Shirley Florence Simmons, 81, of Parkersburg passed away August 5, 2015 at Columbus Colony Elderly Care, Columbus, Ohio.
She was born April 26, 1934 at Big Stick, W.Va., a daughter of the late Jake and Rhoda Shamblin Chamberlain.
Shirley was a 1955 graduate of the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney, W.Va. She was retired from the Bureau of Public Debt with 20 years of service, a member of the Parkersburg Association Deaf Club and West Virginia Association of the Deaf. Shirley taught American Sign Language in the community for many years. She was a member of the Walnut Street Church of Christ.
She is survived by her two sons, Ronnie L. Simmons (Patricia) of Parkersburg and Jeffery W. Simmons (Julie) of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Gene H. Simmons; and seven brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday,, August 12, 2015 at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green Street, Parkersburg with Dr. Ralph Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Lambert Tatman Funeral Home
Aug. 2015
She was born April 26, 1934 at Big Stick, W.Va., a daughter of the late Jake and Rhoda Shamblin Chamberlain.
Shirley was a 1955 graduate of the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney, W.Va. She was retired from the Bureau of Public Debt with 20 years of service, a member of the Parkersburg Association Deaf Club and West Virginia Association of the Deaf. Shirley taught American Sign Language in the community for many years. She was a member of the Walnut Street Church of Christ.
She is survived by her two sons, Ronnie L. Simmons (Patricia) of Parkersburg and Jeffery W. Simmons (Julie) of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Gene H. Simmons; and seven brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday,, August 12, 2015 at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green Street, Parkersburg with Dr. Ralph Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Lambert Tatman Funeral Home
Aug. 2015
Shirley Florence Simmons, 81, of Parkersburg passed away August 5, 2015 at Columbus Colony Elderly Care, Columbus, Ohio.
She was born April 26, 1934 at Big Stick, W.Va., a daughter of the late Jake and Rhoda Shamblin Chamberlain.
Shirley was a 1955 graduate of the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney, W.Va. She was retired from the Bureau of Public Debt with 20 years of service, a member of the Parkersburg Association Deaf Club and West Virginia Association of the Deaf. Shirley taught American Sign Language in the community for many years. She was a member of the Walnut Street Church of Christ.
She is survived by her two sons, Ronnie L. Simmons (Patricia) of Parkersburg and Jeffery W. Simmons (Julie) of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Gene H. Simmons; and seven brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday,, August 12, 2015 at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green Street, Parkersburg with Dr. Ralph Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Lambert Tatman Funeral Home
Aug. 2015
She was born April 26, 1934 at Big Stick, W.Va., a daughter of the late Jake and Rhoda Shamblin Chamberlain.
Shirley was a 1955 graduate of the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney, W.Va. She was retired from the Bureau of Public Debt with 20 years of service, a member of the Parkersburg Association Deaf Club and West Virginia Association of the Deaf. Shirley taught American Sign Language in the community for many years. She was a member of the Walnut Street Church of Christ.
She is survived by her two sons, Ronnie L. Simmons (Patricia) of Parkersburg and Jeffery W. Simmons (Julie) of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Gene H. Simmons; and seven brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday,, August 12, 2015 at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green Street, Parkersburg with Dr. Ralph Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Lambert Tatman Funeral Home
Aug. 2015
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