Obituary from the Shreveport Times newspaper, Feb. 25, 1970, Wednesday, p. 8-A:
Graveside services for J. L. Simpson, 75, of 6020 Line Ave., will be held at 10 a.m. today in Forest Park Cemetery with the Rev. Floyd Durham, a Protestant chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital, officiating.
Mr. Simpson was pronounced dead at the scene of an automobile accident on Norris-Ferry Road about noon Monday by Caddo Coroner Dr. Stuart DeLee. The car went into a ditch about 42 feet and struck a utility pole after leaving the road on a sharp turn. It was a one-car accident.
A native of Arizona, La., Mr. Simpson had lived here 40 years. He was a retired employee of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. and a veteran of World War I. A life member of American Legion Cedar Grove Post No. 6, he was a member of the Joppa Masonic Lodge, 40 & 8 and F&AM.
Survivors include his widow, and three brothers, Stacy Simpson of Shreveport, Harold Simpson of Houston, Tex., and Lamar Simpson of California.
Graveside services for J. L. Simpson, 75, of 6020 Line Ave., will be held at 10 a.m. today in Forest Park Cemetery with the Rev. Floyd Durham, a Protestant chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital, officiating.
Mr. Simpson was pronounced dead at the scene of an automobile accident on Norris-Ferry Road about noon Monday by Caddo Coroner Dr. Stuart DeLee. The car went into a ditch about 42 feet and struck a utility pole after leaving the road on a sharp turn. It was a one-car accident.
A native of Arizona, La., Mr. Simpson had lived here 40 years. He was a retired employee of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. and a veteran of World War I. A life member of American Legion Cedar Grove Post No. 6, he was a member of the Joppa Masonic Lodge, 40 & 8 and F&AM.
Survivors include his widow, and three brothers, Stacy Simpson of Shreveport, Harold Simpson of Houston, Tex., and Lamar Simpson of California.
Obituary from the Shreveport Times newspaper, Feb. 25, 1970, Wednesday, p. 8-A:
Graveside services for J. L. Simpson, 75, of 6020 Line Ave., will be held at 10 a.m. today in Forest Park Cemetery with the Rev. Floyd Durham, a Protestant chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital, officiating.
Mr. Simpson was pronounced dead at the scene of an automobile accident on Norris-Ferry Road about noon Monday by Caddo Coroner Dr. Stuart DeLee. The car went into a ditch about 42 feet and struck a utility pole after leaving the road on a sharp turn. It was a one-car accident.
A native of Arizona, La., Mr. Simpson had lived here 40 years. He was a retired employee of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. and a veteran of World War I. A life member of American Legion Cedar Grove Post No. 6, he was a member of the Joppa Masonic Lodge, 40 & 8 and F&AM.
Survivors include his widow, and three brothers, Stacy Simpson of Shreveport, Harold Simpson of Houston, Tex., and Lamar Simpson of California.
Graveside services for J. L. Simpson, 75, of 6020 Line Ave., will be held at 10 a.m. today in Forest Park Cemetery with the Rev. Floyd Durham, a Protestant chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital, officiating.
Mr. Simpson was pronounced dead at the scene of an automobile accident on Norris-Ferry Road about noon Monday by Caddo Coroner Dr. Stuart DeLee. The car went into a ditch about 42 feet and struck a utility pole after leaving the road on a sharp turn. It was a one-car accident.
A native of Arizona, La., Mr. Simpson had lived here 40 years. He was a retired employee of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. and a veteran of World War I. A life member of American Legion Cedar Grove Post No. 6, he was a member of the Joppa Masonic Lodge, 40 & 8 and F&AM.
Survivors include his widow, and three brothers, Stacy Simpson of Shreveport, Harold Simpson of Houston, Tex., and Lamar Simpson of California.
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JAMES L SIMPSON
LOUISIANA
PFC 5 CO COAST ARTY
WORLD WAR I
NOV 23 1896 FEB 25 1970
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