Lance Simmons

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lance Simmons, 30, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born June 9, 1975, in Jonesboro, Ark., son of James and Barbara DeKoster Simmons Sr. of Oran, Mo., he was a member of New Life Christian Center of Morley, Mo., and was a foreman for MidState Builders and Garage Door in Oran.

On June 20, 1998, he married Amanda McClain Simmons. She survives of the home in Sikeston.

In addition to his wife and parents, other survivors include paternal grandmother, Palma Lee Simmons of Moline, Ill.; maternal grandfather, Charles DeKoster of East Moline, Ill.; two brothers and a sister-in-law, James "Nick" and Dawn Simmons Jr. of Sikeston, Jerry Simmons of Cape Girardeau; a sister and brother-in-law, Crystal Lynn and Dwayn Brooks of St. Louis; mother-in-law, Darlene McClain of Oran; and a brother-in-law, Derick L. McClain of Fort Lewis, Wash.

Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home, where funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. Byron Sanders of Evansville, Ind., will give the eulogy. Robert Riley, pastor of Bread of Life Church in Hot Springs, Ark., Larry West, pastor of Eagle Ministries in Selmer, Tenn., and Rick McNeely, evangelist with Christ to the World Ministry, will officiate. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery near Morley.