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Remembering Jaden Daniel Sims
6/30/1998 - 12/10/2016
Friday, December 16, 2016 2:00 pm
Capp Smith Park Amphitheater
5800 Robin Dr, Watauga, TX 76148

In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in Jaden's honor to the
Birdville Career and Technology Scholarship Fund
7020 Midcities Boulevard
North Richland Hills, TX 76180

Please come celebrate Jaden's life with us.Bring your stories and memories to share. Everyone is invited and welcome.We will have an open mic and would love to hear from you.
Dress code is whatever makes you comfortable.

Jaden loved to eat pizza and drink Mountain Dew. With this in mind, we invite you to bring a box of your favorite pizza and some Mountain Dew and hang out while we remember him and celebrate his life.

There is some seating at the Amphitheater, but we are expecting a large turnout, so you may want to bring a chair or blanket to sit on and you may need a jacket.

Service provided by Lucas Funeral Home, Keller. 817-753-6800

J.D. married M.G. Keys [Group Sheet]

D.V. married K.J. Pace [Group Sheet]

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Graveside services for Henry Augustus Pace, Jr. will be held in Rosewood Park at 10 a.m. Friday, June 20, 2003, with Rader Funeral Home of Longview in charge of arrangements. Bob Burke will officiate. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today, June 19, at the funeral home. Mr. Pace died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at a local hospital.

A member of pioneer East Texas families, he was born March 8, 1925, the only son of Henry A. and Bessie Lee Lowery Pace, in Houston. He attended Houston and Longview schools 1931-1942, and also attended Kilgore College. On June 1, 1942, he began work for Texas & Pacific Railroad. In July 1943, he was inducted into the U.S. Navy and served with the Seabees in Hawaii during World War II. After being discharged in March 1946, he returned to Longview and resumed work with the railroad as a ticket agent.

On Feb. 2, 1948, he married Jeanne Sweete Spence of Longview at First Christian Church. He served on the boards of several churches and on the board of the T&P Federal Credit Union. He was local chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks for more than 10 years. After 44 years of service with the TP-MOP-UP Railroad, he retired on May 30, 1986.

Mr. Pace was preceded in death by his parents and one son, James Henry Pace.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Jeanne Pace of Longview; a daughter and son-in-law, Kathie Jeanne and David Sims, Jr. of Longview; and three sons and four daughters-in-law, John David and Gayla Pace of Lake Cherokee, Robert Gordon and Sandra Pace of Regina, Saskatchewan, Teresa Pace of Hallsville and Richard William and Sheena Pace of Longview. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Jeromy Daniel and Melissa Sims of Mansfield; Jeffery Scott and Kristina Sims of Longview, Brandi Michelle Pace of Longview, Jamie Lynn and Clay Heichelheim of Longview, Justin Ryan Pace of Palestine, Philip Bryan Pace of Hallsville, Jason Aaron and Kelli Michelle Pace of Longview, Alexandra Morgan "Lexi" Pace of Regina, Saskatchewan and Tony Sabo of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; five great-grandchildren, Jaden Daniel and Jaron David Sims of Mansifled, Jace Riley and Olivia Grace Heichelheim of Longview and Macen Ryan Pace of Jewett; and cousin Sharon Pickett of Longview.

He is also survived by two cats, Spook and Leo, and a host of birds and squirrels.

Pallbearers will be Jeromey and Jeff Sims, Justin and Philip Pace, Jason Pace and Clay Heichelheim. Honorary pallbearer is Tony Sabo.

Mr. Pace was a member of the Northside Church and had recently attended Alphine Church of Christ.

Memorials may be made to Gregg County Animal Shelter or a church of charity of choice.

(Published in The Longview News-Journal on June 19, 2003)

Henry married Jeanne Sweete Spence 2 Feb 1948, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA. Jeanne (daughter of James Luther Spence and Lillian Ogilvie Burke) was born 26 Feb 1928, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Nov 2022, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried 26 Nov 2022, Rosewood Park Cemetery - Longview, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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LONGVIEW - Funeral services for Jeanne Sweete Spence Pace will be held at Rader Funeral Home in Longview, Saturday, November 26 at 2:00 p.m. Jeff Sims will officiate. Memorials may be made to a church or charity of choice.

Mrs. Pace died Sunday, November 20, 2022. She was born February 26, 1928, in Monroe LA, the only daughter of James Luther and Lillian Burke Spence. She attended Longview schools from 1934-1944, graduating with honors on D-Day, June 6, 1944. She attended Southwest Texas State College 1944-1946 and received a B.A. degree in English from Centenary College, June 2, 1947. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She taught fourth grade at Northcutt Heights School in Longview, 1947-1948. On February 2, 1948, she married Henry A. Pace, Jr. at First Christian Church. In May 1948, she began work for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. She served as secretary of Judson PTA, 1957-1959. She was a Cub Scout Den Mother and Blue Bird Leader. She served on the Board of the T&P Federal Credit Union, was a member of Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and was a docent at the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore. For many years, she served as election clerk and election judge. She was President of Gregg County Republican Women, 1983-1984. She retired from T&P-MP-UP Railroad in 1986. Mrs. Pace was a member of Alpine Church of Christ.

Mrs. Pace was preceded in death by her parents, a half sister, Lillian White/Raimey, two sons, James Henry Pace and Richard William Pace, great grandson, Jaden Daniel Sims, and her husband of 55 years, Henry A. Pace, Jr.

She is survived by a daughter, Kathie Jeanne Sims, two sons and four daughters in law, John David and Gayla Pace, Robert Gordon and Sandra Pace, Teresa Pace, and Sheena Pace. She is also survived by ten grandchildren, Jeromey Daniel Sims, Jeffrey Scott and Kristina Sims, Brandi Michelle and Travis Reed, Alexandra Morgan Pace and Stuart Wright, Tony Sabo, Jamie Lynn and Clay Heichelheim, Justin Ryan Pace, Philip Bryan Pace and Ashley Liegman, Jason Aaron and Tami Pace, Kelli Michelle and Billy Dixon, twelve great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

(Published in The Longview News-Journal on November 23, 2022)