Born in Appomattox County, January 7, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Clarence B. Simmons and Lizzie Ransom Simmons. She was retired from Imperial Reading Co. Her hobbies including ceramics and bowling.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Louise Wood, Zane Grey Wooldridge and Glenda Lee White and one brother, Wade Burnette Simmons.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Howard Simmons and his wife Maxine and John Henry Simmons and a number of nieces and nephews.
A service celebrating her life will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Whitten Timberlake Chapel with the Rev. Roger Roller officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at Whitten Timberlake Chapel.
Those wishing to make memorial contributions are asked to consider the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl., Memphis, TN 38105, www.stjude.org.
