RAYMOND LEE SIMMONS

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. RAYMOND LEE SIMMONS, AGE 84, OF IRON CITY, GA WHO PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007 AT THE DONALSONVILLE HOSPITAL. GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR MR. SIMMONS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 2007 AT 10:00 AM AT FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY WITH THE REV. LUTHER HASTEY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 2007 FROM 5:00-7:00 PM AT EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME IN DONALSONVILLE. YOU MAY SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE FAMILY BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT www.evansskipperfh.com. MR. SIMMONS WAS BORN IN MARION, NC ON JUNE 7, 1922 TO THE LATE FLETCHER LEE AND ORA LOUISE HENSLEY SIMMONS. HE WAS MARRIED TO NETTIE DORIS SPOONER SIMMONS WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. MR. SIMMONS RETIRED FROM DANIEL CONSTRUCTION CO. AS AN ELECTRICAL SUPERINTENDENT. HE HAD LIVED IN DONALSONVILLE FOR THE PAST 51 YEARS. MR. SIMMONS LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, A SON, JOHN RAY SIMMONS AND HIS WIFE KATHY OF CLEBURNE, TX; A GRANDSON, JASON SIMMONS OF LEWISVILLE, TX; AND A SISTER, EVELYN SIMMONS SAUTER OF OLD FORT, NC. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HIS WIFE, AND A BROTHER, PAUL SIMMONS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASK THAT MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION 61 BROADWAY, 6TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006. EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS.