Mr. Raymond Sims Program 8

A Celebration Service

Honoring the Life and Legacy
of

Mr. Raymond Marty Sims

Sunrise: Sunset:
September 29, 1951 March 3, 2021

Saturday, March 13, 2021
~ 3:30 p.m. ~

Legacy Funeral Home

8968 Fayetteville Road
Jonesboro, Georgia 30238

Bishop Albert Lindsey, Jr.
Officiating & Eulogist

Obituary

Raymond Sims, age 69, of Chicago, Illinois passed away on

Wednesday March 3, 2021.

Raymond was born to parents Ollie and Annie Ruth Sims on
September 29, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up as the second
youngest of five and graduated from Glasgow Farragut High
School, Class of 69. Raymond attended three years of college at
The University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma). Raymond was
an avid sports fan and enjoyed all sorts of music.

Raymond is survived by his four children, LaKeisha of
Morrow, Georgia, Erica, Rashad and Monica both of
Montgomery, Alabama; five grandchildren, A’kira, Jeremiah,
La’Angela, Maliah, and Nehemiah of Montgomery, Alabama;
siblings, Janice (Willie) Powells of Houston, Texas, W. Ben
(Jacqueline) Sims of Beverly Shores, Indiana, and Margaret
(Willie) Powells of Indianapolis, Indiana; and a host of nieces,
nephews, great nieces, great nephews, extended family and
friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Ollie,
Jr. Sims.

Prayer for Raymond

Light after darkness, given after loss,
strength after weakness, crown after cross,

sweet after bitter, song after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after fears,

sheaves after sowing, Sun after rain,
light after mystery, peace after pain,

Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,
rest after weariness, sweet rest at last.
Praise Him who hath called you out of darkness

into His marvelous light.
I Peter 2:9

~Lovingly Submitted
The Family

Order of Celebration

Bishop Albert J. Lindsey, Jr.
Officiating

Prelude

Processional

Scripture Readings ……………………..Bishop Albert J. Lindsey, Jr.
Old Testament ~ Psalm 23
New Testament ~ Hebrew 4:15-16

Prayer ……………………………………Bishop Albert J. Lindsey, Jr.

Musical Selection ……………………………………………..Musician

Remarks: (Three Minutes, Please)
Erica Sims, Poem
Rashad Sims
Monica Sims-Davis

Obituary (Read Silently) …………………………………….Soft Music
Musical Selection ……………………………………………..Musician

Eulogy …………………………………...Bishop Albert J. Lindsey, Jr.
Acknowledgements
Recessional
Postlude

Interment

Private

Acknowledgment

The family of Mr. Raymond Marty Sims would like to
express our sincere thoughts of love and appreciation for your
gifts, thoughts, sweet expressions, kind words, time and
devotion given to our family during this time of bereavement.
May God richly bless all of you.

The Family

“A Legacy of Excellence”

Legacy Funeral Home & Life Center, Inc.

Stacey B. Reynolds, President
8968 Fayetteville Road

Jonesboro, Georgia 30238
770-477-2273

Fax 770-477-0009