Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SIMMONS, JOSEPH LARRY September 7, 2016
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News Star World - September 09, 2016
JOSEPH LARRY SIMMONS

Joseph Larry Simmons, age 80, died in his home in Monroe, LA on September 
7th, 2016. He was born and raised in Tylertown, MS. He studied music at 
Louisiana State University and received a Bachelors of Arts in Music from 
Florida State University. He received a Masters of English from New York 
University. He was awarded his Doctorate in English from the University of 
Virginia. He taught for two years at North Texas State University in Denton. 
He joined the Tulane University faculty in 1967 where he spent the remainder 
of his academic career as an English professor and Shakespearian scholar. He 
was named Professor Emeritus in 2004. A classically trained pianist, he 
played the organ in church as a child. As an adult, he served as organist 
for the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in New Orleans, for Tylertown United 
Methodist Church, and, in Monroe, for St. Alban's Episcopal Church.

He is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth Fuller Simmons and Catherine Edna 
Simmons (Jerry Arnold) both of Monroe, LA and Jean Randle Simmons (Edward 
Stenger) of Shaker Heights, OH, his grandchildren, Zachary Matthew Stenger, 
William Levon Arnold and Ava Catherine Stenger, as well as his former wife, 
Fleur Simmons of Monroe, LA, and his dear nieces, nephew and cousins.

He is preceded in death by his father, Richard Oliver Simmons, and mother, 
Nita Packwood Simmons, of Tylertown, MS, and his sister, Nita Jean Simmons 
Randle of Starkville, MS.

Funeral Services will be held in Monroe, LA at St. Alban's Episcopal Church 
on September 10th at 1pm and in Tylertown, MS at Tylertown United Methodist 
Church on September 11th at 3pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the China Grove United 
Methodist Church, 1305 Beulah Ave, Tylertown, MS 39667, Tylertown, MS.

Online guestbook: www.griffinfuneralhome.net

Griffin Funeral Home

Monroe, Louisiana 

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