James Charles Sims Jr., 72, passed peacefully into eternal life Monday, October 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Lakeside. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Biggers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made in his name to First Baptist Church of Lakeside, 8801 Jacksboro Highway, Lakeside, Texas 76135. Charles Sims was born February 8, 1942, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the family soon moved to South Carolina where he spent his growing-up years. After high school he moved with his family to Fort Worth, where he met and married Anna Mae Stockton on December 12, 1964, and where he worked as a landscape designer and church choir director. Charles was preceded in death by his wife, Ann Sims; his parents, Jimmy and Mildred Sims; his brothers, Keith Sims and Leon Sims; and a baby daughter, Jean Ann Sims. He is survived by his sister, Rose Batson and husband, Don Sr.; son, David Sims and wife, Melissa; daughter, Rebecca Sims Dale and husband Scott; grandchildren, Jackson Dale, Walker Sims, Carter Sims, Rachael Sims, Molly Sims, Clara Dale, Caroline Sims and Henry Dale; sisters-in-law, Jane Sims and Rhonda Sims; nephews, Don Batson Jr., Steven Sims, Kevin Sims and Cody Sims; niece, Nichole Sims; and a large extended family.