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Additional SIMMONS Surnames in PLEASANT RIDGE (AT OXFORD) Cemetery
SIMMONS, Vanela VSIMMONS, Alpha ClaraSIMMONS, Gracie OllieGRAHAM SIMMONS, Gracie OllieSIMMONS, Essie LoreneSIMMONS, Robert Pinkney "Pink"SIMMONS, Hannah Cornelia "Cora"SIMMONS, Infant DaughterSIMMONS, Clarence LessleySIMMONS, Effie NovellaSIMMONS, Anna VeraSIMMONS, Loye EarlSIMMONS, Revel DeanSIMMONS, Eston RueSIMMONS, Orville RaymondSIMMONS, Earl Edward Additional SIMMONS Surnames in IZARD County
SIMMONS, Addie ElizabethSIMMONS, Adah G.SIMMONS, Alvin TSIMMONS, Arthur AlbertSIMMONS, Benjamin CarsonSIMMONS, Carnelia A.SIMMONS, Charles S. "Charley"SIMMONS, ColleneSIMMONS, Edith RSIMMONS, Ellis VSIMMONS, Emma F.SIMMONS, Finis Y.SIMMONS, Grace W.SIMMONS, Hannah VirginiaSIMMONS, Henry NoelSIMMONS, Hugh RamseySIMMONS, Iva IleanSIMMONS, LafayetteSIMMONS, LibbieSIMMONS, Marcus LafayetteSIMMONS, Martha Loucinda "Lou"SIMMONS, Maraman ESIMMONS, MizaSIMMONS, Mona R.SIMMONS, Nancy AnnSIMMONS, Raymond Oris "Bear"SIMMONS, Robert HughSIMMONS, Robert G.SIMMONS, Ruth AnnSIMMONS, Susan "Sussie"SIMMONS, Willis L.SIMMONS, William ThomasSIMMONS, WillieSIMMONS, William Owen
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Submitted: 5/4/12 • Approved: 5/6/22 • Last Updated: 5/9/22 • R687386-G687386-S3
Eston 22 Nov 1895 - 13 Oct 1987
Grace 12 Oct 1900 - 29 Aug 1993
Marriage: 08 Jul 1917 Newburg, Izard County, Arkansas
Eston Rue Simmons son of Robert Pinkney "Pink" Simmons and Cora Ann (Brockwell) Simmons. Gracie Ollie (Graham) Simmons daughter of David Calvin Graham and Lula Vesta (McVey) Graham. born in Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas died Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas.
**obituary
White River Current, Calico Rock, Arkansas, September 2, 1993:
Gracie Ollie Simmons of Calico Rock, daughter of the late David and Lula McVey Graham was born October 12, 1899 in Oxford. She died August 29, 1993 at Calico Rock Medical Center at the age of 93.
Mrs. Simmons was united in marriage to Eston Simmons on July 8, 1917 in Newburg and to this union five children were born. She spent her life as a homemaker and she was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by: three daughters, Essie Simmons of Calico Rock; Audean Baker of Kansas City, Missouri and Marie Matlock of Batesville; one son Revel Simmons of Brockwell; nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one son, one daughter-in-law, two son-in-laws, one great-grandson and one great-great-granddaughter.
Services were Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at Howard Chapel in Melbourne with Price Lovelace and Leon Graves officiating.
Pallbearers were Roy Teal, Tim Hellums, Cecil Stuart, David Stuart, Charles Hammett and Harold Hammett.
Interment was at pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Oxford under the directions of Howard Funeral Home in Melbourne.
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Contributed on 5/4/12 by maxparnell
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