Funeral service for Brooksie Pearl Simms Gross, 105, Lawton will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in the Paradise Valley Baptist Church, North of Lawton with Donny Crittendon, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Gracemont, OK and Ordean Nelson, Pastor of Paradise Valley Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Gross died Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Lawton. Burial will be in the Paradise Valley Cemetery, North of Lawton under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. She was born May 20, 1907 in Purdy, Oklahoma to Charles Franklin and Eula (Henson) Simms. She married John Gross, and they were married for fifty years. She operated the Wayside Inn at Meers for many years, and she and her husband owned Nationwide Trailer Rental for forty years. She was an artist, quilter and made her own ceramics and taught classes for many years. One of her proudest accomplishments was being able to tile the cross for her church, Southern Hills First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. She raised flowers and was a member of several flower clubs in Lawton, including the Lawton Iris Club. She won many awards and ribbons at numerous state fairs in OKC. Brooksie was a homemaker and a cancer survivor. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Charlie Bob and Dixie Lee Oliver of Lawton, two sisters, Evelyn Gentry of Seminole, OK, Aileen Sherrill of Albuquerque, NM, four grandsons, Robert Oliver and wife Donna of Elgin, OK, Dale Oliver and wife Ranelle of Elgin, OK, Brad Oliver of Elgin, OK, Woody Johnson and wife Deborah of Lawton, eleven great grandchildren, Blake Oliver, Brooke Newsom, Scot Sanders, Read Sanders, Kelleigh Huff, Trudy Oliver, Maggie Oliver, Alicia Johnson, Ashley Johnson, Cody Johnson, Lindsey Johnson, fourteen great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, C.A. "Kink" Simms, Minor Simms, two sisters, Irene and Virginia, daughter and son-in-law, Norma Jean and Woody Johnson and a grandson Johnny Bob Johnson. Memorial contributions may be made to Paradise Valley Baptist Church, 4974 Meers-Porter Hill Road, Lawton, OK 73507