Annie was a "pioneer citizen" according to her obituary. Those words grab my interest and make me wish I could have sat down and heard stories from the past.
Annie Idelia McClendon Simmons
18 November 1864 – 10 July 1942
Daughter of David Jackson McClendon & Eliza Jane Smith
Wife of Edward Alexander Simmons
My 1st Cousin 3x removed
County Loses Pioneer Citizen
Funeral For Mrs. Simmons to be Held Saturday Morning
The community lost another of the pioneer citizens when Mrs. Annie McClendon Simmons, age 77, widow of the late Edward A. Simmons of the Progress community, passed away at 5:30 a. m., Friday at a local hospital here.
The funeral will be held from the Progress Baptist church at 11 a. m. Saturday, and interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Simmons had spent practically all her life in Progress community, where she was a long time member of Progress Baptist Church. About a year ago, due to feeble health and advancing age, she became a member of the household of her daughter, Mrs. C. V. Webb, of Fernwood. About two weeks ago she became ill and was moved to the hospital.
The survivors include two sons, W. W. Simmons of Cleveland, Miss., and George E. Simmons, of Magnolia, one daughter, Mrs. C. V. Webb of Fernwood; two sisters Mrs. A. E. McGee of Franklinton La., and Mrs. A. S. Fortenberry of Denver; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Davis Funeral Home in charge.
Enterprise - Journal, McComb, MS
10 July 1942, page 6
Newspapers.com
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