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Cecil Bernard Simmons, 95, passed away Feb. 25, 2005, at his home. Cecil was born Aug. 18, 1909, in Fayette, Miss. He was preceded in death by his parents, four siblings and his beloved wife of 65 years, Katherine Watson Simmons. Surviving family, John Gladybelle Ensminger of Monroe, La., Paula and Tom Gandy of Baton Rouge, La., and Sandy and Karen Sanderford of Las Vegas. Cecil was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army military police.

Sergio “Checko” Salgado was born in Las Vegas, Nevada at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, a hospital whose name is unrecognizable to the majority of the people that now make Southern Nevada their home. Although the building still operates today, it is known as the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Nevada’s Level I trauma center and one of the largest public hospitals in the United States.