My parents are Voris Vance and Stella Opal Sims. My dad, Voris, was known as V.V. or V. until he moved to Washington. My mother, known as Opal, played the piano and organ in church for over sixty years. After her death in 1988, my dad moved to Spokane to live with me.
This picture of my grandparents, James Daniel Sims and Lucy Ellen Tobey and their children, was taken around 1905-1907. V.V. Sims is in the front row, with his hand on his head. He was around four years old.