Mary Sims (Floydada)
Mary Elizabeth Sims, age 76, of Floydada, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at the Primitive Baptist Church in Floydada, with Don Martin and Kelly Vandygriff officiating. Interment will follow at the Floyd County Memorial Park in Floydada. The family will be in attendance for a Visitation from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada. Arrangements are under the personal care of Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada.
Elizabeth was born on February 1, 1946, to the late Charlie E. and Mary Martha (Smith) Wright. Elizabeth was a lifelong resident of Floyd County. She attended elementary and middle school at Lakeview. In 1960, she began her freshman year at Floydada High School, where she graduated in 1964. Elizabeth met the late Carroll Jake Sims in May of 1968 and married on August 30, 1968. They were married for 39 years. She was an active member of the Girl Scouts of America, where she was a troop leader for 20-plus years. She was also involved in helping out with the Floydada Volunteer Fire Department. She and Carroll owned and operated the “Boot Shop,” Dyson’s Boots, and Circle S belts. She also worked at the parent and adolescent center for 20 years. While a troop leader, she also spent summers at the camp in Crosbyton, Camp Rio Blanco, as the Arts and crafts director for over ten years. Elizabeth was a loving, kind, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Mary Wright; and her husband; Carroll Sims.
Her children survive her; Randell and Starla Sims of Floydada, Therese and Charles Adamson of Abilene; her sisters; Sandra Martin and husband Don, Coleta Mitchell and husband Gene; her grandchildren, Connor Sims, Tim Campbell, Tyler Campbell, Augustus Adamson, and her two great-grandchildren.
