August 12, 1992

JEWELL SIMMONS

WILLIAMSBURG - Jewell Whisenant Simmons, 80, a Peninsula resident for 47 years, died Monday, Aug. 10.

A Cherokee County, Ala., native, she was a Protestant.

Survived by a daughter, Helen Booth of Columbia, S.C.; a son, Bobby Simmons of Williamsburg; two sisters, Oma Hite of Newport News and Ruenette Thacker of Williamsburg; three brothers, Dewey Whisenant of Piedmont, Ala., James Whisenant of Panama City, Fla., and Hugh D. Whisenant of Williamsburg; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.