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Submitted: 1/5/21 • Approved: 1/5/21 • Last Updated: 1/8/21 • R1358573-G912205-S3
Arl
7 Sept 1912 - 1 Aug 1997
Married 9 Feb 1944
Ethel
March 17, 1925 - February 26, 2019
Obituary
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Ethel Mae Summit Spears, age 93 of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Belle View Estates Nursing and Rehab. She was born March 17, 1925 in Sims, AR to the late Charlie Summit and Pairlee West Summit.
She was the widow of Arl Clayton Spears, retired from Burlington Industries and was a member of Lacey Assembly of God Church. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by a son, Clayton Spears; one sister, Bessie Mullins; three brothers, James Summit, Virgil Summit and Kirby Summit. She loved cooking, gardening and quilting. She was a very devoted Christian and loved her Church and serving others with her sweet spirit. She loved her family, was a very devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She will be missed by her family and friends.
Survivors include two sons, Arlie Spears and Dennis Spears "Hilda", both of Monticello; three daughters,
Lela Hall, Shirley Chapman and Anne Scott "Eugene", all of Monticello; two sisters, Hazel Colbert of
Stillwater, OK and Hattie Fisher of Perry, OK; eight grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren and
eighteen great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2019 at Stephenson-Dearman Chapel with burial in
Beulah Cemetery. Visitation one hour prior to service time.
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