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Jewel Marie Simmons
September 11, 1935 - February 11, 2013

Funeral services for Jewel Marie Simmons, 77, of Longview will be held at 2 PM Thursday, February 14, 2013 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Longview with Brother Wayne Spanhanks officiating. Burial will follow in White Cemetery. Mrs. Simmons passed away Monday afternoon at her home in Longview. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 4-6 PM at the funeral home.

Marie Armstrong Simmons was born and graduated high school in Beckville, Texas. She married Huey in 1954. They spent their first two years together in South Carolina where he was stationed in the army. They returned to Longview in 1956 where she lived for the remainder of her life. After attending business school, she worked for several years in the offices of a local insurance agency. Above all, Marie was a dedicated wife and mother. She also enjoyed quilting and a variety of other arts and crafts. She was active in her church and maintained a lifelong interest in gardening and love for animals.

She was preceded in death by her siblings, Libby Armstrong Savell, and “Sis”, and Albert Armstrong.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Lloyd Huey Simmons of Longview; her daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and James Clark of Kingwood, TX, Donna and Tom Wolford of Fredericksburg, VA, Sandra and Scott Sirignano of Azle, TX, and Janice and Lawrence Kelley of Bowling Green, KY; 12 grandchildren, and one great grandbaby; her sister, Mary Grisaffi; and her brothers Preston, Ross, Lee, and Herbert Armstrong.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.