John Perry Simmons
Clifford High School Class of 1938
- Was married to his high school classmate, Gladys Glick Simmons, for 74 years and raised 8 children.
- Received the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Rural Service Award in 1958
- Served as a Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Board member for 10 years and on the holding company that built Hauser High School, Cross Cliff Elementary and Hope Elementary
- Sat on the Bartholomew County Planning Commission, Board of Appeals and County Council
- Served as president of the Hope Building and Loan Association, which was later sold to Home Federal Savings Bank
- Presided as Hope Heritage Days Grand Marshal in 2002
- Received the Hoosier Homestead Award in 2004
- Was a member of the Hope United Methodist Church and Bartholomew County Farm Bureau
- Served as a 4-H leader and baseball coach
Every year John Perry Simmons planted crops with faith that the Lord would furnish the needed sunshine and rain for a bountiful harvest.
Gladys H. (Glick) Simmons
Clifford High School Class of 1938
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- Was married to her high school classmate, John Perry Simmons, for 74 years and raised 8 children.
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- Graduated from Bloomington Hospital as a registered nurse in 1941
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- Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1975 and taught developmentally disabled children
- Received the Farm Woman Achievement Award in 1987
- Won the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Rural Service Award in 1993
- Was awarded Red Cross Volunteer of the Year in 1995
- Advocated for the Hope Library
- Was The Republic's Woman of the Year in 1999
- Served on numerous boards such as The Arc of Bartholomew County, CRH Foundation, Special Olympics, FRHC PTO, Hope United Methodist Church, Bartholomew County Public Library and Republican Party Precinct
- Wrote a monthly article titled "Thinking Aloud" from 1983-2006 for the Hope Star Journal
Gladys was taught that an important goal for our lives should be to leave the world we live in at least a little better than we found it.