Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Bettie Lois (Patty) Parsons
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 76
[location unknown]
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Sylvia (Patty) Simms was a wonderful member of our WikiTree community who has passed away. Sylvia (Patty) Simms made many contributions and will be missed.
Biography
A WikiTree fan and member since June of 2015, Sylvia also holds the title of (one of three unpaid volunteers ca. 2007) co - administrator of the Patty surname yDNA project at FTDNA. She has been studying her own genealogy for more than 25 years.
Now, retired from employment at several clerical positions in different cities from Birmingham to Atlanta, Sylvia tries to keep in touch with her two busy daughters, five grandchildren, and her four great-grandchildren.
Two of Sylvia's goals are sorting Patty surname lineages by comparing yDNA testing that support the traditional family tree paper trails, and learning the country of origin for her Colonial American ancestors. (Revised 01 April 2017)
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Sylvia P. Simms Patty at registration.
- https://www.smithmillerfh.com/obituaries/Sylvia-Eulee-Simms?obId=17722671#/obituaryInfo
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Sylvia or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Sylvia or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvia:
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Sylvia (Patty) Simms:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T568774 [compare], FTDNA kit #193954
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~2.34%
Tim Williams
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T287035 [compare], FTDNA kit #80369
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~2.34%
Leroy Crowley :
23andMe, GEDmatch M172421 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kelan McLain :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A797197 [compare], Ancestry member kelanseanmclain
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~0.78%
Michael Atkison :
AncestryDNA
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Ms. Sylvia Patty Simms, age 76, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2020. Ms. Simms was a resident of Rome, Georgia for many years. She chose to spend her last days at Evergreen Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Simms was blessed to be at Evergreen where her granddaughter, Kristen, works. She was cared for by an attentive and compassionate staff. The family would like to express their gratitude for the care and attention Ms. Simms received.
Ms. Simms was born in Centre, Alabama on February 21, 1944 to the late James Collins and the late Eulee Patty to whom much credit is given for shaping her life. Ms. Simms was the youngest sibling of seven children. Her brothers: James Patty and Marion (Uncle Hunk) Patty; sisters: Janice Patty, Josephine Patty, Alline Patty Robinson and Bettie Patty Parsons.
She is survived by daughters: Alicia Pinkard and Rebecca Washington (Kyle); Alicia’s daughters: Kristen Brannon who developed a special connection as the first grandchild, (great-granddaughter Mary-Jane Hughes), Nicole Edenfield (great-grandson, Isaiah; great-granddaughters: Reagan and Tatum), and Riley Crone, along with Rebecca’s children: grandson, Parker Washington and granddaughter, Eden Washington. Ms. Simms had a close bond with her sister Bettie’s daughter, Charlotte Barron, which her family would like to acknowledge.
A private memorial will be held by the family at a later date in acknowledgement of current CDC guidelines as related to COVID-19.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests respects be paid as a donation to Old Providence Cemetery Fund in care of United Community Bank, 15 Cedartown St, SW, Cave Spring, GA 3014. Their contact number is (706) 477-3367. Those close to Ms. Simms will understand the family significance held at Old Providence Cemetery. Ms. Simms passion for genealogy would be well remembered with donations to a small family cemetery. The likes of historical sites provided hours of research and enjoyment of documentation for her.
The Smith & Miller Funeral Home of Cedartown is honored to serve the family of Sylvia Patty Simms.
Posted by cousin Karen M. Stetler. While Stetler is the legal name of my last three generations, DNA proves my surname is Patty. I learned much about DNA and the Patty family history from Sylvia and finally solved the mystery of the Patty in my family Tree. Sylvia was an admin in the FTDNA Patty Family DNA. If you are a Patty, I know Sylvia would join me in inviting you to join me there. There is also a Petty FTDNA Family DNA which we have discover connects with Patty in the “wayback.” So if you are a Petty, please join that.
As a "Tree Hugger", I want to congratulate you on your Generous Genealogist award issued on June 23, 2020.
Wikitree Appreciation Team
Hi, Sylvia! you left me a note for John Caldwell (Caldwell-3491) some time ago, and I just now found it. You mentioned his parents - are you the profile manager?
Hi, Sylvia. Thanks for spotting that! I'll check it out right away. Gordon
I have no Patty/Petty family on my trusted list - so will not be adding you to it. Hope you understand. All I have been doing is providing sources to those with the last name starting with "P" that have open profiles.
Hi Sylvia,
It has been a couple of weeks since we contacted you about your participation in the Southern Colonies Project. As we haven't heard from you, we are following up to make sure you wish to remain a member.
We understand that interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to their ancestors. If this is the case for you, please let us know.
If we do not hear back from you within the week, we will assume you have moved on to other things for the moment and remove you from the project. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.
Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.
Mary~ Volunteer Coordinator
Hi Sylvia,
On behalf of the US Southern Colonies Project Leaders I am doing a six-month check-in with members to see if you were Active in US Southern Colonies
1) Were you active in the recent months in Southern Colonies. What contributions ?
2) Have you joined other Southern Colonies Subprojects, such as Southern Pioneers Project. Or have you worked on other subprojects?
3) Your activity in Southern Pioneers Project.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Mary ~ Volunteer Coordinator
Sylvia, I've been reading your email:) So last nite, I took the liberty of refreshing my memory and even stopped in at FamilySearch this morning. It looks a bit wild over there ... But I will go back over your email again to re-read and see where I left off. The Patty's are tough:)
Elizabeth, I don't have a copy of "It's McCraw, Not McGraw". I am sorry I can't help more. Good luck with the project.
I did approve the merge as requested for McCraw-252 and McCraw-185. The method to do this is confusing to me at times, especially the content for the profile when it is different for each.
Hi Sylvia, I intend to merge the bios and sources - of McCraw-252 and McCraw-185, that's why I proposed the merge. I'm not sure why you postponed the merge rather than just approving it. As soon as you approve it, I will merge them.
For Morning Dove Thank you I just adopted the file and many other Mansell files. but have not read through all of them and made all the corrections. I was fixing incorrect last name from Mancill to Mansell and getting the required primary records. I will fix it right away.
Hi Sylvia
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I may not be active in my genealogy for a while, since I have hit a little "bump in the road" concerning my health. Hopefully, it won't take long to recover. It has been both a reward and pleasure working with WikiTree and all the other venues.
Best regards, Sylvia