Obituary of Nellie Louise Sims

Nellie Louise (Yeager) Sims September 17, 1944 - August 11, 2017 Funeral services for Nellie Louise “Yeager” Sims, 72, of Lovington, NM will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 10:00 am at Hillcrest Baptist Church with Bro. Harry Pittam officiating. Burial will follow at Lovington Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Kirby-Smith-Rogers Funeral Home. Nell was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on September 17, 1944 to Louie and Josephine (Griffith) Neehouse and passed away on August 11, 2017 in Lubbock, TX. She moved to Carlsbad, NM at the age of twelve and attended school there graduating in 1962 from Carlsbad High School. After graduation she married Tony Yeager and they moved to Lovington to make their home and had four children together. Nell was a talented homemaker and enjoyed sewing, doing crafts and bags. She was a good cook and would make brownies for the “God Pod” at the prison. They called her the “Brownie Lady”. She was active with her boys in the boy scouts and explorer post and volunteered at hospice in early years. She most recently was employed at BCSI in security. She attended Hillcrest Baptist Church. In 2006 she married Don Sims and they have shared eleven years together. Nell loved the Christmas holiday and would get started on her Christmas shopping in January, the kids said. She was adamant about each person getting three gifts and made sure that happened. She was a giving and generous person and will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Tony, one son: Dane Anthony Yeager and one daughter: Suzanne Louise Yeager and two brothers: Gaylor and Russell Neehouse. Surviving her is her husband, Don of the home; two sons: Tony and wife Shelly Yeager of Loving, NM and Roy and wife Cecilia Yeager of Hobbs, NM; two daughters: Judy Yeager and her companion West Taylor of Hobbs, NM and Tammy Yeager of Lovington, NM ; one sister: Rhea and husband Steve Gregorik of Pennsylvania; thirteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in her memory. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 16, 2017 from 1:00 pm until 7:00 pm at the funeral home.