Beulah May Summers, 93, of Dexter died Saturday March, 4, 2006, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

Born Nov. 17, 1912 in Bernie to the late John Neal Murphy and Elizabeth Robinson Murphy, she was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the choir and Ladies Aid Society

She was united in marriage to Alfred Summers on Oct. 3, 1934, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Summers preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 1995.

Also preceding her in death were three brothers, Ruben Murphy, Pete Murphy and Howard Murphy; and two sisters, Doris Brown, and Mary Reeda Palmer.

Survivors include a son, Norman Dewayne Summers of Rector; two daughters, Shirley Gantner of Dexter and Carolyn Parker of Jackson; a brother, J.W. Murphy of Poplar Bluff; a sister, Dorothy Kinkade of Moberly; four grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. Burial was in the Bernie Cemetery with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.