Simmons High School Mississippi Alumni Obituaries

Edwin M. Vance 46 of Salisbury Maryland departed this life on Wednesday December 10 2025. Born in Greenwood Mississippi he was the son of Jessie L. Ray Ruthie and Jeanette Vance Simmons Teddy. Edwin confessed his faith in Christ at an early age. He attended Zion Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Ber...

Jesus said "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will leave even though they die" John 112526 Shirley Deloris Wallace was born on October 5 1962 at North Sunflower Hospital in Ruleville Mississippi. On December 21 2025 she peacefully transitioned from this life in the comfo...

1st Lady Tarshona Jones was born on November 3 1969 to the late Mr. Mack King and Mrs. Rosie KingMcDavis. At a young age Tarshona accepted Christ as her personal savior and joined Power House Deliverance Templein Indianola Mississippi under the leadership of the late Apostle Terry W. Roberson where ...

Tom Jackson Jr. was born into this life on December 14th 1953 to Tom Jackson and Aggie Lee Simmons in Ripley MS. He had three brothers Charles Ray and Marvin Jackson. He had one sister Delonida Jackson. He was raised by his beloved grandmother Mary Simmons. He attended Ripley High School and worked ...

HoustonAnn Catherine Semmes Landrum beloved wife mother grandmother aunt sister teacher and friend passed away at the age of 77 on September 10 2025 at Diversicare in Amory Mississippi. Ann was born September 8 1948 in Grenada Mississippi to Raphael and Mary Evelyn Cissye Semmes. She graduated from ...

Zelma Ann Forbes Lofton 86 of Gautier Mississippi peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on January 6 2026. Zelma was born in New Orleans Louisiana to Estus Crawford Forbes and Clara Elizabeth Simmons Forbes on September 12 1939. Zelma was graduated from East Jefferson High School Je...

Patty Prestwood Simmons passed away peacefully on February 12, 2026 in Weimar, Texas.She was born on January 5,1940 to Pat and Sally Prestwood, and grew up in Tyler, Texas, attending Tyler High School and Tyler Junior College, where she was a member of the Apache Bells. She graduated from the Univer...

Jearlean Richardson Cameron was born in Talladega Alabama on February 1 1959 to the parents Clarence and Ruth Jemison Richardson. Jearlean accepted Christ at an early age and later joined Kelly Springs Missionary Baptist Church where she remained a faithful member. She served in the following roles ...

Emily Augustine Roan was born on October 31 1940 in Natchez Mississippi to the union of the late Reverend Henry Roan Jr. and the late Fanny Ridley Simmons. At the early age of 10 Emily accepted Christ as her personal Savior and was baptized by the Reverend Q.T. Ellis at the Ebenezer Baptist Church i...

Joanne Elizabeth Hetrick, 93, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, died Sunday January 4, 2026 at her home. Joanne was born in Woodville, Ohio on November 6, 1932, the fourth and youngest child of Edward J. and Marie K. Dorfmeyer of Woodville. She graduated from Woodville High School in 1950 and married the...

Mr. Edward Lee Kimbrough age 84 passed from this life on Saturday January 17 2026 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus Ohio. He was born on November 3 1941 in Lexington Mississippi to Thomas and Sarah Simmons Kimbrough Sr. both parents preceded him in death. On November 28 ...