Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Simmons, Eleanor Wingate Davis January 17, 2014
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The Albany Herald January 19, 2014
Eleanor Wingate Davis Simmons

Eleanor Wingate Davis Simmons, 85, passed away Friday, January 17, 2014 
peacefully at her apartment at the Camilla Retirement Village.  She had been in 
declining health for the past year.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 A.M Monday, January 20, 2014 at the First 
Baptist Church of Camilla, her family’s ancestral church, where she was a 
devoted lifetime member, and among the 4th generation of her Wingate family to 
hold active membership in the church.   Interment will follow in the Rosier K. 
Wingate family plot in Oakview Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers are Stripling 
Luke, Chip Strickland, Ralph Davis, Kelly Wingate, Leron Bush and Drew Hilliard.

Descended from a number of Southwest Georgia pioneer families, and tracing her 
lineage to the very early days of this country, Eleanor Voncile Wingate was 
born in Camilla on May 4, 1928, the only daughter of the late Rosier Kelly 
Wingate, Sr. and Ethel Lucile Musgrove Wingate, her mother being a native of 
Baker County.  Mrs. Simmons graduated from Camilla High School in 1945, and 
from Andrew College in 1947.
On November 5, 1952, she married Charles Jefferson (Jeff) Davis, who preceded 
her in death on October 14, 1967.   Widowed at the age of 39, she dedicated 
herself to raising and educating her children, always being an active volunteer 
in their school and church.  In the early 1970’s, she began a part-time job 
with the Mitchell County Health Department that soon evolved into a full-time 
position, from which she retired in 1990.  On December 4, 1982, she married 
James Howard Simmons, and they shared 19 ½ years together until his death on 
May 30, 2002, truly enriching each other’s later years.
Always dedicated to her church and volunteering in many capacities throughout 
her adult life, she held the position of Secretary of the Nursery Department at 
First Baptist Church for over 50 consecutive years.   She was a very positive 
person, a devoted Christian, a source of solid guidance and advice for her 
children and grandchildren, and a friend to her every acquaintance, always 
taking a keen interest in anything of benefit to a neighbor or friend.
Mrs. Simmons was preceeded in death by her parents, Rosier Kelly and Ethel 
Musgrove Wingate, her husbands, Charles Jefferson (Jeff) Davis and James Howard 
Simmons, and her brother and sister-in-law, Rosier Kelly (Bo) and Louise Yates 
Wingate.
Survivors include her daughter, Susan Wingate Davis Luke, and husband Roy, 
Camilla; her son, Charles J. Davis, Jr. and wife Debbie, Cairo;  brother-in-law 
and sister-in-law, James W. (Buddy) and Gloria B. Davis, Hopeful; 
grandchildren, Roy Stripling Luke, Jr. and wife, Melissa, Tifton;  Lark Davis 
Luke Strickland and husband, Chip, Camilla;  Blair Ivey Davis, Cairo; one great-
grandchild, Davis McClain Luke;  nieces, Anita Wingate, Lacy Wingate Shiver, 
Dianne Davis, Janet Davis Lambert, Madge Thigpen Quick, Sheryl Davis Jones, 
Barbara Davis, Carol Davis Paulk, and her nephews, R. Kelly Wingate, III, and 
Ivey D. Thigpen, and her very dedicated caregivers, Ceola Merritt, Gail 
Swindle, Mary Ann Thomas, and Mary Williams.
The family will receive friends at the Morgan Building, Camilla Retirement 
Village, 161 E. Broad Street, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 19, 
2014.
For those desiring, the family respectfully requests contributions to Hospice 
of Southwest Georgia, 114-A Mimosa Drive, Thomasville, Georgia 31792, or the 
charity of your choice.
Parker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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