Gracie Sims May, 82, Hilltop Rest Home, Science Hill, formerly of Eubank, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, following a short illness.
A Casey County native, she was born Nov. 11, 1910, daughter of the late Jack and Bertha Toadvine Sims. She and her husband operated gorcery stores for several years. She was a homemaker, member of Freedom Christian Church, and had recently been attending Southside Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include a son, Emery May, Campbellsville; a daughter, Anna Lee (Gerald) Leigh, Science Hill; three brothers, Chester, Lewis and Arley Sims, all of Casey County; three sisters, Mary Belle Jett and Beatrice Lape, both of Cincinnati, and June Cain, Somerset; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Taylor May, whom she married Feb. 10, 1927, and who died Oct. 3, 1988; two sons, Junior and Jerry May, who died in infancy; and five brothers, Ernest, Alvin, Estill, Samuel, and Billy Sims.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home with the Revs. Kerry Murphy and Tracy Valentine officiating.
Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
A Casey County native, she was born Nov. 11, 1910, daughter of the late Jack and Bertha Toadvine Sims. She and her husband operated gorcery stores for several years. She was a homemaker, member of Freedom Christian Church, and had recently been attending Southside Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include a son, Emery May, Campbellsville; a daughter, Anna Lee (Gerald) Leigh, Science Hill; three brothers, Chester, Lewis and Arley Sims, all of Casey County; three sisters, Mary Belle Jett and Beatrice Lape, both of Cincinnati, and June Cain, Somerset; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Taylor May, whom she married Feb. 10, 1927, and who died Oct. 3, 1988; two sons, Junior and Jerry May, who died in infancy; and five brothers, Ernest, Alvin, Estill, Samuel, and Billy Sims.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home with the Revs. Kerry Murphy and Tracy Valentine officiating.
Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
Gracie Sims May, 82, Hilltop Rest Home, Science Hill, formerly of Eubank, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, following a short illness.
A Casey County native, she was born Nov. 11, 1910, daughter of the late Jack and Bertha Toadvine Sims. She and her husband operated gorcery stores for several years. She was a homemaker, member of Freedom Christian Church, and had recently been attending Southside Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include a son, Emery May, Campbellsville; a daughter, Anna Lee (Gerald) Leigh, Science Hill; three brothers, Chester, Lewis and Arley Sims, all of Casey County; three sisters, Mary Belle Jett and Beatrice Lape, both of Cincinnati, and June Cain, Somerset; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Taylor May, whom she married Feb. 10, 1927, and who died Oct. 3, 1988; two sons, Junior and Jerry May, who died in infancy; and five brothers, Ernest, Alvin, Estill, Samuel, and Billy Sims.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home with the Revs. Kerry Murphy and Tracy Valentine officiating.
Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
A Casey County native, she was born Nov. 11, 1910, daughter of the late Jack and Bertha Toadvine Sims. She and her husband operated gorcery stores for several years. She was a homemaker, member of Freedom Christian Church, and had recently been attending Southside Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include a son, Emery May, Campbellsville; a daughter, Anna Lee (Gerald) Leigh, Science Hill; three brothers, Chester, Lewis and Arley Sims, all of Casey County; three sisters, Mary Belle Jett and Beatrice Lape, both of Cincinnati, and June Cain, Somerset; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Taylor May, whom she married Feb. 10, 1927, and who died Oct. 3, 1988; two sons, Junior and Jerry May, who died in infancy; and five brothers, Ernest, Alvin, Estill, Samuel, and Billy Sims.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home with the Revs. Kerry Murphy and Tracy Valentine officiating.
Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
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