Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Earl Simpson ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, March 6, 1919 On 30 April 1884, a little boy named Earl came into the home of Mr. And Mrs. Joe Simpson. He grew to quiet manhood under the protecting care of these Christian parents. He was a good, quiet, obedient child. At home and at school he gained the love and admiration of all with whom he associated. He was valedictorian of the graduating class from the Jacksboro High School in 1904. After his graduation he left the home he loved so well and took a course in the State University. But he never ceased to love his home and his parents, brothers and sisters. He always kept in touch with them, even though he never again made his home with them. He loved travel and the quiet unpretentious life he could lead while traveling. He had a sense of right and wrong, and never allowed public opinion to influence his decisions and actions. He never sought notoriety, but lived modestly in seclusion and yet he was great and was recognized by those who knew him as being a man of intellect and worth. When the United States became in need of his services he was ready to answer to the call of humanity. He became a lieutenant in the United States army. He was about to leave Camp Dodge, Iowa, for France when he died, 21 October 1918. His parents have lost a loving, obedient son; his two sisters and three brothers recognizing that the strongest of them had been taken.