Barbara Sims Chitwood

Funeral services for Barbara Sims Chitwood will be held Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 11 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Bro. Toby Stovall and Sister Clara Moore officiating. Burial will follow in New Harmony Cemetery . Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Chitwood, 71, of Philadelphia, died Sunday, March 28, 2021. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Fairview Community of Neshoba County and was born in the Old Yates Hospital of Philadelphia on February 22, 1950. She was a 1969 graduate of Neshoba Central High School. She was certified in July 1991 as one of the first female firefighters in Neshoba County with Fairview Volunteer Fire Department and served as a board member for them. She was a member of Cambell Hill Hunting Club for 10 years and currently was with the Butcher Hollow Hunting Club. She worked for Wells Lamont, H & R Block and Chipley’s Truck and Trailer Repair until she retired. She loved hunting, fishing and the Neshoba County Fair and her fair family and neighbors, where she enjoyed helping whomever she could before and after the fair. Mrs. Chitwood was a member of New Pleasantdale Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Terry Chitwood of Philadelphia; son, Greg Chitwood (Liza) of Philadelphia; grandchildren, Justin and Jacob Marcangeli and Ava Bond (Todd); great-grandchildren, Chloe and Jesse James Bond; sister, Patsy Gilmer (Joel Durant) of Philadelphia; brother, Glenn Sims (Lisa) of Kosciusko; several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, Uriah and Mavis Sims and a great-nephew Alex Gilbert. Pallbearers are Greg Chitwood, Wayne McCrory, Paul Hopkins, Alan Pinter, Ricky Griffin, Dewey Johnson and Gage Loper. Honorary Pallbearers are Jesse James Bond, Brandon Todd, Justin Todd, Todd Bond, Conner Gilbert, Mason Smith, Eli Smith, Cole Cavanaugh, Garrett Loper, Braden Nowell, Jackson Hearn, Braxton Floyd and Jerry Chitwood.