The Graveside Service for Mrs. Ollie Mae Evans Simmons Zeon will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at Eastview Cemetery in Americus, Georgia. Due to COVID-19 concerns, we ask that you MASK UP and continue to practice social distancing for your safety and for the protection of others.
Ollie Mae Evans Simmons Zeon was born on March 22, 1934 to the late Rose Mae Jordan and Thomas James Evans, in Sumter County, Georgia. For over 30 years Ollie resided at 306 Pine Street, Americus. She transitioned to be with the Lord on August 30, 2021, at Innovative Senior Solutions in Americus. At an early age Ollie accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. As a result, she fellowshipped with other believers at the Big Bethel Baptist Church, the Welcome Baptist Church, as well as other churches in the community. She was educated in the area schools of Sumter County, graduating from A. S. Staley High. She attended Ft. Valley State College; completed a 2-year course at Marion College of Commerce in the state of Illinois; obtained a Certificate of Achievement in Supervisory Development from The University of GA Cooperative Extension Service in 1981; and was awarded Child Care Workshop Certificates of Completion from Albany State College Technical Assistance Program in Association with The Georgia Child Care Council, 1993-1994.
Ollie was her mother’s only child and in the course of life, they moved to Chicago with other family members, wherein her mother returned to Americus in 1977 until her death in 1990. While there, Ollie worked several years for the State of Illinois as a Switchboard Operator and an Inspector. Also, she lived several years in Detroit, working in gainful employment. After returning to Americus, she worked in various occupations to include: Insurance Agent, Newspaper Deliverer, Certified Childcare Provider, Windsor Hotel staff member, Sam’s Club Associate, and for more than 20 years as a Wal-Mart Associate (Customer Service/Fitting-Room) to the year 2016. Ollie had no biological children but nurtured and impacted the lives of many in her family, in the community, as well as in her Wal-Mart family, acquiring god children. For some in this community who met her and interacted with her, they would say that she was a “very sharp” and “interesting lady”.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Alford Simmons; her maternal grandparents, John and Susie Jordan; paternal grandparents, Bishop Evans Sr. and Lula Mae Smith Evans; a brother, Thomas Evans Sr.; a supportive uncle, Bishop Evans Jr. who was like a brother and a father. Many other aunts, uncles, and cousins predeceased her, to include devoted cousins: Mable Evans Pines, Henry “Coot” Anthony Jr., Eugene Hargrove, and Freddie Lee Crawford, just to name a few; her primary care physician, Dr. John D. Marshall; and a caring neighbor, Henry James Walters “Dooley”.
Ollie leaves to cherish her memories, supportive caregivers, Ernest and Naomi Evans; supportive cousins: Sherman (Alice) Malone, Betty Stephens, Mae Hayes, and James Black; nieces: Sudie Evans (Doug) Gaymon, Tangela Evans (Rickey) Rogers, Trenesa Evans (Jimmy) Thornton, Twyonia (Lawrence) Evans, Debra (Benjamin) Williams, “Lil Sister” Taunya Cola, & Edricka Felton; nephews: Thomas (Leanna) Evans, Thayer Evans, Torrey Evans, James Smith, & Edrick Felton; sister-in-law, Frances Evans Cola; paternal aunts; Vannie Lou “Sis” Evans and Mable Evans; supportive special friends: Katrina Fuller, Shirley Johnson, Alisha Jordan and Aletha Cook; her Wal-Mart family, and a host of other caring family and friends, too numerous to name.
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