Hilda Simmons

Burlington, NC Hilda Fowler Simmons, age 86, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Hospice Home. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Richard Douglas "Joe" Simmons. Hilda retired as a bookkeeper with Jeffries Paint and Paper. She was a member of First Reformed United Church of Christ and a member of the Ladies Bible Class, church choir and a former deaconess. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by her daughters, Sandra Kay Simmons of Swepsonville and Marilyn Bradshaw of Swepsonville; sons, Richard Douglas Simmons, II and his wife, Judy of Graham and David Lee Simmons, Sr. of Burlington; grandchildren, Leslie Simmons Branson of Greensboro, David Lee Simmons, II., Dana Simmons Levens, Richard Douglas Simmons, III and Joseph Allen Simmons all of Burlington; great grandchildren, Joshua Branson, Jack Branson, Kaylee Levens, Kyle Levens, Jr. and Maddilyn Simmons; sister, Peggy Fowler Jones of Greensboro. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, Zeb A. and Grace Mae Faucette Fowler; sister, Nadine F. McGovern and a brother, Claude A. Fowler. A service to celebrate her life will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Phil Myers and the burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p. m. until 2:45 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home and other times at her home, White Oak Manor Apartments. Memorials may be made to First Reformed U.C.C., 513 W. Front Street, Burlington, NC 27215 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.