Wanda Simmons

A reading teacher at Greenbrier Elementary School, she passed away at her home in Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. She was 60 and a native of Leakesville, Miss. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting will resume at the funeral home on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. until services at 2 p.m. Burial in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. She is survived by her husband, Emmitt Simmons Jr. mother, Margarite Breland Johnson daughter and soninlaw, Alison and John Trey Ricaud III a son, Warren Paul Simmons sister, Margaret Shaddox brotherinlaw, Everett Ivan Simmons and wife, Sharon sisterinlaw, Susan Annette Simmons nephew, Alexander Simmons and fatherinlaw, Emmitt Simmons Sr. She was preceded in death by her father, Hubert Calvin Breland and motherinlaw, Margie Marie Coker Simmons. She was a member of Istrouma Baptist Church. She worked with autistic children as a reading coach, with the Mothers Day Out at Park Forest Baptist Church, at Manaview Elementary in Greenville, S.C., and at Jackson County Exceptional School in Pascagoula.

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
5pm9pm

Service

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Thursday, November 3, 2011
10am2pm

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Thursday, November 3, 2011
2pm

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816