Mr. Curtis Sims

Dan Curtis Sims, 73, passed away, on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at OCH Regional Medical Center, in Starkville, MS 39759. Dan Sims was born December 3, 1939 in Atlanta in Chickasaw County to the late Lula Rowena Faulkner and William Eli Sims. He was a Bryan Foods Supervisor of the Beef Cooler for 44 years years and was a member of Pheba Baptist Church. He was a member of Pheba Masonic Lodge F. & A. M. #565 and a member of the Maben Lions Club. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 3:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home with the Rev. Carl Morris officiating, assisted by Bro. Scott Griffin. Burial will follow in Pheba Cemetery. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Frances Alexander of Houlka, and Lisa Sims Wilson of Santa Rosa Beach, FL; five grandchildren; Daniel Lamar Bigham, Nicholas Eli Bigham, Misty Marie Oliver, Amanda Lynn Broughton, and Erica Summer Krogmann. 15 great grandchildren; Kristian Bigham, Madison Workman, Lila Bigham, Summerlee Krogmann, Ty Freeman, Anna Bigham, Kara Krogmann, Eli Bigham, Savannah Broughton, Brooke-Lynn Broughton, Alannah Sarclette, Abby Bigham, Mary Kathryn Broughton, Zoey Sarclette, Asher Krogmann; one sister, Linda Millsap (Kim) of Pheba; one brother, Jessie Sims (Barbara) of New Hope, and a special friend, Mrs. Anna Ruth Sims of Cedar Bluff. He was preceded in death by his son, Dan "Danny" Curtis Sims, Jr. and his brother, William Eli Sims, Jr. Pallbearers will be Lamar Bigham, Nicholas Bigham, Sonny Sizemore, Avery Sims, Jon Sarclette, Jason Bigham, Thomas Gilbreath, and Chris Johnson. Honorary Pallbearers will be H. E. "Buddy" McGee, Carl Bryan, Butch Childs, Bobby Champion, Tommy Sizemore, and all his former co-workers at Bryan Foods. Memorials may be made to Pheba Cemetery Care Fund, c/o Mrs. Becky McNeel, P. O. Box 23, Pheba, MS 39755. Visitation will be Monday, 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home.