Bonham, Texas -- Funeral services for Brenda G. Sims, age 60, of Bonham will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 13, 2009 at Ivanhoe Baptist Church.  Rev. Casey Blanton and Rev. Dean Williams will officiate the service. Interment will follow at Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham.  She passed away peacefully at home on Friday, November 13, 2009 following a lengthy illness.  

Brenda G Edmiaston Sims was born in Altus, Ok on October 31, 1949, to Alvin L. “Buster” Edmiaston and Mildred Humphreys Edmiaston. She married William Thomas Sims on September 17, 1999 in Bonham, TX. While residing in Bonham she became a well-known business owner and was active in her community.  She was a member of the Ivanhoe Baptist Church.  She had a great love for people and animals and adopted many homeless pets over the years. 

Survivors are husband-William Thomas “Tom” Sims of Bonham, son-Mark Sims of Ft. Worth, daughter-Kimberly Tice and husband Larry of Ft. Worth, mother- Mildred Cox of Alabama, sisters LaJuana Eckel and husband Raymond of Paris, and Jan Thompson of Alabama, mother-in-law-Laura Sims of Bonham, and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Brenda was preceded in death by her father, brothers Royce and Leon Edmiaston. 

Pallbearers will be Clifford Watkins, Mickey Workman, Danny Rodgers, John Reamer, Mike Faulkner, and John Moncrief. 

Family visitation is scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 6-8 P.M. at Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham. 

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