Dolores Hunter Simms

Dolores Hunter Simms was born to Alvin and Ivernia Hunter on October 28, 1927. She attended elementary school in Pleasant Hill and graduated from Longview Negro High School in Longview, Texas. She continued her education at Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, receiving a Bachelor Degree in Education in 1949.

She married Harold Jones and to this marriage, their son, Charles Hunter Jones was born.

In 1952, Dolores married Thomas Simms. They were married fifty-four years until his death. She leaves to mourn her death her son, Charles (Annetta); grandchildren, Charles Hunter II (Shelgwen) and Alicia Michelle Jones; a sister, Dorothy Hunter Griffin who resides in San Antonio, Texas and brother, Julian Hunter who resides in Seattle, Washington; a special niece, Teresa and nephew, Gregory Hunter and a host of other nieces and nephews.