Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 18, 1993 TAG: 9312200226
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: FLOYD LENGTH: Medium
OBIT SIMMONS, L. ARNOLD
SIMMONS, L. Arnold, ("Arnie"), 62, of Floyd, passed away in the VA Medical
Center, Salem Thursday, December 16, 1993. He was born in Eden, N.C. He
graduated from Wake Forest University and received his Masters Degree in
social work from the University of Tennessee. He retired after 30 years of
service as Chief, Social Work Service at the Veterans Administration Medical
Center. Throughout his career he served at centers in Salisbury, N.C., St.
Cloud, Minn., Augusta, Ga. and most recently in Salem, Va. He received
numerous commendations and awards. He also had faculty appointments at St.
Johns University, Minn., University of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia and
adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. He
served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a Member of the
Floyd United Methodist Church. He served on the Floyd County School Board and
The New River Community Services Board. He was on the Board of Directors of
the Mental Health Association of the Roanoke Valley. He was preceded in death
by his mother Alma Dillon Simmons and father Julian Simmons. He is survived by
his wife, Meredith Ann Simmons, Floyd; two sons, Jonathan Dillon Simmons,
Floyd, Matthew Arn Simmons, Floyd; one brother and sister-in-law, Oscar and
June Simmons, Floyd; one sister, Kathleen Jarrett, Eden, N.C.; four nephews;
stepfather, Albert Lemons, Eden, N.C. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 19, 1993 at Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd with the Rev. Leonard
Arnold and Dr. Michael Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in the
Topeco Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Saturday at Gardner Funeral
Home, Floyd, where the family will be from 7 until 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers
the family request that donations be made to the W.C. Mitchum Fund 3A at the
Veterans Administration Medical Center through Volunteer Services.
by CNB