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James Grady Simmons 1918 – 2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 February 1918

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 11/12/2003

Death Location: Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA

Father: Austin Simmons

Mother: Mattie Booth

Spouse(s): Blanche Brown

Children(s): Rose Bradford, Ann Williams, Peggy Perry, Mattie Simmons, Jozelda Porter, Kenneth Simmons, James Simmons, Darrell Simmons, Lisa Turnerall, Elizabeth Underwood, Emmanuel Simmons, Earlean Pipkins

Born in 1918 in Tennessee, James Grady Simmons Sr. was the child of Austin Simmons and Mattie Booth. In time, James Grady Simmons Sr. married Blanche Marie Brown, and they raised a family that included Rose Bradford, Ann Williams, Peggy Perry, Mattie Simmons, Jozelda Porter, Kenneth Ray Simmons, James Grady Simmons, Darrell Simmons, Lisa Turnerall, Elizabeth Underwood, Emmanuel Simmons and Earlean Pipkins. James Grady Simmons Sr. died in Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA in 2003.

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Parents

Austin Simmons
1881 – 1942
Birth Location: Gibson, USA
AS
Mattie Booth
1896 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
MB

Spouses(s)

Blanche Brown
1927 – 2009
Birth Location: Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA
BB

Children(s)

Rose Bradford
1946 –
Birth Location: Mississippi
RB
Ann Williams
1947 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
AW
Peggy Perry
1949 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
PP
Mattie Simmons
1950 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
MS
Jozelda Porter
1955 –
Birth Location: –
JP
Kenneth Simmons
1956 – 2004
Birth Location: Humboldt, Tennessee, USA
KS
James Simmons
Birth Location: –
JS
Darrell Simmons
Birth Location: –
DS
Lisa Turnerall
Birth Location: –
LT
Elizabeth Underwood
Birth Location: –
EU
Emmanuel Simmons
Birth Location: –
ES
Earlean Pipkins
Birth Location: –
EP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 February 1918
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03892; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 27-9, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: 3562; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 27-14

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Civil District 3, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 3, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1739; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 43

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Gibson, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03892; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 27-9

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: 3rd Civil District, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03892; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 27-9

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: 3562; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 27-14

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Humboldt
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11/12/2003
    Event Place: Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites

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