Florence "Lizzie" Elizabeth Simmons' Obituary
Florence “Lizzie” Elizabeth Simmons entered peacefully into rest on Monday, January 16, 2023, at the age of 1 years, 10 months and 7 days, the Children’s Hospital in New Orleans with her loving family by her side. Lizzie was born on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Lake Charles to Ronald and Tessa Graham Simmons.
Visitation will be on Thursday, January 19, 2023, from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM, at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, January 20, 2023, with a visitation starting at 9:30 AM until the time of the service which will begin at 2:00 PM, in the Labby Memorial Chapel with Rev. Sam Burchard and Rev. Kenneth Gibson officiating. Interment will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in DeRidder, LA. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care and direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder.
As we announce that our precious Florence Elizabeth is now safely held in the arms of our Heavenly Father, we find our hearts and our family to be incomplete and missing her presence in our lives. “Lizzie” changed our lives far before she was ever born and we are all better for having got to spend the time that we did with her. Her testimony in less than 2 short years is one of strength and resilience, and her life was an ongoing series of miracles that we were blessed to witness first hand. She was named after her great grandmothers who were very strong women and she earned her title as a fighter the day she took her first breath. She never spoke a word and yet her testimony was so powerful that no words could ever be quite enough. We are so proud that God chose our family to be blessed by our precious “Lizzie” and to see her touch the lives of everyone who heard her name and followed her journey. We know that here on earth our family will never be complete with her physical presence, but we will forever have her in our hearts until we join her in eternity.
Left to cherish her memory are her loving parents, Ronnie and Tessa Simmons; siblings, Courtlyn Simmons, Grayson Simmons, Ryland Simmons, and Wyatt Simmons; grandparents, Craig and Sheila Simmons and George and Opal Graham; great-grandparents, Charles and Betty Graham; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family.
Preceded in death by her great-grandparents, Gennive Simmons, Ray and Betty Dickens, and Earl and Florence Pate.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers are Randy Simmons, Mason Cloud, Brody Jackson, and Scott Gill.
Those honored to serve as honorary pallbearers are Grayson Simmons, Ryland Simmons, and Wyatt Simmons.
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