Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder - January 17, 2008

Evelyn Jones Sims

Funeral services were held this week for Evelyn Jones Sims, 93, of Streetman who 
died Saturday, Jan. 12 in Wortham.

Mrs. Sims was born in Richland on Nov. 11, 1914 to Charles Lafayette and Texie 
Hill Jones.

Services began at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at Cade Cemetery in Streetman with 
O.E. Permenter officiating.

Pallbearers were Jimmie Ross Young, B.J. Coker, James C. Cooper, F.A. Coleman,
J.R. Wagner, Calvert A. Carroll and Danny Ray Richardson.

Mrs. Sims is survived by daughters Diane Garett and husband Wiley of Athens,
Georgia and Nicole Mitchell and husband Charles of Hewitt; grandchildren Maurie
Mitchell of Hewitt, Charles Sims Mitchell of Lorena, and Megan Carnes and 
Jonathan Garrett, both of Athens, Georgia; and great grandchildren Sutton, Reagan
and Keaton Garrett.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband George A. Sims.

Memorials may be made to Cade Cemetery or the First Baptist Church of Streetman.

Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home of Corsicana.

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Waco Tribune newspaper
January 13, 2009

Evelyn Jones Sims, 93, of Streetman, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, in
Wortham. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Cade Cemetery 
in Streetman with Bro. O.E. Permenter officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to
8 p.m. Monday evening, at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana.

She was born on Nov. 11, 1914, in Richland, to Charles Lafayette Jones and 
Texie Hill Jones.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband, George A. Sims in 1999; and 
parents, Charles Lafayette Jones and Texie Hill Jones.

Survivors include daughters, Diane Garrett and husband, Wiley, of Athens, Ga., 
and Nicole Mitchell and husband, Charles, of Hewitt; grandchildren, Maurie 
Mitchell, of Hewitt, Charles Sims Mitchell, of Lorena, Megan Carnes, of Athens,
Ga., and Jonathan Garrett, of Athens, Ga.; great-grandchildren, Sutton Garrett,
Reagan Garrett and Keaton Garrett.

Pallbearers will be Jimmie Ross Young, B.J. Coker, James C. Cooper, F.A. 
Coleman, J.R. Wagner, Calvert A. Carroll, and Danny Ray Richardson.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Cade Cemetery or First Baptist 
Church of Streetman.