

  <p>Simmons, Melvin Guy</p>
  <p>Passed: 1982-04-05</p>
  <p>Age: 71</p>


  <p>Source: Jackson County Newspapers</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1982-04-07</p>
  <p>Information:      Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday, April 5), 11 a.m., for Melvin Guy Simmons, 71, of Pleasant Valley  Road, Kenna, who died Monday morning in Jackson General Hospital after a short illness.  He was born Spetember 10, 1910 in Jackson County, a son of the late Melvin C. and Flora Anne Skeen Simmons.  He was retired from Appalachian Power Company after 37 years of service.  He was a member of Ripley Lodge AF and AM No. 16, Scottish Rites, York Rites, Order of Eastern Star No. 17, Dowell Commandery at Ravenswood, Nemesis Temple at Parkersburg and IOOF at Montgomery.  He was also a member of West Virginia Cattleman&#39;s Association and served on the advisory council of Southern States Cooperative.  Survivors include three sisters, Dollie, Alma and Marie Simmons, all of Pleasant Valley Road, Kenna.  He was preceded in death by one brother, Sattis Simmons, and one sister, Lillie Winter.  The Rev. William Eaton will officiate at the funeral service at Vail Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in Fairplain Cemetery.</p>


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