Lois D. Simpson

Funeral services for Lois D. Simpson, 94, of Arp were held Jan. 4 in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel in Overton with Reverend Tommy Harden officiating.

Burial was in Mason Cemetery.

Mrs. Simpson died Jan. 1, 2008 in Overton.

She was born March 13, 1913 in Smith County to the late George W. and Daisy L. Cooley Ledford. She married the late William Simpson June 10, 1933 in Troup. She was cofounder of the Houston School for the Deaf and retired in 1973 after 27 years as a teacher. She was an avid fund raiser and a member of the Arp Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Otis Ledford and Rudolph Ledford, and two sisters, Jimmie Sorrell and Alice Stovall.

Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Harold and Doris Simpson of Marietta, Ga., and Glenn Simpson of Houston; a sister, Judy Thompson of Arp; three grandchildren, Tara Simpson, Harold Simpson Jr., and Brick Simpson; four great-grandchildren, Alexandra Hodges, Antonia Hodges, James Hodges III, and Noah Simpson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Randy Mullican, Vernon Bedair, James Locklear, Richard Locklear, Brick Simpson, and Harold Simpson Jr.

Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com.