SUE BENNIE SIMMONS VALLERY WAS BORN ON AUGUST 21, 1932, TO THE LATE HILTON SIMMONS AND EOLA DENNIS IN ALEXANDRIA, LA.  SUE TRANSITIONED FROM THIS LIFE TO HER HEAVENLY HOME ON JANUARY 2, 2024, SURROUNDED BY SOME OF HER BELOVED CHILDREN.

SUE WAS BAPTIZED AT AN EARLY AGE AT NAZARENE BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVERENED E.P. SMITH. SHE REMAINED A FAITHFUL AND DEDICATED MEMBER UNTIL HER HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL.  SUE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN CHURCH.  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NAZATRENE WOMEN'S MISSION, LEAD SONGS IN THE JR. AND SR. CHOIR, ATTENDED VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL & SUNDAY SCHOOL.  SHE WAS MEMBER OF THE USHER BOARD AND THE KITCHEN STAFF.  SUE WAS ALSO A MEMBER EASTERN STAR, AND THE 8TH DISCTICT ASSOCIATIONS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 DAUGHTER, CONSTANCE JAMES, 2 SONS, GARY VALLERY, & FREDRICK JAMES: HER PARENTS, SISTER-EULA MARTIN, BROTHER-IN-LAW SAM MARTIN.