Obituaries: Mamie Mixon Simmons, 1984, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 13, 1984 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Mamie M. Simmons Succumbs

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 11, 1984, at Dodson
Baptist Church for Mamie Mixon Simmons.  Dr. Calvin Phelps conducted the
services assisted by Rev. Doug White.  Mrs. Simmons, widow of Winn Parish
educator K. C. Simmons, died Saturday, June 9, 1984 in Lincoln General
Hospital Saturday, June 9, 1984 in Lincoln General Hospital after a brief
illness.

A retired teacher, Mrs. Simmons received the B. A. and M. A. degrees from
Northwestern State University.  Her teaching career spanned 37 years in the
Winn Parish school system.  She was a member of Alpha Delta Kappa,
professional teachers sorority, which she had served as state chaplain. 
Mrs. Simmons was listed in Outstanding Elementary Teachers of American.

She was a member of Dodson Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School and
directed Vacation Bible School for over 20 years.  Until recently, she was
Director of Missions for the Winn Baptist Association.  She served Spicer-
Wallace Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution as Regent and in
other offices.  Mrs. Simmons was also a member of the Palestine Chapter, Order
of Eastern Star.

Mrs. Simmons, 74, was the daughter of Winn Parish pioneers Alfred Lee and Ida
Wasson Mixon.  She is survived by two brothers, Jack Mixon, Bernice, and C.
D. Mixon, Goldsboro, North Carolina, and four sisters, Mrs. Bertha M. Stovall,
Dodson, Mrs. Clarice M. Patrick, Oil City, Mrs. Corinne M. Crawford,
Winnfield, and Mrs. Mary Ruth M. Keckler, Lake Charles.  Her sons, Kermit
M. Simmons, Winnfield, and Harry David Simmons, Shreveport, and six
grandchildren, also survive her.  She is missed by her company of many years,
Ms Oneter Powell of Dodson.

Attend Funeral

Out of town friends and relatives attending the funeral of Mrs. Mamie Simmons
held Monday, June 11, 1984 from Shreveport: Gary Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Hickman, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Mercer, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Maranto and Mary, G. M.
Bodenheimer, David Klotz, J. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thaxton, Shirley
Simmons.

From Jonesboro: Mrs. Lloyd Parker, Miss Jeannie Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Underwood, Amy, and Clay, Mrs. Floyd Bass, George Walker, Mrs. Lucille
Beasley, and Mrs. Winnie Brown.

Those attending from Alexandria were Mrs. Richard Rand; from Downsville, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hamilton.

Attending from Dallas, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Reynolds.

Ruston, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pylant, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Davis.

From Harrisonburg, Miss Hazel Crawford, Mrs. Lessie B. Crawford.

Attending from West Monroe, Mrs. Douglas Martin, Mrs. Huey P. Martin, Mrs.
June Gulett, and Mrs. Suanna DeSoto.