About the Family

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Last September, a member of our Simmons Homes Family received some news that is every parent’s worst nightmare.

Kim Bellmyer’s 8 year old son, Jordan, was diagnosed with Brain Stem Glioma, a form of brain stem cancer. Due to the size and location of the tumor, the doctors have given him a inoperable diagnosis.

Jordan has been through 6 weeks of radiation treatment and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. His symptoms improved with radiation, and so he was given another MRI in January to see if the tumor had been reduced in size. The results were again negative. There was no significant change in the size or location of the tumor, and Jordan’s prognosis was the same.

The Bellmyer’s are a wonderful family with loving hearts, and are doing everything possible to provide the best quality of life for their son. This includes financial sacrifice and giving up their home to make ends meet. This hardworking family has done everything within their power to cope with this situation, and have expected nothing in return. Throughout this whole ordeal, they have asked only for the prayers and support of their friends and family.

Simmons Homes, along with our construction partners, felt that there was one more thing we could do. On Thursday, April 12th 2007, we will begin a 4 day build of their new home at Lake Valley in Owasso, OK.

We hope this new home will relieve some of their tremendous stress and give them a place to spend quality time together as a family… a comfortable place that Jordan can call home.

5 Comments on “About the Family”

  1. Lynette Acebo Says:

    April 6, 2007 at 11:28 pm

    Prayers go the Bellmyer family, wonderful project that Simmons is doing. Gives me faith in humanity. Best wishes, good luck and God Bless.

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  2. Charles Salisbury Says:

    April 7, 2007 at 11:42 am

    We will add your information to our website and link it with yours to provide additional support. Chuck Salisbury, President, SCM

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  3. Helen Ronsiek Says:

    April 13, 2007 at 3:35 am

    I live in Memphis, TN and received this article from the Ernst’s who are my e-mail friends.
    It is a wonderful thing that they and many others are building a home for the Bellmyer family. My prayers are with Jordan and his family. God bless them.

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  4. Karen Hayes and all of Energy Homes Says:

    April 13, 2007 at 8:40 pm

    I live in Dallas, Texas and have a special connection to Simmons Homes. My son’s neighborhood is Coffeecreek. When our company heard what was happening, all our hearts went out to this extraordinary family. All our employees; their families; their church families,;and our clients best wishes and prayers are with the Bellmyer family. We pray for fair weather and blue skies for your crews. God’s grace be with you all. Energy Homes

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  5. Dave Johnson Says:

    April 14, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    This is why we chose Simmons to build our home in Coffee Creek.

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