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- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 23 Oct 2009.
March 24, 1917 - October 23, 2009
Resided in Sevierville,, TN
Mae Kimbrough Summitt, age 92 of Sevierville, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009.
Mrs. Summitt was member of First United Methodist Church, Sevierville where she belonged to the Emily Thomas Circle and was a member of the Manthano Club for more than 50 years.
She was a former teacher at Madisonville High School and a former private pilot.
She was preceded in death by her parents J. Mohler Kimbrough and Mamie Henderson Kimbrough; sister, Elizabeth Kimbrough Marshall; brother, Joe B. Kimbrough
Survivors:
Husband: Ross B. Summitt
Sons: R.B. Summitt, II and Joe Jim Summitt
Daughters: Mary K. Summitt, JoAnne Summitt Williams and husband Jack Williams
Grandchildren: Bond Jones, II, J. Paul Summitt, Tyler Summitt, Kelly K. Jones
Sister: Lorene McNabb Kimbrough
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church, 214 Cedar Street, Sevierville, TN 37862.
The family will receive friends 2-5 PM Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Sevierville with funeral service to follow at 5:30 PM. Rev. Charles C. Harrison, Sr. and Rev. Bobby Ely officiating. Family and friends will gather 10 AM Monday at Shiloh Cemetery for graveside service and interment. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.(www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 24 Oct 2009.
SEVIERVILLE - She was an educator, a businesswoman, even a pilot. She was involved in a number of civic activities over the 50 years she lived in the county.
And for many local women, she was a role model, an example of limitless possibilities and opportunities. Mae Summitt , who died Friday at age 92 after a brief illness, inspired many local women to set high goals.
"She was an encourager to all of us," Patsy Wallace said of her friend and fellow Manthano Club member. "She was one of the ladies I looked up to all of my life. She was a mentor to young women growing up here."
Mae Summitt and her husband, Ross, have been a force in Sevier County Bank for 60 years. Ross Summitt came to Sevierville in 1949 to run the bank, recruited by Sanders Atchley, the bank's longtime president and cashier. He remains chairman of the board. Mae Summitt was an advisory director.
"She loved this community," her son, Bank President R.B. Summitt , said. "She was very aware of things in the community."
Her loves were family, faith, church (First United Methodist, where she taught the high school Sunday School class for decades) and Manthano Club. The service organization for women was a passion of hers for decades.
"I was in Manthano Club with her for 34 years," Marie Temple, wife of County Commissioner Jimmie Temple, said. "She was one of my mentors in Manthano. I admired and respected her so much for what she meant to me in my life."
Mae Kimbrough was from Monroe County and put herself through college, first at Hiwassee, then at the University of Tennessee. She graduated summa cum laude from UT with a degree in math in 1938 - not a very common major for women in those days.
She won an FFA scholarship that allowed her to take aeronautics classes at Austin Peay University in Clarksville, and that led her to fly planes for several years. She took a solo flight in the late 1930s. "She continued to fly until she and Ross got together," R.B. Summitt said her his parents. "The agreement was, he'd get out of the Navy and she'd give up flying."
Ross Summitt took the job running Sevier County Bank in July 1949 and married Mae Kimbrough in November of that year. Next month the couple would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Jimmie Temple met Mae Summitt soon after she moved to Sevierville. Temple and his Lions Club sponsored the annual Smoky Bowl fundraiser on Thanksgiving Day, and Mae Summitt pitched right in to help.
"She and I served on a committee to raise money for band uniforms," Temple said. "She was a lovely lady."
Mae Summitt taught in high school after college, mostly math classes but also English, in Vonore and Madisonville. She taught briefly in Sevierville before starting a family.
"She was always a bright and shining face at Sevier County Bank over the years my dad was associated with the bank," Gary Wade, state Supreme Court justice and former Sevierville mayor, said. His father, Dwight Wade Sr., who died earlier this year, was a longtime director of the bank. "My dad was especially grateful at Christmas for her demonstrating her mastery of pastries, candies and cookies.
She was a good cook and a great lady." Funeral services are planned for 5:30 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist in Sevierville, after visitation from 2-5 p.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the church.
svoit@themountainpress.com
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 86665796).
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