Mrs. W. F. Richardson succumbs today after long illness. Funeral services to be held tomorrow
afternoon at the Baptist Church at Four O'clock. Organizer of the Glasgow Library and Prominent in the
civic affairs of Glasgow. Mrs. W. F.
Richardson, one of Glasgow's most prominent and beloved ladies, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Paul Jones, on Maple Driveway this morning at 10 o'clock after an extended illness. Mrs.
Richardson had been in delicate health for a number of years, and had been confined to her room over a
year. Over a year ago she retired from active work as head of the Glasgow Library, which she organized
several years ago.
Mrs Richardson who, before her marriage, was Miss Bernice Summers, was born near Hiseville,
December 22, 1872, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.
Cyrus Summers, and received her education at Hiseville and at Glasgow. In December 1894 she was
married to Mr. Richardson. They moved to Glasgow a short time after that, and have made their home
here ever since.
Interested in all things for the betterment of her community, Mrs. Richardson was a leader in many of
the civic and religious affairs of the town and the county. She was a devoted and active member of the
Baptist Church, having taught in the Sunday School there many years. Club work and library activities
received a generous amount of her time and effort. Several years ago she organized the library here,
which under her competent management grew into an institution of vital importance to the cultural life
of the town. With her passing Glasgow has lost one of its most valuable citizens.
Besides her husband, Mr. W. F. Richardson, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bessey,
Washington, D. C., Mrs. Sarah Hill Heaton, San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. Louise Jones of Glasgow; and
one son, W. F. Richardson, Jr. of Evansville, Indiana. A sister, Mrs. Bessie Jewell Hensley of Kansas City,
and three brothers, Larkin Summers, Hiseville, Charles Summers, Nashville, and Roy Summers of
Louisville, also survive.
Funeral services are to be conducted at the Baptist Church by the Rev. A. J.
Gaines tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock. Interment will be in the Glasgow Cemetery.
Glasgow (KY) Daily Times, 7 July 1936.
Glasgow Municipal Cemetery
Bernice S. Richardson
1871 -- 1936
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