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Submitted: 8/28/24 • Approved: 8/28/24 • Last Updated: 8/31/24 • R600481-G600479-S3
Delbert E. Simpson
June 17, 1926-July 15, 2005
Alma C. Averitt Simpson
November 12, 1927-September 9, 2016
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*Obituary Alma Claire (Averitt) Simpson
Alma Claire (Averitt) Simpson
(1927 - 2016)
Alma Claire Simpson passed away on Friday, September 9, 2016, after a brief battle with pneumonia. She was 88 years old. Viewing will be from 12 Noon to 9 pm on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at Crescent Park Baptist Church with Joe Acuff officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial in Big Spring, TX.
Alma was born November 12, 1927, in Otis Chalk Community, TX, to Walter Bryan and Alma Francis Averitt. She was the 2nd of five children; her siblings were Bryan, James, Shirley, and Don. She graduated from Colorado City High School and married Delbert Elton Simpson of Big Spring, TX.
She spent her working years in banking and as a homemaker.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, and her husband.
Her passing was quick and free of suffering. She was blessed with a good quality of life until near the end. She remained living independently in her home until the end.
She is survived by her son Gary Don Simpson of Houston, TX; by nieces Jeannie and Betty, and by many kin folk and friends. She was loved by all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Campers on Mission. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
Obituary published by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Contributed on 8/28/24 by neldapat
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