife of 54 years, Mary McGhee Summers, on Feb. 6, 2000. Survivors: Sons, Charles Summers and wife, Billye, of Ovilla, James Summers and wife, Tina, of Hamilton, Glen Summers and wife, Dana, of Burleson; and grandchildren, Charlie, Matthew, Jason, Joseph and Steven Summers, Shelly Lengefeld, Staci Pollard, Stephanie Cranford.