In Memoriam: J.P. Sims

Accent Wire Tie has announced that the company's founder, Junius Pickett (J.P.) Sims III, died in late February.

Sims, who was born in 1940, is described by Accent Wire, based in Tomball, Texas, and the Sims family as “a man of great character, integrity, loyalty and dignity” who “had a boundless love for his family, close friends and the company he founded, Accent Wire Tie.”

He started Accent in 1986 in a “small, two-person office,” the company says. Subsequently, Accent grew “into the world’s leading supplier of baling wire to the recycling and waste industry,” the firm adds.

“The culture J.P. created attracted the industry’s best and most talented people to Accent, and many are with Accent still today,” states the company in its announcement. “A visionary and risk-taker, J.P. was known for his quiet dignity and unexpected sense of humor. J.P. Sims will be forever remembered for his passions, honesty, kindness and the countless lives he positively impacted.”

Sims’ survivors also describe him as “very giving and supportive of the community,” adding, “In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to your choice of J.P.’s favorite charities: Camp Hope | PTSD Foundation of America and Abandoned Animal Rescue.”