Willard Summers

Willard Summers was born on February the 29th 1936. At the time of his death Willard was the age of “19” which he jokingly referred to as a” leaping” child. He was proceeded in death by his father James Orlan Summers and his mother Sarah Virginia Summers. Mr. Summers departed this life on May the 22,2012. Willard is survived by his wife, Polina Muslyumova Summersof Ramer TN; his sister, Vilolet Hill and husband Charles of Ramer,TN;and his son, Samuel B. Summers of Selmer TN.



Willard had an unique and a truly charismatic personality. His accomplishments in life were many and uniquely multi-faceted. He was a candidate to U.S congress in 1974 as a democrat and in 1994 as a Christian Conservative republican. He was a great athlete running marathons in the hottest time of the day, including 104 F Yuma, Arizona, and hiking 3 miles down the Grand Canyon at the age of 74. He loved parachuting and joined the National Guard at the age of 14. He was an author of multiple publications and invented a “safety seat for commercial airplanes”. His career was very unique as well. He served as a director of various educational programs in Washington DC, funding and evaluating private non-profit corporations which provided adult education ,vocational educational programs, health programs ,legal service programs, head start programs, economic development programs, and college educational programs. He was the owner of Fundraising and Marketing businesses which he developed all advertising, administration, and accounting systems. He was an avid educator and had a passion for teaching and constant learning himself. After completing all required exams for P.H.D at the university of Florida in Gainesville, he traveled to Witzenhausen, Germany where he worked on his dissertation at the university of Kassel. As a retired educator, he spent much of his life encouraging students to read, write , and learn. As an owner of Chinquapin Hill Bed and Breakfast, he utilized his business as a way to reward those bright students who could memorize “The Raven”, by Edgar Allan Poe. Willard had many avocations which he specifically enjoyed. He had a truly adventurous spirit and traveled close to 60 countries and all seven continents. Antarctica, Russia, and Israel were some of the most interesting places he visited. He was a perfect host who loved entertaining his guests with Civil War stories, which mostly included narrations about Holt Collier and Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was his favorite Confederate general. He was a Christian who lived his life to the fullest ,enjoying each day , and taking everything from a positive and bright perspective.