Mr. Arthur Carl Harper, age 71, Nicholls, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. Mr. Harper was born on January 13, 1940 to the late Arthur and Lillian Smith Harper in Nicholls, GA. He was of Pentecostal faith and he was a former owner of H & H Equipment Sales, Inc. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Sims Funeral Home with interment following in the Roxie Mae Church Cemetery. Survivors include: wife: Yvonne Wynens Harper, Nicholls, GA; daughters: Tammala Carole Harper, Plano, TX; Melissa Yvonne Garrett, Newnan, GA; son: Timothy Carl Harper, Alma, GA; sisters: Dorothy Lee Patterson, Orange Park, FL, Doris Faye Turner, Gadsden, AL and 4 grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Sims Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sims Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.