Memorial service for Linda Martin Sims, 78, will be Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 3:00 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Fred Grissom officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. No Visitation is scheduled.
Miss Sims died on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at The Terrace at Priceville. She was born January 26, 1938, in Cullman County to John Lewis Sims, Sr. and Lillian Inez Martin Sims. Miss Sims, (Linda), graduated from Danville High School, earned a B.S. Degree from Florence State College and an M.A. from the University of Alabama. She took additional courses at Appalachian State University and the University of Georgia. She spent her career as a teacher at Fairview and West Morgan high schools; Patrick Henry State Junior College, Monroeville; and the University of North Alabama, from which she retired. Her many interests included traveling with friends, needlework and sewing, gardening, collecting and her family, especially her nieces and nephew and grand nieces and nephews.
The family is grateful for the care Miss Sims, (Linda), received at The Terrace at Priceville over the past two years.
Survivors include:
One Brother:
John L. Sims, Jr. (Jeannine), Danville, AL
One Sister:
Margaret Grissom (Fred), Decatur, AL
A host of Nieces and Nephews and Grand Nieces and Nephews.
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