Obituary of John Sweeney, Miller Co, AR

Submitted by: William Sweeney  cliqueone@aol.com

Wednesday, December 28, 1966

Death Takes John Sweeney At Tucson, Ariz.
Funeral services were held Dec 22, in Tucson, Ariz., for John L. Sweeney,
age 79, a former Texarkanian who died Dec. 19 in Tucson. He was the brother
of Leo T. Sweeney, of Texarkana.

Mr. Sweeney, born Oct 22, 1887, was a member of  a pioneer Texarkana
family, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Sweeney. Mr. Sweeney was the first store
room manager for Hotel Grim in Texarkana and held that position for 16
years. He moved to Los Angeles  in 1942 and served as manager of the store
room of the Biltmore Hotel until his retirement in 1960. When he retired he
moved to Tucson to live with his sister, Mrs. Mary E. O'Brien, the former
Mary E. Sweeney of Texarkana, Arkansas. He was living with her at the time
of his death.

In addition to his brother here and his sister in Tucson, Mr Sweeney is
survived by three brothers, Anthony B. Sweeney, of Shreveport, La., Joseph
O. Sweeney, of Memphis, Tenn., and George E. Sweeney, of No. Hollywood,
Calif. and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Sweeney, a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus, was buried
from the St. Cyril's Catholic Church of Tucson, of which he was a member.