Gerald Sims, 71, of Frankfort died early Thursday morning at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. A native of Lexington, Gerald graduated from Lexington Catholic High School. He and his wife, Elaine, made their home there the first few years of their fifty-one-year marriage while he worked for the State Highway Dept.
and Rainbo Bread Co They moved to Frankfort in 1975 to open a Sunoco station. After several years in the service station business, Gerald and Elaine bought the Dixie Cream Donut Shops and ran that as their family business for twenty-five years.
Since then, they continued in businesses in Frankfort with Elaine’s Hallmark and Adelia’s Café. Besides being a long-time member of the Frankfort business community, he was also a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church. Gerald is preceded in death by his parents, Forrest Cherryholmes and Anthony Sims; and one sister, Carolyn Sims Spickard.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine Sims; son, Christopher Sims; daughter, Stephanie Sims; and brother, Anthony “Tony” Sims. Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday morning at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Frankfort. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Sunday at LeCompte Johnson Taylor Funeral Home and Monday from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church.
Honorary pallbearers will be Randy Maupin, Keith Sims, Steve Watkins, Vernon Sims, Bruce McKneely, and Anthony Sims. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Society of St. Vincent de Paul, P.O. Box 571, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0571. You may share memories and leave condolences at www.
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