Dorothy Ellen Goodman “Dot” Sims, born Sept. 15, 1953 in Tifton, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 at her home in Pensacola, Fla., after her valiant struggle with cancer.
She had a servant's heart and served as a volunteer scout leader, and room mother. She served the community in organizations such as Pilot Club, Sertoma, ARC, Women's Alliance, Gofer Club, Salvation Army, and other networking organizations, as well as served on the Board of Directors for Pensacola Winterfest being affectionately known as the “Chief Elf.”
Her life and death were marked by God's grace and love which were reflected upon any who happened to be so blessed as to have known her. She excelled at all she did and possessed extraordinary talents too numerous to mention. Of her many gifts she is most remembered for the greatest virtue of all, love.
She was surrounded by those she loved when she moved on and is surrounded by those she loved even now as she enters glory with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Survivors include her husband John Arthur Sims; daughter, Elizabeth Ellen; son John Andrew (Nelli) Sims; two grandchildren, Madeline and John; her mother and step-father, Irene and Richard Wright; three sisters, Betty Junkins, Barbara Miller and Shirley Davis; and two brothers Bob Goodman and Ben Goodman;
We all mourn our great loss, and though the world does not know it, we mourn for it as well because it is a little dimmer without her light shining in it. Who could behold a creature as beautiful as her and say that there is no God?
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1 at Bowen-Donaldson Funeral Home, Tifton, Ga.
Funeral services will be held at Wednesday, Sept. 2 from the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery.
There will be a memorial service at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Nine Mile Road, Pensacola, at a later date.
Local arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.
