1933
Helen
2014
Helen Sammons
November 1, 1933 — May 31, 2014
Mrs. Sammons passed from this life Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Baptist Trinity Hospice House in Collierville at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 30 days.
Born Ruby Helen Woodard, November 1, 1933 in Lauderdale County to James and Bessie Lou Jackson Woodard, Mrs. Sammons was a homemaker. She married Thomas Davis Sammons on February 21, 1964 and worked for Sears and the State of Tennessee as a psychiatric hospital statistician. She taught Sunday school, had been a Bible Study Fellowship Teacher, a Community Bible Study Leader, and was a member of Collierville First Baptist Church. She was a "prayer warrior."
In addition to her husband, Thomas Sammons, Mrs. Sammons leaves a son, David Briggs and wife Dayna of Florence, MS; two daughters, Melendy Kelly and husband Dennis of Memphis, and Lisa Pine and husband Lance of Birmingham, AL; and seven grandchildren, Christopher and Jessica Kelly, Matthew Briggs, Anna Briggs-Henderson, Jessica Pine, and Georgia and Garrett Terwilleger.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Leroy and James Woodard.
The family requests that memorials be made to Collierville First Baptist Church Benevolence, 830 New Byhalia Rd., Collierville, TN 38017.
Born Ruby Helen Woodard, November 1, 1933 in Lauderdale County to James and Bessie Lou Jackson Woodard, Mrs. Sammons was a homemaker. She married Thomas Davis Sammons on February 21, 1964 and worked for Sears and the State of Tennessee as a psychiatric hospital statistician. She taught Sunday school, had been a Bible Study Fellowship Teacher, a Community Bible Study Leader, and was a member of Collierville First Baptist Church. She was a "prayer warrior."
In addition to her husband, Thomas Sammons, Mrs. Sammons leaves a son, David Briggs and wife Dayna of Florence, MS; two daughters, Melendy Kelly and husband Dennis of Memphis, and Lisa Pine and husband Lance of Birmingham, AL; and seven grandchildren, Christopher and Jessica Kelly, Matthew Briggs, Anna Briggs-Henderson, Jessica Pine, and Georgia and Garrett Terwilleger.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Leroy and James Woodard.
The family requests that memorials be made to Collierville First Baptist Church Benevolence, 830 New Byhalia Rd., Collierville, TN 38017.
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