Age 94, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 am Tuesday in the Memorial Chapel at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth E. Hayes, Pastor of Jefferson Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. Simmons died Saturday at a local care center Burial will be at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born September 10, 1915 in Apache, Oklahoma to Dallas and Alpha (Leeman) Hood. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1935. She married Joseph Denton "Dick" Hanks in 1935. They had one daughter, Nancy Lacreta Hanks Skrdle and they lived in the Elgin area on a farm. Mr. Hanks passed away in 1955. Nancy maintained her role as rancher on the farm for several more years. In the early 1930's and 1940's Nancy and Dick organized and taught singing lessons as well as performed in the area's known singing conventions. Specifically in 1935, Nancy's high school quartet introduced a song on National Radio in Oklahoma City. Nancy won several 1st place ribbons for canning and sewing competitions at the Comanche County Fair Home Demonstrations. She was a member of Elgin First Baptist Church, a charter member and organizer of the Mistletoe Sewing Club, the Eastern Star and the Women's Auxiliary. She later became a member of Lawton First Baptist Church and sang in both the adult and senior adult choirs. She was employed at the Agriculture, Soil and Conservation office for 17 years, and she also worked part time for 11 years at the County Treasurer's office. On January 3, 1988 Nancy married Lonnie L. Simmons in Lawton. Mr. Simmons passed away in 2008. Nancy is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lacreta and Joe Skrdle of Lawton; three granddaughters, Lacreta A. and her husband Paul W. Beaney of Mansfield, Texas, Joell Skrdle of Addison, Texas and Phoebe and her husband Greg Cook of Flower Mound, Texas; two great granddaughters, Madison and Ashley Cook of Flower Mound, Texas; two stepsons, George Simmons and Robert Simmons; two step grandchildren, Robert Simmons, Jr. and Margaret Simmons Potter; and a sister and her husband, Ora Mae and Avin Brownlee of Dumas, Texas.