Biography of E. H. "Bertie" Simmons, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Two men stand out in the successful firm of Growers Equip. Co., and they are R.
E. (Dick) Carroll, and E. H. (Bertie) Simmons. Mr. Simmons, or Bertie, as he is
known throughout the Memphis area, joined Mr. Ed Belshe and Mr. Bob Hussey in
1938, to open in that year the Simmons Implement Co., the forerunner of Growers
Equip. Co. Mr. Simmons was born in Trenton, Tenn. on Mar. 27, 1896. On Aug. 24,
1925, he married Mrs. Lena Evans O'Brien. They have four grandchildren.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas