Preston P. Simmons, 81, a retired rural mail carrier, died at 7:15 p.m. Saturday aththe Way-Fair Restorium. Mr. Simmons had been a patient of the nursing home about 1 1/2 years. Rites TuesdayFuneral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Geff United Methodist Church, with the  Rev. Charles Hutson  and Rev. Harold Carrol  officiating.  Burial will be in the Cisne Cemetery.
 

Friends may call at DeSelm's Funereal Home in Cisne after 5 p.m. Monday (today).

Mr. Simmons was born Mar. 29, 1892 in Wayne County, the son of Abraham and Sarah (Asa) Simmons.
The well-known man carried the rural mail for many years in Geff.
He was a member of the Geff United Methodist Church. The SurvivorsSurviving are his widow, Maude; three sons, Welby, of Ballwin, Mo.; Irvin of Pittsburg, Ill.; and Maxof Tuscola; two daughters, Mrs. John Martin of Carmi; Mrs Kenneth Eckstein, of Minooka; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Irene) Lambrich and Mrs. Loy (Corine) Stopher, both of Cisne.