Pauline J. Sims Puryear (June 6, 1900 – August 2, 1971) was an American social worker and clubwoman, the fourth international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and Dean of Women at Florida A&M State College.

[2] Her brothers David, George, and Yancey[3] were all ordained ministers; one of them, David Henry Sims, was 55th bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church;[4] his wife Mayme Holden Sims was also a church and community leader.

[11] She and Kearse were also founding members of the College Women's Club of Union County.

[21] In 1970, she helped launch a "black culture reading library" at the Pearl Street YWCA in Nashville, Tennessee.

Thomas Langston Puryear Sr., who was president of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).