Barbara Jeanne Church Davidson, born March 24, 1932, in Leeper, Missouri to P.I. Church and Edna (Eaton) Church, died in Azusa, California on January 30, 2021, at the age of 88.
She graduated from Poplar Bluff High School with the class of 1950 and then graduated from Southern Baptist College in Bolivar, Missouri. She moved to California in 1963 and taught in the Monrovia School District for 40 years, retiring in 2003.
Barbara and Jerry Simmons were married in 1953, he died in 1980. She was married to Leslie Davidson, he is also deceased.
She loved to travel, especially to Hawaii and Cabo San Lucas.
Barbara is survived by two children, Kathy Simmons Hurley (Jack) of San Jose, California and Mark Simmons (Donna) of Monrovia, California; one granddaughter, Jessica Morrell (Joe) of Millbrae, California; two brothers, Charles David Church (Judy) of Poplar Bluff and Larry Dale Church (Gerrianne) of St. Peters, Missouri.
She is preceded in death by her parents, P.I. and Edna Church, Jerry Simmons and Leslie Davidson.
A memorial service will be held in California.