Person:Alexander Sims (1)

Death certificate index says mother's name was Sarah C. Hill not Sarah Austin.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Rev. Alexander Theodore Sims, in Barefield, Marilyn Davis. Butler County Alabama Obituaries. (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., c1985)
   / p. 93.

   Rev. Alexander Theodore Sims, 78, died at a Selma hospital and was brought to Georgiana for burial. Services were conducted by Rev. J. S. McLeod, pastor of the Beatrice Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. L. A. Nall, pastor of the Georgiana Baptist Ch. Survived by his widow Mrs. Annie Laurie Sims, 7 daughters, Miss Lillian Sims, in charge of the religious work at the State Baptist Hospital in Selma, Mrs. Charles L. Sims of Georgiana, Mrs. Phillip K. Urquhart of Montgomery, Mrs. James W. Coor and Mrs. Fred L. Davis of Birmingham, Misses Margaret and Grace Sims of Beatrice, and 2 sons Oscar C. Sims of Mobile and A. T. Sims, Jr. of Beatrice. He was born and reared in Butler Co. and served the Georgiana Church for 3 years beginning in 1888. Burial was in Oakwood Cem. by the side of his first wife, the former Sarah Nancy Adelia Hilson. (9/22/1927). Published in The Greenville Advocate.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Rev A T Sims, in Find A Grave.

   Birth: Jul. 16, 1849
   Death: Sep. 17, 1927
   Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama, USA / Find A Grave No Image

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Alexander Theodore Sims, in Alabama, United States. Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974; Index to Deaths, 1908-1959. (Alabama)
   FHL #1908446, Cert. #17694.

   Death Date: 17 Sep 1927
   Death Place: Selma, Dallas, Alabama
   Gender: Male
   Race (original): W
   Race (standardized): White
   Age at Death: 77y
   Birth Date: 13 Jul 1850 [Different date from cemetery record]
   Birthplace: Butler Co., Ala.
   Marital Status: Married
   Spouse's Name: Aussie Laurie Sims [Aussie is probably a transcription error]
   Father's Name: Arthur Sims
   Father's Birthplace: N.C.
   Mother's Name: Sarah C. Hill [Mother's name different than name uploaded]
   Mother's Birthplace: Ga.
   Occupation: Minister
   Residence: Beatrice, Ala.
   Burial Place: Georgiana, Ala.
   / FamilySearch No image

4. ↑ A.T. was a very popular Baptist preacher and preach at small Baptist Churches all thoughout south Alabama and Mississippi.
   One of his brothers was also a Baptist Preacher.