Seventh Generation

3136. Rena Bertie SIMMONS was born on 24 November 1908 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.⁶⁰² She died on 24 December 1971 at the age of 63 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁶⁰² She was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina.

Rena Bertie SIMMONS and Rev. Noah David YOUNT were married on 10 November 1936 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. Rev. Noah David YOUNT¹⁹¹⁷, son of Joshua Alonzo YOUNT and Sarah Lugene MILLER, was born on 14 February 1892 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^296,298,602 (or 24 Feb) He died on 30 September 1980 at the age of 88 in Hollywood, Broward County, FL.⁶⁰² He was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina. Date/Place of Birth: February 24, 1892; near Conover, N.C.
Parents: The Reverend Joshua Alonzo Yount and Sarah Lugene (Miller) Yount. A younger brother is the Reverend Walter N. Yount.
Spouse/Marriage Date: Rena Bertie (Simmons) Yount; November 10, 1936 in Conover, N.C.
Children: John David, Sara Ella.
Education: Lenoir-Rhyne, A.B. 1915; Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, 1918, B.D. 1925.
Ordination: November 6, 1918 by Tennessee Synod. Calls: In North Carolina, Watauga, Avery, Ashe, and Caldwell Counties; Four, Holy Communion (Watauga Parish); Mt. Pleasant (rebuilt 1922 on new site after fire in 1920); Mt. Zion; and organized (1918) Holy Trinity; three preaching points: Boone, Blowing Rock (Bailey's Camp), and Banner Elk. (Part of Mt. Pleasant in 1922 organized Old Mt. Pleasant and built on old site). Field missionary for Western North Carolina, 1923-25, surveying territory, developing and organizing missions: Ascension, Shelby; St. Mark, Asheville; and St. Andrew, Andrews; Ascension, Shelby-Grace, Bessemer City, 1925-32; Grace only, 1932-37; St. John, Hollywood, Fla., 1937-55; Augsburg, Union-St. Timothy, Whitmire, S.C., 1955-1964.
Other: Tennessee Synod Delegate, United Lutheran Church in America merger convention, 1918. In Florida Synod: Statistician, President, Secretary; Board, Children's Home and Lowman Home; retired 1964 residing at Conover and supplying churches; transferred 1965 to North Carolina Synod. Date of Death/Burial Location: October 1, 1980; Conover Cemetery, Conover, N.C.

Rena Bertie SIMMONS and Rev. Noah David YOUNT had the following children: