Simpson County News

Mildred Yvonne Bauer, 84, died peacefully in her sleep at Whitfield Nursing Home in Corinth, Mississippi on September 27, 2021. Yvonne was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1936 and moved with her mother and father to Atlanta in 1948. She graduated from Sylvan Hills High School in 1955. She attended secretarial school. Even though he was three hours late for their blind date, she knew that Frederick Page Bauer was the man of her dreams. They married on June 16, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. They and their children moved to Mendenhall, Mississippi, in 1965 where they were members of First Baptist Church of Mendenhall. Yvonne loved children and worked in the First Baptist Children's Daycare from...

BRAXTON - James Hollis "Jimmy" Cowart, 66, transformed from this life to the life everlasting on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 from St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Jimmy struggled with congestive heart failure for some time. Born in Jackson on November 30, 1954 to the late James Cowart and Betty Traylor Cowart, Jimmy attended Jackson public schools and graduated from Rankin Academy in Star in 1974. He joined the Sheet Metal Union #406 and trained as a sheet metal worker. He first partnered with Dennis White and they owned and operated D'Lo Mechanical/Metal Air Mechanical Company. He finished his career before retirement working for J. L. Roberts Company. Jimmy married Tammy D. Arnold...

Marilyn Joyce Simmons, age 79, passed away on June 28, 2020 at Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, TN. Marilyn was a member of First Baptist Church Tellico Village, graduated from South Dade High School in Homestead, FL and attended University of Southern Mississippi. She enjoyed gardening, reading, and traveling anywhere with her husband, Jimmy. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, William Marshall Cody and Lula Mae Grubbs Cody, her two brothers George W. Cody and Herbert Wayne Cody. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Jimmy D. Simmons, Sr; her three children Jimmy D. Simmons, Jr (wife Denise); William Gregory Simmons; Jeffery Todd Simmons; six grandchildren; Rachel Evans...

Russell "Ricky" Quarles, age 63, of Maryville, Tennessee, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019, at UT Hospital. He was a loving husband, father, Pappy, brother, and friend. He was a member of Old Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He enjoyed being with his family and friends, spending time in his shop, telling stories, and helping anyone in need. Ricky loved the outdoors and was a Master Mason. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lavert and Pauline Quarles; brother, Pete Quarles; brother-in-law, Everett Garretson. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Liz Quarles; daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca and Ryan McPherson and Emily and Cody Price; granddaughters, Mattie McPherson and...