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Elmer Clinton Simpson
18 Feb 1884 – 26 Sep 1959
| Birth | 18 Feb 1884 |
| Death | 26 Sep 1959 |
| Cemetery | Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens San Angelo , Tom Green County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Claudia on 20 Jun 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271727502 |
Bio
Obituary published in The San Angelo Weekly Standard, on page 2, on Friday, 3 October 1958. Elmer C. Simpson, Railroad Commission Official, Dies Elmer C. Simpson, 74, early-day West Texas football coach and deputy supervisor for District 7-C of the Railroad Commission, died at 11:25 p.m. Friday in Shannon Hospital. Services were held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Johnson's Funeral Chapel with Dr. B. O. Wood minister emeritus of First Presbyterian Church U.S., officiating. Burial was in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Born near Gainesville in Cooke County, Mr. Simpson attended Daniel Baker College in Brownwood and played halfback there for four years. On graduation, he was named head coach. He held that post five years before moving to Howard Payne College in a similar position. Highlight of his coaching career was a 1910 tie with mighty Baylor University who that year won the old Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Assn. championship. But World War I interrupted the promising coaching career, and he went into the Army. Discharged, broke and needing a job, he went to Ranger. "Everything seemed to be happening in a hurry there, so I joined in." Thus began a 30-year adventure with Magnolia Petroleum Co. which ended with retirement in 1948. He still recalled Ranger as "the wildest and toughest of them all. You stood in line to eat, drink, use a restroom, or anything else. There was lots of fighting, theft, and even murder. It wasn't wise to be without money in the event you were hijacked. Nothing usually happened to a person able to pay off if he was held up. Thieves were often known for getting real nasty when finding a prospect broke. The victim might get his head caved in." Joining Magnolia as a roustabout, he was made a "pusher" 15 days later and transferred in 1931 to Desdemona (more commonly known then as Hog Town). He stayed there as production foreman until 1931 when he moved to Crane in a similar position. Later he moved to Coleman where he spent 16 years before his retirement. Mr. Simpson recalled Crane as "nothing like Ranger." By then the depression was on and oil had dropped to a dime a barrel. "Times were hard, and money, food or water were scarce. The dusty streets of Crane were sprinkled with oil because it was cheaper than water." On retirement, Mr. Simpson joined the District 8 office of the Texas Railroad Commission in Midland and moved to San Angelo later as an inspector. He succeeded the late Edward Bierschwale as deputy supervisor of the District 7 office here in 1949. Dealing with the drilling and producing operations of the 14-county district, Mr. Simpson was known to hundreds connected with the oil business. An active member in the Presbyterian Church, he was for many years a bass in the choir. Mr. Simpson suffered a light stroke Aug. 5, and was able to return to his home. August 21, he suffered a severe stroke and has been in a critical condition since then at Shannon Hospital. Survivors include his wife and two sons, Newby C. Simpson who is manager of the Tulsa Production Division for Gulf Oil Corp., and Troy C. Simpson, a drilling superintendent for Union Oil & Gas Co., at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; a brother, Troy Simpson of Ballinger; a sister, Mrs. E. D. Mann of Los Angeles, Calif., and two grandchildren.
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- Edgar T. Simpson 1869–1889
- Willie O Simpson 1871–1882
- Maud Simpson Vancil 1872–1957
- Marilyn "Mally" Simpson Mann 1875–1970
- Hugh L Simpson 1876–1955
- Adelle Wallace Chastain 1877–1956 FaG
- Myrtle Simpson 1879–1879
- Lora Simpson 1881–1882
- Paul Simpson 1887–1913
- Troy Simpson 1892–1962
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