McMurtrey Funeral Home

A major thoroughfare, Ky. 90, divides the community and traffic flows swiftly and freely at all times of the day and night.The community hasn't always been known as Summer Shade. It was once called Glover's Creek. The name was changed to Summer Shade in 1872 by the postmaster, according to a history book Ron Underwood Jr., a Summer Shade businessman, borrowed from a friend.Summer Shade was once the location of a high school, a physician's office, flour mills and a college known as the Summer Shade Institute, which was established by Professor Grinstead in 1873, the history book said.The community now features a little more than a handful of businesses, including a funeral home, a beauty salon, a bank, a liquor store and soon a showroom from which Underwood plans to sell a variety of wooden items from furniture to turkey calls he intends to make from local wood.He plans to celebrate the opening of his business, Southern Wood, on May 5 with a ribbon cutting by the Edmonton-Metcalfe County Chamber of Commerce.The ribbon cutting will kick off Summer Shade Founder's Day.Underwood retired to Summer Shade in 2014, moving there from Cincinnati, Ohio where he worked as a chemical engineer for Proctor and Gamble.He has family ties to the area.“My dad used to live on Old Tompkinsville Road,” he said.It was Underwood who came up with the idea to have a founder's day.“I think there is such a sense of pride here in Summer Shade. People talk about their experiences, their memories and this is just a way to reflect that,” he said. “I think we are losing some of our memories as people leave the area or pass away.”The building in which Underwood is locating his business once housed the Bank of Summer Shade.“This bank building – I've heard story after story of 'this was my first job, my first loan, this is where I didn't get approved for a loan.' I've had probably 20 people to come by and talk about the building and kind of what it meant,” he said.Listening to those stories gave him t... (Glasgow Daily Times)

A major thoroughfare, Ky. 90, divides the community and traffic flows swiftly and freely at all times of the day and night.The community hasn't always been known as Summer Shade. It was once called Glover's Creek. The name was changed to Summer Shade in 1872 by the postmaster, according to a history book Ron Underwood Jr., a Summer Shade businessman, borrowed from a friend.Summer Shade was once the location of a high school, a physician's office, flour mills and a college known as the Summer Shade Institute, which was established by Professor Grinstead in 1873, the history book said.The community now features a little more than a handful of businesses, including a funeral home, a beauty salon, a bank, a liquor store and soon a showroom from which Underwood plans to sell a variety of wooden items from furniture to turkey calls he intends to make from local wood.He plans to celebrate the opening of his business, Southern Wood, on May 5 with a ribbon cutting by the Edmonton-Metcalfe County Chamber of Commerce.The ribbon cutting will kick off Summer Shade Founder's Day.Underwood retired to Summer Shade in 2014, moving there from Cincinnati, Ohio where he worked as a chemical engineer for Proctor and Gamble.He has family ties to the area.“My dad used to live on Old Tompkinsville Road,” he said.It was Underwood who came up with the idea to have a founder's day.“I think there is such a sense of pride here in Summer Shade. People talk about their experiences, their memories and this is just a way to reflect that,” he said. “I think we are losing some of our memories as people leave the area or pass away.”The building in which Underwood is locating his business once housed the Bank of Summer Shade.“This bank building – I've heard story after story of 'this was my first job, my first loan, this is where I didn't get approved for a loan.' I've had probably 20 people to come by and talk about the building and kind of what it meant,” he said.Listening to those stories gave him t... (Glasgow Daily Times)