MARY SIMS Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

4 Mar 2005

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March 02. 2005 12:00AM

Mary Sims							[Photo]

Mary Francois Sims, 76, a native of Terrebonne Parish and resident of Houma, 
died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005.

Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday at Community Funeral Home and from 9 
a.m. to funeral time Saturday at New St. John Baptist Church. Funeral service 
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in Halfway Cemetery.

She is survived by two sons, Elign and Wilbert Sims; two daughters, Lorena Myles 
and husband, Curtis, and Iris Sims; three brothers, Benny, Oliver Francois and 
Calvin Scoby; four sisters, Eartha, Delores Francois, Rose Myles and husband, 
Johnny, and Earline Scoby; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Sims Sr.; her parents, 
Benjamine and Olivia Jones Francois; one son, Clarence Sims Jr.; one daughter, 
Norma Jean Sims; one brother, Wilbert Francois Sr.; and one sister, Agnes 
Francois.

She was a homemaker, deaconess and member of New St. John Baptist Church.