Obituaries:  Simon Richard West, Sr., Sabine, Vernon Parish       W-230
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 27, 1956
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Simon Richard West, Sr.

  27 Apr 1956 - Simon Richard West, Sr., 82, Vernon Parish
business and political leader, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday at a
Leesville hospital. He had been in bad health several months.

  A native of Newton, Texas, Mr. West established a general
merchandise business in Leesville in 1903 and was later
associated with West Bros. Department Stores.

  He was a member of the boards of the First State Bank of
Leesville and of the City Savings Bank and Trust Company of
DeRidder.

  Mr. West was commissioned an honorary colonel by the late Huey
P. Long when the latter was governor, and retaining the post
through succeeding administrations until 1952.

  He was a member of the original Vernon Parish Draft Board in
1940 and was an honorary member of Selective Service Board 69 at
the time of his death. He was chairman of the Vernon Parish Board
of Elections.

  Funeral services were held at Hixson Funeral Chapel at 2:30
p.m. Monday with the Rev. A. H. Nanney and Dr. R. S. Crawford
officiating. Burial was in the Leesville cemetery under the
direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Leesville.

  Survivors include his widow; a son, S. R. West, Jr., of
Many; a brother, P. W. West of DeRidder; a sister, Mrs. J. J.
Guess of Leesville; and four granddaughters.