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Submitted: 12/23/21 • Approved: 12/23/21 • Last Updated: 12/26/21 • R474988-G0-S3
May 26, 1929-October 20, 2005
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*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
WHEELER - Virgil Simmons, 76, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Wheeler Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Stiles, pastor of Allison Baptist Church in Allison, officiating. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home of Wheeler.
Mr. Simmons was born May 26, 1929, to Jess D and Lou Hestell Simmons in Wheeler. He lived in Wheeler County all his life. He married Joann Abernethy on Aug. 11, 1950, in Silver Springs, Md.
He was a farmer and also a private pilot, receiving his license in 1968. He loved to play dominoes. He loved his family and he loved his work. He was a Baptist. He served in the Air Force during the Korean campaign from 1948-1952. He attended and graduated from schools in Kelton.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Louie Simmons.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Steve Simmons and wife, Lynda, of Bellview, Weldon Simmons and wife, Dolores, and Walter Simmons and wife, Debbie, all of Wheeler; a daughter Deleise Atwood of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Carla Simmons of McMinville, Ore.; a sister, Elwanda Gille and husband, John, of Littleton, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to the American Cancer Society.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 22, 2005)
Contributed on 12/23/21
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