She was the daughter of John and Donna Warren Williams and married John Simmons - 26 Feb 1910 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee. Her obituary follows:
TRAGEDY AT SMITHLAND --
Mrs. Rena Simmons, 33 years old and the wife of John Simmons, was fatally shot by her 8-year-old son at Smithland last Thursday morning at 6:30 o'clock and she died of her wounds at 6 o'clock that afternoon.
The accident occurred on the farm of Rev. W. M. Crawford at the barn at milking time. Mr. Crawford had gone to the barn with a hammerless shot gun to kill a hawk which was flying around. The hawk disappeared and the gun was laid down. The Simmons boy had never seen one of that character and was experimenting with it and got to pulling the trigger to find what had taken the place of the hammer. While thus engaged he unwittingly fired the gun and the load took effect in the back of his mother's head, death resulting in twelve hours. She is survived by her husband and nine children. Funeral service was conducted by Revs. Crawford and Copeland, burial at Gum Springs.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, April 3, 1924
TRAGEDY AT SMITHLAND --
Mrs. Rena Simmons, 33 years old and the wife of John Simmons, was fatally shot by her 8-year-old son at Smithland last Thursday morning at 6:30 o'clock and she died of her wounds at 6 o'clock that afternoon.
The accident occurred on the farm of Rev. W. M. Crawford at the barn at milking time. Mr. Crawford had gone to the barn with a hammerless shot gun to kill a hawk which was flying around. The hawk disappeared and the gun was laid down. The Simmons boy had never seen one of that character and was experimenting with it and got to pulling the trigger to find what had taken the place of the hammer. While thus engaged he unwittingly fired the gun and the load took effect in the back of his mother's head, death resulting in twelve hours. She is survived by her husband and nine children. Funeral service was conducted by Revs. Crawford and Copeland, burial at Gum Springs.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, April 3, 1924
She was the daughter of John and Donna Warren Williams and married John Simmons - 26 Feb 1910 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee. Her obituary follows:
TRAGEDY AT SMITHLAND --
Mrs. Rena Simmons, 33 years old and the wife of John Simmons, was fatally shot by her 8-year-old son at Smithland last Thursday morning at 6:30 o'clock and she died of her wounds at 6 o'clock that afternoon.
The accident occurred on the farm of Rev. W. M. Crawford at the barn at milking time. Mr. Crawford had gone to the barn with a hammerless shot gun to kill a hawk which was flying around. The hawk disappeared and the gun was laid down. The Simmons boy had never seen one of that character and was experimenting with it and got to pulling the trigger to find what had taken the place of the hammer. While thus engaged he unwittingly fired the gun and the load took effect in the back of his mother's head, death resulting in twelve hours. She is survived by her husband and nine children. Funeral service was conducted by Revs. Crawford and Copeland, burial at Gum Springs.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, April 3, 1924
TRAGEDY AT SMITHLAND --
Mrs. Rena Simmons, 33 years old and the wife of John Simmons, was fatally shot by her 8-year-old son at Smithland last Thursday morning at 6:30 o'clock and she died of her wounds at 6 o'clock that afternoon.
The accident occurred on the farm of Rev. W. M. Crawford at the barn at milking time. Mr. Crawford had gone to the barn with a hammerless shot gun to kill a hawk which was flying around. The hawk disappeared and the gun was laid down. The Simmons boy had never seen one of that character and was experimenting with it and got to pulling the trigger to find what had taken the place of the hammer. While thus engaged he unwittingly fired the gun and the load took effect in the back of his mother's head, death resulting in twelve hours. She is survived by her husband and nine children. Funeral service was conducted by Revs. Crawford and Copeland, burial at Gum Springs.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, April 3, 1924
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