David Leroy Sims

1881 - 1969  (88 years)

• Name	David Leroy Sims
  Born	4 Jun 1881	Wyatt, Jackson County, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Sep 1969	Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
  Buried	21 Sep 1969	Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I10565	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Virgie Viola Ford,   b. 9 Feb 1895, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA ,   d. 5 Oct 1988, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1939	Lovington, Lea County, New Mexico, USA
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F4671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Jun 1881 - Wyatt, Jackson County, Louisiana, USA Married - 3 Jul 1939 - Lovington, Lea County, New Mexico, USA Died - 18 Sep 1969 - Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA Buried - 21 Sep 1969 - Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War I Draft Card - David Leroy Sims Name: David Leroy Sims Race: White Birth Date: 4 Jun 1881 Residence Date: 1917-1918 Street Address: 401 E. 27th St. Sunset Heights Residence Place: Harris County, Texas, USA Physical Build: Medium Height: Tall Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Relative: Ehtel Odesa Sims
  		U.S. World War II Draft Card - David Leroy Sims Name: David Lee Roy Sims Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Jun 1881 Residence Place: Odessa, Texas, USA Military Draft Date: 1942 Relationship to Draftee: Head
  		Obituary of David Leroy Sims Published in The Odessa American on September 19, 1969

  
  

  Headstones

  Crypt of David Leroy Sims and Virgie Viola Ford Sims Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA Plot: Mausoleum Sanctuary 1A

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Final Rites Set Sunday Final rites will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home chapel for David Lee Sims, 88, 2766 East 21st St. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, with Rev. S. C. Strickland officiating. He died Thursday in Hogan-Malone Hospital in Big Spring after a two-week illness. Born June 4, 1881, in Jackson Parish, La., he came to Odessa in 1924 from Houston. He married Virgie Carwile on July 3, 1939, in Lovington, N.M. He was a charter member of the Asbury United Methodist Church and had been a member of the 100F Lodge for 29 years. He is survived by his wife; three sons, Harold of Columbia, S. C., LeRoy of Farmington, N. M., and Joe of Newport News, Va.; a daughter, Miss Bobby Sims, 410 North Jackson and two sisters, Mrs. Sally Walker and Mrs. Mae Mobley, both of Jonesboro, La. (Published in The Odessa American on September 19, 1969)