Family: Howard Franklin Sims / Evelyn Louise McGuire (F1597)

• Male Howard Franklin Sims

  
  

  Birth	7 Apr 1917	Sims Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV
  Death	15 Dec 2007	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV
  Burial	20 Dec 2007	Howard F. Sims Cemetery
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  Father	Lue Alzo Sims | F200 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ida Garfield Cox | F200 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Evelyn Louise McGuire

  
  

  Birth	28 Jan 1924	Springdale, Fayette County, WV
  Death	15 Sep 2000	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV
  Burial	18 Sep 2000	Loops Road, Rainelle, WV
  Father	Aubrey E. McGuire | F1598 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elva Elizabeth Hanshew | F1598 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Norma Gathalee Simms

  
  

  Birth	11 Jul 1947	Fayette County, WV
  Death	21 Nov 2019	Raleigh General Hospital
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  Spouse	Unknown Barnett | F1603
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  Spouse	Living | F4654
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  Spouse	Terry Unknown | F4653
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  Female Linda Simms

  
  

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  Spouse	Larry Church | F1599
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  Female Freda Simms

  
  

  Birth	19 Jun 1942	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV
  Death	3 Oct 2023	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV
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  Spouse	Clayton Franklin Sheaves | F1600
  Marriage	1962  [1]

  
  

  Female Karen Simms

  
  

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  Spouse	Richard Ronald Redden | F1601
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  Spouse	Delbert Brant | F1602
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• Sources

  [S782] Obituary, Simms, Howard Franklin, (Beckley Register-Herald), 12 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 2). RAINELLE — Howard Franklin Simms, 90, of Loops Road, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, 2007, on his way home from Beckley, following a long illness. Born April 7, 1917, on Simms Mountain, he was the son of the late Lue Alzo and Ida Garfield Cox Simms. Mr. Simms had worked as a coal miner, farmer, and saw mill worker, during his lifetime, and was a Christian. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Louise McGuire Simms, in 2000; a sister, Beulah Kenney; a brother, Wilson Simms; and a granddaughter, Beverly Redden Morrell. Survivors include four daughters, Freda Sheaves and husband, Clayton, of Danese, Linda Church and husband, Larry, of Meadow Bridge, Karen Brant and husband, Delbert, of Danese, and Gathalee Barnett and companion, John Ondo, of Danese; a son, Darrell H. Simms and wife, Carolyn, of Danese; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Rainelle, with Pastor Allen Whitt officiating. Burial will follow at H. Simms Cemetery, Loops Road, W.Va. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.