Obit of Simms, Helen M. - Stephens County, Oklahoma

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::Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens--Clovis NM 

Helen M. Simms

CLOVIS, N.M. - Helen M. Simms, 89, died Friday, Oct. 31, 2003.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Lawn Haven Memorial 
Gardens by Steed-Todd Funeral Home. Memorial services will follow at 
11 a.m. at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Joseph Vest, pastor, 
officiating.

Mrs. Simms was born June 10, 1914, in Marlow, Okla., to R.A. and 
Effie Mitchell. They moved to Panhandle, Texas, in 1920. She married 
G.H. "Cotton" Simms on Oct. 23, 1935. She graduated from Panhandle 
High School in 1931 and attended West Texas State College.

Helen, besides being a loving mate to Cotton, was a homemaker, mother 
and dedicated to a lifetime of service to her church and community. 
She organized and founded the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary at the Clovis 
hospital as well as served on the hospital board. She was a life 
member of P.E.O., a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and a volunteer for 
United Way of Clovis.

Helen, with Cotton and Dr. and Mrs. I.D. Johnson, developed Colonial 
Park and Golf Course. She was a member of Central Baptist Church for 
more than 60 years, teaching numerous Sunday school classes and 
leading many to Christ.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, E. B. 
"Lefty" Mitchell of Amarillo, Texas, and Joe Mitchell of Pampa, 
Texas.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Mickey and wife, Irene, of 
Clovis, Jim and wife, Freeda, of Amarillo; six grandchildren, Gerald 
Simms, J. Fred Simms and Mitchell Simms, all of Clovis, Jane Gillette 
of Allen, Texas, Lee Simms of Cleveland and Gary Simms of Celina, 
Texas; seven great-grandchildren, Gerron, Jaymi, Paden and Garret 
Simms of Clovis, Jacob Gillette of Allen, and Lila and Benjamin Simms 
of Cleveland; a nephew, Greg Mitchell of Amarillo; and a niece, Debra 
Ballou of Amarillo.

The family suggests memorials be to the PRMC Auxiliary in care of 
Plains Regional Medical Center, 2100 MLK Blvd., Clovis, NM 88101 or 
Central Baptist Church Building Fund, 2501 N. Norris, Clovis, NM 
88101.

Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 2, 2003
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