PETE R. SIMS

Pete R. Sims, 74, died on Sunday, July 29, 2018, at his home.

Born in Florence, he was a son of the late Harold D. and Annie Mae Driggers Sims. Mr. Sims was a member of Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church and was retired from Shuler's Hardware Frame Shop.

Surviving are three sisters, Jane Brown (Robert), Joanne Rivers (Roy S.) and Stella Shaw, all of Sumter; one brother, Patrick Thomas Sims (Jennifer) of Tennessee; a number of nieces and nephews; and godchildren, Joe Allen Sims, Ray Sims Jr., Sharon Lisa Broome, Tammy Johnson and John Coward Jr.

He was predeceased by a nephew, Holden Shaw.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Driggers, the Rev. Bill Tschorn Jr. and the Rev. Franklin Morris officiating. Burial will be at Cades Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery in Cades.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of his sister, 781 Bay Springs Drive.

Memorials may be made to Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, 240 Myrtle Beach Highway, Sumter, SC 29153.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.