Freestone County, Texas	 	
Obituaries


Linda Estelle Sims
(October 24, 1940 - February 27, 2007)


Linda Estelle Sims
Funeral services for Mrs. Linda Estelle Gilliam Sims, 66, of Mexia will be 2
p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Calvary Baptist Church in Mexia. Rev. Rick Gray
will officiate with interment to follow in Lost Prairie Cemetery.

Visitation with the family will be 6 – 8 p.m. Wednesday at Blair – Stubbs 
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Sims was born October 24, 1940 in Freestone, Texas and passed away at her
residence in Mexia on February 27, 2007. She was a cashier for Centex Citizens 
Credit Union for 22 years prior to her retirement. She was a member of Calvary 
Baptist Church in Mexia.

Mrs. Sims is survived by her husband, William A. Sims of Mexia, Son, Larry Wayne
Sims of Elgin, daughter, Susan Jill Sims Chilcoat of Mexia, grandchildren, 
Brianna Michelle Sims, Jeremy Todd Sims, Sara Beth Chilcoat, Ryan Cole Chilcoat 
and Sydney Anne Chilcoat; great grandchildren, Maleah Joy Sims and Alexa Marian 
Sims; brother, James Gilliam of Teague and sister, Grace Holmes of Teague.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James Arthur and Alice Gregory Gilliam, 
two brothers, Haskell Gilliam and Robert Gilliam and a sister, Gladys Patrick.

Pallbearers will be Dennis Campbell, Scott Holmes, Brent Holmes, Todd Ward, Cody 
Campbell and Joshua Campbell.

Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society for ovarian cancer research. 

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The Teague Chronicle - March 8, 2007:

LINDA ESTELLE GILLIAM SIMS

Funeral services for Mrs. Linda Estelle Gilliam Sims, 66, of Mexia, Texas, were 
held on Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Calvary Baptist Church in Mexia, Texas. Rev. 
Rick Gray officiated and interment was at Lost Prairie Cemetery.

Mrs. Sims was born on October 24, 1940, in Freestone, Texas, to James Arthur 
and Alice Gregory Gilliam. She passed away at her residence in Mexia on Tuesday,
February 27, 2007.

Mrs. Sims was a cashier for Centex Citizens Credit Union for 22 years prior to
her retirement. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Mexia.

Mrs. Sims is survived by her husband William A. Sims of Mexia, her son Larry 
Wayne Sims of Elgin, her daughter Susan Jill Sims Chilcoat of Mexia, her 
grandchildren Brianna Michelle Sims, Jeremy Todd Sims, Sara Beth Chilcoat, Ryan 
Cole Chilcoat and Sydney Anne Chilcoat; her great grandchildren Maleah Joy Sims
and Alexa Marian Sims; her brother James Gilliam of Teague and her sister Grace
Holmes of Teague.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Haskell Gilliam, 
Robert Gilliam and Blake Gilliam and her sister Gladys Patrick.

Pallbearers for Mrs. Sims were Dennis Campbell, Scott Holmes, Brent Holmes, Todd
Ward, Cody Campbell and Joshua Campbell.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society for ovarian cancer research.

Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home of Mexia was in charge of the arrangements.