Victor Leroy "Roy" Sims^{[1, 2]}

1919 - 2012  (93 years)

• Name	Victor Leroy "Roy" Sims
  Born	6 Apr 1919	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	District 8, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	21 Dec 2012	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Buried	24 Dec 2012	Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I125474	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Elijah Mack Dowe Sims,   b. 1 Apr 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 May 1991  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Lucy Belle Fowler,   b. 17 Aug 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Apr 1994  (Age 95 years)
  Married	Abt 1916
  Family ID	F47762	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Veleta Joy Loveday,   b. 13 Sep 1917, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Nov 2011, LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 94 years)
  Married	Abt 1939
  Children	1. David Leon Sims,   b. 5 Dec 1940, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Dec 1940, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years) + 2. Larry Gene Sims,   b. 1 Sep 1948  (Age 76 years) + 3. Victoria Lynn "Vicky" Sims,   b. 25 May 1954,   d. 12 May 2016, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years) + 4. Mary Helen Sims
  Family ID	F46129	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Apr 1919 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - District 8, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 21 Dec 2012 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 24 Dec 2012 - Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 4 Feb 1987. Trula Loveday Connatser obituary [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 11 Apr 1994. Lucy Belle Fowler Sims obituary [S112] Census, 1930. name: Roy Sims event: Census event date: 1930 event place: District 08, Sevier, Tennessee gender: Male age: 11 marital status: Single race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1919 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Son father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0010 family number: 6 sheet number and letter: 1A line number: 23 nara publication: T626, roll 2271 film number: 2342005 digital folder number: 4547919 image number: 00780 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Ma?K D Sims M 34 Tennessee wife Bell Sims F 31 Tennessee son Ralph Sims M 13 Tennessee son Roy Sims M 11 Tennessee daughter Ruth Sims F 9 Tennessee [S112] Census, 1940. name: V Leroy Simms titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Sevierville, Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 21 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Head birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1919 residence in 1935: Same Place enumeration district number: 78-6 family number: 137 sheet number and letter: 7B line number: 48 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3933 digital folder number: 005461375 image number: 00160 Household Gender Age Birthplace head V Leroy Simms M 21 Tennessee wife F Joy Simms F 22 Tennessee sister Reva Lee Loveday F 23 Tennessee [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 21 Dec 2012. April 6, 1919 - December 21, 2012 Resided in Sevierville, TN Victor Leroy "Roy" Sims, born April 6, 1919, age 93, of the Flat Creek area of Sevier County, passed away Friday, December 21, 2012, on the farm where he was born and raised. Roy was owner and operator of Sims Point Campground on Douglas Lake for around thirty years. Roy was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Veleta Joy Loveday Sims; his parents, Mack D. Sims and Lucy Belle Fowler Sims; infant son, David Leon Sims; brother, Ralph Sims; and sister, Anna Ruth Sims Lafollette. Roy is survived by his children: Mary Helen Sims Smelcer and husband Dwight; Larry Sims and wife Brenda; Vicky Sims Tarwater and husband Keith; grandchildren, David Lee Sims, Travis Sims, Jon Smelcer and wife Amy, Alan Smelcer and wife Ivy, Derek Romines and Spring, Laurel Keathley; great-grandchildren, Olivia Raye Smelcer, Flynn Ephraim Smelcer, and Sean Thomas Romines; sister-in-law, Reva Lee Clinton; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside service and interment 11 AM Monday, December 24, 2012, in Providence Cemetery with Rev. Earl Lane officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be his son and grandsons. The family will receive friends from 1-4 PM on Sunday December 23, 2012, at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)