Obituary of Maude Simmons, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Kim Wise Source: The Caldwell Watchman-Progress, September 4, 1975 Date: May 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituary of Maude Simmons The Caldwell Watchman-Progress, September 4, 1975 Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Simmons, 70, of Columbia were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home here with the Rev. Barksdale Harrison and the Rev. Braxton Humphries Jr. officiating. Burial followed in the Old Bethel Cemetery, west of Clarks. Mrs. Simmons died Thursday afternoon in the Caldwell Memorial Hospital here after a brief illness. Survivors include one daugher, Mrs. Juanita Escalon of Monroe, three sons, Walter L. Simmons of Hialeah, Fla., LeRoy Simmons, Robert M. Simmons, both of Columbia, three brothers, the Rev. Robert Watson of West Monroe, Randolph Watson, of Baton Rouge, Jack Watson of Monroe, four sisters, Mrs. Fleda Fitzgerald of Clarks, Mrs. Lena Stamper, Mrs. Lela West, both of Columbia, Mrs. Celia Humphries of Monroe and 11 grandchildren.