Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Simmons, Charles F., 1939 

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CHARLES FRANCIS SIMMONS 

  FRANKLIN, May 4 - Charles Francis Simmons, 70, died this afternoon at the 
home of his daughter, Mrs. Otis Smith, after an illness of a few weeks.  Mrs. 
Simmons was the son of the late Francis Alexander and Alice Cannon Simmons, 
of North Carolina and husband of the late Annie White Simmons.  He was a 
Spanish-American War veteran, enlisting with Company B, First Regiment of 
North Carolina Infantry Volunteers on April 27, 1898.  Besides his daughter, 
he is survived by two sons, Beverly Simmons, of Franklin, and Randolph 
Simmons, of Holland; three sisters, Mrs. A.V. Smith and Miss Mayne Simmons, 
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Kate Hinely, of Arizona; two sons [sic; 
brothers], Alexander and Robert Simmons, of Jacksonville, Fla.; one 
granddaughter, Mary Hope Simmons, of Franklin. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 4 p.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 
Suffolk, by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson. 


"Charlie" Charles Francis SIMMONS, retired house painter, 
   Spanish-American War veteran, 
b. 31 May 1869, NC, d. 4 May 1939, at daughter's home, Franklin, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 156*), Suffolk, 5 May 1939, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Fri., May 5, 1939, p. 17 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #60209908. 

D.Cert. 12342 (Franklin #36) 

His father (1828 - 1897) was a Confederate soldier, having served as a privare 
   in Co. C, 12th NC Infantry, and as a sergeant in Co. A, 43rd NC Infantry. 
   He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Mount Olive, Wayne Co., NC. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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