St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Simon, Judge Arthur February 21, 1919
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, February 22, 1919, Image 1

JUDGE A. SIMON DIED YESTERDAY

PROMINENT ST. LANDRIAN PASSES AT RIPE AGE OF NEARLY SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS

Judge Arthur Simon, lawyer and soldier in the Confederate army, died at the 
residence of his son-in-law, Chas. L. Voorhies, in this city yesterday 
(Friday) morning at 1:35 o'clock, aged 77 years, 11 months and 6 days. The 
funeral was held the same afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, with services and 
interment in the Catholic church and cemetery. The deceased was a member and 
commander of R. E. Lee Camp No. 14, United Confederate Veterans, and the 
organization attended the funeral in a body.

Judge Simon was a native of New Orelans (sic) and during the civil war was 
major of the eighteenth Louisiana regiment. He moved to St. Landry parish in 
1874 and engaged in farming. In 1882 he moved to Opelousas and pracitced 
(sic) law, and later was elected justice of the peace in the first ward and 
served in that capacity for about twenty years. His wife preceded him to the 
grave by many years and all his children are grown. His children are Mrs. 
Chas. L. Voorhies of Opelousas; Mrs. John T. Rutledge of Cincinnati, Ohio; 
and Leopold Simon of Opelousas.

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NOTE:
Judge Alfred Simon is buried in section 9 of the Saint Landry Catholic 
Church cemetery located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

www.findagrave.com memorial # 105395948

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