Obituary of Ruth Simmons

Graveside services for Mrs. Ruth Simmons, age 91, are scheduled for 2 PM Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Christ Church Cemetery in Bastrop, LA, with Rev. David Chapman officiating. Visitation will be from 11 AM until 1 PM at Golden Funeral Home. Ruth Simmons, a homemaker and a resident of Bastrop, LA, passed away Wednesday November 7, 2012 in Mer Rouge, LA. She enjoyed working in her yard with her flowers,and in her garden. She was always canning her fruits and vegetables. She was a former Avon consultant and Avon "Queen of the year". She attended White Avenue Baptist Church where she was a member. In elementary school she won the State spelling bee for two years. She is survived by her son, Donald Rickey Simmons and wife Carmen Colvin Simmons of San Antonio, TX; grandchildren, Dana Lee Simmons and wife Rhonda, Christina Simmons Barnhill and husband Mike; great grandchildren, James Joseph Simmons, Jeffrey Alexander Simmons, Victoria Leigh Simmons, and Matthew Garrison Simmons. Ruth is preceded in death by her husband, Elmo Lee Simmons, Sr.; her son, Elmo Lee Simmons, Jr.; her parents, James Riley Nelson and Ollie Nelson; her grandson; Jeffery Lane Simmons; her siblings, Clayton Henry Nelson and wife Alice Mae Cook, William Lester Nelson and wife Georgie Spruill, Meddie Lafayette Nelson and wife Alice Gertrude Howington, Truman Jasper Nelson and wife Evelyn Katy Carter, Cecil Nelson, and Martha Nelson.