Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....SIMMONS, Edward M. "Monk" March 16, 1976 ************************************************ 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 7, 2008, 4:56 pm The Brunswick News; Wednesday 17 March 1976; pg. 2A col. 1 MONK SIMMONS RITES THURSDAY The funeral services for Edward M. “Monk” Simmons, 81, a resident of 2107 Parkwood Dr., who died at the local Hospital Tuesday, will be Thursday at 4 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Brunswick with Rev. Hugh Garner officiating. Entombment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery with military honors. Active pallbearers will be A.M. Griffin, John Hall, George M. Young, Glenn R. Spaulding, Esterlee Conley, and Paul T. Girtman. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Carpenters Local No. 865, Dr. J.L. Owens, Jr., and Dr. R.H. Thompson. Simmons had been a resident of Brunswick for the past 35 years and was a retired carpenter. He was a veteran of WWI serving in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corp. and was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie B. Young Simmons, Brunswick; a daughter, Mrs. Fred W. Spaulding, Brunswick; a son, John James Simmons, Brunswick; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Lee Reynolds, Hawkinsville, Ga.; a brother, Ralph Simmons, Eastman, five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. The body will be taken to the residence, 2107 Parkwood Dr., today and will be placed on [sic] the church an hour prior to the service. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at or the sister site at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/s/simmons8921gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb