Obituary

Eva Mae Simmons
(May 10, 1950 - February 23, 2011)

EVA MAE SIMMONS, 60, of Huntington, W.Va., arrived in the bosom of Jesus, her Savior, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Pastor Willis Mills and Pastor Steve Williams; burial will follow in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va. Eva was born May 10, 1950, in Cabell County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Oris and Fern Irby Leep, she was a homemaker and a member of the Mills Chapel Freewill Baptist Church on Buffalo Creek Road, where her husband Amos is the Pastor. She was also preceded in death by her brother Ivan Leep and four sisters, Phyllis Leep, Reba Smith, Charlotte Crockett and Virginia Jordan. Surviving is her husband of 44 years, Amos Simmons; two sons, Amos Simmons II (Renee'), Kevin Simmons (Diania); Foster-son Stanley Peterman (Jessica); five grandsons, Andrew Simmons, Jacob Simmons, Stanley Peterman, Michael Finley, Joshua Finley; two granddaughters, Amanda Staley, Ashley Peterman; brother Paul Leep (Jean); and five sisters Janice Bradshaw (Glen), Alice Blankenship (Toliver), Barbara Perry (Charles), Joanne Adkins (Randall) and Andrea Byrd (Mike). Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Reger Funeral Home, Huntington, W.Va.