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==Career and civic duties==

==Career and civic duties==

Summers was an engineer for the Texas Department of Highways but returned to Laredo after the passing of his father-in-law, Ernest M. Bruni, to assume the management over sixty years of the family ranches. He helped to establish the Laredo International Sales & Service which sold [[International Harvester]] trucks and the first [[Nissan]] vehicles in Laredo. He purchased and operated for thirty-seven years the Lare-Tex Feed & Mineral, in which capacity he became active in local 4-H Club and Future Farmers of American programs. Though he learned to speak [[Spanish]], essential in the brush country, he never lost his southern drawl and his courteous manners.<ref name=obit/>

Summers was an engineer for the Texas Department of Highways but returned to Laredo after the passing of his father-in-law, Ernest M. Bruni, to assume the management over sixty years of the family ranches. He helped to establish the Laredo International Sales & Service which sold International Harvester trucks and the first [[Nissan]] vehicles in Laredo. He purchased and operated for thirty-seven years the Lare-Tex Feed & Mineral, in which capacity he became active in local 4-H Club and Future Farmers of American programs. Though he learned to speak [[Spanish]], essential in the brush country, he never lost his southern drawl and his courteous manners.<ref name=obit/>

He was also a sponsor for more than thirty years of the Border Olympics, which provides recreational opportunities for the handicapped. He was a trustee of the First [[United Methodist Church]] in Laredo and a director for forty-five years of the Webb Soil & Water Conservation in which position he worked to establish a scholarship program for students interested in the agricultural field. He served on the board of directors for three banks, South Texas National Bank, San Antonio National Bank and Vantage Bank. He was active in the former Taxpayer League which forced Webb County to implement agriculture value tax rates.<ref name=obit/>

He was also a sponsor for more than thirty years of the Border Olympics, which provides recreational opportunities for the handicapped. He was a trustee of the First [[United Methodist Church]] in Laredo and a director for forty-five years of the Webb Soil & Water Conservation in which position he worked to establish a scholarship program for students interested in the agricultural field. He served on the board of directors for three banks, South Texas National Bank, San Antonio National Bank and Vantage Bank. He was active in the former Taxpayer League which forced Webb County to implement agriculture value tax rates.<ref name=obit/>