Leslie G. Storey - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Richard P. Sevier 2/19/2012 USGenWeb NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. ************************************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************************************ Leslie G. Storey - Madison Parish, Louisiana From Tallulah Madison Journal December 4, 1964 Services Held On Monday For Leslie G. Storey Funeral services were held at 4 p. in. Monday at the Tallulah Methodist Church for Leslie Storey, 66, who died Sunday night at the local hospital after a short illness. He had been in ill health for some time. He was a well known Tallulah resident, having lived here for the past 31 years. He was a retired salesman for Armour Packing Co. He was a member of the Tallulah Methodist Church, a former member of the official board of the church, president of the Men's Bible Class and a charter member of the Tallulah Rotary Club. Services were conducted in the Methodist Church with the Rev. Clark Bell, pastor and the Rev. Kilpatrick of Shreveport officiating. Burial followed in Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Crothers Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sadie Storey of Tallulah; a son, Dr. Jacob W. Storey of Tallulah; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Walter Jr., of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Carr and Mrs. Matt Shrowder both of Hartsville, Tenn.; a brother, John Storey of Hartsville and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were George Kimbrough, Wallace Luckett, A. N. Duke, W. P. Sevier, Lamar Loe, John O'Shea, Reid Watts and Don Sevier. Honorary pallbearers were the members of the Men's Bible Class and the Rotary Club. From Tallulah Madison Journal September 4, 1959 L. G. Storey Retired After 38 Years Service After 38 years of continuous service, Armour & Company has officially retired L. G. Storey. Mr. Storey was employed with Armour & Company March 27, 1922, working out of Nashville Tennessee, branch in his hometown territory. At that time he was considered the youngest traveling salesman in the entire Amour organization. After showing a big improvement in this territory, he was transferred in 1924 to Helena, Arkansas, with Morris & Company a subsidiary of Armour & Company, making his headquarters at Eudora, Arkansas, and only calling on jobbers and large furnishing accounts. After a few months on this job he was acclaimed one of the largest tonnage men in the whole Armour and Morris organization. After having served in this capacity for a couple of years, Morris & Company was discontinued in this territory. Mr. Storey was offered preference to either go to Virginia as route car supervisor with Morris & Company or pick his own territory in this section with Armour & Company as regular salesman. He had become so attached to this surrounding territory that he decided to take the Armour & Company position, and in 1931, he moved to Tallulah to make his headquarters. Outside of a few minor changes, he has remained in this territory until his retirement. The two highlights in Mr. Storey's career with Armour & Company were in 1932 when he won as trip to Chicago to the World's Fair from the New Orleans District on sales and tonnage. At that time he was the youngest man to win this contest out of the 17 districts of the United States. Almost 20 years later he won a second contest, almost identical to the one in 1932, from the Ft. Worth District to the International Livestock Show in Chicago. At that time he was the oldest man in the group and did not have the pleasure of meeting any of the group that he met in 1932. In Tallulah Mr. Storey is charter member of the Rotary Club, served the past four years on the official board of the Tallulah Methodist Church, and is president of the Men's Bible Class. He resides at 807 LaSalle Street with his wife and two children.