From Tribune staff reports
CLAY, Ala.–The Clay City Council approved a proclamation during Tuesday’s meeting to rename the Clay Public Library to the “W. Alan Summers Municipal Library” in honor of his years of service.
Summers was born on June 8, 1941 and raised on a working farm in Missouri.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri University and obtained his juris doctor degree from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham.
After passing the bar exam, Summers opened a general practice firm in Center Point Alabama in 1968 and has continuously practiced since.
“During his 57 years of practice, Alan Summers has handled thousands of real estate closings, written an untold number of Wills, Contracts, and Pleadings, and worked on all kinds of cases in his adopted state of Sweet Home Alabama,” the proclamation read.
He was also appointed as the head of all mining operations in the state by Gov. George Wallace in 1978 and served in the Wallace Administration until 1984.
Since 2012, Summers has also served as the city attorney for the City of Clay.
A biography of Summers read, “Alan has joked over the years about being a relic of the past and is proud of his ability to not use cell phones or computers….or even a VCR for that matter, but even as time has passed, his practice has thrived due to his personality, willingness to help people and the relationships cultivated through the years.“
