Clara Simms Street

resident of Daphne, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 after a

Ross, Clara traveled the United States and parts of Europe as a

Navy wife. Once retired and returned to her beautiful Alabama, she

became quite active in community

Forest Community Club and was active for 30 years, a member of the

Lake Forest Garden Club for 28 years and a member of the Fleet

Reserve Auxiliary Association. She also held various offices in

these organizations over the years, and she arranged and

being the chairperson of the annual Mercy Medical Christmas Party

and dying eggs for the Easter egg hunts for

classmates, she joined the committees to organize the Fairhope High

stepdaughter, Sharon Deardon, who died in September of this

beloved husband, Ross; son, Butch Street of Denver, Colo.;

daughters, Marcia Kennedy of Ocean Springs, Miss., Mary Elliott of

San Diego, Calif. and Essie Martin of Salinas, Calif.; brothers,

Roy Simms of Belforest and Edward Simms of Fairhope; her sister,

Mildred Foster of Belforest; grandchildren, Ian, Rhea, Kelly,

Samantha, Noah, Rachelle, Sarah and Ryan; nine great-grandchildren;

and numerous cousins, nieces and

dearest neighbors, Dottie and Richard Zimmer, as well as Comfort

Keepers and their workers for her care these last few

p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 at Hughes Funeral Home in Daphne. The

family will receive friends beginning at 4

requests donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or the

American Parkinson Disease