1881 - 1950 (69 years)
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| Name |
William David Simms |
| Birth |
23 Feb 1881 |
Fayette Co., WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 May 1950 |
Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] |
| Cause: cerebral hemorrhage |
| Burial |
8 May 1950 |
Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] |
| Person ID |
I13396 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
| Father |
John Matthew Sims, b. 15 Mar 1854, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 11 Jan 1944, Simms Mountain, Fayette Co., WV (Age 89 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Jane Osborne, b. 1849, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 1936 (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Nov 1874 |
Greenbrier Co., WV [2] |
| Family ID |
F5868 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Octavia C. Wooldridge, b. 18 Nov 1883, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 18 May 1984, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 100 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Mar 1907 |
Greenbrier Co., WV [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Rev. Harry Jackson Simms, b. 4 May 1908, Bellwood, Fayette Co., WV d. 16 Apr 1978, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Zola Jane Simms, b. 21 Jul 1912, Fayette Co., WV d. 7 Nov 1996, Wyco, Wyoming Co., WV (Age 84 years) |
| | 3. Mary J. Simms, b. 1919, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F5898 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
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| Notes |
- The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 7 May 1950
SIMMS, William David - 69, of Rainelle, died yesterday at home of a heart ailment. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Octava Simms; one son, Rev. Harry Simms of Rupert; two daughters, Mrs. Zola Ingram of Grandview and Mrs. Mary Lively of Rainelle; 13 grandchildren; one brother, B. O. Simms of Rainelle; two sisters, Mrs. Bertie Atkins of Midkiff and Mrs. Donie Williams of Meadow Bridge. Service will be at Little Creek Baptist Church at 11 a.m. tomorrow with Rev. G. C. Musick and Rev. Bert Brooks officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery near the church under direction of Nickell Mortuary of East Rainelle. Mr. Simms was a charter member of Little Creek Baptist Church and was Sunday school superintendent there.
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| Sources |
- [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #5891, Dist. No. 130, Serial No. 132 (Reliability: 3).
- [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991).
- [S560] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 1B, page 174, line 27 (Reliability: 3).
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