Services were held at 2 p.m on Wednesday, May 3, at Daniel Funeral Home,Lamar, for Kenneth Warren Simms, 83, Lamar, who died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, April 30,2001, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin. Rev. Tom Sullenger will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Burial will take place at a later date at Lake Cemetery, Lamar.
Honorary pallbearers will be Travis Roberson, Scott Roberson, Tyler Roberson, and James Santoyo.
Ministry of music will be provided by Rick Johnson, soloist, and Judy Daniel organist. Musical selections will be "The Old Rugged Cross", and "In The Garden".
Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Simms; a daughter Gayle Lynn Roberson, Bentonville, Ark.; a stepdaughter, Saundra Chadd, Kansas City, Mo.: two sisters, Gladys "Shorty" Godfrey Lamar, and Mary Alice Garrison, Nevada City, Calif; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Simms was born July 3, 1917, in rural Lamar, to Melvin Cecil and Veda Margaret (Smith) Simms. He was a lifelong resident. He was a retired farm machinery mechanic, set up and delivery person for John Deere of Lamar. He attended Central Christian Center in Joplin.
He married Myrtle Virginia Davis at Huntsville, Ark., on Aug. 31 1952.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund in care of Daniel Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be Travis Roberson, Scott Roberson, Tyler Roberson, and James Santoyo.
Ministry of music will be provided by Rick Johnson, soloist, and Judy Daniel organist. Musical selections will be "The Old Rugged Cross", and "In The Garden".
Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Simms; a daughter Gayle Lynn Roberson, Bentonville, Ark.; a stepdaughter, Saundra Chadd, Kansas City, Mo.: two sisters, Gladys "Shorty" Godfrey Lamar, and Mary Alice Garrison, Nevada City, Calif; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Simms was born July 3, 1917, in rural Lamar, to Melvin Cecil and Veda Margaret (Smith) Simms. He was a lifelong resident. He was a retired farm machinery mechanic, set up and delivery person for John Deere of Lamar. He attended Central Christian Center in Joplin.
He married Myrtle Virginia Davis at Huntsville, Ark., on Aug. 31 1952.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund in care of Daniel Funeral Home.
Services were held at 2 p.m on Wednesday, May 3, at Daniel Funeral Home,Lamar, for Kenneth Warren Simms, 83, Lamar, who died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, April 30,2001, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin. Rev. Tom Sullenger will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Burial will take place at a later date at Lake Cemetery, Lamar.
Honorary pallbearers will be Travis Roberson, Scott Roberson, Tyler Roberson, and James Santoyo.
Ministry of music will be provided by Rick Johnson, soloist, and Judy Daniel organist. Musical selections will be "The Old Rugged Cross", and "In The Garden".
Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Simms; a daughter Gayle Lynn Roberson, Bentonville, Ark.; a stepdaughter, Saundra Chadd, Kansas City, Mo.: two sisters, Gladys "Shorty" Godfrey Lamar, and Mary Alice Garrison, Nevada City, Calif; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Simms was born July 3, 1917, in rural Lamar, to Melvin Cecil and Veda Margaret (Smith) Simms. He was a lifelong resident. He was a retired farm machinery mechanic, set up and delivery person for John Deere of Lamar. He attended Central Christian Center in Joplin.
He married Myrtle Virginia Davis at Huntsville, Ark., on Aug. 31 1952.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund in care of Daniel Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be Travis Roberson, Scott Roberson, Tyler Roberson, and James Santoyo.
Ministry of music will be provided by Rick Johnson, soloist, and Judy Daniel organist. Musical selections will be "The Old Rugged Cross", and "In The Garden".
Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Simms; a daughter Gayle Lynn Roberson, Bentonville, Ark.; a stepdaughter, Saundra Chadd, Kansas City, Mo.: two sisters, Gladys "Shorty" Godfrey Lamar, and Mary Alice Garrison, Nevada City, Calif; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Simms was born July 3, 1917, in rural Lamar, to Melvin Cecil and Veda Margaret (Smith) Simms. He was a lifelong resident. He was a retired farm machinery mechanic, set up and delivery person for John Deere of Lamar. He attended Central Christian Center in Joplin.
He married Myrtle Virginia Davis at Huntsville, Ark., on Aug. 31 1952.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund in care of Daniel Funeral Home.
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