Reginald Joseph Simms, Jr.

HE FIRST OF THREE CHILDREN BORN TO THE LATE REGINALD SR. AND THE LATE CLARA SIMMS ON FEBRUARY 12,1960. EVERYONE KNOWS HIM AS REGGIE. A MAN OF FEW WORDS, WHO WAS WELL LIKED AND LOVED BY ALL THOSE WHO CAME TO KNOW HIM. AS A YOUNG BOY HE CONFESSED CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED AT THE ZION BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE THE LATE MOSES WILLIAMS WAS PASTOR. HIS EARLY RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE WAS ENCOURAGED AND NURTURED BY HIS MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER THE LATE NELLIE DRUMGOOLE. SHE MADE SURE HE AND HIS SIBLINGS ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH SERVICES. HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER THE LATE EMMA SIMMS WOULD QUIZ HIM ON DIFFERENT BIBLICAL STORIES. HIS GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHER AND AUNTS BERNEICE GOSS AND ELIVRA JONES WERE HIS INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS IN LIFE. HIS FATHER GAVE HIM THE TOOLS HE NEEDED TO BECOME A MAN, STRONG WORK ETHIC, FAMILY VALUES AND WHAT IS TO BE CALLED FATHER. THROUGH THESE INDIVIDUALS HE LEARNED LIFES PRECIOUS VALUES. SO IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS PAVED THE FOUNDATION TO WHAT BECAME A GOOD PERSON, FATHER AND HUSBAND. REGINALD LOVED HIS MUSIC, LISTENING TO JAZZ AND GOSPEL. HIS FAVORITE JAZZ ARTIST IS JOHN COLTRANE AND HIS FAVORITE GOSPEL SINGERS ARE MAHALIA JACKSON AND TRAMAINE HAWKINS. REGINALD, A 1977 GRADUATE OF BALTIMORE CITY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR 3 YEARS. WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE FULL TIME, HE WORKED FULL TIME, TO COVER TUITION, BOOKS, HOUSING AND PERSONAL EXPENSES. HE WORKED IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY WHERE HE EXCELLED FROM CREW MEMBER TO RUNNING HIS OWN RESTAURANT AS GENERAL MANAGER IN 1 YEAR. THERE IN THE INDUSTRY HE MET MANY EXCITING PEOPLE, ONE OF WHICH WAS SHEILA SIMPSON. SHEILA CAUGHT HIS EYE, HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE HER HIS SOUL MATE. THEY DATED, FELL IN LOVE. DURING THEIR COURTSHIP CAME PATRICE, REGINALD III AND MARRIAGE. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED REGINALD HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE OF STRONG WOMEN IN HIS LIFE. THEY DISPLAYED TO HIM WHAT LOVE IS AND HOW TO LOVE. GOD SENT HIM HIS ANGEL SHEILA, REGINALD GAVE HER A STANDING OVATION FOR HER LOVE CONSTANTLY IN THEIR SHARED LIFE TOGETHER. THAT IS WHY THIS A CELEBRATION OF LOVE, LIFE AND VICTORY!!!! REGINALD LEAVES BEHIND HIS ANGEL OF LOVE, WIFE SHEILA, TWO CHILDREN PATRICE AND REGINALD III, ONE SISTER CYNTHIA, THREE BROTHERS HERBERT, KENNETH AND SEAN, TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS JAMES AND GILBERT, SEVEN SISTER-IN-LAWS ANNETTE, DARLENE, YOLANDA,TONYA, TERESA, TIFFANY AND KEISHA, NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND A HOST OF OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS; AND MAN'S BEST FRIEND, WISHBONE.

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Reginald Joseph Simms, Jr.

February 2, 1960 - December 4, 2014