T. Q. Sims

T. Q. Sims, 79, passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center Hospice after a lengthy illness. Mr. Sims, a Bay Springs native, graduated from Bay Springs High School, continuing his education at Jones County Junior College. He then joined the Navy where he was later transferred to the Marine Corp to serve as a medic while stationed in Japan during the Korean war. After serving his country, Mr. Sims enrolled at Mississippi State University where he received a degree in Agronomy. Upon graduation, he chose to begin his career in the field of animal husbandry. During his career he worked for the ASCS, Mississippi Extension Service, and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, remaining there until his retirement. Mr. Sims loved his MSU Bulldogs, hunting, gardening, the outdoors and raising cattle, specifically Beefmaster cattle. He especially loved spending time with his family and sitting on the porch of his cabin He was a member of Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents Zetha Simmons and Major Sims, sisters Martha Carol Sims and Margie Faye Buckley Sims, and brother Neil Sims. He is survived by his wife, Martha Sims, daughters Suzanne Sims Vening and husband Greg, Peg Sims Saunders, Ellen Sims Meeler and husband Don, and Hester Sims, stepdaughter Michelle Butler and husband James, granddaughters Amanda Meeler, Alison Meeler, and Molly Clair Saunders, brothers Billy Sims, Larry Sims, and Donald Sims, sister Eva Raye Sims Mercer, close cousins Carter Sims, Joseph Sims, and Morgan Sims, many nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews, as well as a host of other loved ones. Pallbearers are Carter Sims, Joseph Sims, Morgan Sims, Don Meeler, Greg Vening, and Barry Wallace. Funeral services will be held at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 10am with burial at Bay Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Tues. Nov. 2 from 5pm until 8pm at Memory Chapel. Memory Chapel is in charge of services.

T. Q. Sims

September 15, 1931 - October 30, 2010