Seventh Generation

3132. Harvey Lee SIMMONS was born on 30 August 1926 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 15 April 1995 at the age of 68 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory, Catawba County, NC.

Harvey Lee SIMMONS and Betty CHRISTOPHER were married about 1960. Betty CHRISTOPHER was born on 12 April 1930 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 6 December 2009 at the age of 79 in Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. Her obituary appeared as follows: NEWTON - Betty Christopher Simmons, 79, of Newton, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born April 12, 1930, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. Christopher and Edna Little Christopher Flowers. Mrs. Simmons was a member of Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ and a volunteer in the gift shop at Catawba Valley Medical Center. She was a former employee of the Catawba County Tax Office in Newton and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Harvey Lee Simmons, and brother, Horace Franklin Christopher. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Elaine Simmons of Morganton; son, Charles Christopher Simmons and his wife, Kitty, of Hickory; grandchildren, Amy Simmons Adcox and her husband, Eric, and Brian Christopher Simmons; sisters, Martha Christopher Webb of Conover and Linda Kay Flowers of Icard; brothers, Paul M. Flowers of Newton and Clyde Thomas Flowers of Hickory; and many nieces and nephews. A service of remembrance will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ, with the Revs. Lonny McSherley and Peggy Stout officiating. Burial will follow in Catawba Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the church. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society , 6000 Fairview Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28210; Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ, 217 Second Ave., NE, Conover, N.C. 28613; or the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center, 300 Enola Road, Morganton, N.C. 28655. Condolences may be sent to the Simmons family at www.drumfuneralhome.com. The Simmons family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover. Published in Hickory Daily Record on December 9, 2009] She was buried in Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory, Catawba County, NC.