Life in the Past Lane
A Journey in SIMS (SYMES) Genealogy
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Just as we reach back to our ancestors for fundamental values, ... we must reach ahead to our children and their children. - Paul Tsongas
World War II
Draft Registration Card
Source 1
Gravestone at St. Enoch Lutheran Church Cemetery
Cabarrus County, NC
Source 2
Newspaper clipping from The Daily Independent
Kannapolis, NC
Source 3
Copy of Death Certificate
Source 4
Sources
1. Ancestry.com. U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. "Crawford Wilson Sims." Find a Grave.
7 November 2011. <http://www.findagrave.com>, memorial # 80002499, (25 Jul 2014).
3. "Personals", The Daily Independent, Kannapolis, North Carolina, 17 Apr 1955, page 5-B, column 2.
4. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
5. Copy of original photograph courtesy of
Billy Fisher Sims, Jr.
(26 Jul 2014).
From left to right:
Julia Erline Sims, Audrey Mae Sims, Hyette Glen Sims, and Crawford Wilson Sims.
Photo taken circa 1915.
Source 5
Crawford Wilson Sims (1908-1973)