PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Jessie Lee Hawkins Simmons left for home on July 5, 2014, after 87 years in this world. She was born in Blytheville, Arkansas, on December 5, 1925, to Jess and Rose Hawkins and moved to Ripley at an early age. She grew up on a small farm in the Great Depression without electricity or running water, but she never lacked for love and family solidity – a legacy she passed on to her own family after marrying James Simmons in 1946. As both housewife and partner, she and James started a grain storage business in Cleveland which grew into one of the largest in the world before their retirement in 1990.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her sister, Collis Simmons.
She is survived by her son, Jim Simmons and his wife, Gail; daughter, Sherry Simmons; grandchildren, John Albert (Jason) Dottley III, Geoffrey Scott and Jessica Marie Simmons; and great-grandchildren, Lucien, Tanden, Cayden, Kyden and Zane Simmons, and Blaze Waterson.
A graduate of Blue Mountain College, Jessie was a lifelong Christian and a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church in Panama City Beach, Fla. She taught us all how to make a loving and comfortable home, have a generous heart and be accepting of others and the life we are given.
A graveside service will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Tippah Memorial Garden. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is in charge of local arrangements.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her sister, Collis Simmons.
She is survived by her son, Jim Simmons and his wife, Gail; daughter, Sherry Simmons; grandchildren, John Albert (Jason) Dottley III, Geoffrey Scott and Jessica Marie Simmons; and great-grandchildren, Lucien, Tanden, Cayden, Kyden and Zane Simmons, and Blaze Waterson.
A graduate of Blue Mountain College, Jessie was a lifelong Christian and a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church in Panama City Beach, Fla. She taught us all how to make a loving and comfortable home, have a generous heart and be accepting of others and the life we are given.
A graveside service will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Tippah Memorial Garden. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is in charge of local arrangements.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Jessie Lee Hawkins Simmons left for home on July 5, 2014, after 87 years in this world. She was born in Blytheville, Arkansas, on December 5, 1925, to Jess and Rose Hawkins and moved to Ripley at an early age. She grew up on a small farm in the Great Depression without electricity or running water, but she never lacked for love and family solidity – a legacy she passed on to her own family after marrying James Simmons in 1946. As both housewife and partner, she and James started a grain storage business in Cleveland which grew into one of the largest in the world before their retirement in 1990.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her sister, Collis Simmons.
She is survived by her son, Jim Simmons and his wife, Gail; daughter, Sherry Simmons; grandchildren, John Albert (Jason) Dottley III, Geoffrey Scott and Jessica Marie Simmons; and great-grandchildren, Lucien, Tanden, Cayden, Kyden and Zane Simmons, and Blaze Waterson.
A graduate of Blue Mountain College, Jessie was a lifelong Christian and a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church in Panama City Beach, Fla. She taught us all how to make a loving and comfortable home, have a generous heart and be accepting of others and the life we are given.
A graveside service will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Tippah Memorial Garden. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is in charge of local arrangements.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her sister, Collis Simmons.
She is survived by her son, Jim Simmons and his wife, Gail; daughter, Sherry Simmons; grandchildren, John Albert (Jason) Dottley III, Geoffrey Scott and Jessica Marie Simmons; and great-grandchildren, Lucien, Tanden, Cayden, Kyden and Zane Simmons, and Blaze Waterson.
A graduate of Blue Mountain College, Jessie was a lifelong Christian and a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church in Panama City Beach, Fla. She taught us all how to make a loving and comfortable home, have a generous heart and be accepting of others and the life we are given.
A graveside service will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Tippah Memorial Garden. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is in charge of local arrangements.
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