Beckham Co. - Obit for Emma Spruell Simpson

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   Emma Spruell Simpson
   CANADIAN - Emma Spruell Simpson, 73, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999.
   
   Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Edith Ford Memorial
   Cemetery with Roger Smelser, senior minister at First Christian
   Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Stickley-Hill Funeral
   Directors of Canadian.
   
   Mrs. Simpson was born in Canadian, where she was a lifelong resident.
   She was a nurse's aide and health care provider at Hemphill County
   Hospital and Abraham Memorial Home. She was a member of First Baptist
   Church.
   
   She married George Simpson in 1974 at Canadian. She was preceded in
   death by a son, John Borst, in 1947.
   
   Survivors include her husband; three sons, Fredrick Borst and William
   Borst, both of San Antonio, and Thomas Borst of Elk City, Okla.; two
   daughters, Willa Jane Condron of Waco and Irene Davidson of Canadian;
   a sister, Gladys McCollom of Amarillo; nine grandchildren; and three
   great-grandchildren.
   
   Viewing will be from 2 until 8 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. until 8
   p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
   
   The family suggests memorials be to Hemphill County Hospice, 1020 S.
   Fourth St., Canadian, TX 79014.
   
   Amarillo Daily News, Oct. 13, 1999