John Robert Simmons, age 93, of Bonifay, passed away on Friday, Jan 15, 1999 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Alabama.

	Funeral services were Jan 17 at Shady Grove Baptist Church with the Rev Derrall Marshall officiating.  Burial followed in the Shady Grove Cemetery with Sims Funeral Home directing.

	Survivors include his wife: Allie B Simmons of Bonifay; sons and daughters-in-law: John Junior and Margaret Simmons of Bonifay, Monroe and Jeanette Simmons of Bonifay and Robert Earl and Judy Simmons of Brierfield, Alabama; daughters and sons-in-laws: Mary Nell Etheridge of Bonifay; Martha and W O Gilley of Bonifay and Pearlie and Jerry Cates of Dayton, Tennessee; brother and sister-in-law: Ira Porter and Palma Simmons of Lakeland, Florida; 25 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser/Washington County Post, Wednesday, January 20, 1999; Page 19