Vernon Roy Simmons (Aug. 18, 1925 – Oct. 13, 2022) was the son of the late Solomon Roy (July 3, 1892 - Dec. 5, 1933) and Cora May Bodkin Simmons (Oc. 26, 1892 - Nov. 1982). His siblings were Other Paul (Sept. 21, 1921 -July 24, 1944, one of the Our Five Boys, Post # 9666 of Sugar Grove), Gilbert Clinton (Jan. 29, 1923 - March 2, 2005), Hobert Stover (March 4, 1927-), William Howard (Sept. 18, 1928 - May 1, 2020), and Alvin Clyde (July 30, 1930 - April 20, 2012).