Edna M. Mims

Edna Mims died Thursday morning, August 24th, in La Jolla, CA, ninety-one years after her birth on November 2nd, 1931 on a small farm near Warrior, Alabama. She was the third daughter of Clyde & Lola Shipp. After graduating high school, Edna moved to Birmingham and met her future husband Chester Mims while working at Jefferson Life & Casualty. She and Chester moved first to Indiana and later in 1962 to Greeneville, TN, following Chester's career with Magnavox. They put down deep roots in the community and remained there for 30 years; they were members of the First Baptist Church in Greeneville, and Edna was an active member of the Welcome Wagon Club in Greeneville, and an avid golf player at Link Hills Country Club. (She once scored a hole-in-one at the Twin Creeks course!) After retiring in 1992, they moved first to Clanton, Alabama, where they were members of the Bethsalem Baptist Church, and later in 1997, to Sun City West, Arizona. In 2007, they moved to Palo Alto, California to be closer to their son, Steve and his family. Chester died in 2008, and Edna moved with Steve & family to San Diego in 2015.

Edna was preceded in death by her brother Melvin, her parents, her husband Chester, her son Lamar (Marty), and her sisters Mildred Haywood and Florence Sanders. Edna is survived by her daughter, Sheila Wilkes of Greeneville, her son & son-in-law Stephen Mims & Jon Osborne of La Jolla, California; her sister: Elizabeth McPherson of Hanceville, AL; a brother-in-law: Dixon Sanders of Corner, AL; granddaughter Vera Mimsborne of La Jolla, CA; grandson Curtis Morrison and his wife Amanda, and grandson Derek Morrison all of Greeneville; and one great-granddaughter, Madison Morrison of Chattanooga. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews in Alabama: O'Neil & Sandy McPherson, Diane & Garey Lowe, Marsha Mims and Glenda Mims, Philip & Tracy McPherson, Jerald Sanders, and Renee & Marc McCreless.

Services will be held at 1pm Saturday Sept 2nd, at Martin Funeral Home, Clanton, Alabama. Visitation from noon to 1pm.

Condolences may be sent to the Mims family via email to steve at mimsborne.com, or by mail to 5262 La Jolla Mesa Dr, San Diego, CA 92109.