SHIRLEY ANN B. SIMMONS

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Mother Shirley Ann Blanks Simmons, 69, wife of Pastor Robert Simmons, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia.

Born on May 18, 1949, in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Wesley and Rosanna Blanks.

Funeral services for Mother Shirley Ann Blanks Simmons will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Grace Cathedral Church, 60 Oswego Highway, with Minister David Simmons presiding and Minister Marcus W. Simmons, eulogist. Burial will follow immediately after the services at Evergreen Memorial Park, 802 N. Guignard Drive.

Bishop Anthony Gibson is the pastor of Grace Cathedral Church.

Public visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Robert Scriven Jr. Memorial Chapel of Ephriam D. Stephens Funeral Home and until 8 p.m. at the home, 1000 Dover Circle.

Ephriam D. Stephens Funeral, 230 S. Lafayette Drive, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 775-8911. "Where Dignity is the Watchword"