Mrs. Simmons was born Feb. 29, 1916, in Zigler and was the daughter of the late Isaac Perry Hartman and Lucy Vandevander Hartman. She was a homemaker and a member of Smith Creek Church of the Brethren. Her husband, Joseph A. Simmons, preceded her in death March 25, 1986.
She is survived by five daughters, Guilda Meadows of Vermillion, Ohio, Velma Lantz, Judy Simmons, Lacy N. Simmons, George I. Simmons and Perry W. Simmons, all of Franklin; 28 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by one daughter, Shirley Alexander; four brothers, Tom Hartman, Harry Hartman, Arthur Hartman and Charlie Hartman; nine sisters, Rettie Pennington, Bessie Lambert, Fannie Bodkin, Gertrude Lambert, Martha Simmons, Mary Johnston, Dora Murphy, Nettie Moyers and Buanna Judy; two grandchildren, Norman Sisson and Bobby Jack Mitchell; and one great-grandchild, Alicia VanMeter.
Pastor Dan Ludwick and Forrest Rodgers conducted the funeral Saturday at the Basagic Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial was at the Simmons Family Cemetery, Smith Creek.
Published in the Pendleton Times, Franklin, West Virginia, March 17, 2005.
Mrs. Simmons was born Feb. 29, 1916, in Zigler and was the daughter of the late Isaac Perry Hartman and Lucy Vandevander Hartman. She was a homemaker and a member of Smith Creek Church of the Brethren. Her husband, Joseph A. Simmons, preceded her in death March 25, 1986.
She is survived by five daughters, Guilda Meadows of Vermillion, Ohio, Velma Lantz, Judy Simmons, Lacy N. Simmons, George I. Simmons and Perry W. Simmons, all of Franklin; 28 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by one daughter, Shirley Alexander; four brothers, Tom Hartman, Harry Hartman, Arthur Hartman and Charlie Hartman; nine sisters, Rettie Pennington, Bessie Lambert, Fannie Bodkin, Gertrude Lambert, Martha Simmons, Mary Johnston, Dora Murphy, Nettie Moyers and Buanna Judy; two grandchildren, Norman Sisson and Bobby Jack Mitchell; and one great-grandchild, Alicia VanMeter.
Pastor Dan Ludwick and Forrest Rodgers conducted the funeral Saturday at the Basagic Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial was at the Simmons Family Cemetery, Smith Creek.
Published in the Pendleton Times, Franklin, West Virginia, March 17, 2005.
Family Members
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Retta Margaret Hartman Pennington
1898–1961
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Charles Cletus "Charlie" Hartman
1899–1987
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William Arthur Hartman Sr
1902–1990
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Bessie Susan Hartman Lambert
1903–1993
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Fannie Catherine Hartman Bodkin
1905–1992
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Gertrude Ola Hartman Lambert
1906–1965
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Alma Thomas "Tom" Hartman
1908–1996
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Martha Ellen Hartman Simmons
1910–1987
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Harry Wilson Hartman
1912–2002
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Mary Alice Hartman Johnston
1914–1992
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Dora Belle Hartman Murphy
1917–2005
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Nettie Rebecca Hartman Moyers
1919–1995
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Buanna Cornelia Hartman Judy
1921–1999
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