Elsie Dee

Simmons

Elise D. Simmons, devoted wife and mother, formally of Coden, AL passed away peacefully on April 14, 2023 at the age of 85 years old. A kind, brave and unimaginably generous woman, Elise expressed her passion for educating the youth by serving 38 years as a teacher and librarian for the Mobile County school system. Elise loved the Lord and joined Sweet Bethel Baptist Church and became a lifelong member of Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Rev. Howard Nelson, Sr. The beloved wife of Isaac Alphonse Simmons for 63 incredible years, she was proceeded in death by her husband and her son, Ray Simmons of New York, New York; her parents Mack West and Willie Mae West, eight siblings, and daughter in law Mary Smith Simmons.

Elise is survived   by her son, Roderick Simmons of Mobile, AL; her sisters Patricia West and Shirley (Doug) McClow both of Mobile AL, Mary Jordan of Pennsylvania; a host grandchildren, Frederick (Tammy) Rodney of Mobile, AL, Eddie Smith of Williston, ND, Keith (Sherray) Smith of Houston, TX, Everett (Torrance) Smith of Jackson, MS, Veranda (Timothy) Watson of Theodore, AL and Lecia (John) Fisher of Houston, TX. Her great-grandchildren, King Young of Houston, TX, Broody Watson, Brooklyn Watson and Blayze Watson of Theodore, AL. She was the sister in love to Alberta Bacon of Concord, NH, Dr. Agnes Simmons of Philadelphia, PA, Francis Simmons of Oxen hill, MD. She was the caring aunt to Harold (Brenda) Lovett of California, loving lifetime friend-sister to Catherine Ward of Pritchard, AL and a devoted mother to Carolyn Nero of Pensacola, FL., and Linda Mouton Delone of New Orleans, LA.

She will be remembered by so many nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. Nothing made Elise happier then spending time with her children and grandchildren, as her greatest love was her family. She will be dearly missed and lovingly memorialized by all who knew her.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 10:00 AM until the 11:00 AM funeral hour at Mt.Ararat Baptist Church, 5201 Washington Blvd Theodore, AL 36582. Interment will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Bayou La Batre, AL.