Ollie Mae Sims' Obituary
SIMS, Ollie Mae; Age 84 of LaVergne, TN departed this life on March 1, 2011. She was and remains to be the beloved Matriarch of the Sims family. Affectionately known as Gammie, she was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, March 10, 1926 to the late Hessie Brown and Nannie B. Allen. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie C. Sims, to which she married in 1942. Ollie professed her belief in Jesus Christ at an early age. She and her husband later moved to Chicago where she rededicated her life to Christ in 1980. She was employed as a retail sales woman for many years upon which she retired in 1990. She is survived by and lovingly leaves mourning, her daughters, Connie (Joseph) Jones and Betty Sims; grandchildren, Antoine Lange, Samantha Kimbrew, Rashi Kimbrew, Torreyon Kimbrew and Jared Jones; 6 great-grandchildren and a host of family and friends. She has been and forever will be loved greatly until we meet beyond the stars. Celebration services will be on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 2PM in the chapel of Spring Hill Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Historic Spring Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends between the hours of 11AM and 2PM, Monday at Spring Hill Funeral Home. Professional arrangements entrusted to: SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY
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