Kathryn Simmons Lovett, 97, passed away Sunday at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Metter, but lived most of her adult life in Statesboro.
She attended Georgia Southern and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in home economics. She worked for the Farm Security Administration as a home economist, traveling throughout southeast Georgia teaching homemakers how to safely can food.
She then attended Emory University School of Medicine, where she was in the school's first class to which women were admitted. After her graduation from Emory School of Medicine, she did her internship in New Orleans at the U.S. Marine Hospital.
She returned to Metter to practice with her father, Dr. Walter E. Simmons. She later studied at the Medical College of Georgia as a resident in psychiatry. She and her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett, moved to Statesboro, where he practiced general medicine and she practiced psychiatry. Over the course of her career, she supervised the organization of numerous mental health clinics in an eight county area, worked at the counseling center at Georgia Southern and taught psychology as a member of the faculty of Georgia Southern.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Statesboro and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Hoe and Hope Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett; her father, Dr. W. E. Simmons; and her mother, "Miss Maude" Simmons; and her sisters, Josephine Smith and Lillian Bell.
She is survived by three daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathryn Veech and William Veech of Houston, Texas, Dr. Cathy Lovett and Dr. James Allan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Dr. Karen Lovett and Larry Anderson of Albany, Ga. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Kathryn and Maude Veech, Lindsay Autrey and her husband, Shane, and Ellen Herrington.
The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the chapel of Hodges-Moore Funeral Home with Dr. H. William Perry and Elder Jack Anderson officiating. Burial
followed in Lake Cemetery in Metter.
She attended Georgia Southern and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in home economics. She worked for the Farm Security Administration as a home economist, traveling throughout southeast Georgia teaching homemakers how to safely can food.
She then attended Emory University School of Medicine, where she was in the school's first class to which women were admitted. After her graduation from Emory School of Medicine, she did her internship in New Orleans at the U.S. Marine Hospital.
She returned to Metter to practice with her father, Dr. Walter E. Simmons. She later studied at the Medical College of Georgia as a resident in psychiatry. She and her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett, moved to Statesboro, where he practiced general medicine and she practiced psychiatry. Over the course of her career, she supervised the organization of numerous mental health clinics in an eight county area, worked at the counseling center at Georgia Southern and taught psychology as a member of the faculty of Georgia Southern.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Statesboro and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Hoe and Hope Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett; her father, Dr. W. E. Simmons; and her mother, "Miss Maude" Simmons; and her sisters, Josephine Smith and Lillian Bell.
She is survived by three daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathryn Veech and William Veech of Houston, Texas, Dr. Cathy Lovett and Dr. James Allan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Dr. Karen Lovett and Larry Anderson of Albany, Ga. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Kathryn and Maude Veech, Lindsay Autrey and her husband, Shane, and Ellen Herrington.
The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the chapel of Hodges-Moore Funeral Home with Dr. H. William Perry and Elder Jack Anderson officiating. Burial
followed in Lake Cemetery in Metter.
Kathryn Simmons Lovett, 97, passed away Sunday at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Metter, but lived most of her adult life in Statesboro.
She attended Georgia Southern and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in home economics. She worked for the Farm Security Administration as a home economist, traveling throughout southeast Georgia teaching homemakers how to safely can food.
She then attended Emory University School of Medicine, where she was in the school's first class to which women were admitted. After her graduation from Emory School of Medicine, she did her internship in New Orleans at the U.S. Marine Hospital.
She returned to Metter to practice with her father, Dr. Walter E. Simmons. She later studied at the Medical College of Georgia as a resident in psychiatry. She and her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett, moved to Statesboro, where he practiced general medicine and she practiced psychiatry. Over the course of her career, she supervised the organization of numerous mental health clinics in an eight county area, worked at the counseling center at Georgia Southern and taught psychology as a member of the faculty of Georgia Southern.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Statesboro and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Hoe and Hope Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett; her father, Dr. W. E. Simmons; and her mother, "Miss Maude" Simmons; and her sisters, Josephine Smith and Lillian Bell.
She is survived by three daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathryn Veech and William Veech of Houston, Texas, Dr. Cathy Lovett and Dr. James Allan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Dr. Karen Lovett and Larry Anderson of Albany, Ga. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Kathryn and Maude Veech, Lindsay Autrey and her husband, Shane, and Ellen Herrington.
The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the chapel of Hodges-Moore Funeral Home with Dr. H. William Perry and Elder Jack Anderson officiating. Burial
followed in Lake Cemetery in Metter.
She attended Georgia Southern and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in home economics. She worked for the Farm Security Administration as a home economist, traveling throughout southeast Georgia teaching homemakers how to safely can food.
She then attended Emory University School of Medicine, where she was in the school's first class to which women were admitted. After her graduation from Emory School of Medicine, she did her internship in New Orleans at the U.S. Marine Hospital.
She returned to Metter to practice with her father, Dr. Walter E. Simmons. She later studied at the Medical College of Georgia as a resident in psychiatry. She and her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett, moved to Statesboro, where he practiced general medicine and she practiced psychiatry. Over the course of her career, she supervised the organization of numerous mental health clinics in an eight county area, worked at the counseling center at Georgia Southern and taught psychology as a member of the faculty of Georgia Southern.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Statesboro and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Hoe and Hope Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Lindsay Franklin Lovett; her father, Dr. W. E. Simmons; and her mother, "Miss Maude" Simmons; and her sisters, Josephine Smith and Lillian Bell.
She is survived by three daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathryn Veech and William Veech of Houston, Texas, Dr. Cathy Lovett and Dr. James Allan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Dr. Karen Lovett and Larry Anderson of Albany, Ga. She is also survived by her granddaughters, Kathryn and Maude Veech, Lindsay Autrey and her husband, Shane, and Ellen Herrington.
The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the chapel of Hodges-Moore Funeral Home with Dr. H. William Perry and Elder Jack Anderson officiating. Burial
followed in Lake Cemetery in Metter.
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