Mattie Sims

Mattie Mae Sims, 77, of Gordonville died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Sept. 15, 1926, at Concord, Mo., daughter of Richard Robert and Avery Ellen Summers Mullins. She and L.C. Sims were married Oct. 28, 1948, in Piggott, Ark. He died April 25, 1990.

Sims was a member of Calvary United Pentecostal Church in Jackson. She was formerly of Portageville, Mo.

Survivors include two sons, Edward Sims of Dupo, Ill., Luther Sims of Chesapeake, Va.; a daughter, Alicia Sandusky of Jackson; two brothers, Richard Mullins of Advance, Mo., Walter Mullins of Malden, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at First United Pentecostal Church in Portageville. The Rev. Ronnie Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Dry Bayou Cemetery near Hayti, Mo.

DeLisle Funeral Home at Portageville is in charge of arrangements.