Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, Waverly Clyde March 6, 2007
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The Virginian Pilot  March 8, 2007
W.C. "Winks" Simpson, 91, died peacefully at his home the night of March 6, 
2007. Winks was born in Norfolk, April 24, 1915, son of Waverly C. Simpson and 
Rosalene Foster Simpson. He was a descendent of Sir George Yardley, governor of 
Virginia in 1611. Winks was a life member of the Jamestown Society and was 
eligible to become a Son of the Revolution from both sides of his family. His 
family held many truck farms in what became the Southern Shopping Center area 
of Norfolk, while his mother later became director of the Dept. of Public 
Welfare of Princess Anne County. His grandfather, J.R. Simpson, lived in a 
house on the oceanfront at 23rd Street. Winks was a mine of stories of Old 
Norfolk County and early Virginia Beach. Graduating as an electrical engineer 
from North Carolina State in 1940, he worked for Carolina Power and Light at 
their hydro electric plant in Mount Gilead. After his brother, Foster, who was 
in the Merchant Marines, was torpedoed in Virginia waters during World War II, 
Winks worked for the Navy as a civilian in the newly developed radar testing 
and then as inspector of scientific naval material. Following the death of his 
first wife, Georgiana Davidson in 1949, Winks entered the hotel business. He 
built the Holiday House Motel, one of the first motels in Virginia Beach, 
located at the corner of 14th and Atlantic on the oceanfront near the fishing 
pier. During this time, he enjoyed winters in Mexico, where he met and married 
in 1968, his second wife, Elizabeth Rands, an Australian school teacher. Winks 
retired from the hotel business in 1975 to spend more time with his young 
family and to play with real estate. Winks is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; 
his sons, David F. Simpson, licensed clinical social worker and Major 
Christopher R. Simpson, Chris' wife, Michele C. Simpson and their children, 
Joshua Paul and Hannah Marie Simpson. His funeral will be held at Old Donation 
Episcopal Church, 4449 N. Witchduck Road, at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. 
Canon Win Lewis and the Rev. Robert Randall will officiate. The service will be 
followed by a reception at the church with interment at Elmwood Cemetery in 
Norfolk afterwards. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Old Donation 
Episcopal Church. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, is handling 
arrangements. 

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