Mrs. Evelyn Carroll Simmons

October 19, 1924 - July 7, 2015

Mrs. Evelyn (Granny) Carroll Simmons, age 90 of Rockmart, Georgia passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Mrs. Simmons was born October 19, 1924 in Paulding County, daughter of the late Homer Carroll and the late Rosie Shepard Carroll. She was a homemaker and a member of the Van Wert Baptist Church. She enjoyed word find puzzles, loved to cook and help other people in any way she could. But her greatest love was reading her Bible daily, going to church and her family. Mrs. Simmons was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Floyd Simmons; sister, Mrs. Marie Cochran; and a brother, Mr. Jake Carroll. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Annette and Dennis Hulsey of Rockmart; a sister, Myrtle Potts of Paulding County; two grandchildren, Lisa (Mark) LeMasters and Shelia (Tony) Paul; four great-grandchildren, Sheena (Charlie) Stiles, Jessica (Corey) Twilley, April (Brent) Morris and Seth Hulsey; and five great-great-grandchildren, Savanna Stiles, Cooper Stiles, Annaston Twilley, Brynleigh Twilley and Zori Darden also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Simmons will be held on Friday, July 10th at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Ingram and Brother Jerry Adair officiating. Interment services will follow in the family lot of the New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Tony Paul, Mark LeMasters, Seth Hulsey, Charlie Stiles, Corey Twilley and Billy Cochran. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening, July 9th between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral services for Mrs. Mary Evelyn Carroll Simmons.