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Bobby Jo (Treadway) Sims
Jul 20, 1925 - Mar 18, 2013
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Harmon County Funeral Home
Bobbie Jo Sims, age 87, of Hollis, passed away Monday, March 18,
2013, at Harmon Memorial Hospital, in Hollis.
Bobbie was born in Harmon County, on the family farm, North of
Hollis, in the T-Cross Community, on July 20, 1925, to Johnny
Cecil and Kola Versie (Abernathy) Treadway. Beginning school at
T-Cross, Bobbie graduated from Ron High School in 1943. Shortly
thereafter, she married M.G. Sims, the love of her life, in
Waurika, Oklahoma, on November 20, 1943, while he was stationed
at Shepherd Field, in Wichita Falls, Texas. M.G. left
immediately, with the United States Army Air Corps, for service
during World War II. After his return in October of 1945, they
lived with his parents, until 1946 when they moved to their
first home Southeast of Hollis. In July 1955, they moved to
Hollis where Bobbie lived until her health began to fail. Bobbie
and M.G. spent sixty-one wonderful years together before his
death on January 30, 2004. Bobbie spent many years teaching
Sunday School and singing in the choir. Bobbie was a true
homemaker and farm wife who was devoted to her family.
Preceded in death by her parents, her husband; one daughter;
Toni Lynn Sims-Hibbard; one sister, Johnnie Upton; one brother,
Billy Treadway and two brothers-in-law, Marland Upton and Basil
Dyess.
She is survived by one son, Randy Sims and wife Lisa of
Lake George, Colorado; one daughter, Robbie Holder and husband
Danny of Gould; three grandchildren, Dr. Will Sims, DVM of
Little Rock, Arkansas, Lt. Tanner Sims of Tampa, Florida and
Danna Robinson and husband Mark of Gould; two great
grandchildren, Morgan Robinson and Charlie Robinson; one sister,
Dorothy Dyess of Amarillo, Texas; a son-in-law, Maurice Hibbard
of Manchester, Kentucky along with many other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services for Bobbie Sims will be at 11 a.m. Friday,
March 22, 2013, at Harmon County Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.
Al Mixon officiating. Interment will be at McKnight Cemetery
under the direction of Harmon County Funeral Home of Hollis.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the
McKnight Cemetery Fund in memory of Bobbie Sims.