Obit of Mary Virginia Godwin Simmons (s552) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 20 May 2001 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Alex Cemetery--Alex OK The Chickasha Express-Star 9 May 2001 Mary Virginia Godwin Simmons Funeral service for Mary Virginia Godwin Simmons, 96, of Alex, Oklahoma, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 10, 2001, in the Chapel of Sevier Funeral Home. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Alex Cemetery, Alex, Oklahoma. Mary Virginia Godwin Simmons was born April 3, 1905, in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, I.T., the daughter of James "Bud" and Viola (Solkle), and died Monday, May 7, 2001, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She and John Godwin were married June of 1923 and were parents of six children. He preceded her in death in 1959. She married Roy Simmons in August of 1965, and he preceded her in death in 1992. Mrs. Simmons was a member of the Alex Methodist Church. She was also preceded in death by: her parents, 1 grandchild: Robin Looney, 2 daughters: Mildred Looney and Margaret Knox, 2 sons: Leonard "Drew" Godwin and Neal Godwin, 6 brothers and 4 sisters. Survivors include: 2 daughters: Helen Huffer of Crescent, Oklahoma, Johnne Wolfe of Perkins, Oklahoma; 4 stepsons and 2 stepdaughters; 14 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Alex Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html