Son of Anderson and Rachael Sims
71 year-old retired Pastor of Lacy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Italy, Texas
Spouse to Ada (Sims) Sims, daughter of Gilbert Sims and Fannie Coffey Sims
Father of Abner; Templeton; Vannie; Wilner; Leon; Cora M.; Agustus; Mildred; Luther G.; Helen; Gilbert; Rachel; and Gladys
Died from coronary thrombosis caused by hypertension heart disease
Information provided by daughter, Mildred Sims; A.O. Dykes, MD; Windham Undertaking Company
Source: Texas Death Certificate #45762; research by Elmerine Allen Bell
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Article from: Italy News Herald, by C.C. "Tip" McClung, June 30, 1971
Before the automobile and even several years after, horses were the mode of travel and power; and horses had to be broken to work and ride. Horse-breaking was an art in itself/
Italy had a Negro, his name was Will Sims, who was a Methodist preacher and most people called him "Preach." He was respected and known as a good and reliable man. He also had a reputation as being the best bronco buster in and around Italy. When anyone had a hard to break horse, they brought him to Italy and called on Preach to break him, this is to ride him until the horse gave in.
Sometimes it took three or four men to ear the horse down to put a saddle on him. But when that job was accomplished and Preach was astride, Preach would say, "Turn him loose and get out of the way." You have never seen a better job of riding than that done by Preach.
Usually when there wasn't any cotton in the big cotton yards on the North Side of Main Street, this would be the place where Preach broke the horses, always before a crowd of onlookers.
In the year of 1903, someone brought a real tough horse to town for Preach to break. Those who knew the horse, knew it would be a real test for Preach to ride him and a large crowd was out to see if Preach could master the horse. When the rider said "turn him loose," that horse used every trick he knew to buck Preach off, but the rider stayed on the animal.
The horse ran over Mr. Jude Douglass, a prominent citizen who was observing and the horse also stepped on the stomach of Mr. Douglass. The writer was just a kid but remembers the occasion distinctly and watched as men carried him on a stretcher into MacKoy and Crumley's Drug Store.
Mr. Douglass lingered near death for days, but recovered and later moved to Winters, Texas
(Article from the Sims Family Historical Archives- courtesy of the Estate of Lauree Queenan Smith)
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71 year-old retired Pastor of Lacy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Italy, Texas
Spouse to Ada (Sims) Sims, daughter of Gilbert Sims and Fannie Coffey Sims
Father of Abner; Templeton; Vannie; Wilner; Leon; Cora M.; Agustus; Mildred; Luther G.; Helen; Gilbert; Rachel; and Gladys
Died from coronary thrombosis caused by hypertension heart disease
Information provided by daughter, Mildred Sims; A.O. Dykes, MD; Windham Undertaking Company
Source: Texas Death Certificate #45762; research by Elmerine Allen Bell
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Article from: Italy News Herald, by C.C. "Tip" McClung, June 30, 1971
Before the automobile and even several years after, horses were the mode of travel and power; and horses had to be broken to work and ride. Horse-breaking was an art in itself/
Italy had a Negro, his name was Will Sims, who was a Methodist preacher and most people called him "Preach." He was respected and known as a good and reliable man. He also had a reputation as being the best bronco buster in and around Italy. When anyone had a hard to break horse, they brought him to Italy and called on Preach to break him, this is to ride him until the horse gave in.
Sometimes it took three or four men to ear the horse down to put a saddle on him. But when that job was accomplished and Preach was astride, Preach would say, "Turn him loose and get out of the way." You have never seen a better job of riding than that done by Preach.
Usually when there wasn't any cotton in the big cotton yards on the North Side of Main Street, this would be the place where Preach broke the horses, always before a crowd of onlookers.
In the year of 1903, someone brought a real tough horse to town for Preach to break. Those who knew the horse, knew it would be a real test for Preach to ride him and a large crowd was out to see if Preach could master the horse. When the rider said "turn him loose," that horse used every trick he knew to buck Preach off, but the rider stayed on the animal.
The horse ran over Mr. Jude Douglass, a prominent citizen who was observing and the horse also stepped on the stomach of Mr. Douglass. The writer was just a kid but remembers the occasion distinctly and watched as men carried him on a stretcher into MacKoy and Crumley's Drug Store.
Mr. Douglass lingered near death for days, but recovered and later moved to Winters, Texas
(Article from the Sims Family Historical Archives- courtesy of the Estate of Lauree Queenan Smith)
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Son of Anderson and Rachael Sims
71 year-old retired Pastor of Lacy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Italy, Texas
Spouse to Ada (Sims) Sims, daughter of Gilbert Sims and Fannie Coffey Sims
Father of Abner; Templeton; Vannie; Wilner; Leon; Cora M.; Agustus; Mildred; Luther G.; Helen; Gilbert; Rachel; and Gladys
Died from coronary thrombosis caused by hypertension heart disease
Information provided by daughter, Mildred Sims; A.O. Dykes, MD; Windham Undertaking Company
Source: Texas Death Certificate #45762; research by Elmerine Allen Bell
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Article from: Italy News Herald, by C.C. "Tip" McClung, June 30, 1971
Before the automobile and even several years after, horses were the mode of travel and power; and horses had to be broken to work and ride. Horse-breaking was an art in itself/
Italy had a Negro, his name was Will Sims, who was a Methodist preacher and most people called him "Preach." He was respected and known as a good and reliable man. He also had a reputation as being the best bronco buster in and around Italy. When anyone had a hard to break horse, they brought him to Italy and called on Preach to break him, this is to ride him until the horse gave in.
Sometimes it took three or four men to ear the horse down to put a saddle on him. But when that job was accomplished and Preach was astride, Preach would say, "Turn him loose and get out of the way." You have never seen a better job of riding than that done by Preach.
Usually when there wasn't any cotton in the big cotton yards on the North Side of Main Street, this would be the place where Preach broke the horses, always before a crowd of onlookers.
In the year of 1903, someone brought a real tough horse to town for Preach to break. Those who knew the horse, knew it would be a real test for Preach to ride him and a large crowd was out to see if Preach could master the horse. When the rider said "turn him loose," that horse used every trick he knew to buck Preach off, but the rider stayed on the animal.
The horse ran over Mr. Jude Douglass, a prominent citizen who was observing and the horse also stepped on the stomach of Mr. Douglass. The writer was just a kid but remembers the occasion distinctly and watched as men carried him on a stretcher into MacKoy and Crumley's Drug Store.
Mr. Douglass lingered near death for days, but recovered and later moved to Winters, Texas
(Article from the Sims Family Historical Archives- courtesy of the Estate of Lauree Queenan Smith)
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71 year-old retired Pastor of Lacy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Italy, Texas
Spouse to Ada (Sims) Sims, daughter of Gilbert Sims and Fannie Coffey Sims
Father of Abner; Templeton; Vannie; Wilner; Leon; Cora M.; Agustus; Mildred; Luther G.; Helen; Gilbert; Rachel; and Gladys
Died from coronary thrombosis caused by hypertension heart disease
Information provided by daughter, Mildred Sims; A.O. Dykes, MD; Windham Undertaking Company
Source: Texas Death Certificate #45762; research by Elmerine Allen Bell
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Article from: Italy News Herald, by C.C. "Tip" McClung, June 30, 1971
Before the automobile and even several years after, horses were the mode of travel and power; and horses had to be broken to work and ride. Horse-breaking was an art in itself/
Italy had a Negro, his name was Will Sims, who was a Methodist preacher and most people called him "Preach." He was respected and known as a good and reliable man. He also had a reputation as being the best bronco buster in and around Italy. When anyone had a hard to break horse, they brought him to Italy and called on Preach to break him, this is to ride him until the horse gave in.
Sometimes it took three or four men to ear the horse down to put a saddle on him. But when that job was accomplished and Preach was astride, Preach would say, "Turn him loose and get out of the way." You have never seen a better job of riding than that done by Preach.
Usually when there wasn't any cotton in the big cotton yards on the North Side of Main Street, this would be the place where Preach broke the horses, always before a crowd of onlookers.
In the year of 1903, someone brought a real tough horse to town for Preach to break. Those who knew the horse, knew it would be a real test for Preach to ride him and a large crowd was out to see if Preach could master the horse. When the rider said "turn him loose," that horse used every trick he knew to buck Preach off, but the rider stayed on the animal.
The horse ran over Mr. Jude Douglass, a prominent citizen who was observing and the horse also stepped on the stomach of Mr. Douglass. The writer was just a kid but remembers the occasion distinctly and watched as men carried him on a stretcher into MacKoy and Crumley's Drug Store.
Mr. Douglass lingered near death for days, but recovered and later moved to Winters, Texas
(Article from the Sims Family Historical Archives- courtesy of the Estate of Lauree Queenan Smith)
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