Obituary for Anna Sue Simmons (Maynard)
Anna Sue Maynard Simmons, age 90, passed peacefully on Thursday, May 11, 2023 with her family beside her and entered her eternal home with her Lord and Savior.
Sue was born February 22, 1933 to the late Brintz and Annie Maynard in Van Buren County, Spencer Tennessee.
Sue was a homemaker and sales associate at Harvey's and Peebles department stores in the ladies department. She was a talented cross stitcher of pictures and Christmas ornaments. She loved to cook and was a dessert connoisseur. Her favorite things were, decorating her home, the color blue, butterflies, clothes, jewelry and reading books, especially cookbooks, biographies, poetry and old romantic novels adorned with beautiful book covers that she chose from a retired Bookmobile at the Nashville Flea Market. She also enjoyed collecting Depression glass.
Sue was a member of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. She faithfully attendended services and will be remembered for her love of her family and faith in God. She was a devoted follower of Jesus. She loved her minister, Mark Gaw and deacon, Mike Stubblefield. A special thank you to Sue's wonderful caregivers which words cannot adequately express, Pearl Smith, DeAnne Kennedy, Shelby Kirby and Milly Edwards.
We honor Sue's devoted friends, Linda Crider, Valerie Massey, Susan Melton, Becky Carwile. Linda Cumby, and Etta Mott for their steadfast love and support. Sue was preceded in death by her parents Brintz and Annie Maynard; brother Guy Edward Maynard; sister-in-law Eva Lou Maynard, and nephew David Maynard.
She is survived by her son Keith (Raye Ann) Simmons, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was loved and will be missed. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, May 16th at Crestlawn Funeral Home in Cookeville, Tennessee with the service to follow at 1:00 pm. Interment will be at the Spencer Town Cemetery in Spencer, Tennessee.
Sue was born February 22, 1933 to the late Brintz and Annie Maynard in Van Buren County, Spencer Tennessee.
Sue was a homemaker and sales associate at Harvey's and Peebles department stores in the ladies department. She was a talented cross stitcher of pictures and Christmas ornaments. She loved to cook and was a dessert connoisseur. Her favorite things were, decorating her home, the color blue, butterflies, clothes, jewelry and reading books, especially cookbooks, biographies, poetry and old romantic novels adorned with beautiful book covers that she chose from a retired Bookmobile at the Nashville Flea Market. She also enjoyed collecting Depression glass.
Sue was a member of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. She faithfully attendended services and will be remembered for her love of her family and faith in God. She was a devoted follower of Jesus. She loved her minister, Mark Gaw and deacon, Mike Stubblefield. A special thank you to Sue's wonderful caregivers which words cannot adequately express, Pearl Smith, DeAnne Kennedy, Shelby Kirby and Milly Edwards.
We honor Sue's devoted friends, Linda Crider, Valerie Massey, Susan Melton, Becky Carwile. Linda Cumby, and Etta Mott for their steadfast love and support. Sue was preceded in death by her parents Brintz and Annie Maynard; brother Guy Edward Maynard; sister-in-law Eva Lou Maynard, and nephew David Maynard.
She is survived by her son Keith (Raye Ann) Simmons, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was loved and will be missed. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, May 16th at Crestlawn Funeral Home in Cookeville, Tennessee with the service to follow at 1:00 pm. Interment will be at the Spencer Town Cemetery in Spencer, Tennessee.