The Transylvania Times -

Courtney (Court) Sims, 71, born in Indianapolis, Ind., to Bettie (Courtney) Sims and Frank Thomas Sims, ended his journey on this earth at his home in Brevard, Saturday, Jan 2, 2021, after a five-year battle with agent orange related diseases, after serving active duty with the Navy on the U.S.S. Schenectady (LST 1185) from 1970 to 1972.

He lived and worked in Indianapolis, Scottsdale, Ariz., Clearwater, Fla., and Brevard. He was a lifetime member of the Marine’s Memorial Association, a nonprofit veterans organization, and enjoyed golf, traveling, hiking Pisgah National Forest an...