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Roy Summers 71 Thompsonville Dies
Roy Summers 71 of Thompsonville and Rt 3 died Friday at Franklin Hospital Benton after years of poor health. Funeral at 1:30 p m today in Social Brethren Church Parrish with Rev Elmer Grisham of Harrisburg officiating. Burial Knob Prairie Cemetery. Survivors include daughters Elsie Betine and Iva Ford, son Ray Summers and Kenneth Summers, sisters Emma Miner Mary Gaither Arvada Duckworth, stepson Edward Akin, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He was preceded by wife Liza Akin and parents Daniel and Ida Summers. He belonged to Social Brethren Church.
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Roy Summers
Rt. 3
Thompsonville
Illinois Central Railroad
Social Brethren Church
Parrish
Elmer Grisham
Harrisburg
Knob Prairie Cemetery
Benton
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home
Summers
Franklin County
Franklin Hospital
Elsie Betine
Logan
Iva Ford
Ray Summers
Kenneth Summers
Emma Miner
Mary Gaither
Arvada Duckworth
Edward Akin
Sullivan