Ruby High Sims, 88, died Saturday, Dec. 11th at St. Anthony Healthcare Center in Lafayette.

She was born July 3, 1911 in Kentucky to Loranzie and Vernie Hurd High.

She married Jessie Ned Sims on Aug. 10, 1930 in Tompkinsville, KY. He died December 7, 1992.

She moved to Brookston in 1937.

She was a homemaker.

She was a charter member of Brookston Church of Christ.

She had lived in Otterbein Healthcare Center before being admitted to St. Anthony's in November 1999.

She is survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Dave (Helen) Young of West Lafayette and Mrs. Lee (Wilma) Strickland of Huntsville, Ala, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Two brothers, one sister and one infant daughter are deceased.

Funeral service was Tuesday at Hartzler Funeral Home in Brookston with Shannon Toye officiating.

Burial was in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.