SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Commission File Number: 000-24181
Southwest Partners III, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
400 West Illinois, Suite 950
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Units of Limited Partnership Interests
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4 (a) (1) (i) | [X] | Rule 12h-3 (b) (1) (i) | [ ] |
| Rule 12g-4 (a) (1) (ii) | [ ] | Rule 12h-3 (b) (1) (ii) | [ ] |
| Rule 12g-4 (a) (2) (i) | [ ] | Rule 12h-3 (b) (2) (i) | [ ] |
| Rule 12g-4 (a) (2) (ii) | [ ] | Rule 12h-3 (b) (2) (ii) | [ ] |
| | | Rule 15d-6 | [ ] |
| | | | |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 0
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Southwest Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, has caused this certification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
Dated: December 28, 2006
ANCHOR RESOURCES, LLC, as general partner of SOUTHWEST PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: /s/ H. H. Wommack, III ________________
Name: H. H. Wommack, III ________________
Title: President __________________________
