Mary Catherine Dulaney Simmons, age 78, a life-long resident of Randolph County, passed from this life Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at the Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, OH. Mary was born Sunday, July 23, 1933 in Pickens, the daughter of the late Norvil Claude Dulaney and Hazel Betler Dulaney McClellan and John McClellan, her step-father. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Catherine Higgins and husband, Michael, Glen E. Fasick, all of Elkins, Laura Hammonds and husband, Dannie of East Dailey, Patricia Harris and husband Vince of Chesapeake, VA, Brenda Simmons of Elkins, and Emory Simmons and wife, Pam of Belington, a brother, Norvil Dulaney and wife Mary of Cleveland, OH, two sisters, Peggy Styler and husband, Tom of Elkins, and Barbara Wipple and husband Paul of New Mexico, twenty-one grandchildren, forty-two great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Mary was preceded in death by her daughter, Debra Pudder, two sons, Ronald Simmons and an infant son, and by her sister Betty O’Kernick, Elkins. Mary attended the schools of Randolph County, had worked for Beta Shoe Company, and for much of her life, she worked in the health care profession, including at the Memorial General Hospital, and the Elkins Regional Care Center in the housekeeping department. She enjoyed making various crafts and watching the teaching programs of Joel Osteen. She was a Baptist by faith. Friends will be received at the Randolph Funeral Home on Monday, April 30, 2012, from 1PM until 2PM, the funeral hour. Interment will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery at East Dailey.
