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Orlando Simmons

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Orlando Simmons

Birth
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Death
23 Jun 1937 (aged 41–42)
West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
S-691
Memorial ID
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Orlando Simmons, son of John Simmons and Pink Lee; John Simmons, son of Limas Simmons and Adeline Williams; Limas Simmons, son of John and Judy Simmons.


He was the husband of 1st wife Kathleen Simmons; 2nd wife Lessie Shaw. Death/burial information is unknown for Kathleen at this time; Lessie was born on 16 November 1898 in South Carolina, and died during April 1976 in New Britain, Hartford, CT. Her burial location is unknown at this time.

Obituary for Orlando Simmons appearing in the Afro American, “Deaths, 3 July 1937,” page 23:

“New Haven, Conn. – Funeral services were held at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church for Orlando Simmons, husband of Mrs. Tessie Simmons, of Giles Avenue, North Haven, and brother of Charles Simmons, 3 Winter, who died June 22. Interment was in Hamden Plains Cemetery.”
Orlando Simmons, son of John Simmons and Pink Lee; John Simmons, son of Limas Simmons and Adeline Williams; Limas Simmons, son of John and Judy Simmons.


He was the husband of 1st wife Kathleen Simmons; 2nd wife Lessie Shaw. Death/burial information is unknown for Kathleen at this time; Lessie was born on 16 November 1898 in South Carolina, and died during April 1976 in New Britain, Hartford, CT. Her burial location is unknown at this time.

Obituary for Orlando Simmons appearing in the Afro American, “Deaths, 3 July 1937,” page 23:

“New Haven, Conn. – Funeral services were held at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church for Orlando Simmons, husband of Mrs. Tessie Simmons, of Giles Avenue, North Haven, and brother of Charles Simmons, 3 Winter, who died June 22. Interment was in Hamden Plains Cemetery.”

Inscription

World War Co.D, 431st Res Labor Grp
Died June 23, 1937 age 40

Gravesite Details

age 36 yrs 11 mos 28 days, according to the burial book. The 1900 Federal Census shows his date of birth as June 1895.



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