Researching Lawrence Simmons
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The name Lawrence means "Laurel-Crowned" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Lawrence Simmons on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lawrence Simmons and the Simmons Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Simmons Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Simmons family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 17531 people with the Simmons surname in the UK? Simmons is now ranked number 311 for popularity in the UK. |
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Lawrence Simmons
Lawrence E. Simmons (July 5, 1911 – October 9, 1994) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tennessee A&I State College—now known as Tennessee State University—in Nashville, Tennessee in 1939 and again from 1961 to 1962, and at the Colored Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina—now known as South Carolina State University—in Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, compiling a career college football coach record of 20–18–3. Simmons also had two stints as the head baseball coach at Tennessee A&I, from 1947 to 1950 and 1953 to 1955.
Simmons was the head football coach at East St. Louis Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Illinois from 1955 to 1960, tallying a mark of 43–14.
Simmons and his wife Mildred celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 1968. He and his wife are interred alongside each other at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri.
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