James Henry McClimons Obituary
J. H. McClimons, ex-Confederate soldier, pioneer citizen of Hopkins County, died Wednesday morning. He was born in the State of South Carolina in the year of 1843, and was therefore more than 87 years old at the time of his death. He served his native state as a soldier in the civil war and did valiant service for the cause of the Southland in that bloody struggle for four years. Soon after the close of the war he and his good wife came to Hopkins County, reaching here about the 1871, where he continued to live till the time of his death. Forty years ago he opened the McClimons Hotel in Sulphur Springs which continued there after to be his home, although for the past few years he has been unable to look after its management, other members of his family having relieved him by assuming charge. He is survived by the following sons and daughters, his wife having preceded him in death ten years ago: O.P. McClimons and Ed McClimons, Sulphur Springs; Mrs. J. F. Wyatt, Waxahachie; Mrs. Lou Burton, Mrs. Grover Mann and Mrs. W.B. Thomas, Jr., Dallas, all of whom were with him when the end came. Funeral services will be held in the First Methodist church with Rev. M. L. Hamilton of Greenville and Pastor Minor Bounds in charge of the services. Burial will follow in the City Cemetery. Masonic Resolutions - J. H. McClimons was born in Greenville, South Carolina, September 23, 1843, died in Sulphur Springs, Texas, December 24, 1930. He was married to Miss Nancy Jane Leonard of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, January 28, 1864. To this union ten children were born, six of whom survive.. He moved to Hopkins County in 1871, and a few years later moved to Sulphur Springs. He was made a Mason in Georgia in 1868; affiliated with Sulphur Springs Lodge No. 221 in 1873. He was also a Royal Arch Mason, Knights Templar, and a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. He served this Lodge for 12 years, and for several years as Grand Visitor of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter. He
was Past High Priest of the Chapter, Past Eminent Commander of Knights Templar.