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Jeston Horton Sims

7 Apr 1925 – 10 Jan 2005

Birth	7 Apr 1925
Death	10 Jan 2005
Cemetery	Roselawn Park Cemetery Palestine , Anderson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Paula Norris Pierce on 21 Jan 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80374656

Gravesite details

Gravestone photo courtesy of Beverly Odom/East Texas Genealogical Society

Bio

Jeston was the son of to Edward Lee "Eddie" and Cornelia Ardelia "Delia" Brown Sims. His parents are buried in Liberty Cemetery in Martins Mill in Van Zandt County. Jeston served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He retired from Texas Power & Light Company as a foreman after 36 years of service. He shares a stone with his wife, Lois Marie Walker Sims, who he married 5 October 1946. He was residing in Palestine at the time of his death in a Tyler hospice. He was survived by his wife of 58 years; two daughters, Sharon Marie Sims Streetman of Charlie of Gatesville, and Brenda Louise Sims Withers of Aurora; one son, Roy Dwain Sims of Lake Palestine; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His obituary was published in the Palestine Herald-Press, Wednesday, 12 January 2005.

Inscription

Jeston H. Sims 1925 - 2005 Married Oct. 5, 1946

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Family

Parents

• Edward Lee "Eddie" Sims 1877–1933
• Cornelia Ardelia "Delia" Brown Sims 1882–1956

Siblings

• Pearlie Mae Sims Powell 1901–1998
• Virgle Andrew Sims 1907–1969
• Brodie Tennis Sims 1909–2000
• Harold R. Sims 1912–1983
• Raymond Burton "R.B." Sims Sr 1914–1978
• Morris James Sims 1918–1990
• Willie Winston Sims 1921–1995
• Benjamin F Sims 1928–1962

Children

• Roy Dwain Sims 1948–2020 FaG

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