Daughter of James Fredrick Yeldell and Mary Jane Bunn
The West Carroll Gazette (Oak Grove, La) Thursday - 9 Apr 1953 Front Page
HOLD RITES MONDAY FOR MRS. MARY SIMS
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10:30 am from the Mer Rouge Methodist Church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sims, 72, of Mer Rouge, who died Saturday night in Monroe. The Rev. Floyd M. Durham, pastor, officiated at the services. Interment was in the Mer Rouge Cemetery, Mrs. Sims was a life-long resident of Mer Rouge.
She is survived by:
Three sons:
J. Vernon Sims of Oak Grove
Hubert M. Sims of Mer Rouge
Pat Sims of Bastrop
Two sisters:
Mrs. Ed. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Yeldell of Bastrop
Four grandchildren
Married George Madison Sims.
Three sons:
John Vernon Sims
Hubert Madison Sims
Alton Yeldell "Pat" Sims
Family picture to right
Baby - John Vernon Sims
left to right kneeling:
Agness Lassiter Yeldell, George Madison Sims & Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Yeldell Sims (parents of John Vernon Sims)
1st row:
Emmett Edward Yeldell, Olie Floyd?, Anna Louise Sims, Katherine Anne "Kate" Yeldell, Beulah Reagan Stripling, Valetta Reagan (in front of Beulah), Willard Reagan, ?, Jeannette Sims Reagan (mother of Reagan children)
Back Row: Sadie Reagan, Willis C. Montgomery, Mable Sims, Beverly Reagan
Pictured lower right with brothers and sister
Emmett Edward Yeldell
George Fredrick Yeldell
Ellen Yeldell "Auntie Jones" Jones
Owned the Mer Rouge Hotel
1930 Census - Ward 6 - Village of Mer Rouge
Mary C Sims age 49 - worth $10,000 born in Louisiana
Vernon Sims age 24 born LA
Hubert Sims age 22 born LA
Boarders:
Father - James F. Yeldell age 82 born AL
Mother-Mary J. Yeldell age 76 born GA
Causey, DeWitt age 29 M born LA
Causey, Allie age 25 F born LA
Causey, Mary C. age 4 F born LA
Causey, DeWitt, Jr. age 2 M born Louisiana
Lyon, Rufus M - age 66 M born GA
Lyon, Elizabeth - age 65 born GA
Fuller, Billie - age 31 M born GA
Fuller, Audry E. age 8 F born LA
Carpenter, LeRoy - age 37 M - born AK
Harrison, Robert - age 29 M - born LA
Matthews, Martha - age 26 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Boyn, Ellen - age 29 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Info from Iris Warren, George Sims, memories of Alice Yeldell Sisson, The Family History Club and Known Burials of Morehouse Parish
The West Carroll Gazette (Oak Grove, La) Thursday - 9 Apr 1953 Front Page
HOLD RITES MONDAY FOR MRS. MARY SIMS
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10:30 am from the Mer Rouge Methodist Church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sims, 72, of Mer Rouge, who died Saturday night in Monroe. The Rev. Floyd M. Durham, pastor, officiated at the services. Interment was in the Mer Rouge Cemetery, Mrs. Sims was a life-long resident of Mer Rouge.
She is survived by:
Three sons:
J. Vernon Sims of Oak Grove
Hubert M. Sims of Mer Rouge
Pat Sims of Bastrop
Two sisters:
Mrs. Ed. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Yeldell of Bastrop
Four grandchildren
Married George Madison Sims.
Three sons:
John Vernon Sims
Hubert Madison Sims
Alton Yeldell "Pat" Sims
Family picture to right
Baby - John Vernon Sims
left to right kneeling:
Agness Lassiter Yeldell, George Madison Sims & Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Yeldell Sims (parents of John Vernon Sims)
1st row:
Emmett Edward Yeldell, Olie Floyd?, Anna Louise Sims, Katherine Anne "Kate" Yeldell, Beulah Reagan Stripling, Valetta Reagan (in front of Beulah), Willard Reagan, ?, Jeannette Sims Reagan (mother of Reagan children)
Back Row: Sadie Reagan, Willis C. Montgomery, Mable Sims, Beverly Reagan
Pictured lower right with brothers and sister
Emmett Edward Yeldell
George Fredrick Yeldell
Ellen Yeldell "Auntie Jones" Jones
Owned the Mer Rouge Hotel
1930 Census - Ward 6 - Village of Mer Rouge
Mary C Sims age 49 - worth $10,000 born in Louisiana
Vernon Sims age 24 born LA
Hubert Sims age 22 born LA
Boarders:
Father - James F. Yeldell age 82 born AL
Mother-Mary J. Yeldell age 76 born GA
Causey, DeWitt age 29 M born LA
Causey, Allie age 25 F born LA
Causey, Mary C. age 4 F born LA
Causey, DeWitt, Jr. age 2 M born Louisiana
Lyon, Rufus M - age 66 M born GA
Lyon, Elizabeth - age 65 born GA
Fuller, Billie - age 31 M born GA
Fuller, Audry E. age 8 F born LA
Carpenter, LeRoy - age 37 M - born AK
Harrison, Robert - age 29 M - born LA
Matthews, Martha - age 26 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Boyn, Ellen - age 29 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Info from Iris Warren, George Sims, memories of Alice Yeldell Sisson, The Family History Club and Known Burials of Morehouse Parish
Daughter of James Fredrick Yeldell and Mary Jane Bunn
The West Carroll Gazette (Oak Grove, La) Thursday - 9 Apr 1953 Front Page
HOLD RITES MONDAY FOR MRS. MARY SIMS
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10:30 am from the Mer Rouge Methodist Church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sims, 72, of Mer Rouge, who died Saturday night in Monroe. The Rev. Floyd M. Durham, pastor, officiated at the services. Interment was in the Mer Rouge Cemetery, Mrs. Sims was a life-long resident of Mer Rouge.
She is survived by:
Three sons:
J. Vernon Sims of Oak Grove
Hubert M. Sims of Mer Rouge
Pat Sims of Bastrop
Two sisters:
Mrs. Ed. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Yeldell of Bastrop
Four grandchildren
Married George Madison Sims.
Three sons:
John Vernon Sims
Hubert Madison Sims
Alton Yeldell "Pat" Sims
Family picture to right
Baby - John Vernon Sims
left to right kneeling:
Agness Lassiter Yeldell, George Madison Sims & Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Yeldell Sims (parents of John Vernon Sims)
1st row:
Emmett Edward Yeldell, Olie Floyd?, Anna Louise Sims, Katherine Anne "Kate" Yeldell, Beulah Reagan Stripling, Valetta Reagan (in front of Beulah), Willard Reagan, ?, Jeannette Sims Reagan (mother of Reagan children)
Back Row: Sadie Reagan, Willis C. Montgomery, Mable Sims, Beverly Reagan
Pictured lower right with brothers and sister
Emmett Edward Yeldell
George Fredrick Yeldell
Ellen Yeldell "Auntie Jones" Jones
Owned the Mer Rouge Hotel
1930 Census - Ward 6 - Village of Mer Rouge
Mary C Sims age 49 - worth $10,000 born in Louisiana
Vernon Sims age 24 born LA
Hubert Sims age 22 born LA
Boarders:
Father - James F. Yeldell age 82 born AL
Mother-Mary J. Yeldell age 76 born GA
Causey, DeWitt age 29 M born LA
Causey, Allie age 25 F born LA
Causey, Mary C. age 4 F born LA
Causey, DeWitt, Jr. age 2 M born Louisiana
Lyon, Rufus M - age 66 M born GA
Lyon, Elizabeth - age 65 born GA
Fuller, Billie - age 31 M born GA
Fuller, Audry E. age 8 F born LA
Carpenter, LeRoy - age 37 M - born AK
Harrison, Robert - age 29 M - born LA
Matthews, Martha - age 26 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Boyn, Ellen - age 29 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Info from Iris Warren, George Sims, memories of Alice Yeldell Sisson, The Family History Club and Known Burials of Morehouse Parish
The West Carroll Gazette (Oak Grove, La) Thursday - 9 Apr 1953 Front Page
HOLD RITES MONDAY FOR MRS. MARY SIMS
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10:30 am from the Mer Rouge Methodist Church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sims, 72, of Mer Rouge, who died Saturday night in Monroe. The Rev. Floyd M. Durham, pastor, officiated at the services. Interment was in the Mer Rouge Cemetery, Mrs. Sims was a life-long resident of Mer Rouge.
She is survived by:
Three sons:
J. Vernon Sims of Oak Grove
Hubert M. Sims of Mer Rouge
Pat Sims of Bastrop
Two sisters:
Mrs. Ed. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Yeldell of Bastrop
Four grandchildren
Married George Madison Sims.
Three sons:
John Vernon Sims
Hubert Madison Sims
Alton Yeldell "Pat" Sims
Family picture to right
Baby - John Vernon Sims
left to right kneeling:
Agness Lassiter Yeldell, George Madison Sims & Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Yeldell Sims (parents of John Vernon Sims)
1st row:
Emmett Edward Yeldell, Olie Floyd?, Anna Louise Sims, Katherine Anne "Kate" Yeldell, Beulah Reagan Stripling, Valetta Reagan (in front of Beulah), Willard Reagan, ?, Jeannette Sims Reagan (mother of Reagan children)
Back Row: Sadie Reagan, Willis C. Montgomery, Mable Sims, Beverly Reagan
Pictured lower right with brothers and sister
Emmett Edward Yeldell
George Fredrick Yeldell
Ellen Yeldell "Auntie Jones" Jones
Owned the Mer Rouge Hotel
1930 Census - Ward 6 - Village of Mer Rouge
Mary C Sims age 49 - worth $10,000 born in Louisiana
Vernon Sims age 24 born LA
Hubert Sims age 22 born LA
Boarders:
Father - James F. Yeldell age 82 born AL
Mother-Mary J. Yeldell age 76 born GA
Causey, DeWitt age 29 M born LA
Causey, Allie age 25 F born LA
Causey, Mary C. age 4 F born LA
Causey, DeWitt, Jr. age 2 M born Louisiana
Lyon, Rufus M - age 66 M born GA
Lyon, Elizabeth - age 65 born GA
Fuller, Billie - age 31 M born GA
Fuller, Audry E. age 8 F born LA
Carpenter, LeRoy - age 37 M - born AK
Harrison, Robert - age 29 M - born LA
Matthews, Martha - age 26 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Boyn, Ellen - age 29 - born LA - worked at Hotel
Info from Iris Warren, George Sims, memories of Alice Yeldell Sisson, The Family History Club and Known Burials of Morehouse Parish
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