Mrs. DeAnna Bowling Simmons Obituary (1971

Mrs. DeAnna Bowling Simmons, 47, passed away on April 11, 2018, at at her residence near West Point. DeAnna was born on January 31, 1971, in Scottsburg, IN, the daughter of William Fred and Margaret Smith Bowling. DeAnna was a 1990 graduate of West Point High School, where she was a member of the ROTC. She worked at West Point Community Living Center and Waverly Care Home. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in 1995 from The Mississippi University for Women in Columbus. She then worked as a Registered Nurse, and later became a nursing supervisor at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. She was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Sturgis, but attended First Christian Church in West Point. She enjoyed journeling, scrapbooking, and helping people in need. She married Curtis Simmons on January 15, 1995, in West Point. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents: Clyde and Cora Etta Henry and her paternal grandparents: Adam and Rosie Bowling. A Memorial Service will be on Sunday, April 15, 2017, at 3:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kirby Lloyd. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include Her Husband Curtis Simmons; daughter, Ashley Simmons Wooten; son, Jacob Simmons, two grandsons: Bradie and Charlie Wooten, all of West Point; her father, William Fred Bowling (Joann) of Taylorsville, IN; her mother, Margaret J. Smith of Columbus; two sisters, Melinda Matherne (Timothy) of Columbus and Churee Bowling (Timothy Holtke) of Henryville, IN; one brother, Michael Bowling of Rienzi; A host of nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Honorary Pallbearers will be Billy Ellis, Tommy Duncan, Athen Hamby, Tim Matherne, Patrick Cully, John Cliett, Van Williams, Herb Duncan, Jim Ellis, Paul Caskey, Paul Brand, and her Church Family at First Christian Church in West Point. Memorials may be made to Golden Triangle Celebrate Recovery, P.O. Box 328, West Point, MS 39773. Visitation will be Sunday 2:00-3:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com