Obit: Rosa Sikes Simmons, 1985, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by John W. Harris, Brooklyn, NY
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Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, October 16, 1985

Mrs. Rosa Sikes Simmons

Services for Mrs. Rosa Sikes Simmons, 86, of Monroe, Louisiana were held at
10:00 a.m. Monday, October 14th, at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home Chapel with
Reverends Mickey Bounds, Jr., and Clifton Tennison officiating.  Burial
followed in Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe.

She died Saturday morning, October 12, 1985, at West Monroe Guest House
Nursing Home after a long illness.

Mrs. Simmons, the daughter of J. F. W. and Sarah Parker Sikes, was a native
and long time resident of the Sikes, Louisiana area where she and her late
husband, Iley P. Simmons, reared their family and were former active members
of Friendship Baptist Church.  She was a current member of Highland Park
Baptist Church in Monroe.

Survivors include five sons, Cois D. Simmons and Frank W. Simmons, both of
Monroe, DeVane Simmons of Ruston and LaVance Simmons of Beulaville, North
Carolina; five daughters, Mrs. Vanoil Adams of Jena, Mrs. Earline Barlow of
Monroe, Mrs. Mary Ethel Thames of West Monroe, Mrs. Annette Rankin of Baker
and Mrs. Linda Bowman of Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Hawthorne of Baton
Rouge; 24 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were grandsons.

Submitted by:
John W. Harris
Brooklyn, NY
Jwharris60@aol.com