[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H10498]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE TO VICKI ANN SUMMERS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Hayes) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I want to pay tribute to Vicki Ann Summers, 
59, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, who died on Monday, July 23, 2007, at 
her home. She was born February 19, 1948, in Stanly County to the late 
Rudy Lamar Summers and Margaret Ewing Lisk Summers. Vicki was a 
talented newspaper reporter with a long history in journalism who was 
most recently employed by The News-Journal in Hoke County. Throughout 
her career, she spent most of her time covering local government, but 
she also wrote human interest stories, covered the crime beat and was a 
photographer. She was recognized for her writings by the North Carolina 
Press Association.
  Vicki grew up in Fayetteville and attended Pine Forest High School 
before graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts, which she 
attended on a full scholarship. She later attended Miami-Dade Junior 
College in Florida and East Carolina University.
  In early 1970, she was a director of public relations for Sheraton 
Hotels Corporation and the Fountain Bleu Resort in Miami Beach. Around 
the same time, she worked as a celebrity correspondent for the National 
Enquirer, as a lifestyle writer for the Miami News, and as a trends 
writer and garden editor for the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. 
Before coming to the News-Journal, she worked for the Harnett County 
News in Lillington and the Erwin Times in Erwin, North Carolina.
  Vicki was very diligent and really cared about her local community. 
She took great pride in reporting about the economic development of the 
county and downtown Raeford streets' redevelopment.
  A memorial service was held on Monday, July 30, at 7 p.m. at 
Northwood Temple in Fayetteville. She is survived by her mother, 
Margaret Ewing Pope, of Fayetteville, three sisters, Carla S. Merritt 
and Jan Hernandez, both of Fayetteville, and Lydia Aldridge of Raleigh, 
and one brother, Eric Summers of Linden.

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