Histories: Sims, Harry - Recollections from his grandson

Sims, Harry - Recollections from his grandson

Richard Sims wrote this about his grandfather, Harry Sims, on 25 Jan 2021, on what would have been Harry's 124th birthday.

Grandpa you'd only be 124.

I don't remember liking my grandfather Harry till I was 13.

Before that I remember my grandmother more.

He was a hard working hard drinking hard fighting SOB.

Pitching for cardinals triple A team into his 40s.

By the time I was 15 we had become close.

Boy the stories he had, a Sims through and through.

From worlds fair in St Louis about 1905 to present politics he was current at 100.

Miss you grandpa.

You only set your stites to live to 100.

Should have picked 130 haha.

Quit drinking hard at 65 (my age) quit smoking at 82 (started at 6)

Pulled out of school at the end of 3rd grade and put to work in a coal mine.

Fought in WW1 and stayed a year longer rebuilding France.

You smiled remembering it was hard work, wine, women and song.

Miss you grandpa.