Funeral services for Roy Erskin Mims, 78, of Moulton, will be Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Bailey, Dr. Lee Hartselle and the Rev. Tony Smitherman officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.

Graveside services will be in Martin Memorial Cemetery in Clanton at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 15.

Visitation will be Jan. 14 from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mims died on Jan. 11 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He was born March 8, 1936, in Chilton County to Ocie Mimes and Inez Mims.

He was saved and attended Danville Baptist Church.

He was best known for the Dari Delite Restaurant and his famous chicken fingers.

Mims taught school at Jemison for six years, where he coached basketball and football.

He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and gold, and was a member at Burningtree Countr Club.

In his early days, he and his father raised produce and he was always a worker.

Mims was a registered Brangus Cattle farmer.

He was preceded in death by a son, Todd Allan Mims; a sister, Mary Mims; two nephews, Don and Frankie Mims and his parents.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Hartselle Animal Shelter and to Alzheimer’s Research.

Mims is survived by his wife, Beverly Mims of Moulton; two sons, Kyle Dewayne Mims of Clanton and Camron Tye Mims of Hartselle; three daughters, Rhonda Scott of Boca Raton, Fla., Traci Patrick of Clarksville, Tenn. and Regina Tetreault of Gulf Breeze, Fla.; two sisters, Ruby Dean Driver of Clanton and Betty Gorrie of Biloxi, Miss.; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Camron Mims, Kyle Mims, Casey Mims, Brandon Mims, Keith Driver, Jeremy Tetreault and Scott Coffman.