Mason H. Simmons

Walters – Mason Holland Simmons, 93, widow of Robert Braxton Simmons, and a former resident of the Village at Woods Edge, died May 25, 2010 at the East Pavilion. She was born in Isle of Wight County, a daughter of the late Claude and Alice Cox Holland and was predeceased by a sister, Irene H. Keeter, and two brothers, Wilson S. Holland and Guy C. Holland. Mrs. Simmons was a member and Chaplain of the Order of the Eastern Star, Franklin Chapter, a member of the Southampton Memorial Hospital Auxillary, and a former “Pink Lady”. She was a lifelong member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Judith Simmons Drewry (Don) of Portsmouth; two grandchildren, Mills Robinson, Jr. (Kristen) of Virginia Beach and Alice R. Lyon (Eric) of Edwards, CO., three great-grandchildren, Mills “Tripp” Robinson, III, David Wade Robinson, and Elizabeth Mason Lyon; and several nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life and Eastern Star Rites will be conducted at 3 pm Saturday in the chapel of Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Jay Gunn officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 pm Friday at the funeral home and suggest memorials be made to American Cancer Society, c/o Ms. Kathy Worrell, 717 Fairview Drive, Franklin, Va. 23851. The family would like to thank the staff of the Village at Woods Edge and the East Pavilion for their wonderful service. www.wrightfuneralhome.org