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Iris "Jean" Simmons Loughry, 81, a former resident of the St. George area and a resident of Cortland Acres Nursing Home in Thomas, passed from this life Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. She had been in declining health.
Jean was born on Monday, May 19, 1941, in Canaan Valley, a daughter of the late Herbert Jesse Simmons and Gaynel Thelma Bonner Simmons.
On August 16, 1972, in Oakland, Maryland, she married Fred Leroy Loughry, who preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 2012.
Left to cherish Jean's memory are two daughters, Brenda J. Arnold and husband, Leonard, and Sharon K. Moats and husband, William; two sons, Randy A. Carr and wife, Tammy, and Stephen D. Carr and wife, Trina, all of Parsons; five grandchildren, Todd Arnold and wife, Tara, Julie Parks and husband, Donald, Travis Moats and wife, Chelsie, Scott Moats, and Melissa Burns and husband, Andrew; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Frank and Olin (Peck); eight sisters, Thelma (Fid), Erma, Patsy, Mary, Shirley, Virginia, Ruby and Mildred (Cindy); several nieces and nephews.
Preceding Jean in death besides her parents and husband, were two brothers, Herbert (Faye) and George; and a sister, Carol Sue.
Jean attended the schools of Tucker County in the Red Creek and Davis area. She had previously been employed with the Hinchcliff Lumber Company in Hendricks for more than 20 years. Jean was a member of the Rowlesburg Post 3008, VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She was a Methodist by faith and had attended the Macedonia United Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening, quilting and crocheting, and she loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and providing for her family.
Visitation will be held at the Hostetler Funeral Home on Monday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted from the funeral home chapel on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at 11 a.m. Rev. Brad Barton will officiate, and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery.
The Hostetler Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Iris "Jean" Simmons Loughry.
Send online condolences to the family at www.hostetlerfuneral home.com.