IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL

Sims, Thomas F. Sr., E - 5 was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Thomas was a gentile lion. His big brown eyes could be very misleading until you got to know him. He earned several Medals during his tour of duty. He enjoyed talking and being around people. Once as a youngster he became so involved in a pickup basketball game that he did not notice the car he placed his eyeglasses on was gone and so were his eyeglasses. He completed his early education in Winston-Salem and began studying at NCA & T in Greensboro, NC. After being drafted into Army he was squad leader of his boot camp troop. Upon arrival in South Vietnam he made several new friends and had frequent contact with a couple of his high school buddies at his Chu Lai duty station. Thomas was very good at math and loved to challenge others with his pop math quizzes. When Thomas returned from South Vietnam he received his BS in Accounting from NCA& T. His love of math led him to complete studies at Forsyth Tech in Winston-Salem, NC and ECPI in Greensboro becoming a computer systems analyst.

REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR Thomas Sims, Sr.

POSTED ON 8.1.2016

A True Friend

I did not know Thomas F Sims Sr before my tour of duty in Viet Nam and after meeting him and realizing that we shared some of the same values, likes and dislikes resulted in a common bond that we kept during the war and after we got out. Although we lived in different parts of the United States we visited one another with our families, even to this date Thomas is not with us physically our families still visit. My children know his children and grand children. His children know my children and grand children.( Thomas was a True Friend )
Owens Thomas Jr

Thank You

I am honored to have you in the In Memory honorees. Thank you for your sacrifice to our country and our family. You are always in my heart and mind. You have a grandson and his name is Thomas.