Helen Sammons of Collierville, TN
Mrs. Sammons passed from this life Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Baptist Trinity Hospice House in Collierville at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 30 days.
Born November 1, 1933 in Lauderdale County to James and Bessie Lou Jackson Woodard, Mrs. Sammons was a homemaker. She married Thomas Davis Sammons on February 21, 1964 and worked for Sears and the State of Tennessee as a Psychiatric Hospital statistician. She taught Sunday school, had been a Bible Study Fellowship teacher, and was a member of Collierville First Baptist Church.
In addition to her husband, Thomas Sammons, Mrs. Sammons leaves a son, David Briggs and wife Dayna of Florence, MS; two daughters, Melendy Kelly and husband Dennis of Memphis, and Lisa Pine and husband Lance of Birmingham, AL; and seven grandchildren, Christopher and Jessica Kelly, Matthew Briggs, Anna Briggs-Henderson, Jessica Pine, and Georgie and Garrett Terwilleger.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Leroy and James Woodard.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be made available when completed.
