Ruth Hazel Simms

Other Events:

• Cemetery: Lancaster Memorial Park, Lancaster, South Carolina
• Occupation: Bookkeeper for Davis Dry Cleaners
• Obituary: 26 Sep 2006; Shelby Star

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Obituary:

Ruth Gardner
Feb. 26, 1926 ? Sept. 23, 2006
SHELBY ? Mrs. Ruth Hazel Sims Gardner, 80, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, in Shelby.
She was born Feb. 26, 1926, a daughter of the late Roy Jefferson and Annie Sarah Hinson Sims and was married to Norris Gardner.
She was a retired bookkeeper for Davis Dry Cleaners and a former employee of Mobley Drugs. She was a member of New Era Book Club. She was a former member of First United Methodist Church and Oasis at First Baptist Church in Lancaster, S.C., and a member of New Prospect Baptist Church in Shelby.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Leroy Sims, William Sims and Bruce Sims.
She is survived by her husband, Norris Gardner of Shelby; two stepdaughters, Sherry Crowder of Shelby and Cindy Hendrick of Atlantic Beach; five sisters, Ann Barrett of Greenville, S.C., Sue Williams of Wallace, S.C., Patsy Beam of Gastonia and Joyce Payne and Sylvia Fields, both of Heath Springs; three brothers, George Sims of Sumter, S.C., Jeff Sims of Lancaster and Albertus Sims of Matthews; and several nieces and nephews whom she dearly loved.
Visitation: The family will receive friends today after the service in Lancaster Memorial Park.
Funeral: Today at 11 a.m. in Lancaster Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel.
Officiated by: The Rev. Roy Barnes
Memorials: First United Methodist Church, Library Fund, 200 W. Gay St., Lancaster, SC 29720 or New Prospect Baptist Church Building Fund, 1960 New Prospect Church Road, Shelby, NC 28150
Funeral Home: Mahaffey Funeral Home, Lancaster

Family/Spouse: Norris Hubert Gardner. Norris (son of Bryan Sylvester Gardner and Elsie Pauline Beam) was born on 11 Jul 1925 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 16 Dec 2006 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roy married Annie Sarah Hinson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]