Services for Charles Alfred Simmons, age 76 of East Dublin, will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 27, 2014 in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Dublin, Memorial Gardens with Masonic Rites. Dr. Larry Daniel and Rev. Dahl McDermitt will officiate. Mr. Simmons was a former member and deacon of Central Drive Baptist Church and a current member of Union Baptist Church. He was a retired Woodmen of the World field representative with 29 years of service. He served on the East Dublin City Council, the East Dublin Police Department and with the Laurens County Sheriff's Department. He was a member of the Laurens Lodge75 F&AM and was a Shriner and member of the Lions Club. Alfred's favorite hobbies were metal detecting, antiquing and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julian A. Simmons and Ella Pearl Simmons Whittle, and the mother of his children, Clara Foskey Simmons. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Simmons, sons, Stephen Simmons, Tim (Dorothy) Simmons, Nelson Simmons, stepdaughter, Sharon (Jamie) Powell, stepson, Len (Gena) Andrews, grandchildren, Shenna, Steven, Laura, Taylor and Cameron Simmons, step grandchildren, Amanda Messenger, Jessica Pierce, Sierra and Madison Andrews, step great grandson Noah messenger, and his favorite companion, Jack, brothers, Darwyn (Karen) Simmons, Tennyson (Wanda) Simmons, sisters, Peggy (Miller) Massey, Danella (Wayne) Warren, Darlene (Larry) Daniel. Richie Warren, Keith Smith, Marcus Simmons, Charles Smith, Alan Bass and Josh Warnock will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.