Survivors:
2 Sons: David F. Sims & wife, Anita-Calhoun City & Jack D. Sims-Calhoun City; 3 Daughters: Betty Anne Vance-Calhoun City, Frances S. Nichols & husband, Joe-Houston,MS, & Jill S. Jourdan- Iuka,MS; 2 Sisters: Hazel Middleton-Decatureville, TN & Joyce Duncan-Henderson, TN; 4 Brothers: Frank Sims & Tommy Sims both of Decaturville, TN & Ralph Sims & Dossie Dee Sims, Jr. 11 Grandchildren: Lee Vance, Cory Vance, Blake Vance, Anna N. Ellzey, Alison N. Breen, Aaron Sims, Mollie Jourdan, David O. Jourdan, IV, Franklin Dee Sims, Brandon Box & Stephen Box; 4 Great Grandchildren: Chelsea Vance, Marlee Vance, Abby Claire Vance, & Reagon Box.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dossie Dee & Mollie Thweat Sims, and his wife, Betty M. Sims, 2 Brothers, Hollis & Ray Sims & a sister, Hattie Smith.
Services will be held Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 2:00 at Pryor Funeral Home with burial in Springhill Cemetery in Slate Springs. Visitation will be from 11:00 until time of service Tuesday.