Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Sims, John May 1939
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"The Cleburne News"
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JUNE 1, 1939

MAN, AGED 90, BURIED IN COFFIN BUILT WITH OWN HANDS

Lineville, Ala., May 25

In a coffin he fashioned with his own hands and placed at the head of his 
bed several years ago, John Sims, age 90, was buried Thursday in Providence 
Church cemetery. Often he had observed that one should be prepared for 
death, so he had bought and paid for a vault with the understanding that it 
would be delivered when it was needed. His tombstone already was in place 
with the inscription complete, except for the final date. The Rev. C.B. 
Wellborn officiated at the services. He had been asked to do so several 
years ago.

Additional Comments:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 
Name: John Sims 
Death Date: May 1939 
Death County: Clay  
Volume: 29  
Certificate: 14434  
Roll: 3  

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