Oct. 2, 1944 – June 20, 2011

NATCHEZ — Graveside services for Geri Lynne Simonton, 66, of Weirton, W.Va., formerly of Natchez, who died Monday, June 20, 2011, at the Weirton Medical Center in Weirton, following an extremely long battle with heart disease, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2011, at the Natchez City Cemetery.

Burial will follow under the direction of Arner Funeral Home in W. Virginia.

Mrs. McKown was born Oct. 2, 1944, the daughter of Robert Luther Robinson and the adopted daughter of Hayward E. Simonton Sr. and Wilhena Best Simonton.

She was a member of Jefferson Street Methodist Church and Natchez Pilgrimage Garden Club.