ST. MARY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: SIMMONS, VINCENT "JERRY" Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: Iberts Mortuary, Inc. Franklin, LA 70538 Died: Sunday, July 17, 2016 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= SIMMONS, VINCENT "JERRY" January 18, 1931 - July 17, 2016 ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/stmary/obits/dateobits/2016/sm1607.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Vincent Jerry Simmons went to be with our Lord on July 17, 2016 at the age of 85. Jerry was born January 18, 1931 in Jennings, LA to the late Jerry Tillman Simmons I and the late Elsie Vincent Simmons. A longtime resident of Patterson, LA, many will remember him as a former Patterson High School teacher and coach and he was seen daily in Patterson walking his 2 miles. After retirement, Jerry enjoyed playing a daily round of golf early in the morning. He was a longtime member of Bayou Vista Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Marilyn Mack Simmons; his four children: Leisa Simmons, Andrea MacDougall and her husband John, Kimberly Bailey and her husband Tom, and Jerry Tillman Simmons II and his wife Stacie; nine grandchildren: Amy Vaccarella and her husband Ryan, Ashley Greene, Ty Greene and his wife Nicole, Jess and Samuel Bailey, Emma, Tanner, Madison, and Max Simmons; two step-grandchildren: Sara and Jeff MacDougall; six great grandchildren: Anna, Ava, and Luke Vaccarella and Alexis, Garrett, and Owen Greene; his beloved brother Norris Dale Simmons Sr.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Other than his parents, Jerry was preceded in death by a favored aunt, Jeanne Vincent Mason. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Bayou Vista Baptist Church with Brother Steven Kelly will officiate the service. A gathering of family and friends will be held at Bayou Vista Baptist Church on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 from 6-8 pm and again on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 from 12 pm until service time. Serving as pallbearers, Norris Dale Simmons, Ryan Vaccarella, Ty Greene, Ashley Greene, Jess Bailey and Samuel Bailey. He will be laid to rest in the Patterson Protestant Cemetery with Brother Steven Kelly and Brother Charles Gilder are officiating the graveside service. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert's Mortuary, Inc., 1111 Lia Street, Patterson, La. ===================