Officiating will be the Rev. E. L. Redden, retired Abilene pastor, the Rev. C. A. Powell of Weinert, and former pastor of the church, and the Rev. Wayland Boyd, pastor.
Burial will be in Rule Cemetery. Gauntt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be Lee Norman and E. J. Cloud, both of Rule, Wayne Stevens, Elvin Cooley, Woodrow Bagley and Granville Kincaid, all of Hamlin.
Mr. Simpson died at 12:25 p.m. Monday in his car in Amarillo following a heart attack.
He was born Sept. 26, 1904, at Ladonia in Fannin County. He was reared by the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cole at Rule. He married Mary Carroll in December, 1923, at Rule.
Mr. Simpson was an employee of the American National Insurance Co.
Survivors are his wife and two sons, Lindell and Carroll Dee, all of Amarillo; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Black of Amarillo and Mrs. J. J. Gregory of Abilene; and one granddaughter.
One sister, Mrs. Ernest Allen of Rule, and his mother, Mrs. Mary Simpson, preceded him in death.
Officiating will be the Rev. E. L. Redden, retired Abilene pastor, the Rev. C. A. Powell of Weinert, and former pastor of the church, and the Rev. Wayland Boyd, pastor.
Burial will be in Rule Cemetery. Gauntt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be Lee Norman and E. J. Cloud, both of Rule, Wayne Stevens, Elvin Cooley, Woodrow Bagley and Granville Kincaid, all of Hamlin.
Mr. Simpson died at 12:25 p.m. Monday in his car in Amarillo following a heart attack.
He was born Sept. 26, 1904, at Ladonia in Fannin County. He was reared by the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cole at Rule. He married Mary Carroll in December, 1923, at Rule.
Mr. Simpson was an employee of the American National Insurance Co.
Survivors are his wife and two sons, Lindell and Carroll Dee, all of Amarillo; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Black of Amarillo and Mrs. J. J. Gregory of Abilene; and one granddaughter.
One sister, Mrs. Ernest Allen of Rule, and his mother, Mrs. Mary Simpson, preceded him in death.
Family Members
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Carl Cecil Simpson
1912–1997
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Virgil Franklin Simpson
1914–1982
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Elizabeth Lue Simpson
1915–1966
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Frankie Belle Simpson Taylor
1918–2010
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Curtis Thaddeus Simpson
1920–1985
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Clem Burton Simpson
1921–1987
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Dorothy Martha Simpson
1922–1940
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Infant Daughter Simpson
1922–1922
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Robert Earl "Bob" Simpson
1924–2004
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Lillie Mae Simpson Logan
1928–2011
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Infant Simpson
1931–1931
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