Mayoral History

Robert Leonard Sims, son of Boyd and Lurlie Block Sims, was born August 4, 1900 in Gibson County, Tennessee. In 1920 he married Myrtle Gardner and they were the parents of two children. He was a mortician associated with the operation of Steed-Anderton-Sims Funeral Home in Winchester and later Sims-Watson-Huffman Funeral Homes in Winchester and Decherd. In addition he was employed by the Chattanooga Funeral Supply Company for five years. He was Mayor of Winchester in 1947-1948 and operated the Scenic Restaurant in Winchester with his second wife Frances Ocene until his retirement in the 1960s. They had no children. He died November 21, 1969 at Smith Memorial Hospital and was buried in Mt. Garner Cemetery in Decherd.


		Robert Leonard Sims, son of Boyd and Lurlie Block Sims, was born August 4, 1900 in Gibson County, Tennessee. In 1920 he married Myrtle Gardner and they were the parents of two children. He was a mortician associated with the operation of Steed-Anderton-Sims Funeral Home in Winchester and later Sims-Watson-Huffman Funeral Homes in Winchester and Decherd. In addition he was employed by the Chattanooga Funeral Supply Company for five years. He was Mayor of Winchester in 1947-1948 and operated the Scenic Restaurant in Winchester with his second wife Frances Ocene until his retirement in the 1960s. They had no children. He died November 21, 1969 at Smith Memorial Hospital and was buried in Mt. Garner Cemetery in Decherd.
	Mayor Robert Sims
	1947-1948