Funeal Services:
Friday 2:00 PM March 1, 2013
Haneva Simmons, 78, of Malakoff, TX was born on September 4, 1934 in Three Rivers, TX to the home of Hughey Robinson and Evie Loraine Mowles; passed away on February 21, 2013 in Malakoff, TX. Most of us will remember Mrs. Simmons as "the Tamale Lady". She made delicious hand made tamales and sold them around the lake for years. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Homer T. Simmons, brothers J.D. Robinson Sr. Bud Robinson, brothers Johnny Hawthorn, Garland Andrew Hawthorn, and Fred Hawthorn, sister Verdie Allen, children Fred Wayne Berry and Mary Ann Hays. Left to cherish her memory are her children Ruby Lee Hays Insell and husband Huey, John Wayne Hays Sr. and wife Felicia, Billy Hays and wife, Angie, Elizabeth Ann Hays Fagan, brothers Charlie Paul Hawthorn, Joe Everitt Hawthorn, and Oscar Jim Hawthorn, sisters Mary Pearl Powell, Louise Harris, Lois Ann Green, Bessie Lee Follet, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Visitation will be held 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm before the funeral. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Friday, March 1, 2013 at Moorhead Epps Memorial Chapel under the direction of Moorhead Epps Funeral Home.