Lessie Southgate Simmons

Background

Simmons, Lessie Southgate was born on July 5, 1863 in Louisburg, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of James and Delia Haywood (Wynne) Southgate.

Education

Educated Staunton (Virginia) Wesleyan Female Institute, Grand Conservatory of Music, New New York Pupil of Murio-Celli, Bachelor of Science Mills, Samuel P. Warren. Studied voice with Frau Nicholas Kempner, Berlin, and East. Delle Sedie, Paris.

Career

Before marriage was director Durham (North Carolina) School of Music. Director of music in her husband’s college, Eufaula, Alabama, 1893-1898. And at the same time director of music, Georgia Chautauqua, Albany, Georgia.

Director of music Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, 1898-1910, Brenau College, since 1910.

Lecturer on music, art, temperance, ancient religions, travels in far Eastern lands, et cetera

Achievements

• Lessie Southgate Simmons has been listed as a notable musician by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Thomas J. Simmons, Doctor of Laws, November 11, 1891.

Father:

James Southgate

Mother:

Delia Haywood (Wynne) Southgate

Spouse:

Thomas J. Simmons