"Drowns in Lake Cumberland Sunday. Funeral services of James Russell Sims, 47, Munfordville, business man and native of Monroe County, who drowned Sunday, 6 August 1967, in Lake Cumberland, were held Wednesday, at Munfordville Baptist Church. Burial was in the Munfordville Cemetery. Mr. Sims, the son of Mrs Mattie Sims, of Tompkinsville, and the late Iscar Sims, owned and operated a Western Auto Store in Munordville, and owned the Hart Theater here. WItnesses say the Sims family was spending a weekend aboard their houseboat, about a mile and a half from the Jamestown dock. Members of the family were aboard the boat, when Mr. Sims threw a life preserver into the water and jumped in after it. When he failed to come up, his wife and his son-in-law, Mitchell Locke, jumped in after him. They got a partial grasp on him, then lost it, and Sims went under. The newly formed Hart Coutny Rescue Squad and divers from Louisville, recovered the body at 1:15 pm Monday during a dragging operation. Survivors, other than his mother, are his wife, Mrs. Martha Sims; four sons, Russell, Jackie, Bobby and Tommy, all of Munfordville; one daughter, Mrs Sharon Locke, of Munfordville; two brothers, Hoyt Sims, of Tompkinsville and Joe B Sims, of Yancy, KY. and one sister, Mrs. Robert Haight, of Greenup, KY.
spouse:
Martha Russell Sims, 83, of Munfordville, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at the Hart County Health Care Center in Horse Cave.
She was a native of Barren County and the daughter of the late James Powell and Nell Williams Hays. She was a merchant and business owner, and a member of the Christian Church in Cave City.
Survivors include four sons: James Russell Sims Jr. of Munfordville, Jack Hays Sims of Virginia Beach, Va., Robert Carroll Sims of Munfordville, and Thomas Dale Sims of Hendersonville, N.C.; one daughter: Sharon Locke of Munfordville; one sister: Patty Hatler of Smiths Grove; nine grandchildren: Angela Case, Kyle and Blake Sims, Jeffrie Locke, Jennifer Tucker, Collin Moore, Chris Sims, Jessica Crain and Nikki Sims; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Sims.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Sego Funeral Home with burial in the Munfordville Municipal Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and after 8 a.m. Saturday until time for services at the funeral home.
spouse:
Martha Russell Sims, 83, of Munfordville, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at the Hart County Health Care Center in Horse Cave.
She was a native of Barren County and the daughter of the late James Powell and Nell Williams Hays. She was a merchant and business owner, and a member of the Christian Church in Cave City.
Survivors include four sons: James Russell Sims Jr. of Munfordville, Jack Hays Sims of Virginia Beach, Va., Robert Carroll Sims of Munfordville, and Thomas Dale Sims of Hendersonville, N.C.; one daughter: Sharon Locke of Munfordville; one sister: Patty Hatler of Smiths Grove; nine grandchildren: Angela Case, Kyle and Blake Sims, Jeffrie Locke, Jennifer Tucker, Collin Moore, Chris Sims, Jessica Crain and Nikki Sims; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Sims.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Sego Funeral Home with burial in the Munfordville Municipal Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and after 8 a.m. Saturday until time for services at the funeral home.
"Drowns in Lake Cumberland Sunday. Funeral services of James Russell Sims, 47, Munfordville, business man and native of Monroe County, who drowned Sunday, 6 August 1967, in Lake Cumberland, were held Wednesday, at Munfordville Baptist Church. Burial was in the Munfordville Cemetery. Mr. Sims, the son of Mrs Mattie Sims, of Tompkinsville, and the late Iscar Sims, owned and operated a Western Auto Store in Munordville, and owned the Hart Theater here. WItnesses say the Sims family was spending a weekend aboard their houseboat, about a mile and a half from the Jamestown dock. Members of the family were aboard the boat, when Mr. Sims threw a life preserver into the water and jumped in after it. When he failed to come up, his wife and his son-in-law, Mitchell Locke, jumped in after him. They got a partial grasp on him, then lost it, and Sims went under. The newly formed Hart Coutny Rescue Squad and divers from Louisville, recovered the body at 1:15 pm Monday during a dragging operation. Survivors, other than his mother, are his wife, Mrs. Martha Sims; four sons, Russell, Jackie, Bobby and Tommy, all of Munfordville; one daughter, Mrs Sharon Locke, of Munfordville; two brothers, Hoyt Sims, of Tompkinsville and Joe B Sims, of Yancy, KY. and one sister, Mrs. Robert Haight, of Greenup, KY.
spouse:
Martha Russell Sims, 83, of Munfordville, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at the Hart County Health Care Center in Horse Cave.
She was a native of Barren County and the daughter of the late James Powell and Nell Williams Hays. She was a merchant and business owner, and a member of the Christian Church in Cave City.
Survivors include four sons: James Russell Sims Jr. of Munfordville, Jack Hays Sims of Virginia Beach, Va., Robert Carroll Sims of Munfordville, and Thomas Dale Sims of Hendersonville, N.C.; one daughter: Sharon Locke of Munfordville; one sister: Patty Hatler of Smiths Grove; nine grandchildren: Angela Case, Kyle and Blake Sims, Jeffrie Locke, Jennifer Tucker, Collin Moore, Chris Sims, Jessica Crain and Nikki Sims; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Sims.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Sego Funeral Home with burial in the Munfordville Municipal Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and after 8 a.m. Saturday until time for services at the funeral home.
spouse:
Martha Russell Sims, 83, of Munfordville, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at the Hart County Health Care Center in Horse Cave.
She was a native of Barren County and the daughter of the late James Powell and Nell Williams Hays. She was a merchant and business owner, and a member of the Christian Church in Cave City.
Survivors include four sons: James Russell Sims Jr. of Munfordville, Jack Hays Sims of Virginia Beach, Va., Robert Carroll Sims of Munfordville, and Thomas Dale Sims of Hendersonville, N.C.; one daughter: Sharon Locke of Munfordville; one sister: Patty Hatler of Smiths Grove; nine grandchildren: Angela Case, Kyle and Blake Sims, Jeffrie Locke, Jennifer Tucker, Collin Moore, Chris Sims, Jessica Crain and Nikki Sims; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Sims.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Sego Funeral Home with burial in the Munfordville Municipal Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and after 8 a.m. Saturday until time for services at the funeral home.
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