Celestine Roberta Birden^{[1, 2, 3]}

1914 - 2004  (90 years)

• Name	Celestine Roberta Birden
  Born	16 Feb 1914	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Aug 2004	Hillcrest West Hospice Unit   [4]
  Buried	New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I118099	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Steward Henry Birden, Sr.,   b. 29 Jan 1890, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Aug 1988  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Lee Tate,   b. 20 Aug 1890, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F39925	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Otis Warren Sims,   b. 30 Jul 1907,   d. 3 Jul 1986, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)
  Children	+ 1. Henri Sims
  Family ID	F43138	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Feb 1914 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - - New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 1 Sep 1995. Steward Henry Burden, Sr. obituary [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 165. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 5-Dist, Series: T625 Roll: 1762 Page: 133, 23 Jan 1920. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 1 Aug 2004. SIMS, CELESTINE ROBERTA BURDEN — age 90, of Knoxville, died Sunday, August 1, 2004 at Hillcrest West Hospice Unit. born was born February 16, 1914 in Knoxville, Tennessee and reared in Sevierville, Tennessee. Mrs. Sims graduated Valedictorian from Nelson Merry High School in Jefferson City, TN. She attended Knoxville College, where she met her loving husband, Otis Warren Sims. Member of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Preceded in death by: husband, Otis Warren Sims; parents, Stewart Henry and Lee Tate Burden; brothers, Eugene Burden and Stewart Henry Burden, Jr. She leaves to mourn her passing: devoted daughter, Henri Sims Spriggs, Knoxville; grandchildren, Camille (Richard) Matlock, Knoxville, George Spriggs, Jr., Albany, NY; great grandchildren, Kala Spriggs, Kyle Spriggs and Sidney Matlock; sisters, Juanita Lundy, Sevierville, Lois Armstrong, Knoxville, Martha (Frank) Bowden; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends. Family will receive friends, 12:30-1:00 p.m., Wednesday at Mount Zion Baptist, funeral service, 1:00 p.m., Rev. Dr. Johnnie W. Skinner, Sr., officiating. Interment New Salem Cemetery, Sevierville, Tennessee. Arrangements by Jarnigan & Son Mortuary.