03/22/07 - NNHS Newsletter - Shirley Sims Rivers
Shirley Sims Rivers
(19 Oct 1925 - 23 Mar 2007)
Newport News High School Class of 1943
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03/22/07 - NNHS Newsletter - Shirley Sims Rivers
Shirley Sims Rivers Newport News High School Class of 1943 |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
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From the Daily Press - 03/27/07: |
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| Shirley
Sims Rivers |
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| NEWPORT
NEWS - Shirley Sims Rivers, 81, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007, at
Sentara Careplex Hospital in Hampton. Born Oct. 19, 1925 in Newport News,
she was the daughter of the late William W. and Ruth C. Sims. Shirley
graduated from Newport News High School in 1943 and James Madison
University. She retired from Newport News Public Schools after 25 years of
service. She was a member of Ivy Memorial Baptist Church and the Wythe
Women's Club. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Rivers;
brother, Paris R. Aiken and sister, Barbara S. Smith. Survivors include her
daughter, Largo R. Elston; her son-in-law, Lew R. Faxon; grandson, Jeremy J.
Elston; brother, Walter W. Sims; sisters-in-law, Helen C. Aiken and Betty F.
Sims; brother-in-law, Benjamin G. Smith and numerous nieces and nephews. The
family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at
Peninsula Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in
Peninsula Memorial Park, with the Rev. John Etcher officiating. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of your choice. The family would
like to thank the nurses and staff at Coliseum Park for all their care and
compassion during this past year. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements. Published in the Daily Press from 3/25/2007 - 3/27/2007. Guest Book |
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| I had the pleasure of meeting Shirley. I send my sympathy to her family & friends. |
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Judith Brett.....Visiting
Angels (Newport News) - March 25,
2007 Contact me |
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Largo and Jeremy - My thoughts and prayers are with you! I am so sorry to hear of her passing. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do for you all :) Love you! |
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Sarah Freeman (Hampton,
VA) -
March 25, 2007 |
| So many memories well up as I thought of all of you. So much of my life is wrapped around family members who are already with the Lord and with you the survivors. Be assured of my thoughts and prayers during this time and remember Ramona and me in your prayers. We love all of you. |
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Gene Fant (Nashville, TN) -
March 27, 2007 Contact me |
Our deepest sympathies are extended to Shirley's family and friends.
From Fred Field ('45) of CA - 03/27/07 - "Obituary":
Hello Carol,
I knew Shirley Sims from my time at
Ivy Memorial Church when it was at Maple Avenue. Her mother was one of
the Sunday School teachers.
I also was a classmate of her brother Walter, Jr. during our first four
years at Woodrow Wilson (after which he
went off to military school).
Later NNHS graduates may have known Shirley from
her long employment in the NN Public School system.
Fraternal best wishes,
Fred
Thank you, Fred. I thought when I made this Newsletter early this morning that Shirley was probably a friend of yours. Please accept my condolences on her passing.
Y'all take extra good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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Abide with Me
Words by Henry F. Lyte, 1847
Music by William H. Monk, 1861
Abide with me; fast falls the
eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word,
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free.
Come not to sojourn, but abide with me.
Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea.
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me.
Thou on my head in early youth didst smile,
And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee.
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.
I need Thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
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