Obit of Simpson, Thomas Albert - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 14 Dec 2008 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Rose Hill Cemetery--Grimes OK Surnames: Simpson, Reynolds, McLean, Branson, Cox Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7371 Thomas Albert Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harrison Simpsaon, was born May 5, 1877 in Golden City, Missouri and departed this life December 14, 1946 at the age of 69 years, 7 months and 9 days. Mr. Simpson died suddenly in his home while talking to his sons, Thomas and Herman, who lived with him. He came from Indian territory in 1899 and filed on a claim in Roger Mills county near Sptizer's corner where he has resided every since. In November of 1905 he married Mary Jane Reynolds. To this union were born 12 children, three of them preceded him in death, and his wife passed away in an Elk City hospital February 28, 1936. Immediate survivors are his children, Thomas Flyn Simpson of Cheyenne, Okla., Cecil Simpson, Cheyenne; Henry Simpson, Berkeley, Calif., Floyd Simpson, Oklahoma City; Herman Simpson, Cheyenne; Roy Simpson of Phoenix, Arizona, Mrs. Beulah McLean, Pampa, Texas, Miss Bertha Simpson, Pampa, Texas, Mrs. Frona Branson, Karnack, Texas; and several grandchildren. One sister Mrs. Thomas L. Cox, Oklahoma City. Mr. Simpson, a member of the Methodist church, was a good husband and father, a loyal neighbor always ready to lend a helping hand and a friend to everyone he knew. He was truly one of the "Old Timers" and will be greatly missed from the community. Interment was in the Rose Hill cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with Sayre Funeral Home, Moore-Allen Funeral directors in charge. Sayre Daily Headlight Journal, Sayre, OK 19-Dec-1946 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html