Visitation will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Inspiration Church, 2900 Philadelphia Drive in Dayton, followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. at the same location. Burial will be 1 p.m. Saturday at West Memory Gardens Cemetery, 6722 Hemple Road in Moraine.
“He was a friend,” Derrick Foward, president of the Dayton Unit of the NAACP, said Wednesday. “Mr. Sims was a neighbor. We lived 30 seconds away from one another.”
Foward said he could always count on Sims to support local schools and development.
“Brice Sims was a major advocate for the citizens of Jefferson Twp.,” he added.
According to a recollection provided by the family, Sims was born Oct. 23, 1942, in Barbourville, Kentucky. He attended Kentucky State University.
Sims moved to Dayton in early 1961 and began his career at Miami Valley Hospital, and he also worked at McLin Funeral Home for the late state Rep. C.J. McLin Jr.
In late 1961, he was hired by Delco Moraine and retired after 33 years of service.
In the mid 1970s, he was elected Jefferson Twp. trustee. Sims was the longest-serving trustee for the township with 38 years of service, his family said. His family described him as very active in the community and passionate about helping others.
“He was the life of the party, and would invite anyone to his home to laugh, eat, dance and even have an adult beverage from time to time,” Foward said. “His legacy of fighting for equality and justice for all Jeffersonians will forever be cherished in our hearts.”
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