| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation3082. Gladys Victoria CLINE (private). Dexter Lee SIMMONS, son of Preston Baxter SIMMONS and Lura Lee Y. YOUNT, was born on 4 December 1914. He died on 5 December 2003 at the age of 89 in Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, Catawba County, NC. He was buried in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, NC. His obituary appeared as follows: CONOVER - Dexter Lee Simmons, 89, of 2938 Spencer Road, Conover, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at Frye Regional Medical Center. Born Dec. 4, 1914, in Catawba County, he was the son of the late Baxter and Lura Yount Simmons. He was a member of St. Stephens Lutheran Missouri Synod Church in Hickory and was retired from Hickory Frye Furniture. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Cline Simmons. Survivors include his daughter, Lura Ellen Bielan of Bedford, N.H.; sons, Thomas L. Simmons of Charlotte and Preston Simmons of Greensboro; sisters, Pauline Castile of Conover, Frieda Johnson of Conover and Nancy Perkins of Conover; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at St. Stephens Missouri Synod Church in Hickory. The Rev. David Guelzow will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. today, Dec. 7, 2003, at Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. The Simmons family has entrusted arrangements to Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover. [Hickory Daily Record - Saturday, December 6, 2003] Gladys Victoria CLINE and Dexter Lee SIMMONS had the following children:
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