Warner Julius "W. J." Sims, Jr.

W. J., 94 years old, died October 23, 2013. He was a lifetime resident of Jasper County. He was the youngest child of Warner Julius Sims, Sr. and Lillie Davis Sims of the Sharon community. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 25, 2013, at Memory Chapel in Laurel with burial in the First Baptist Church of Sharon cemetery. Rev. Stanley Doggett will officiate. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jamye Graves Sims; his father, Warner Julius Sims, Sr. and mother, Lillian Davis; two sisters, Winnie Boutwell and Leola Poore; and one brother, George Sims. W. J. was a graduate of Mossville High School and a graduate of Jones County Junior College. He served three years in the Air Force and was stationed in the South Pacific. He went from Australia to Okinawa and flew transport planes that furnished the troops supplies during the battles. Following his career in the Air Force, he worked as Post Master at Moss, Mississippi for 28 years. W. J. was a member of First Baptist Church of Sharon where he was a Sunday school teacher for many years and retired as deacon after serving the Lord for many years of his life. W. J. was married for 61 ½ years to Jamye Doris Graves Sims. He enjoyed farming and gardening. W. J. and Jamye were blessed with four children and spouses: Paul Wayne Sims and Mona of Quitman; Thomas Cannon Sims and Laura of Stringer; Linda Ann McCullough and Tom of Meridian; Philip Warner Sims and Flora of Sharon. W. J. had eight grandchildren: Lauren Aycock of Hattiesburg, LeAnn Sykes of Louin, Brandy Smith of Quitman, Amy Hoilman of Atlanta, Georgia, Stan McCullough of Hoover, Alabama, Jamye Adams of Meridian, Cory Sims of Columbus, and Michael Sims of Sharon. They were doubly blessed with 14 great-grandchildren: Jagger and Gunner Smith of Quitman; Nicholas and Abigail Sims of Columbus, Hunter and Preston Sykes of Louin, Olivia and Kate Hoilman of Atlanta, Georgia, Taylor, Lane and Aubrey Adams of Meridian, and Tyler, McKenzie and Johnny Sims of Pennsylvania. Pallbearers will be his grandsons and granddaughters’ husbands: Stan McCullough, Cory Sims, Michael Sims, Tim Adams, Ryan Hoilman, Robbie Sykes, Chris Smith and Michael Aycock. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of First Baptist Church of Sharon. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until the service time on Friday, October 25, 2013, at Memory Chapel of Laurel, which is in charge of the arrangements.

Warner Julius "W. J." Sims, Jr.

February 5, 1919 - October 23, 2013