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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 6 May 2003.
John William Summey obituary
- [S84] E-Mail, Stacey L. Ragsdale [staycrags@yahoo.com], 29 Dec 2009.
- [S112] Census, 1940.
name: Elmer Summey
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Civil District 2, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
gender: Male
age: 15
marital status: Single
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Son
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1925
residence in 1935: Rural, Monroe, Tennessee
enumeration district number: 62-4
family number: 113
sheet number and letter: 10B
line number: 43
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3922
digital folder number: 005461364
image number: 00198
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Doak Sumney M 38 Tennessee
wife Grace Sumney F 39 Tennessee
son John Summey M 20 Tennessee
daughter Grodie Summey F 16 Tennessee
son Elmer Summey M 15 Tennessee
son Cecil Summey M 12 Tennessee
son Windford Summey M 9 Tennessee
son Junior Summey M 6 Tennessee
son Floyd Summey M 2 Tennessee
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 14 Sep 2008.
Driver dies at scene of roll-over accident
By Mark Boxley
of The Daily Times Staff
An 82-year-old Loudon man was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle roll-over accident on Calderwood Highway near Murphy Road.
According to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Ernest Marion, Elmer T. Summey, 82, Loudon, was driving a minivan southbound on Calderwood Highway (U.S. 129) when he lost control of the vehicle and left the roadway at about 7:11 p.m. The van traveled off the right side of the road for about 102 feet before it hit a utility pole on the side of the road. The driver-side of the van hit the pole and the window shattered upon impact -- sending a hail of broken glass onto the roadway -- and the driver's face hit the pole, killing him instantly, Marion said.
The force of the impact spun the van until it was facing the opposite direction and caused it to flip several times before it came to rest on its tires in a field next to the road approximately 78 feet from the pole.
Summey was not wearing a seat belt and was found in the passenger seat when authorities arrived at the scene. A physician living nearby -- an anesthesiologist at University of Tennessee Medical Center -- declared the Summey dead at the scene, Marion said.
The driver's wife, Virginia Summey, 69, was in the car with him and was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to Blount Memorial Hospital and then to University of Tennessee Medical Center. The extent of her injuries and her condition were not available Saturday.
Maryville motorist Ken Yopp and his wife Lisa were driving in the opposite direction before the accident and said the van was driving erratically -- enough to cause Ken Yopp, who was driving, to pull over to the side of the road while the van passed.
"He was off both sides of the road," Ken Yopp said.
His wife called 9-1-1 "immediately" to report the van to authorities, and moments later "we saw the dust," Lisa Yopp said.
They turned the car around and couldn't see much at first, but knew it was serious, Ken Yopp said.
"The dust was boiling and we knew what it was," he said.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident. Authorities are not sure if speed was a factor in the accident.
It doesn't appear Elmer Summey hit the brakes before hitting the pole, Marion said.
Saturday's accident was the 13th traffic fatality in Blount County for 2008 -- and the second in two weeks on Calderwood Highway. A motorcyclist was killed in a wreck on Sept. 6 on a section of Calderwood Highway known as the Dragon, an 11.1-mile section of the highway ending at the North Carolina border that has 318 curves.
There were 21 traffic fatalities in Blount County by this point in 2007.
Driver dies at scene of roll-over accident
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 15 Sep 2008.
SUMMEY, REV. ELMER T. - 82 of Loudon, entered his heavenly home, Saturday, September 13, 2008 from injuries in an automobile accident in Blount County. Rev. Summey was a Baptist minister for 48 years and pastored many churches throughout Monroe, Scott & Loudon counties. He was a member of Upper Shady Grove Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Melissa Jane Summey; parents, Doak & Grace Dotson Summey; brothers, Doak, Jr., J. Cecil & John W. Summey. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather & great grandfather. Survivors: wife of 58 years, Virginia Ruth Giles Summey; daughter, Glenda Sue Wood & husband, Gerald, Loudon; 3 grandchildren, James Ragsdale, II & wife, Shawne, Peyton, Colorado, Randy & Tabetha Ragsdale, Stacey Ragsdale, Loudon; 4 great grandchildren, James & Austin Ragsdale, Allie & Hallie Ragsdale; sisters, Gertie Tallent, Vonore, Grady Duncan, Weaver Farmland, IN; brothers, Winfred Sumey, Greenback & Floyd Summey, Citico; nieces & nephews. Funeral services 8 p.m. Tuesday Loudon Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Bobby Kirkland & Rev. Buford Albright officiating. Interment 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Corinth Cemetery. Family will receive friends 5-8 p.m. Tuesday Loudon Funeral Home.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 415-38-5231.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
name: Grasie (Unknown) Dotson
also known as:
suffix:
event: Marriage
event date: 06 Jun 1919
event place: Monroe, Tennessee, United States
gender: Female
spouse: Doke Summay
spouse's also known as:
spouse's prefix:
spouse's suffix:
page: 260
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