DETECTIVE SERGEANT THEODIS B. "TED" MIMS

BADGE 75 & 270*, ID 2809 & 9663*

03/13/1978 - 05/17/2003

01/03/1948 - 10/30/2025

THE THIN BLUE LINE

* Served as a Reserve Officer 

03/13/1978 - 09/12/1979

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary - San Diego on Nov. 7, 2025

God granted me a little more time to pick up my rod and cast my line.

Work and worry disappeared when I picked up my fishing gear.

With the boat on the trailer, I went everywhere the fishing was not too slow.

Work didn't seem so fine when I seen what was at the end of my fishing line.

When I grew older and gray, I begged "please don't take my pole away."

When the pearly gates opened wide, I cried "Please find this old fisherman, one good lake inside!"

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