Beulah F. Simmons, age 89 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Saturday, January 17, 2009 at the home of her daughter, Mary Boan surrounded by her children. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at First Baptist Church, Clinton with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Family suggests contributions to the Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton or Twin Lakes Hospice, Clinton and may be left at the funeral home.
Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.
Beulah was born in the Gaines Community. She was married to Lawrence Simmons who preceded her in death on December 2, 1949. She worked for many years at Wetzel Hospital, then later worked at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital as a nurse's aide and E.M.T. until retirement. She greeted many faces and made many friends at the local Wal-Mart after her retirement. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Clinton.
She is survived by her five children, James Kelly Simmons and wife, Brenda, Leroy Simmons and wife, Eva Lee, Kenneth Simmons, Michael Simmons and wife, Norma and Mary (Simmons) Boan and husband, Bill; one sister, Leta (Foster) Crooks and fifteen grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.