Noble Simms' Obituary
Noble Lee Simms of Federalsburg, MD died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006 at Caroline Nursing Home in Denton, MD. He was 93.
He was born April 12, 1913 in Federalsburg, the son of the late Manship Simms and Susie Simms Boss. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eleanora Haynes Simms who died on April 7, 1998.
He was a WW II Navy veteran serving from 1944 to 1946 in the Asian Pacific Campaign, receiving 4 bronze stars, WW II Victory Metal, and Philippines Liberation Medal with bronze stars. He received a Presidential Citation. He was a farmer and had delivered feed for the Paul Croll Feed Mill. He retired after 18 years as a school bus driver for Caroline County Board of Education. In 1972 Mr. Simms ran for a seat on the Mayor and Council. He was a member on the boards for Federal Garden Apartments and for the ABC Child Development Center on Laurel Grove Road. He had attended Zion United Methodist Church in Federalsburg.
He is survived by four sons and four daughters, Morris L. Simms, Sr. of Wilmington, Claude Simms of Hurlock, Russell Simms of Seaford, Virgil Simms of Hurlock, Shirley Woolford of Seaford, Barbara Stevens of Dover, DE, Sylvia Ross of Camden, DE, and Brenda Simms of Wilmington, DE; 41 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, two sisters Dorothy McCutheons of Philadelphia, and Mildred Polk of Federalsburg, many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sons, Shelton Simms and Alonzo Simms, three sisters, Edna Nichols, Susan Cottom, and Elsie Nichols, and a brother Joshua Simms.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 at 12 noon at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg with Rev. Ralph Long officiating. Interment will follow at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Beulah. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Tuesday from 10:00 to 12:00 p.m.
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