Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....SIMMONS, John Wesley (Dr.) May 9, 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 June 3, 2007, 7:02 pm The Brunswick News; Monday 11 May 1959; pg. 16 col. 4 DR. SIMMONS, 78, LONG PROMINENT HERE, IS BURIED Funeral services were held this morning at the First Methodist Church for Dr. John Wesley Simmons, 78, who died Saturday afternoon after an illness of six years. Grandsons served as pallbearers for Dr. Simmons, long prominent in both medicine and public affairs. Burial was in the family mausoleum in Oak Grove Cemetery under direction of Edo Miller and Sons. A native Georgian, Dr. Simmons practiced medicine over 50 years. He was a charter member and past president of the Brunswick Rotary Club. He was a former president of the Board of Trade, now the Chamber of Commerce, and for years served on important committees of the chamber, pursuing the progress and growth of Brunswick. He was a lifelong member of the First Methodist Church and served on the board of stewards. A Mason, he recently received his 30-year pin from Ocean Lodge. He served as parliamentarian of the Medical Association of Georgia for 19 years. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald Garrett, Atlanta; two sons, John W. Simmons, Jr., Brunswick, and Dr. James O. Simmons, Woodbine; one sister, Mrs. Charles A. Smith, and one brother, both of Waynesboro, Ga.; 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at www.glynngen.com or the sister site at www.rootsweb.com/~gaglynn/ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/s/simmons7453gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb