Mrs. Simmons Armstrong Obituary (1928

Betty Joe Simmons Armstrong, 83, passed away, on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at Waverly Personal Care Home, in West Point. She was born December 30, 1928 in Alcorn County to the late Lessie Hopper Simmons and Joe Simmons. Moving to West Point in 1985, Mrs. Armstrong was a homemaker; years before she had worked in the office of the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Corinth. She was a member of Kossuth United Methodist Church. Betty Joe Simmons Armstrong married Vernon D. Armstrong on November 12, 1952, in Kossuth, he preceded her in death on December 9, 2004. State Room Funeral services will be Saturday, September 8, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at Calvert Funeral Home with Rev. Patricia Cantrell Harris officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p. m. at the Wheeler Grove Cemetery in Kossuth, MS. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery at 2:15 p.m. for a brief visitation. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include daughters, JoAn Tedford (Jimmy) of West Point; one son, Jimmy V. Armstrong (Christine) of Nashville, TN; six grandchildren; Jamey Tedford, Nancy Tedford, Tina Tedford-Ivy (Marty), Dana Brooks (Doyle, Jr.), Adam Armstrong and Lee Armstrong, two great grandchildren; Cody Deneice and Jay Robert Deneice; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death were by her sister, Elizabeth Simmons Frederick. Pallbearers will be her Grandsons. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Edmund A. Miller, Jr. and his staff, Gina Whitacre, Angela Holcombe, Lakeshia Dean, The Staff at Waverly Care. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association National Office, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 or to or the donors choice. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until State Room Serivce time at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point.