EVON SIMMONS

September 24, 1951 - September 30, 2017

Evon L. Simmons, 66, of Kankakee, IL, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2017 at her home. Visitation will be Friday, October 6, 2017 from 3:00 P.M. until time of funeral services at 4:00 P.M. at Pembroke Fellowship Church, Pembroke Township, IL. Reverend Rodney Lake will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Evon L. Simmons was born September 24, 1951 in Como, Mississippi to Willie and Elnora DeBerry Simmons. She graduated from St. Anne High School in 1969 and attended Kankakee Community College. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at a young age and was a member of Pembroke Fellowship Church where she served as an usher. Evon worked several jobs in Kankakee County, including being a Foster Grandparent for the school district. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and needlework. She leaves to cherish her memory, two sons and daughters-in-law, Anthony and Toni Simmons of Covington, GA and Raymond and Aleasha Jackson of Detroit, MI; two daughters, Melissa Jackson and Yolissa Jackson, both of Kankakee, IL; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Arthur and Priscilla Simmons and Curtis and Linda Simmons, all of Minneapolis, MN, Cedrick and Lisa Simmons and Samuel Simmons, all of Kankakee, IL; one aunt, Betty DeBerry of New York, NY; one uncle, Theodis DeBerry of Byhalia, Mississippi; in-laws, Boyce Bell of Cordova, TN and Carol Simmons of Fayetteville, NC; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Yolanda Jackson and Williona Jackson; her parents; one brother, Willie Simmons Jr.; three sisters, Minnie Ballard, Bessie Williams and Dorothy Bell, and her companion and father of her children, Otis Jackson Sr.