ENS, US Navy, Mary Al Adams Summers

Mary Al Adams (Summers) joined the U.S. Navy as an ensign in May of 1944, serving as a nurse. ^{1, 2} She was first stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas, and later cared for soldiers wounded in the Pacific Theater. ²

Adams was born at Cedar Hill, North Llano River, Texas to Ella Hollmig and David Quince Adams. ² She graduated from Sonora High School and received her nursing degree after studying at M&S Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. ^{1, 2} Later she earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of New Mexico and her master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine University Malibu, California. ²

Adams married C. Kelly Summers on May 1, 1945. ^{1, 3} Following her discharge from the military, Adams worked in hospitals as a floor and emergency room nurse in Seattle, Santa Fe, Buffalo, and Amarillo. ² She worked as a nurse at Bataan Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Adams also worked as a school nurse in Belen and Albuquerque New Mexico, as well as in Torrance, California. ² She was an accomplished painter and woodcarver and a member of the Albuquerque Woodworkers Association. ²