Carl Sims

Graveside services for Carl Sims, 87 of Mexia will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 11, 2007 in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Rev. Clifton Jones, pastor of Prairie Grove Baptist Church will officiate with interment following in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6 - 8 p.m. Monday night at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia. Mr. Sims was born April 20, 1920 in Lindale, Texas to E. J. and Opal Dale Spencer Sims and passed away in Haven Nursing Home in Mexia on September 9, 2007. He served in the army during World War II and was wounded near Rome and received the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Prairie Grove Baptist Church and retired as aircraft mechanic at Kelly Air Force Base. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a grandson, Keith Mays, Jr. Mr. Sims is survived by his wife, Margaret Doris Burkett Sims of Mexia, children: Ruth Anne Sims Eberle and husband, Richard of Mexia, Wayne Eugene Sims and wife, Kathy of Adkins, Nancy L. Sims Mays and husband, Keith of Taylor, Deborah Kaye Sims Brooks and husband, Danny of Mexia and Gary Allen Sims and wife, Carol of Gouldbusk, Grandchildren: Frank Eberle, Christopher Mays, Randal Eberle, Carl Wayne Sims, Melissa Day, Jennifer Lansford, Becky Fullenwider, Sherry Wiggins, Laura Samples, Kimberly Young, Kristi Rhodes, Wendy Weidner, Brandy Smith, and Heather Bolen and 27 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Frank Eberle, Christopher Mays, Randal Eberle, Carl Wayne Sims, Josh Lansford, Justin Day and Ace Eberle. Honorary pallbearers will be Brandon Lansford, Keith Wiggins, Austin Eberle, Jordan Lansford, Joshua Sims, Thomas Weidner III, Caleb Rhodes, Brett Bolen, William Weidner and Matthew Bolen. Memorials may be made to charity of choice. Please visit www.blair-stubbs.com to leave a memorial message or sign the guest book.