Walter was born on 7 Dec 1889 in Tupelo, Jackson County, Arkansas, the son of Benjamin Fletcher Simmons and Lucy James Rotenberry.
He died on 23 Feb 1960 in Tupelo, Jackson County, Arkansas.[Note 3]
His wife was Mary Lucille Gardner, who he married on 7 APR 1928 in Tupelo, Jackson County, Arkansas. Their only known child was Betty Jo (1930-?).
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Birth | 7 DEC 1889 |
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Death | 23 FEB 1960 |
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DeathCert-Simmons,Sax 1960
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Census | 1 JUN 1900 |
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Census 1900 Arkansas, Jackson County, Breckenridge,ED 53 Union ED 61
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Census-1900-Arkansas, Jackson,Breckridge A
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Census | 22 APR 1910 |
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Census 1910 Arkansas, Jackson Cty
Breckendridge ED 63 and Union ED 73
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Census | 13 JAN 1920 |
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Census 1920 Arkansas, Jackson County ,
ED 71 Newport, ED 181 Breckendridge Twp
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Census | 2 APR 1930 |
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Census 1930 Arkansas, Jackson Cty, Tupelo, Breckenridge Twp
ED 34 -6 and 34 -8
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Census | 5 APR 1940 |
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Burial | FEB 1959 |
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Cemeteries -Jackson County Arkansas
Grav-SimSax Walnut Grove, Lot description and burials, by Walter Heard Simmons, HF, family group of 10 spaces |
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Other Event | ABT 1917 |
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Draft Registration -Simmons, Saxon W
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Occupation | 9 MAY 1919 | taught at Salem Arkansas High School |
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Occupation | Farm Labor per 1930 census |
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Simmons, Sax |
Sac at Salem... |
Gran, Miss J... |
Peabody Scho... |
Bio-SimmonsB... |
Peabody Scho... |
Simmons, Sax... |
Simmons, Sax... |
Simmons, Sax... |
Simmons, Sax... |
Note 1
"Pocket full of rocks,
Head full of knowledge,
Rather to to Peabody,
Than any other College."
Sac wrote this school yell for the one room school he taught in according to notes on back of photo supplied by Bobbie Lewis of Flordia.
Sac picked up his cousin Sherra Simmons when she was about 4, turned her upside down, and put her head in a cow pattie. Gran made him wash Sherra's hair really good afterward!
Note 2
Betty Jo remembers her father working two farms while she was growing up in Jackson County, Arkansas. One farm was south of Tupelo and the other was north of town. Each day he walked to one in the morning, came back home mid day to eat and rest, then walked to work the other farm in afternoon.
Facebook discussions Feb 2012:
Bobby Simmons ok I knew it was something like that. June that was Conners grocery next to Mary and Willies. Sax or Sack we called him lived in a place between the pool hall and the store on the corner . the theather was behind them.
Jim Simmons Bobby, that was Colmer's store. We called him Jick Colmer. That's where we could buy comic books and other good things that kids liked.
Alcorn Ferguson was of the Augusta family that owned the house we've all discussed. He was born in that house, and he died there in the same room and on the same bedstead where he was born.
Arthur, I thought Sax was hit in front of the post office in Tupelo which was only two doors down from where he lived. Of course I could be wrong.
Jim Simmons @Arthur. I said in one of the posts above that Lon moved in the "late" 40's. I meant "early" 40's. The mind does play tricks in our old age. I remember when they lived there the little girls had a tricycle. They had page-boy haircuts and their hair was the same color as mine. We called it white back then, but now we call it platinum blonde. After they moved, the Clyde Henderson family moved into that house. The Overcup school house was on the south side of the road just a little west of there.
Note 3
Sept 2008, one of the letters in BBB collection said that Sax died of injuries as he was leaving Post Office and was struck by a car. 2012 - Others who lived there and knew many of the Simmons family recall the car accident was at Tupelo Post Office, near Sax's home.
I think letter is from Aunt Sally Simmons and is in file box with lots of BBB notes and correspondence.......
Note 4
WWI Draft regist card, roll 1530465
Tupeolo, Jackson County Ark June 1, 1917
medium height, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair.
Saxon W Simmons age 28
Home Tupelo Ark
DOB Dec 7, 1889 at Tupelo Ark
Occupation Farming at Tupelo
single, caucassion
Note 5
Betty Jo remembers her dad worked two farms, one north and one south of home in Tupelo. He worked one in the morning, came home at noon, and then worked the other in afternoon. He walked back and forth every day, may have been barefoot in summer....
Source: | Census 1900 Arkansas, Jackson County, Breckenridge,ED 53 Union ED 61 |
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Publisher: | Twelfth Census of the US |
Source: | Census 1910 Arkansas, Jackson Cty Breckendridge ED 63 and Union ED 73 |
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Publisher: | US Department of Commerence |
Source: | Census 1920 Arkansas, Jackson County , ED 71 Newport, ED 181 Breckendridge Twp |
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Date: | JAN 1920 |
Publisher: | US Deptartment of Commerence |
Source: | Census 1930 Arkansas, Jackson Cty, Tupelo, Breckenridge Twp ED 34 -6 and 34 -8 |
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