Background
Simmons, Dayton Cooper was born on May 20, 1877 in Utica, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Whitfield and Sarah Lucinda (Cooper) Simmons.
Simmons, Dayton Cooper was born on May 20, 1877 in Utica, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Whitfield and Sarah Lucinda (Cooper) Simmons.
Student in public schools, Copiah Company, Mississippi.
President D. C. Simmons, Inc., Utica, Mississippi, Utica Lumber and Gin Company, Utica Cotton Growers Warehouse Company. President, director Bank of Utica. Vice president Utica Box Company.
Director, chairman of the executive committee, loan, trust, investment coms. Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, Jackson, Mississippi. Director, member executive, finance coms.
Standard Life Insurance Company, Jackson, Mississippi.
Member board S.S.S., World War I, Chairman of the Board 3 Hinds Company, Mississippi, World World War II. Member of advisory council War Assets Administration, Zone V. Chairman board of trustees Utica High School, Mississippi Baptist Hospital, Jackson. Member Jackson C. of Chamber (board directors).
Mason. New addition to Mississippi Baptist Hospital named in his honor.
Married Annie Belle Ferguson, November 1, 1904. Children: Sarah Carolyn (Mistress Lawson), William James, Dayton Cooper.