 1947 - 2019 (72 years)
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| Name |
Norma Gathalee Simms [1, 2] |
| Birth |
11 Jul 1947 |
Fayette County, WV  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
21 Nov 2019 |
Raleigh General Hospital [2] |
- Obituary -- Norma Gathalee Simms Barnett
Norma Gathalee Barnett, 72, of Danese, entered her heavenly home on Thursday night, November 21, 2019 at Raleigh General Hospital.
Born on July 11, 1947, in Fayette Co., she was the daughter of the late Howard and Evelyn McGuire Simms.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her lifelong companion, Johnny Lee Ondo in August 2019.
Norma was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include a daughter, Cheryl Barnett of Danese; 2 sons, Brian (Rita) Barnett, Sr. of Snow Camp, NC, John (Jessica) Ondo of Danese; 3 sisters, Freda Sheaves of Danese, Linda (Larry) Church of Meadow Bridge, Karen Brant of Danese; brother, Darrell (Terry) Simms of Danese; 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 25, 2019 at Faith Freewill Baptist Church, Danese with Rev. Alan McGuire officiating. Burial will follow at the Howard F. Simms Cemetery, Rainelle.
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| Person ID |
I5117 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Father |
Howard Franklin Sims, b. 7 Apr 1917, Sims Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV d. 15 Dec 2007, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Evelyn Louise McGuire, b. 28 Jan 1924, Springdale, Fayette County, WV d. 15 Sep 2000, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1] |
| Family ID |
F1597 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S782] Obituary, Simms, Howard Franklin, (Beckley Register-Herald), 12 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 2).
RAINELLE — Howard Franklin Simms, 90, of Loops Road, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, 2007, on his way home from Beckley, following a long illness.
Born April 7, 1917, on Simms Mountain, he was the son of the late Lue Alzo and Ida Garfield Cox Simms.
Mr. Simms had worked as a coal miner, farmer, and saw mill worker, during his lifetime, and was a Christian.
Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Louise McGuire Simms, in 2000; a sister, Beulah Kenney; a brother, Wilson Simms; and a granddaughter, Beverly Redden Morrell.
Survivors include four daughters, Freda Sheaves and husband, Clayton, of Danese, Linda Church and husband, Larry, of Meadow Bridge, Karen Brant and husband, Delbert, of Danese, and Gathalee Barnett and companion, John Ondo, of Danese; a son, Darrell H. Simms and wife, Carolyn, of Danese; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Rainelle, with Pastor Allen Whitt officiating. Burial will follow at H. Simms Cemetery, Loops Road, W.Va.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.
- [S1923] Obituary, Simms, Linda Gathalee (Barnett), (23 Nov 2019), 23 Nov 2019 (Reliability: 2).
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