Son of Richard Melvin Simmons and Martha Etta Segers, Russell Oscar Simmons was born on Sept. 7, 1892 in Banks County, Georgia.

Russell Oscar Simmons married Maude Louella Crenshaw (born Aug. 31, 1893), daughter of Mack David Crehshaw and Julia Etta Bennett.

Russell Oscar Simmons and Maude Louella Crenshaw had the following children:

1. Lucile M. Simmons(Jan. 3, 1914 –1998)
2. Nettie Irene Simmons (1915–1999)
3. Albert

Morris David Simmons.¹⁾