Mrs. Helen Sims

April 26, 1931 - February 14, 2022

Mrs. Helen Wright Sims, 90, a resident of Pine Knoll Nursing and Rehab, passed away on February 14, 2022. Mrs. Sims was born on April 26, 1931 in Cleburne County, Alabama to the late Marion and Mary Lee Cox Wright. She was retired from Sewell’s Manufacturing where she worked as a seamstress. She was also a member of Veal Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Paul Sims; her son, Joseph Mark Sims; her brothers, Junior Wright, Gary Wright, and Roy Wright; and her sisters, Christine Adair and Alice Ruth Wright. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Denney Burns; her grandsons and their spouses, Scott and Amanda Rogers and Scoot and Jennifer Rogers; her great-grandsons, Reid and Wes Rogers; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Cecil and Francoise Wright and Bill and Sandy Wright; her sister, Faye Gunnells, her daughter-in-law, Sherrie Sims; her sister-in-law, Becky Wright; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on February 18, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. Mike Powers and Scoot Rogers will officiate. Pallbearers will be Kevin Gunnells, Jon Wright, Sammy Wright, Greg Wright, Darrell Adair, and Pete Wright. Tim Lee, Jake Lee, and Toby Bryant will be honorary pallbearers. Interment will follow the service at Veal Cemetery. Prior to the service on Friday, the family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. till the funeral hour.