Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Thursday, January 21, 1999

Portia C. Sims

Portia C. Sims, 82, of Laurel died 20 Jan 1999. Services are scheduled for 1 pm Friday at Memory Chapel Furneral Home in Laurel with burial at Hickory Grove. She was a homemaker and member of Erata Primitive Baptist Church in Jones County.

Survivors: a son: Wilber Sims - Sumrall; a daughter: Dean Soley - Laurel; 4 brothers: Curtis, Austin, Hilman & Dewitt Shoemaker, all of Laurel; 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.