Obituaries:  Cecil W. Sims, Sabine Parish       S-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 8, 1946
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Cecil W. Sims

  8 Mar 1946 - Funeral rites for Cecil W. Sims, age 25, were
held 3 p.m. Tuesday from Many Methodist church, Rev. Sam Nader,
pastor, officiated. Interment was in Fort Jesup cemetery,
Massingill funeral home directing.

  Pallbearers were: M. C. Hall, J. L. McDonald, A. L. Dailey, L.
N. Sliman, Lee Jordan, Charles Wright, Edward Wright, Joseph
Grappe.

  Surviving are: widow, Mrs. Vivian Mims, parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Mims; sister, Mrs. Wilton Anthony, all of Many;
two brothers, Martin Mims, Shreveport, and Malcolm Mimms of the
U.S. Navy.

  Mims was drowned Saturday night in Lake Loring while
attending a trot line., the boat hung up and capsized. Death was
attributed to accidental drowning by Dr. J. K. Phares, coroner.

  He had served four years in the armed Forces, one year of
which was overseas. IN the early part of the war in Germany he
was seriously wounded. He was senior vice commander of Ray Miller
post Veterans of Foreign Wars.