M. Joan "Joey" Joan "Joey" Summers

M. Joan "Joey" Summers, 97, of Palmyra, MO passed away at 7:30 AM, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, after a short stay at Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Palmyra. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, July 25, 2025, at Greenwood Cemetery in Palmyra. Pastor Josh Reid will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of the Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel in Palmyra, MO. Joey was born on May 17, 1928, in Marion County, Missouri, to William A. Johnson and Edna Lee Bowles Johnson. She was married to Robert B. Summers on October 29, 1950, in Palmyra. He preceded her in death on February 27, 2011. Survivors include her son, Michael "Mike" (Liza) Summers of Palmyra; grandchildren, Jared (Amber) Summers of Palmyra, Berkley (Robby) Rosenquist of Jackson, MO, Ian Summers of Palmyra, and Marin (Andy) DeBauch of Palmyra. Great grandchildren, Audrey, Wesley, and Jacob Summers, Jonathan, Ryan, and Caroline Rosenquist, and Myra and Carson DeBauch. Joey was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters, Velma Singleton, Kathleene "Katie" Johnson, May Belle Stout, and brother, William A. Johnson. During high school, Joey was crowned the 1946 football homecoming queen. She played basketball at Palmyra High School alongside her sisters, Velma and Katie, and all three were members of the undefeated White Sweater Team. She was a 1947 graduate of Palmyra High School. After their marriage, Bob and Joey moved to the Summers family farm, where they lived and worked together their entire married life. Their son, Mike, was the fifth generation of the Summers family raised on the farm and Joey would say it was the happiest time of her life. Joey dedicated many Sundays working in the nursery at church and she also enjoyed delivering Meals on Wheels. She was a talented cook and expressed her artistic self through painting woodcrafts, sewing and crafting. She enjoyed attending auctions with Bob and her grandchildren, and collecting primitives. She was one of the early distributors of Beanie Babies in the 1990s and sold many across Northeast Missouri. She enjoyed selling her hand crafted goods at Pudd' N Heads in Hannibal, MO and having a booth at the BLP and Quincy Service League gift shows each November. Joey had a calm and thoughtful presence. She will be remembered for the beautiful moments she created and shared with her family and others. Joey was a member of First Baptist Church Palmyra. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Nursery.