Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Lydia E., 1937 

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LYDIA EMILY SIMMONS

   Miss Lydia Emily Simmons, well-known resident of the Statesville community, 
died at her home last Friday at the age of 53.  Miss Simmons was a faithful 
communicant of Barnes M. E. Church, and her Pastor, Rev. C.F. Mosely, conducted 
services at the residence last Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, assisted by 
Rev. A. McK. Reynolds of the Franklin High Street M. E. Church.  Pallbearers 
were Lee Thorpe, C.R. Everett, Ashby Worrell, Ralph Barrett, Gordon Brett, Dick 
Railey, Rosser Bryant and V.D. Thorpe.  Burial was in the family cemetery.

   Miss Simmons was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Caroon Simmons, who survives 
her, and the late Walter Vann Simmons.  Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. 
W.T. Smith of Portsmouth and Mrs. J. Bynum Everett of Newsoms; and five 
brothers, Ray, Jim, and Wallace Simmons of Statesville, and Leland P. Simmons 
of Franklin and Leslie W. Simmons of Norfolk.


[Lydia Emily SIMMONS, d. 21 May 1937, at home, Statesville, age 53, 
 interred in the family cemetery, 22 May 1937, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 28, 1937] 

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