Sarah Simmons

She was born in Pontotoc County in the Springville Community on May 10, 1921 to George Patterson and Susie Pennington Patterson. After graduation from Algoma High School and two years at Wood Jr. College she married Delton Simmons and moved to the Algoma Community.

Mrs. Simmons loved to help her children, helping her son raise baby calves on his dairy farm and her daughter with her embroidery business and restaurant.

She is retired from the Postal Service as a rural carrier, and also worked at the ASCS office, tax collector’s office and the sheriff’s office. After her retirement she got most of her joy working in her yard raising all kinds of beautiful flowers, especially her hybrid tea roses. She loved taking flowers to her friends in the nursing home and fixing flowers for her church. She raised the flowers for many weddings including ones for three of her granddaughters. She never grew tired putting out one flower after another.

She dearly loved the Algoma Community and the Algoma Homemakers Club. She was always telling people she lived at Algoma and how much she loved it.

Services will be at 4 PM Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Browning Funeral Home Chapel in Pontotoc, with Rev. Kerry Powell officiating; burial will follow in the Oak Forrest Cemetery. Browning Funeral Home in Pontotoc is in charge of the arrangements.

She is survived by her daughter: Linda Deaton and son in law Wayne, a son: John Alan Simmons and daughter-in-law: Jeanette; six grandchildren: Johnna Corley and husband Jim, Cara Holley, Casey Deaton and wife Heather, Jonathan Simmons and wife Heather, Jeana Bell and Joanna Simmons; eleven great-grandchildren: Caroline, Will and Wesley Corley; Brooks and Gwen Holley; Josie, Gideon and Lydia Deaton; Grace and Claire Simmons and Ethan Bell; one sister-in-law: Mary Frances Patterson, several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Delton Simmons, and three brothers: Calvin, Eulice and J.C. Patterson.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Magnolia Manor, especially her caregivers on A Hall and her special caregiver Roxanne, also her caregivers from Sanctuary Home Hospice, Beverly and Lerenda. Beverly sang to mother each time she was there and Leranda was with her when she passed away.

Her nurse from Sanctuary Hospice, Carol, was a tender loving nurse to mother as well as Linda.

The pallbearers will be her nephews: Jimmy and Gene Patterson, Billy Neal Simmons, Larry Simmons and Dickson Simmons and Jimmy Simmons. Honorary pallbearers will be: D.R. Simmons, Roger Patterson and Stanley Patterson.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM Friday and from 3 to 4 PM Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be sent to Algoma Methodist Church, Attn: Catherine Roye at 470 McGregor Chapel Road or to Sanctuary Home Hospice at P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803.

Condolences may be offered at www.browningpontotoc.com