Stephens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Simpson, Archie October 3, 1918
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The Toccoa (GA) Record, Toccoa, GA, October 10, 1918
Archie Simpson Dead.
  The far-reaching effect of the war has been painfully brought home to this 
community in the death of Archie Simpson. His is the first name from Toccoa to 
be in a casualty list in a training camp, here or in France. He was born and 
reared here, and is well remembered as a young man of kind disposition, 
generous and likable, and possessing excellent habits.
  For the past ten years he has lived in Florida, where his faithfulness and 
efficiency won him promotion as a railroad man.
  Three months ago when the call came to him to go into training, Archie went 
to Fort Meyers, Washington, D.C. Later he was transferred to Hoboken, N.J. 
Three weeks ago he started overseas, but after sixteen hours on the ocean was 
brought back to St. Mary's hospital critically ill. He grew rapidly worse and 
died October 3.
  His body reached Toccoa Monday afternoon, and was buried Tuesday morning from 
the family residence. The impressive funeral service was conducted by Rev. R. 
E. Telford, of Cornelia.
  "Arch," as he was familiarly and affectionately called by his friends, has as 
truly given his life in this great struggle as if he had died in the 
trenches "over there," or had met death going "over the top." He responded to 
the government willingly, and obeyed every mandate like a patriot. He faced 
death with the calmness and the courage of an experienced soldier.
  The heart of the entire community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Simpson, his 
parents, and their adult sons and daughter in this hour of their great sorrow.

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