James Lewis Sims
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Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
ODESSA-- James Lewis Sims, 87, died at a local hospital in Odessa, TX, on January 2, 2001 after a brief illness. A private memorial is planned.
He was born in Purcell, Okla. on December 19, 1913 and raised on a dairy farm. After high school, he worked for Haliburton in the oil fields of West Texas in the 1930's. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Sea Bees in the South Pacific. In the 1950's he was a manufacture's representative selling oil field equipment and he served as a junior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church for a number of years.
He later owned his own business, Sims Equipment Company, that sold oil field equipment. From 1967 until 1983 he and his wife owned and operated the Paint Bucket, an arts and crafts business in Odessa.
Mr. Sims took an active part in the activities of his sons including acting as a Boy Scout Troop Leader for the troop at St. Mary's Catholic Church where his sons attended grade school. A two-day hike with the troop from Buffalo Gap to Horse Head Crossing made a lasting impression on the young boys of the troop.
Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents Henry David Sims and Martha Ann "Lena" Cummings Sims of Waurika, OK; by his older brother Roy Sims of Graham, TX; and by his wife Gwyneth of 44 years, who died in 1994.
Mr. Sims is survived by his two sons; by his sister Madean Rush of Enid, OK, and her daughter Donna Rush Lamb and family; and by his nephew and family of Dallas, TX. Mr. Sims was previously married with whom he had a daughter. He is survived by his daughter and her family.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
Odessa American, The () , obit for James Lewis Sims, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14771DE43889D8B0-14771DE43889D8B0 : accessed 18 September 2023)
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Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
ODESSA-- James Lewis Sims, 87, died at a local hospital in Odessa, TX, on January 2, 2001 after a brief illness. A private memorial is planned.
He was born in Purcell, Okla. on December 19, 1913 and raised on a dairy farm. After high school, he worked for Haliburton in the oil fields of West Texas in the 1930's. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Sea Bees in the South Pacific. In the 1950's he was a manufacture's representative selling oil field equipment and he served as a junior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church for a number of years.
He later owned his own business, Sims Equipment Company, that sold oil field equipment. From 1967 until 1983 he and his wife owned and operated the Paint Bucket, an arts and crafts business in Odessa.
Mr. Sims took an active part in the activities of his sons including acting as a Boy Scout Troop Leader for the troop at St. Mary's Catholic Church where his sons attended grade school. A two-day hike with the troop from Buffalo Gap to Horse Head Crossing made a lasting impression on the young boys of the troop.
Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents Henry David Sims and Martha Ann "Lena" Cummings Sims of Waurika, OK; by his older brother Roy Sims of Graham, TX; and by his wife Gwyneth of 44 years, who died in 1994.
Mr. Sims is survived by his two sons; by his sister Madean Rush of Enid, OK, and her daughter Donna Rush Lamb and family; and by his nephew and family of Dallas, TX. Mr. Sims was previously married with whom he had a daughter. He is survived by his daughter and her family.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
Odessa American, The () , obit for James Lewis Sims, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14771DE43889D8B0-14771DE43889D8B0 : accessed 18 September 2023)
James Lewis Sims
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Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
ODESSA-- James Lewis Sims, 87, died at a local hospital in Odessa, TX, on January 2, 2001 after a brief illness. A private memorial is planned.
He was born in Purcell, Okla. on December 19, 1913 and raised on a dairy farm. After high school, he worked for Haliburton in the oil fields of West Texas in the 1930's. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Sea Bees in the South Pacific. In the 1950's he was a manufacture's representative selling oil field equipment and he served as a junior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church for a number of years.
He later owned his own business, Sims Equipment Company, that sold oil field equipment. From 1967 until 1983 he and his wife owned and operated the Paint Bucket, an arts and crafts business in Odessa.
Mr. Sims took an active part in the activities of his sons including acting as a Boy Scout Troop Leader for the troop at St. Mary's Catholic Church where his sons attended grade school. A two-day hike with the troop from Buffalo Gap to Horse Head Crossing made a lasting impression on the young boys of the troop.
Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents Henry David Sims and Martha Ann "Lena" Cummings Sims of Waurika, OK; by his older brother Roy Sims of Graham, TX; and by his wife Gwyneth of 44 years, who died in 1994.
Mr. Sims is survived by his two sons; by his sister Madean Rush of Enid, OK, and her daughter Donna Rush Lamb and family; and by his nephew and family of Dallas, TX. Mr. Sims was previously married with whom he had a daughter. He is survived by his daughter and her family.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
Odessa American, The () , obit for James Lewis Sims, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14771DE43889D8B0-14771DE43889D8B0 : accessed 18 September 2023)
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Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
ODESSA-- James Lewis Sims, 87, died at a local hospital in Odessa, TX, on January 2, 2001 after a brief illness. A private memorial is planned.
He was born in Purcell, Okla. on December 19, 1913 and raised on a dairy farm. After high school, he worked for Haliburton in the oil fields of West Texas in the 1930's. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Sea Bees in the South Pacific. In the 1950's he was a manufacture's representative selling oil field equipment and he served as a junior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church for a number of years.
He later owned his own business, Sims Equipment Company, that sold oil field equipment. From 1967 until 1983 he and his wife owned and operated the Paint Bucket, an arts and crafts business in Odessa.
Mr. Sims took an active part in the activities of his sons including acting as a Boy Scout Troop Leader for the troop at St. Mary's Catholic Church where his sons attended grade school. A two-day hike with the troop from Buffalo Gap to Horse Head Crossing made a lasting impression on the young boys of the troop.
Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents Henry David Sims and Martha Ann "Lena" Cummings Sims of Waurika, OK; by his older brother Roy Sims of Graham, TX; and by his wife Gwyneth of 44 years, who died in 1994.
Mr. Sims is survived by his two sons; by his sister Madean Rush of Enid, OK, and her daughter Donna Rush Lamb and family; and by his nephew and family of Dallas, TX. Mr. Sims was previously married with whom he had a daughter. He is survived by his daughter and her family.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Odessa American, The (TX) - Friday, January 5, 2001
Odessa American, The () , obit for James Lewis Sims, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14771DE43889D8B0-14771DE43889D8B0 : accessed 18 September 2023)
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