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Leslie Elwood Simms

Leslie Elwood Simms

Male 1933 - 2003  (70 years)


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  • Name Leslie Elwood Simms  [1
    Birth 5 May 1933  Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Sep 2003  Crichton, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • CRICHTON - Leslie E. Simms, 70, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at his
      home following a long illness.
      Born May 5, 1933, at East Rainelle, he was the son of the late
      Stewart Thomas and Cuma T. Sanford Simms.
      Mr. Simms was a disabled truck driver and of the Methodist faith.
      Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother,
      Marvin "Brownie" Simms.
      Survivors include his wife, Eleanor D. "Sue" Simms of Crichton; two
      sons, Lee Miller of Crichton and Darrell Simms of Franklin, Mo.; a
      sister, Geneva Meadows of Bellwood; a brother, Forest "Hod" Simms of
      Rainelle; five grandchildren; and his faithful and loyal companion,
      his dog, Velvet.
      Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wallace & Wallace Chapel in
      Rainelle with Pastor Robert Nolen officiating. Burial will follow in
      Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.
      Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
      Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace of Rainelle.
    Burial 10 Sep 2003  Wallace Memorial Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I844  Crane Genealogy
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2013 

    Father Stewart Thomas Simms,   b. 15 Mar 1895, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1976, Beckley, Raleigh County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Cuma Talitha Sanford,   b. 15 Apr 1904, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1971, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jul 1919  Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Darrell Simms
    Family ID F508  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S685] Obituary, Simms, Leslie E., (Beckley Register Herald Obtained September 9, 2003 from Charles Cohenour), 10 Sep 2013, 5047. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S350] Audrey Lynn Simms, et. al., Family Group Sheet 1, 37.

    3. [S685] Obituary, Simms, Leslie E., (Beckley Register Herald Obtained September 9, 2003 from Charles Cohenour), 5047.

    4. [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 15.
      Book 3, Page 266, Year of 1919.