March 10, 1999

CHERITA SIMMONS

CHARLESTON -- Cherita Lynn Simmons, 29, of Charleston died Friday, March 5, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 22, 1970, at Hayti, daughter of Leroy and Annie Mae Simmons Reed. Simmons was a 1988 graduate of New Madrid Central High School. She was a member of Mercy Seat Baptist Church...

CHARLESTON -- Cherita Lynn Simmons, 29, of Charleston died Friday, March 5, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born Feb. 22, 1970, at Hayti, daughter of Leroy and Annie Mae Simmons Reed.

Simmons was a 1988 graduate of New Madrid Central High School. She was a member of Mercy Seat Baptist Church.

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Survivors include her parents; four brothers, Leroy, Keane and Michael Atkins of Charleston, Percy Atkins of Sikeston; and a sister, Lashonda Atkins of Sikeston.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Mercy Seat Church, with the Rev. J.L. Posey officiating. Burial will be in Homes Town Cemetery at Wardell.

Friends may call at the church Friday from 11 a.m. until service time.

Sparks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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