Statewide County NcArchives Obituaries.....Simmons, Captain Edward Lee 1934
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SMITHFIELD TIMES, VOL. 14, NO. 2, 04-19-1934
CAPT. EDWARD LEE SIMMONS
CAPT. E.L. SIMMONS, FERRY PILOT, DIES
Employed by Portsmouth-Norfolk County System Last 18 Years.
  Capt. Edward Lee Simmons, 71 for 18 years employed by the Portsmouth-Norfolk 
County ferries as a pilot, died in a Norfolk hospital yesterday morning at 8 
o'clock after an illness of one week. He had been in ill-health for the last 
year.
  Captain Simmons resided at Carrollton. He had not been in service at the 
ferries for the last 12 months. He had lived in this section for about 50 
years and was a native of North Carolina.
  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nannie E. Johnson Simmons.
  He held membership in the Smithfield Baptist Church and the Masonic Order, 
being affiliated with the Smithfield Lodge.
  The body was removed to the Charles H Myers Funeral Home, 720 Court Street, 
where funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial 
was in Oak Grove Cemetery.


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