James W. Simpson
1881 - 1969 (87 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. James W. Simpson was born on 7 Mar 1881 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 5 Jan 1969 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: newspaper publisher
- Census: 1920, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky
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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51090745/james-w_-simpsonFamily/Spouse: Elnora R. Robinson. Elnora (daughter of Thomas Alva Robinson and Thalitha Ponder) was born on 16 Mar 1889 in Clay County, Kentucky; died on 18 Feb 1956 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 19 Feb 1956 in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Margaret Simpson
was born on 28 Feb 1911 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 16 Oct 1934 in Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. - 3. James William “Bill” Simpson was born on 2 Jul 1918 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 2 Nov 2007; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky.
- 4. Lytha Ann Simpson was born on 25 Feb 1929 in Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 7 Jan 2018 in Wayne County, Kentucky; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky.
Generation: 2
2. Margaret Simpson (1.James1) was born on 28 Feb 1911 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 16 Oct 1934 in Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39344493/margaret-barrier
Plot: Section 2, row, grave 35Family/Spouse: Homer T. Barrier. Homer was born on 23 Oct 1911 in Barrier, Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 28 Nov 1947 in Kentucky; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. James William “Bill” Simpson (1.James1) was born on 2 Jul 1918 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 2 Nov 2007; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: owner and publisher of The Wayne County Outlook
- _MILT: World war II. US Navy, SM2.
Notes:
JAMES WILLIAM "BILL" SIMPSON
July 2, 1918 - Nov. 2, 2007
James William "Bill" Simpson, Jr., a former owner/publisher of The Wayne County Outlook and World War II veteran, died Friday, November 2, 2007. He was 89.
In the U.S. Navy, Simpson was witness to some of the most important and decisive battles of World War II. As a newspaper owner, his career spanned the transition from hot metal type into the computer age.
Born in Monticello, Ky. on July 2, 1918, he was the son of the late Elnora and J.W. (Jim) Simpson, Sr. and was a life-long resident of Monticello until moving to neighboring Somerset in 2005. He was a member of First Christian Church in Monticello.
Simpson was raised in the newspaper business and worked as a newspaperman for nearly 50 years. His father had founded The Wayne County Outlook in 1904 and the family continued to manage the paper until it was sold in 1987.
Simpson learned early in his life how to handset type and operate the presses at the newspaper office. In the late 1930s, while still a teenager, he was left in charge of the paper while his father was out of town. A traveling editor for Publisher's Auxiliary, a publication for the National Newspaper Association, chanced to stop by The Outlook for a visit. He was so impressed by the young man's command of newspaper production that he wrote a column for the publication noting the youngster's abilities.
A 1938 graduate of Monticello High School, Simpson spent two years at the University of Kentucky before returning home. In 1942 he enlisted the U.S. Navy as part of the World War II effort.
A signalman on the amphibious troop transport U.S.S. Thurston, Simpson saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He reported in a letter to his mother that watching the raising of the U.S. flag over Iwo Jima's Mt. Suribachi was "one of the most thrilling sights I have ever seen."
After the war, Simpson returned to work with his father. While he wrote some articles for the paper, he served mainly as a printer, Linotype operator and publisher.
On October 4, 1951 he married Corydon, Ind. native Dolly Eileen Smith, then a nurse at VA Hospital in Louisville. Residing in Monticello, the couple had two sons-Stuart born in 1952; and Jim in 1953.
Simpson took part in civic activities over the years and was proud of coaching Little League baseball teams.
At the newspaper, he oversaw the transition in the late 1960s and early 1970s from hot metal type to cold type, the offset printing process. With the new type of printing, the paper began using computerized typesetting methods and was one of the first in Kentucky to fully incorporate desktop publishing into the production in the mid-1980s.
After the family sold the paper in 1987, Simpson retired from the business. He remained very interested in Kentucky's newspapers and was an avid reader.
His parents and a sister, Margaret, preceded him in death.
His wife; two sons; a sister, Lytha Ann Underwood; and a grandson, Will Simpson, survive him.
Funeral services were held Sunday, November 4, 2007 with the Hoyt G.
Hickey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the American Cancer Society and Hospice of Lake Cumberland.
Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. Sunday, 4 November 2007.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56907351/james-william-simpsonJames married Dolly Eileen Smith on 3 Oct 1951. Dolly was born on 20 Nov 1923 in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana; died on 13 May 2013 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Lytha Ann Simpson (1.James1) was born on 25 Feb 1929 in Wayne County, Kentucky; died on 7 Jan 2018 in Wayne County, Kentucky; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Notes:
Simpson-Underwood
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Simpson of Monticello announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lytha Ann Simpson, to Mr. Clyde Underwood of Louisville, son of Mrs. John R. Chasteen of Lexington. Their marriage will take place tomorrow in Louisville. Miss Simpson is a graduate of the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Louisville Girls’ High School.
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Thursday, 8 may 1952.
Lytha Ann Simpson Underwood was born February 25th, 1929 in Monticello, Kentucky to the late James William and Elnora Robinson Simpson and passed away Sunday, January 7th, 2018 at the Wayne County Hospital reaching the age of eighty-eight-years.
On May 9th, 1952 she united in marriage with Robert Clyde Underwood, Sr., whom passed away October 12th, 1996 and to this union she is survived by her daughters; April and her husband Canie West, Dawn and her husband Jason Allison, her sons; Bro. Robert Jr. and his wife Mary Underwood and James Michael Underwood-Jones and Tracy Jones along with her six grandchildren; Beth, Jon Marc, Brian, Tyler, Jacob and MaKenna, her three great-grandchildren; Parker, Bella and Lola and her two nephews; Stuart and Jim Simpson. She is preceded in death by her daughter; Melody Ann Underwood and her siblings; Margaret Simpson and William Simpson.
Lytha was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was a lifetime member of the First Christian Church.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104962782/lytha-ann-underwoodLytha married Robert Clyde Underwood on 9 May 1952 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Robert was born on 2 Mar 1927 in Fayette County, Kentucky; died on 12 Oct 1996 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; was buried in Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]