Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Sims, Emma Kittredge - July 9, 1911
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
July 15, 1911, page 5


Death of Mrs. Robert Nicholls Sims, Sr. - Grief-bowed, and with heavy heart, we 
perform the sad task of chronicling this week the death of one of this 
community's noblest and best-beloved women, Mrs. Robert Nicholls Sims, Sr., who 
passed away at 7:45 o'clock last Sunday morning at the residence of her son-in-
law, G. Donnaud Bentley, in Chetimaches street. Mrs. Sims had been in failing 
health for several years, and although at times her burden of pain was well-nigh 
unbearable, she accepted her sufferings patiently and uncomplainingly, evincing 
an ineffable sweetness of disposition and nobility of character which evoked the 
admiration of those about her and more than ever endeared her to the loved ones 
who gathered at her bedside. Just as the glory of a golden Sabbath morn unfolded 
itself unto a waking world with wealth of sunshine and the song of birds, her 
beautiful spirit took gentle leave of its mortal tenement and winged its flight 
to its Maker, the end coming to her as peacefully and calmly as the sinking into 
restful slumber of a little child or the setting of a summer's sun at the close 
of a cloudless day.

Mrs. Sims, nee Miss Emma Kittredge, was a daughter of the late Dr. E.E. 
Kittredge, original owner of Elm Hall plantation in Assumption parish, and was 
connected by ties of birth and marriage with some of the oldest and most 
prominent families in Louisiana. She was the widow of the late Judge Robert 
Nicholls Sims, in his day a leading lawyer, citizen and statesman of this 
section, who preceded her to the grave twelve years ago. From this happy union 
nine children were born, of whom six survive, as follows: Hon. R.N. Sims, Dr. 
E.K. Sims, Frank K. Sims and Mrs. G. Donnaud Bentley, of Donaldsonville; Mrs. 
Arthur Crownover of Winchester, Tenn., and Mrs. L.A. Williams, of Crowley, La.

Mrs. Sims was a woman of rare personal charm and many beautiful traits of 
character, and few who knew her intimately or came within the sphere of her 
kindly influence but loved her devotedly and admired her in a profound degree. 
To her husband, whom she accorded a measure of affection that was exceptional in 
its sincerity, she was a dutiful and faithful wife; to her children, she was a 
partner in the joys and sorrows of their childhood days, in the hopes and 
aspirations for the future then making, and at all times a loving and tender 
mother and guardian; to her friends, she was loyal and true, ever ready with 
kind counsel or cheering words to soothe their sorrows, covering with the broad 
mantle of charity or forbearance their faults and foibles and extolling their 
virtues in generous degree.

After services at the Episcopal church at 10 o'clock Monday forenoon, her 
remains were borne to the Protestant cemetery and laid to rest beside those of 
her beloved husband. The final obsequies were conducted by Rev. Quincy Ewing, of 
Napoleonville, a nephew of Mrs. Sims, and the loving hands which bore the casket 
to its last resting place on the silent city of the dead were those of her 
"boys," Messrs. R.N. and E.K. Sims, Vernon Sims, R.N. Slator, G.D. Bentley and 
L.A. Williams. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent, the casket being 
completely embowered in these fragrant emblems of love and memory.

With tear-dimmed eyes and aching heart, we breath above the eternal sleeping 
place of this noble woman the soul-deep prayer:

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here.
Warm southern wind, blow softly here.
Green sod above, lie light, lie light.
Good night, dear heart, good night, good night.
 

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