Ms. Leona Slaughter Simmons, age 87, of Lake Wylie, SC, passed Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Lake Wylie Assisted Living, Lake Wylie, SC.

Memorial service will be 11:00 am Friday, May 31, 2019 at Calvary Baptist Church, Clover, SC, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Elwood Seamster.

The family will receive friends before the service from 10:00 until 11:00 am Friday at the Church.

Ms. Simmons was born January 12, 1932 to the late Ira Monroe and Margaret Lacy Slaughter.  She was a widow and was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlene Alaine Simmons.  Mrs. Simmons had retired from Gaston College as an accounting professor.

Survivors are her daughter Carol Joy Simmons (Doug Fetner) of Lake Wylie, SC; two sons, William A. Simmons (Mary) of Lake Wylie, SC and Michael T. Simmons (Mary Beth) of Carolina Beach, NC; two sisters, Janette McDonald of Houston, TX and Linda Wood of Banner Elk, NC; 7 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or www.stjude.org

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