Sylvia Rimes, 71, of Bowen’s Mill Community of Wilcox County, Georgia died Saturday, January 22, 2011, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday, January 25, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Chuck Taylor and the Rev. Ronny Griner officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Monday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Rimes was born May 22, 1939 in Sebring, Florida to the late Walter Franklin Howard and Helen Moore Layport. A homemaker, she was a former school bus driver in Highlands County, Florida. She sang for the glory of God with the Rimes Family. She was of the Holiness Faith and attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Wilcox County.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Dennis Rimes of Bowen’s Mill, Wilcox County; Sons: Rusty (Karen) Rimes of Lorida, FL, Buddy (Carlene) Rimes of Bowen’s Mill, and Allen (Gina) Rimes of Lake City, FL; 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren; Brothers: Nick (Phyllis) Layport of Deltona, FL and Lucky (Cheryl) Layport of Lorida, FL, several nieces and nephews and sisters-in-law, Yvette Layport of North Carolina and Veda Mae Layport of Lake Placid, FL. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Sonny, Tommy and Otis and sister, Lois.