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From our March 15, 2001, edition.
Simmons
Donald
Dean Simmons, Sr., died March 11, 2001, in Amarillo.
Services
will be Friday, March 16, at Robertson Chapel of Memories with Bruce
Howard, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hedley, officiating. Burial will
be in Ft. Sill Cemetery in Ft. Sill, Okla.
Arrangements
are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of
Clarendon. The family will be gathering at Saye’s Guest Cottage.
Mr.
Simmons was born August 6, 1939, at Mankato, Kan., and graduated from Burr
Oak High School in 1957. He retired from the US Army in 1979 after 20
years. He served two tours in Germany and two tours in Korea.
At
the time of his death he had made his home in Clarendon, having moved here
from Amarillo.
He
is survived by a daughter, Kimberly Kirkland of Howardwick and her husband
Barry; a son, Donald Simmons, Jr., of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Justin
and Lauryn Kellas of Howardwick and Brandon, Kaycee, and Chelsea Simmons
of Amarillo.
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