Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Martha Ellen July 16, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 November 8, 2019, 1:44 pm Virginian Pilot July 17, 1907 SIMMONS --At her residence, No. 74 Walnut street, corner Maple avenue, MARTHA ELLEN, beloved wife of George A. Simmons, aged 53 years, 1 month and 14 days. Funeral will take place TOMORROW (Thursday) AFTERNOON at 5 o'clock. Friends of the family invited to attend. ************ The funeral of Mrs. Martha E. Simmons, wife of G.A. Simmons, will take place in the home on Walnut street, Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock. She had been ill for about ten months and died yesterday morning, aged 53 years. Mrs. Simmons was born in Baltimore and was married in Hampstead, Md., and had resided here for twenty-three years. She was a consistent member of Memorial M.E. Church. Her husband and three children, Miss Ida Simmons, J.W. Simmons and Albert Simmons survive her. Rev. C.L. Bane, pastor of Memorial M.E. Church, assisted by Rev. A. J. Ramsey, pastor of the Gospel Church, will officiate at the funeral services. Interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery, Berkley ward. The pallbearers will be as follows: D.V. Gaskins, W.L. Berkley, N.S. Smith, J.M. Gibbs, H.I. Wicks, Wilson Beale, Eugene Colver, W.E. Kline and J.H. Pease. Additional Comments: Magnolia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/s/simmons17304gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb