Frankie Darlene Sims

Frankie Darlene (Green) Sims was born on June 4, 1953 at St. Luke's hospital, in Cleveland, Ohio to Parish Green Sr and Laura (Cammon) Green. Frankie was the 11th child of 14 children. She was preceded in death by her father, Parish, her mother, Laura, her brothers, Paul, Parish Jr. (Sonny), Patrick; and her sisters, Elsie, Edith, Josephine, Laura (puddin), Peggy and Gladys. Frankie started and ended her life in Cleveland, but she also lived in Cincinnati, North Carolina and California for many years. Throughout her life, Frankie was always a ball of energy and every person's life that she touched, loved her.

Frankie had several jobs over the years, from factory worker to operator, but she was probably best known for being a hairdresser. She was also known for being the life of the party; even on her last birthday that she shared with us, she was up dancing and living her life to the fullest. Frankie made some mistakes in life, but she rose up and worked hard to make her life better. She battled several forms of cancer for over 29 years and though the battle was more than difficult it gave her time. The blessing in the time that it took was that she had time to visit with friends and family, to laugh with them, to hug them, to make peace with the past and to make sure that they knew that she loved them.

Earlier in life, Frankie was previously married to Gerald Sims. She was blessed to be the mother of Kevin Sims, Keesha Sims, Eric Sims and her step-daughter Sonya Sims.

This was only the beginning of how she would build her family beyond the one that she was born into; Frankie had family that she was so close to, they were also friends and she had friends who she was so connected to and she loved so much that they became family. Frankie was also grandmother to 11; Marquis, Marcell, Jayden, Jada, Christian, Cameron, Nathan, Raelyn, Lynnasia, Kelijah, Elashi and great grandmother to 2 children.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her children: Kevin Sims, Keesha Sims, Eric Sims; her grand and great grandchildren. She also leaves behind her brother, Perry also known as Johnny ( Diane), and her sisters, Paulette (Reggie), Patricia, and Linda, a host of cherished friends, nieces, nephews and cousins. To know Frankie was to love her and she was truly loved!