Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....SIMMONS, Jess W. January 23, 1988 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com May 13, 2022, 8:35 pm Breckinridge County Herald-News, Hardinsburg, Ky., Wednesday, January 27, 1988 OBITUARY Jess W. SIMMONS, age 88, of Irvington, Ky in Breckinridge County, died on Saturday, January 23, 1988 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. Mr. SIMMONS was born November 16, 1899 in Webster, Breckinridge County, a son of the late Louis Calvin SIMMONS & Molly TABOR SIMMONS. He was a retired farmer, and a retired Civil Service employee of Fort Knox, Ky. His wife, Mrs. Zelma BROWN SIMMONS, preceded him in death in 1974. He is survived by: one son a 1/2 sister 2 grandchildren Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 1988 from the chapel of Alexander Funeral Home in Irvington, Ky. Burial was in the Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Garfield. Masonic services were held by Irvington Lodge #868 on Sunday night, January 23, 1988. Additional Comments: #0139 Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery; Directions: turn north immediately west of "Dead Man's Curve" from Kentucky Highway 60. The church lies east of the road, and is blocked from view by a low ridge. In Breckinridge County, Ky. SIMMONS, Jesse Winfield 11-16-1899 -- 1-22-1988 husband of #1- Naomi Lydia WOOTEN Wed: 16 Jan 1942 Iredell County, North Carolina husband of #2- Zelma BROWN Wed: 6-14-1947 Breckinridge County, Ky Book-13A Page-15 son of Louis/Lewis Calvin SIMMONS & Mary E. "Mollie" TABOR have his obituary he shares a double tombstone with his 2nd wife, Zelma he also has a flat, bronze, Military tombstone: SEA2 U.S. Navy, world war I (I found Jesse's middle name on his marriage record to Naomi) SIMMONS, Naomi Lydia 12-2--1898 -- 8-5-1945 1st wife of Jesse Winfield SIMMONS daughter of John Vance WOOTEN & Mary Louella REAVIS she has a single tombstone at: Sandy Springs Baptist Church Cemetery located at Harmony, Iredell County, North Carolina SIMMONS, Zelma 3-21-1904 -- 10-6-1974 2nd wife of Jesse Winfield SIMMONS daughter of Frank BROWN & Savannah NORTON have her obituary she shares a double tombstone with her husband, Jesse Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/s/simmons12150gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/