Obituaries

By Staff Reports Published

4:02 pm Monday, February 23, 2015

Louise Simmons

February 14, 2015

Louise Simmons, 86, Russellville, passed away Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at Russellville Healthcare.

She lived most of her life in Franklin County and was a member of the Baptist Church.

The family received friends Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville. Funeral service was in the funeral home chapel with Keith Prince officiating. Burial followed in Franklin Memory Gardens.

Survivors include daughter, Debra Powers Frederick and husband, Wayne; brothers and sisters, Dan Porter, Cora Alice Daniel, Polly Fay Seals, Price Ray Porter and wife, Mary; grandchildren, Delicia Vinson and husband, Bill, Nicholas Frederick and wife, Rebekah, Shawna Walker and husband, Bruce, Dionne Hall and husband, Trent, Daidra Parrish and husband, Marshall; 13 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by father of her daughter, John Powers; husband, Bobby Simmons; brother, Hugh Porter and wife, Yvonne.

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