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James Greely Mims - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Cleveland, MS Bolivar Commercial, October 22, 2010

James Greely Mims, 83, of Tallulah, La., formerly of Minter City, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, 
at his residence in Tallulah, La.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church near Ruleville 
under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home of Tallulah, La. The Rev. Bob O’Neal of 
Tupelo will conduct the services. The burial will follow at the Lehrton Cemetery in Ruleville.

Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m. Thursday before the funeral service at the church.

Mr. Mims was born in Durham and resided in Minter City most of his life. He was a retired pipeline 
supervisor for Texas Gas Inc. and a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Mr. Mims was preceded in death by his parents, Z.O. and Lois Mims; wife, Mrs. Ruth Dees Mims of 
Minter City; and brother, Robert Mims of Springfield, Tenn.

Survivors include one son, James Gary Mims of Minter City; two daughters, Wanda Adams of Tallulah, La., 
and Linda Nelms of Greenwood; two sisters, Gatha Traylor of Springfield, Tenn., and Lillian Kyle of 
Minter City; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Henderson of Minter City, David Kyle of Hardy and his grandsons, Robert Adams 
and William Adams, both of Tallulah, La., Michael Mims of Money and John Thomas Nelms III of Carrollton. 

Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Kyle of Minter City and William Lindsey of Cleveland.