| Sources |
- [S782] Obituary, Simms, Howard Franklin, (Beckley Register-Herald), 12 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 2).
RAINELLE — Howard Franklin Simms, 90, of Loops Road, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, 2007, on his way home from Beckley, following a long illness.
Born April 7, 1917, on Simms Mountain, he was the son of the late Lue Alzo and Ida Garfield Cox Simms.
Mr. Simms had worked as a coal miner, farmer, and saw mill worker, during his lifetime, and was a Christian.
Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Louise McGuire Simms, in 2000; a sister, Beulah Kenney; a brother, Wilson Simms; and a granddaughter, Beverly Redden Morrell.
Survivors include four daughters, Freda Sheaves and husband, Clayton, of Danese, Linda Church and husband, Larry, of Meadow Bridge, Karen Brant and husband, Delbert, of Danese, and Gathalee Barnett and companion, John Ondo, of Danese; a son, Darrell H. Simms and wife, Carolyn, of Danese; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Rainelle, with Pastor Allen Whitt officiating. Burial will follow at H. Simms Cemetery, Loops Road, W.Va.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.
- [S408] Newspaper Item, Obituary, McGuire, Evelyn L., (From the collection of Audrey Lynn Simms), 5047.
|
