Funeral services for Clyde Douglas Simmons, Jr., 78, of Oxford will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September, 11 at Avon Methodist Church, Avon, Mississippi. The family will receive visitors from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at Avon Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Greenville Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home of Greenville.
Doug was born in Columbia, Mississippi on December 5, 1947 to Clyde Douglas and Helen Cosper Simmons. Following his graduation from Columbia High School, he entered the University of Mississippi. It was at Ole Miss that he met his wife, the former Cynthia Jane Williams. The couple was married in Hollandale on December 27, 1969.
Upon graduation he and Jane moved to Hollandale, Mississippi where he was engaged in farming until his retirement.
Doug was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Francis Anne Robertson.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 57 years; a daughter, Cynthia Simmons Cook (Charles); a son, Clyde Douglas Simmons III (Lisa); grandchildren Charles Oliver Cook III and Jane Baldwin Cook. He is further survived by a sister in law, Mary Jo Williams; nephews Leo Fontaine Williams III (Janet) and Peter Jenson Williams (Suzi); and a niece Katherine Kuykendall Magness (Troy).
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Avon Methodist Church, or any charity of the donor’s choice.