David Simons

Services are scheduled at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, Dec. 30, at First Baptist Church in Artesia for David Thornton Simons of Roswell.

Mr. Simons, 92, died Monday, December 21, 2015 at Eastern NM Medical Center in Roswell, New Mexico.

Rick Sullivan will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery.

Visitation will be at Terpening & Son Mortuary beginning at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.

David was born August 31, 1923 in Magdalena, New Mexico; the son of John T. Simons and Ella Elizabeth (Sprague) Simons. He was a longtime area resident.

On April 2, 1942 he was married to Mary Ruth Hearn in Artesia. She preceded him in death in August 2001.

He served in the ARMY during World War II.

He was retired as the Executive Vice President at First National Bank and a member of First Baptist Church Artesia. He was also a member of Bacon Heights Baptist Church in Lubbock, TX and Tabernacle Baptist Church in Roswell. David was a member of many civic organizations and graduated from the Southwest School of Banking at S.M.U..

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Donald Simons.

Survivors include his son Mike Simons and wife Susan of Artesia; daughter Mary Dawn Terpening and husband Alan of Roswell; brother John Simons of Roswell; 5 grandchildren Michelle Pavlik, Craig Simons, Robert Terpening, Rita Harden and David Terpening; 11 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Visitation

Terpening Son Mortuary
611 W. Grand Ave.
Artesia, NM  88210
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Service

First Baptist Church
322 W. Grand Avenue
Artesia, NM  88210
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
1:00 p.m.

Cemetery

Woodbine Cemetery
200 E. Hermosa Drive
Artesia, NM  88210