Individual Details

World War II Enlistment
4 Sep 1942 at Ft MClellan. Hershel Q. Mims was born 1921, Chilton Co, AL.
Enlisted for the duration of the War plus six months as a Private. In civil life he was a farmer - he had completed grammar school. His marital status was Single, with dependants.

1950 Census. Louisville, Jeffersn Co, KY, Hh 414
Herschell W. Mims, 28, b. AL, Torch burner, L & N Railroad
Jessie A., wife, 23, b. KY
Quinan E., son, 4, b. KY
Bobby C., son, 2, b. KY
Morris D., son, b. Nov 1949, KY

1981 - lived in Beech Grove, Indiana

13 Feb 1993. Married Delores F. Able, Bartholomew Co, IN (2nd wife)

Indiana Death Certificate #018701
Hershel Q. Mims died 9 May 2008 at the Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility, Columbus, Bartholemew Co, IN. of perirectal abscess, sepsis, aortic stenosis. He was born 11 Jul 1921 in Clanton, Chilton Co, IN. He was a machinist for an automobile Co. His residence had been 609 N. Lincoln St, Edinburgh, Johnson Co, IN. His father was Alfred Ervin Mims; his mother Mary Mae Mims. Hershel S. Mims, son, of 506 S. Elm St., Arlington, TX, was the informant. Hershel was buried Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh.

FindAGrave Memorial #26764497
Columbus Republic 11 May 2008
Hershel Q. Mims, 86, Edinburgh
Hershel Q. Mims, 86, of Edinburgh died at 6 p.m. Friday, May 9, 2008, at Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility in Columbus.
The funeral will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Edinburgh Apostolic Tabernacle with the Rev. Mark Myers officiating. Calling will be from 4 p.m. until service time Monday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Edinburgh Apostolic Tabernacle.
Arrangements were made by Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home in Edinburgh.
Survivors include sons, Quenton Mims of Seattle, Wash., Bobby C. (Donna) Mims of Scottsdale, Ariz., Maurice Daniel (Shirley) Mims of Indianapolis, Phillip Paul (Lucy) Mims of Ouray, Colo. and Hershel Steve (Janie) Mims of Arlington, Texas; daughters, Sharon Elizabeth Dart and Heidi Duncan, both of Las Vegas, and Mary Jo (Danny) Stuckey of Indianapolis; a stepson, Dennis Baker of Columbus; stepdaughters, Sylvia Oathout of Edinburgh, Mary Kathryn (Michael) Ely of Pensacola, Fla. and Diana Jean (Isaac) Byrd of Taylorsville; brothers, Earl Mims of Verbena, Ala. and Clyde (Carolyn) Mims of Louisville; 20 grandchildren; 13 step grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and four step great-grandchildren.
Mr. Mims was preceded in death by his first wife, Jessye Alberta Fischer Mims, and his second wife, Dorla D. Lister Baker Mims.

Franklin Daily Journal 12 May 2008
Hershel Q. Mims
Hershel Q. Mims, 86, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at the Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility in Columbus. He was a resident of Edinburgh.
Survivors include five sons, Quenton Mims of Seattle, Bobby C. (Donna) Mims of Scottsdale, Ariz., Maurice Daniel (Shirley) Mims of Indianapolis, Phillip Paul (Lucy) Mims of Ouray, Colo., and Hershel Steve (Janie) Mims of Arlington, Texas; three daughters, Sharon Elizabeth Dart and Heidi Duncan, both of Las Vegas and Mary Jo (Danny) Stuckey of Indianapolis; a stepson, Dennis Baker of Columbus; three stepdaughters, Sylvia Oathout of Edinburgh, Mary Katheryn (Michael) Ely of Pensacola, Fla., and Diana Jean (Issac) Byrd of Taylorsville; two brothers, Earl Mims of Verbena, Ala., and Clyde (Carolyn) Mims of Louisville, Ky.; 20 grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jessye Alberta (Fischer) Mims; his second wife, Dorla D. (Lister) Baker Mims; his parents, Alfred Ervin and Mary Mae (Sanders) Mims; six brothers, Howard, James, Alfred, Earl, Maurice and Preston Mims; and three sisters, Era Bullard, Willadean Brand and Mary Nell Murphy.
The Rev. Mark Meyers will conduct a funeral service at 6:30 p.m. today at Edinburgh Apostolic Tabernacle, 701 S. Main St, Edinburgh. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until service time today at the church. Burial will be at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh, with a graveside service at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Eskew-Eaton Funeral home in Edinburgh is handling arrangements.

Birth	11 Jul 1921	Chilton County, Alabama
Death	9 May 2008	Columbus, Bartholemew County, Indiana

Child

Living

Father	Alfred Erwin Mims (1892 - 1967)
Mother	Mary Mae Sanders (1893 - 1975)
Sibling	Howard Lee Mims (1911 - 1989)
Sibling	Era Elnora Mims (1916 - 2004)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Maurice Eldred Mims (1923 - 1949)
Sibling	Willow Dean Mims (1926 - )
Sibling	Mary Nell Mims (1928 - )
Sibling	Erwin Elsworth Mims (1930 - )
Sibling	Preston Mims (1932 - )
Sibling	Clyde Mims (1934 - )