Paul Simmons HARTSVILLE, SC-- Funeral services for Paul Reese Simmons, 78, will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Wesley United Methodist Church. The Rev. Fran Elrod will officiate with burial in Westview Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on Friday at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Mr. Simmons died Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Born in Sandyville, WV, he was a son of the late Rev. Fred G. and Lenora Jordan Simmons. He was a graduate of the University of West Virginia and was retired from IMC after 53 years of service. He was a loving husband and father. A man of few words with lots of action. He was also a jack of all trades and was always there to lend a helping hand. Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Sandra Bounds Simmons of Hartsville, SC; daughters, Cynthia "Cindy" Simmons and Karen Simmons, both of Hartsville, SC; brother, Floyd (Irene) Simmons of Newport, OH. He is preceded in death by his brother, Carl Simmons; sisters, Helen Watters and Alice Rollins. Memorials may be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church, 145 E. College Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550 or McLeod Hospice House, 1203 East Cheves St., Florence, SC 29506. Online condolences can be given at www.bpafuneralhome.com