Doris H. Sims, 86, Clarksville, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Gateway Medical Center.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Chapel with Dr. John David Laida officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service Friday at the funeral home.
Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
She was born June 7, 1924 in Bluefield, West Virginia, daughter of the late Kyle Etchinson Hamilton and Nellie Virginia Bryant Hamilton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Byron Sims and brothers William Hamilton and Rhea Hamilton.
Mrs. Sims was a member of First Baptist Church. She retired from Parks Belk and Leavell's Market.
Survivors include son, Jerome Byron Sims (Julia), Cumming, GA; daughters Janice Leigh Peacher (Bill); and Julie Ann Dunn (Steve), both of Clarksville; brother, Joe Hamilton, Loris, South Carolina; sister, Betty Odell, Hampton, VA; and grandchildren, Amber Nichole Sims, Jenna Leigh Peacher, Jessica Lynn Peacher, Jacob Garner Dunn, and Zachary Sims Dunn.
Pallbearers will be Brice Hughes, George Leavell, Jesse Dyce, Bob Krueckeberg, Jacob Garner Dunn, and Zachary Sims Dunn.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 4205 Hillsboro Pike, Suite 216, Nashville, TN 37215. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com