Mr. Simmons was a vocation instructor at Surry Community College for 30 years. After his retirement, he was a bus driver for Surry County Schools. He was a standing member of Surry County Democrat Party and a former member of Surry County Planning Board. Frank was the last surviving charter member of Mountain Park Fire Department where he was the former chief and a member of Mountain Park Youth Foundation. He attended Mountain Park Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Brittany Slawter; three brothers, Leff, Lee and Lonnie Simmons; and three sisters, Myrtle Pearl Wood, Ella Mae Simmons and Velda Simmons.
Survivors include, his loving wife of 55 years, Dorothy Martin Simmons, of the home; three daughters, Patricia Wagoner and husband, Peegie, Peggy Slawter and husband, Mike, all of State Road, and Susan Worth and husband, Bobby, of Mount Airy; two sisters, Ruth Blackburn and Stuart Couch and husband, Herman, all of State Road; four grandchildren, Daniyel Kennedy-Bates and husband, Todd, of State Road, Presley Slawter, Ryan Worth and Sydney Worth.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. at 2 p.m. at Mountain Park Baptist Church by the Rev. Carl Childs. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Simmons will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin.
The family will accept flowers or memorials may be made to the donor's choice.
Online condolences may be made at www.hodgesfuneralhomeinc.com.
Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin is serving the Simmons family.
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