Obituaries: Mrs. L. R. Simmons, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 21, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For Mrs. L. R. Simmons Of Joyce held

Funeral services for Mrs. L. R. Simmons, 76, of Joyce, who died February 14,
1957, in a local hospital, were held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Hurricane
Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Kenneth Wall officiating.  Assisting
in the services were Rev. Edward Smith, Rev. C. D. Dyess, and Rev. George
Adams.  Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Grandsons of the deceased acted as pallbearers.

A native of Winn, Mrs. Simmons was a member of the Hurricane Grove Baptist
Church.  She had lived her entire life in this parish.

Survivors include her husband, L. R. Simmons, Joyce; four sons, Homer and 
Oscar, Joyce; Morris, Ruston; J. V., Dallas; five daughters, Mrs. Dewey
Thornton, Monroe; Mrs. John Brister, Sr., Joyce; Mrs. E. E. Prince, Leesville;
Mrs. O. B. Martin, Robstown, Texas; Mrs. Aaron Creel, Joyce; 19 grandchildren
and 17 great grandchildren; two brothers, M. J. Adams and C. E. Adams, both of
Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Stella Gates, Oak Grove.