Effie Pauline SIMMONS

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Effie Pauline Simmons, age 74, was born June 6, 1936 and died June 23, 2010 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired nursery worker and member of the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Harrison and Ocie Curtis Russell. She was married to Virgil Leon Simmons who preceded her in death. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Anna Belle Bottoms, Mary Nunley, Stella Russell and Leona King. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Kim and James Anderson of Rock Island, TN; son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Debbie Wolfe, Jr. of McMinnville; four grandchildren, Sherridean Hewett, Misty Moody, Kenneth Wolfe, III and Lashonda Martin; two step-grandchildren, David McBride and Evan Womack; five great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Ray Honeycutt of McMinnville and brother, James Russell of Lafayette, GA. Funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 25, 2010 in High's Chapel with George Roberts officiating. Burial followed in the Smyrna Cemetery.