Doris Summers

Doris Osborne Summers, 86, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Ashton Place. Doris was born in Wapallo County, Iowa on February 22, 1928 to the late Graham Emery and Beulah Etter Osborne and was the wife of 59 years to the late Vance Jackson "Jack" Summers. Doris was a longtime member of Friedens Lutheran Church. She retired from the Guilford County Tax Office after 36 years and was a founding member of Fire District 28 Ladies Auxiliary. Doris was a member of Chrismon Classes at GTCC and taught Chrismon classes at Friedens Lutheran Church. She was also a member of Bucks and Does Square Dancers and did volunteer work at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was a loving mother, MawMaw and "Gate" MawMaw who will be greatly missed. She is survived by her two sons, Vance Dean Summers and wife Bonnie of Greensboro and Randy Neal Summers and wife Doris Ann of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Amber Jordan and fianc Keith Hudson, Clint Summers and wife Christy, Dusty Summers and wife Erin and Dakota Summers; great grandchildren, Omar Jordan, Tripp Jordan, ZoieAnn Jordan, Sydnee Summers and Savannah Summers; brothers, George Osborne of Summerfield and Harry Osborne and wife Linda of Stokesdale; sisters, Ruth Fulton of Stokesdale and Thelma McQueen of Florida and her special cat, "Missy". She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, seven brothers and four sisters. A service to celebrate her life will be held 2:00pm on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Friedens Lutheran Church by Pastor Bill Zima with the burial to follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm on Saturday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory and other times at the home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405, to Friedens Lutheran Church of 6001 North Carolina Highway 61 North, Gibsonville, NC 27249 or to Fire District 28 of 6619 North Carolina 61, Gibsonville, NC 27249.