Mrs. Dorothy Louise "Dot" Simmons, age 78, of Summerville, GA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
 
Mrs. Simmons was born April 23, 1938, in Cloudland, GA, daughter of the late Paul Edward Shaver and Violet Argenia Deering Shaver Haney.  She was a member of the West Summerville Baptist Church, and prior to her retirement, worked as a Medical Office Assistant.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Chester G. "Yankee" Jones; second husband, Willie Ralph Cooper; third husband, James Wesley Simmons; brother, Jerry Shaver; and a grandson, William James Simmons.
 
Mrs. Simmons is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Raymond and Annette Jones, Jody Simmons, Charles and Michelle Simmons; daughters and sons-in-law, Esther and Danny Wilcox, Cynthia and David Westbrooks, Jamie and Ralph Eskew, Amie Simmons; brothers, Bobby Shaver and Wayne Shaver; a sister, Mary Elicker; sister-in-law, Dee Shaver; 17 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Simmons will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 12, 2016, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lavon Humphreys and Rev. Mickey Skates officiating.  Interment will follow in the AMI Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Raymond Jones, Jr., Joshua Wilcox, Bailee Jones, Jacob Woodard, Chad Barnes, and Michael Gann.  Honorary pallbearers will be the members of West Summerville Baptist Church, and her good friend and neighbor, Terry Bryant.
 
Mrs. Simmons will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Saturday, June 11, 2016.
 
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Dorothy Louise "Dot" Simmons who died on Thursday.  For guest book, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.