Martha Jean Sims

Funeral services for Martha Jean Sims, 80, Pottersville, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 10, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. 

Mrs. Sims passed away at 6:55 p.m., Sunday, July 6, 2025, at her home.

She was born December 5, 1944, at Bakersfield, Missouri, to John Homer Davis and Sallie Ann Teverbaugh Davis.  On December 8, 1962, she was married at Pottersville, Missouri, to Victor Edward Sims, who preceded her in death on December 19, 2012.  They were married for 50 wonderful years.  Martha graduated from Bakersfield High School with the Class of 1962.  She retired from the Missouri Highway Patrol as a driving examiner.  Mrs. Sims was a member of Love Thy Neighbor Homemaker Extension Club and was a member of Crider Church of Christ.

She is survived by three children, Lesa Harris, Lance Sims and Aaron Sims and wife, Christy; four grandchildren, Rachel Shomshor and husband, Andy, Trey Harris and wife, Molly, Derek Riddle and Nathan Sims and wife, Savannah; four great-grandchildren and one on the way; one brother, Jerry Davis; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Her parents, husband, four brothers, Mack, Burl, Jim and Darel Davis and five sisters, Mary Fienhold, Sue Brown, Patsy Talbott, Freda Bridges and Helen Marie Davis, preceded her in death.  

Burial will be at Pottersville Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Pottersville Cemetery, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.