pWatertown- Graveside services with military honors will be held at Fullerville Cemetery July 2016 for Carlton A. Simmons who passed away at the Samaritan Medical Center Sunday, January 10th. Carlton was 84 years old./ppHe was born March 17, 1931, a son to Fullerville’s Lester and Amelia Benway Simmons. He received his high school education, and joined the United State Air Force following graduation, serving the United States for 4 years. Following an honorable discharge he enrolled in art school in Cleveland, Ohio./ppCarlton worked primarily as a self-employed painter. Although a marriage to Eleanor “Ellie” Rastley would end in divorce, the couple remained friends until her passing on March 28, 2011./ppCarlton enjoyed painting homes, canvas painting, fishing, playing the lottery, westerns, going to clam bakes, his computer, and spending time with his family and friends. Over the last few years he was a caregiver to his longtime companion of 31 years, Bette Corp./ppHe was a member of the Brownville American Legion Post. Carlton will be remembered as an extremely generous man who had a wonderful sense of humor. /ppSurviving besides his companion, Bette, are a daughter: Cheryl (Thomas) Ellithorpe, Skaneateles; his grandchildren: Morgan and Geoff Ellithorpe; and his companion’s children and their families: Tom Lawler, Joe Lawler, John Lawler, and Janelle Sequoin, whom he was very close with. He is also survived by his cousins, Pat Simmons and Alex Wilder, who were like siblings to him, and his nieces and nephews, Mary, Bernice, Loretta, Debbie, Wanda, Mark, and Dawn./ppBesides his parents and his ex-wife, Ellie, he is predeceased by his brothers Herbert Simmons and Bernard Simmons./ppDonations may be made to his name to one of the following organizations: Brownville American Legion: 101 Washington Street, Brownville, NY 13615; the Jefferson County SPCA: 25056 Water Street, Watertown, NY 13601; or the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105./ppArrangements are with Reed & Benoit Funeral Home, Inc./ppOn line condolences may be made at www.reedbenoit.com/p
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