A funeral service for Charline Bolden Simmons, 77, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 6, 2022, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Gardens Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2022, at the funeral home.

She was born in Marshall, Texas on July 15, 1945, to Wash Bolden and Priscilla Morris Bolden and passed away on July 28, 2022, in Sperry, Oklahoma.

She was a resident of Marshall, Texas for the last 76 years. She was a graduate of Pemberton High School, Class of 1962 and a graduate of the Phillips School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a faithful member of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church where she pastored for many years. She resided in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the past year.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Wash and Priscilla Bolden; and her devoted husband, Brooksie L. Simmons, Jr.

She is survived by her children, Angela Chalk (Gregory) of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Bronte Simmons (Monica) of Marshall, Texas; brothers, Marvin Bolden (Theresa) of Saginaw, Texas and Darrell Bolden of Marshall, Texas; sisters, Peggy Bolden-May of DeSoto, Texas and Ola Mae Dushane (Roy) of Longview, Texas; grandchildren, Gavin Chalk and Grayson Chalk of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Ja Tayvian Simmons, LeBron Simmons and Brooklynn Simmons of Marshall, Texas along with a host of nieces and nephews and other family and friends.