Rev. Charles Sims, Pastor
of Glendale Baptist Church
Story furnished by Clarence
Crocker
Rev. Sims and his
family lived on the Cannons Campground road just outside
the city on Route 1, Spartanburg, S.C. They had a modest
home with a small acreage on which Rev. Simms raised a
vegetable garden.
This writer remembers
Rev. Sims as a gentle, soft spoken man with an inspiring
gospel message. He always had a warm smile, a firm hand
shake and kind greetings for those he met. He was loved
and deeply appreciated by the church membership and
community. He served as Pastor of the Glendale Baptist Church some
four years; 1936-1940 and had one son, Samuel E. Sims,
to enter the ministry.
Excerpts from the
obituary of Rev. C. H. Sims published December 19, 1958;
“The Rev. Charles H. Sims, 76, died in a Columbia
Hospital Wednesday night following a brief Illness. Mr.
Sims had been in the Baptist ministry for 36 years and
had held Pastorates at Glendale, Thompson’s Chapel,
Piedmont, Fairview #2 and Bethesda Baptist Churches. He
was also a Mason. Survivors were; his wife, Mrs. Essie
Sims; two sons, Samuel E. Sims of Hickory, N. C. and
Charles A, Sims of Spartanburg; one daughter, Mrs.
Stella Threatt, Spartanburg; two brothers, Sandford Sims
of Greer and Will Sims of Westminster; two sisters, Mrs.
Emma Littlefield of Woodruff and Miss Mary Sims of
Roebuck; eight grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. Funeral service to be conducted at the
Drayton Baptist Church with interment following in the
Sunset Memorial Garden.”
Excerpts from the
obituary of Mrs. Charles H. Sims published 10, 1968;
“Mrs. Essie Estelle Hill Sims, 81, died in a Hickory, N.
C. hospital. She was the daughter of the late Charles
William and Annie Lou Curry Hill and a member of the
Drayton Baptist Church. She was survived by; daughter,
Mrs. Stella Threatt, Spartanburg; sons, Charles of
Spartanburg and Rev. Samuel Sims , Hickory; eight
grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral
services to be held in the Drayton Baptist Church with
interment to follow in the Sunset Memorial Garden.”
Federal Census and Spartanburg Herald Journal
obituaries courtesy of Spartanburg County
Library.
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