Obituaries: Carrie (HANKEY) SIMPSON 1941: Jefferson County, PA
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Carrie Hankey Simpson died August 18, 1941
Mrs. Carrie Hankey Simpson died in the Brookville Hospital Monday, August
18, 1941, from injuries received when she was struck by a truck on Thursday,
June 26, 1941. She was born March 7, 1874, a daughter of Manassa and Elvina
Byers Hankey, of Oak Ridge.
She is survived by her husband, John T. Simpson; six children, Mrs. Bell
Gobel, of Clarion; Mrs. J. M. Hindman and Mrs. Newell Moore, of Corsica;
Merle Simpson, Sharon; Willard Simpson, Hubbard, Ohio, and Mrs. George
McCormick, Franklin, Nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild also
survive. One brother, J. E. Hankey, Butler, and one sister, Mrs. J. H.
Dodson, of New Bethlehem, survive.
Mrs. Simpson was a member of the Pisgah Presbyterian church, Corsica, in
which funeral services were held at 2:30 oÕclock Wednesday afternoon, August
20. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Simpson was crossing the street in Corsica when she was struck by a
truck driven by Lloyd Stahlman, Strattanville. Witnesses said she stepped
into the path of the truck. The driver of the truck was exonerated of blame.