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Ernest Lee Simms, Sr.

Ernest Lee Simms, Sr.

Male 1929 - 2007  (77 years)


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  • Name Ernest Lee Simms  [1
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1 Sep 1929  Sims Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Aug 2007  Hines, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial 8 Aug 2007  Wallace Memorial Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I8486  Crane Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2019 

    Father Jesse Fred Simms,   b. 8 Feb 1902, Calhoun County, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1981, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Freda Mae Sims,   b. 31 Oct 1910, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1984, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F1464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Living 
    Family ID F4608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2019 

    Family 2 Linda Dotson 
    Children 
     1. Ernest Lee Simms, Jr.
    Family ID F2935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2007 

    Family 3 Living 
    Family ID F4606  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2019 

  • Sources 
    1. [S779] Obituary, Simms. Ernest Lee, Sr., (Beckley Register Herald), 2 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S1178] Social Security Claims List, 30 Sep 2019 (Reliability: 3).
      Ernest Lee Simms

    3. [S779] Obituary, Simms. Ernest Lee, Sr., (Beckley Register Herald), 13 Sep 2013 (Reliability: 2).
      Ernest Lee Simms Sr.


      HINES — Ernest Lee Simms Sr., 77, passed away Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007, at his
      home following a short illness.

      Born Sept. 1, 1929, on Simms Mountain, Rainelle, he was a son of the late
      Jesse Fred and Freda Mae Simms.

      He was an electrician and was retired from Westmoreland Coal Co. He was an
      active member of the Gordon Freewill Baptist Church at Charmco, where he
      served as Trustee and assistant Sunday School Superintendent.

      Survivors include his wife, Linda Dotson Simms of Hines; a son, Ernest Lee
      Simms Jr.; two sisters, Virginia Rogers of Atlanta, Ga., and Erma Simms of
      Laurinburg, N.C.; three brothers, Shelton and Lewis Simms, both of Flint,
      Mich., and Eugene Simms of Charmco.

      Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Gordon Freewill Baptist Church at
      Hines with the Pastor Karle Griffith officiating. Burial will follow in the
      Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.

      Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at Wallace & Wallace Chapel of Rainelle.

      Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.