Mellinger Summers, Jamie Kathryn

Jamie Kathryn Summers

Sept. 24, 1954 - May 24, 2004

Jamie Kathryn Summers, 49, of Mansfield, Texas, a Danville, Ill., native, passed away Monday (May 24, 2004) at Arlington, Texas.

She was born Sept. 24, 1954, in Danville, Ill., the daughter of James Franklin and Lucille Margaret Adams Mellinger. She married Allen Summers in Perrysville, Ind., on May 27, 1977, and he survives.

Other survivors include: her mother of Perrysville, Ind.; two sisters, Margaret "Maggi" Ann (Greg) Wyant of Avon, Ind., and Patricia "Tish" Marie (John) Tackett of Terre Haute, Ind.; a brother, James F. Mellinger Jr. of Terre Haute, Ind. She will be dearly missed by her 4-legged family, Patches and Gizmo her dogs and Lady and Jenny her cats. She was preceded in death by her father on Dec. 31, 2003.

Jamie graduated from ISU in 1976 and received her Master's in 1979 from Illinois State in Bloomington, Ill. She was an elementary school teacher. She was a former member of the Indiana State Teachers Association and Classroom Teachers Association. She enjoyed painting, rodeos and was a bull riding fan.

Funeral services: 2 p.m. Thursday, May 27, at DeVerter Brothers Funeral Home in Cayuga, Ind.; Officiating: Rev. John Brown; Burial: Hicks Cemetery in Perrysville, Ind.; Visitation: noon until the hour of service Thursday at the funeral home.