Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Thomas O., 1961 

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THOMAS OWEN SIMMONS

   Thomas O. Simmons, 69, died Thursday in McGuire’s Veteran’s Hospital, 
Richmond, after an illness of several weeks.  He was a retired watchman of 
Southern Johns Manville Produce Corporation, Jarratt, and a former resident of 
Southampton County.

   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Vera Bell Simmons, four daughters Miss Louise 
Simmons and Mrs. Jean Joyner of Jarratt, Mrs. Alice Pope of Boykins, and Mrs. 
Joyce Conner of Richmond; three sons, Bobby Simmons and T.O. Simmons, Jr., of 
Jarratt, and Alfred Simmons of Norfolk; one brother, J.W. Simmons of Cobb 
Creek; four sisters, Mrs. Louise Williams of Surry, Mrs. Carrie Jackson of 
Texas, Mrs. Lizzie Ellis of Richmond and Mrs. Ora Seal of Disputanta, and 16 
grandchildren.

   A funeral service for Mr. Simmons was held Saturday afternoon in the 
Centenary Methodist Church, Jarratt at 2 p.m. with burial in the Sebrell 
cemetery, at Sebrell.


Thomas Owen SIMMONS, retired Johns-Manville watchman in Jarratt, WW-I veteran, 
formerly of Southampton Co., d. 13 Nov 1961, Richmond, age 69, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 6*), Sebrell, 15 Nov 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 20, 1961, Section 1, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-2): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

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