Tom Sims, Iii

Mr. Tom Sims, 67, of Paris died Wednesday, August 9, 2017, at Anna Mae Owens Residential Hospice House in Murray.Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at Progressive Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the church.Tom Sims, III was born November 7, 1949, to his late parents, Tom Jr. and Anna Inell Henry Sims, in Paris, Tennessee. Tom, affectionately known as “Tommy”, was a well outspoken man. Tom attended schools in the Paris-Henry County School System, graduating from Grove High School and attending UT Martin and West Kentucky Vo-Tech. Tom was employed at TVA for thirty-one years as a unit operator and planner. He was a faithful member of Progressive Baptist Church, serving as Chairman of Trustees and former Policy Council Chairman of North West Tennessee Head Start. Tom left behind to cherish his memories his wife, friend, caregiver and lover, Marjorie Bass Sims, whom he married May 12, 1996; children, Tonya (Boyce) Wilkins, Michael Patrick (Antionette) Jones, Shauna Lynn Sims, Tom (Georgia) Sims IV, Michael (Sheryl) Bush, Kimberly (Phillip) Daniels and adopted daughter, Edith R. Gardner; aunts, Dorothy Cunningham and Brenda Lewis; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Oma Bass; brother-in-law, George Bass, Jr.; three nieces; two nephews and a host of other relatives, faithful friends and faithful neighbors. Rawls Funeral Home - Paris 731-642-1515