Jimmie Summerlin began calling and teaching Square Dancing in 1979 in Texas. Jimmie called regularly for the North Star Eight club in Paris, Texas, the Winnsboro Trailblazers in Winnsboro, Texas and the Wheeler Dealers in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Jimmie was a member of the American Callers Association and the Texas State Callers Association. Jimmie retired from calling and teaching around 2006 and after almost 30 years of service with the US Postal service has retired to raise American Brittany Bird dogs and hunt with his sons.