Obituaries: Caro Enoch Simmons, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 9, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

C. E. Simmons, Founder of Joyce Field, Succumbs

Caro Enoch Simmons, 68, founder of the Joyce Oil Field, and Winnfield
drillling contractor and oil promoter died unexpectedly in a hospital in Fort
Worth, Texas Sunday.  He and his wife had gone to their home in Ft. Worth for
the holidays when he became ill.

Last rites were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ft.
Worth.  Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Ft. Worth.

Survivors include his widow, four daughters, Mrs. June S. Lively, Mrs. C. W.
Smith, and Miss Helen Simmons of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Richard Banks of Dallas,
Tex.; a brother, D. J. Simmons of Fort Worth, and a sister, Mrs. A. B. Geren
of Wood River, Ill.

Mr. Simmons was born in Winnfield and lived here as a youth.  Later his family
lived elsewhere, but he returned here in the 1940s as a promoter and was the
discoverer of the Joyce Oil Field.  Mr. H. B. Bozeman, author the weekly
column "Winn Parish As I Have Known It" pays tribute to Mr. Simmons in his
column this week pointing out the contribution he has made to the area.

Attending the last rites from Winnfield were Ashton B. Collier, Kelly
Peterson, John Poisso, James Franklin, Jimmy Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Payne,
Joe Pilley, and Herman Gardner, the colored porter.