Funeral services for Winnie Lee Simms, age 90 of Tullahoma, will be conducted Sunday June 14, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor David Wall officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband E. Grant Simms. Mrs. Simms passed away Thursday June 11, 2015 at McArthur Manor in Manchester.
She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Richard and Liza Maddox Honea. She was a employed for many years with Serbin Fashions in Fayetteville, Grabber’s Dept Store in Tullahoma before retiring from Wisco Envelope Company, and was a member of the Harmony Baptist Church.
Survivors include son Robert (Sandie) Simms, daughter Brenda (David) Sons, eight grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, brother Melvin Honea of Fayetteville and sister Irene Hopkins of Pulaski. In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by two sisters Annie Pearl Payne and Coy West and two brothers Grady and Jimmy Honea.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday evening June 13, 2015 from 5-8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home.
Karen Gilliam
on June 14, 2015 at 6:32 pm
Robert and family,
Please know that I share in your sorrow at the loss of your Mother. You were so very fortunate to have been able to have her in your lives for so long. She is rejoicing in her Heavenly home and her reunion with your Dad and other loved ones. I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
Love you.
Robert and family,
Please know that I share in your sorrow at the loss of your Mother. You were so very fortunate to have been able to have her in your lives for so long. She is rejoicing in her Heavenly home and her reunion with your Dad and other loved ones. I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
Love you.
All of you will be in my thoughts and prayers. Aunt Winnie was a wonderful and special lady.
Our prayers are with you all. I Pray God will give you comfort during this time. Ms. Winnie was a very special lady she will be missed a lot at the Manor, she was a special friend to mom( Ms. Sanders) always looking out for her. We loved her.
To everyone in the family, it is our hope & prayer that you all will be comforted in this time of trial & grief. – I’m sure my mother was acquainted with Mrs. Simms at Serbin & most of us attended school together. – May the Lord bless & comfort you all with peace & rest in His perfect will.