Amy Earp

Amy Zaneta Sims Flesher Earp was born to Lonnie Loroy and Nora Surratt Sims on September 5, 1949, in Linden, Texas. She gained her wings on April 10, 2023 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

She is survived by daughters Eve (Sam) Moore and Sherry Baker of Liberty, Tennessee; son Jim (Misty) Flesher of McMinnville, Tennessee; grandchildren Charles Grizze and Allen Moore of Liberty, Tennessee; Jim Flesher III, Faidrah (John) Reed of Smithville, Tennessee; great-grandchildren Zaylen, Archie, and Montgomery Reed of Smithville, Tennessee; sisters, Ida Mae Richardson and her husband Ray of Texas, Candy Howarth of Tampa and Piper Sims of Texas; brothers, Otis Sims and his wife Liz, Gerald Sims and his wife Mary and Wayne Sims and his wife Sue all of Texas; nieces Renee Nunn and Jeanine Walker; special friends Joann Johnson, Susan Nissy Maynard, and George Mears of Liberty, Tennessee

She is preceded in death by her grandson, James Dale Grizzle; husbands Jim Flesher I and James D. Earp; brothers Bernard, Jerry, Therion Sims; sister, Algerene Beck; parents Lonnie and Nora Sims.

Mom enjoyed life. She worked hard to raise her children as a single mom. She worked two jobs to raise her children to which they followed her by working hard like she did. She enjoyed her grandchildren better than her kids. She had a mean streak. She was mean as a rattlesnake and twice as deadly and she’d tell you she was. She would fight for her family even if we were wrong. She will be missed by everyone. She was “Ma” or “Granny” to everyone who knew her.