Mrs. Lorena Sims, Long-Time Resident, Buried This Morning
Funeral services were held this morning for Mrs. Lorena S. Sims, 81-year-old Newlin resident, who had lived in Hall and Donley counties for 40 years. Final rites were held from the First Baptist Church at Hedley and were officiated by Rev. C.W. Lansbee of Hedley and Rev. W.S. Crawford of Newlin.
She died Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the home of her son, M.L. Sims of Hedley, where she had been living for some time. Arrangements were under the direction of Marcum Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sims was born in 1868 in Cherokee County, Ala., and moved to Texas with her parents while still a child. She was married to John Sims in 1887. They came to Hall County in 1909 and later moved to Hedley. Mr. Sims died Dec. 4, 1911.
Survivors are four sons, H.R. Sims of Los Angeles, A.M. Sims of Newlin, M.L. Sims of Hedley and B.B. Sims of Oakland, Calif., and a daughter, Mrs. J.M. Tidwell of Hedley. Also, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Pall bearers were Willis Thomas, Adell Myers, Robert Moffitt, Otis Owens, Charles Rains and e.M. Glass.
(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume LIX, Number 27, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday Afternoon, December 8, 1949, Page 8)
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Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Name: Lorena S. Copland
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1887
Marriage Place: , Cherokee, Alabama
Spouse: John W. A. Sims
FHL Film Number: 1035260
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lorena Sophire Sims [Lorena Sophire Copeland]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1868
Birth Place: Cherokee, Alabama
Residence: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Dec 1949
Death Place: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Father:
Leander Copeland
Funeral services were held this morning for Mrs. Lorena S. Sims, 81-year-old Newlin resident, who had lived in Hall and Donley counties for 40 years. Final rites were held from the First Baptist Church at Hedley and were officiated by Rev. C.W. Lansbee of Hedley and Rev. W.S. Crawford of Newlin.
She died Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the home of her son, M.L. Sims of Hedley, where she had been living for some time. Arrangements were under the direction of Marcum Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sims was born in 1868 in Cherokee County, Ala., and moved to Texas with her parents while still a child. She was married to John Sims in 1887. They came to Hall County in 1909 and later moved to Hedley. Mr. Sims died Dec. 4, 1911.
Survivors are four sons, H.R. Sims of Los Angeles, A.M. Sims of Newlin, M.L. Sims of Hedley and B.B. Sims of Oakland, Calif., and a daughter, Mrs. J.M. Tidwell of Hedley. Also, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Pall bearers were Willis Thomas, Adell Myers, Robert Moffitt, Otis Owens, Charles Rains and e.M. Glass.
(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume LIX, Number 27, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday Afternoon, December 8, 1949, Page 8)
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Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Name: Lorena S. Copland
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1887
Marriage Place: , Cherokee, Alabama
Spouse: John W. A. Sims
FHL Film Number: 1035260
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lorena Sophire Sims [Lorena Sophire Copeland]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1868
Birth Place: Cherokee, Alabama
Residence: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Dec 1949
Death Place: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Father:
Leander Copeland
Mrs. Lorena Sims, Long-Time Resident, Buried This Morning
Funeral services were held this morning for Mrs. Lorena S. Sims, 81-year-old Newlin resident, who had lived in Hall and Donley counties for 40 years. Final rites were held from the First Baptist Church at Hedley and were officiated by Rev. C.W. Lansbee of Hedley and Rev. W.S. Crawford of Newlin.
She died Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the home of her son, M.L. Sims of Hedley, where she had been living for some time. Arrangements were under the direction of Marcum Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sims was born in 1868 in Cherokee County, Ala., and moved to Texas with her parents while still a child. She was married to John Sims in 1887. They came to Hall County in 1909 and later moved to Hedley. Mr. Sims died Dec. 4, 1911.
Survivors are four sons, H.R. Sims of Los Angeles, A.M. Sims of Newlin, M.L. Sims of Hedley and B.B. Sims of Oakland, Calif., and a daughter, Mrs. J.M. Tidwell of Hedley. Also, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Pall bearers were Willis Thomas, Adell Myers, Robert Moffitt, Otis Owens, Charles Rains and e.M. Glass.
(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume LIX, Number 27, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday Afternoon, December 8, 1949, Page 8)
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Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Name: Lorena S. Copland
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1887
Marriage Place: , Cherokee, Alabama
Spouse: John W. A. Sims
FHL Film Number: 1035260
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lorena Sophire Sims [Lorena Sophire Copeland]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1868
Birth Place: Cherokee, Alabama
Residence: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Dec 1949
Death Place: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Father:
Leander Copeland
Funeral services were held this morning for Mrs. Lorena S. Sims, 81-year-old Newlin resident, who had lived in Hall and Donley counties for 40 years. Final rites were held from the First Baptist Church at Hedley and were officiated by Rev. C.W. Lansbee of Hedley and Rev. W.S. Crawford of Newlin.
She died Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the home of her son, M.L. Sims of Hedley, where she had been living for some time. Arrangements were under the direction of Marcum Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sims was born in 1868 in Cherokee County, Ala., and moved to Texas with her parents while still a child. She was married to John Sims in 1887. They came to Hall County in 1909 and later moved to Hedley. Mr. Sims died Dec. 4, 1911.
Survivors are four sons, H.R. Sims of Los Angeles, A.M. Sims of Newlin, M.L. Sims of Hedley and B.B. Sims of Oakland, Calif., and a daughter, Mrs. J.M. Tidwell of Hedley. Also, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive.
Pall bearers were Willis Thomas, Adell Myers, Robert Moffitt, Otis Owens, Charles Rains and e.M. Glass.
(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume LIX, Number 27, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday Afternoon, December 8, 1949, Page 8)
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Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Name: Lorena S. Copland
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1887
Marriage Place: , Cherokee, Alabama
Spouse: John W. A. Sims
FHL Film Number: 1035260
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lorena Sophire Sims [Lorena Sophire Copeland]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1868
Birth Place: Cherokee, Alabama
Residence: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Dec 1949
Death Place: Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Father:
Leander Copeland
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