SIMPSON, James Melvin
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
ATTICA, Ind. ( CNS )--- James Melvin Simpson, 24, of 400 Home, Veedersburg, died at 1 p.m. yesterday (Oct. 31, 1967) of injuries sustained when his auto was struck by a Norfolk & Western Railroad passenger train in West Point. (Story on Page 1.) Born Nov. 14, 1942, in Williamsport, he was the son of Melvin and Marjorie Stump Simpson. He was married in 1963 to Sandra Keeling, who survives. Mr. Simpson attended Davis School and was a 1960 graduate of Attica High. He formerly had been employed by Allison Division of General Motors at Indianapolis and had been a salesman for the Wickes Corp. at Hillsboro. He was a member of the Sterling Christian Church. Other survivors include a son, Brett Allen at home; his parents of Attica Route 1; two sisters, Mrs. Kay Luttrell of Attica Route 2 and Mrs. Wendell Morgan of Attica; a brother, Gerald of Attica Route 1; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stump of West Lebanon, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mont Simpson of Penfield, Ill. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Sterling Christian Church. The Rev. Bill Wilhite will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. The body is at the Roemer Funeral Home. Friends will be received after 5 p.m. Thursday. --typed by Walt W
Source: Obituary from a collection of Fauniel Hershbarger, a life-long Fountain County Indiana resident
VEEDERSBURG, Ind. – A 24 year-old Veedersburg man was dead on arrival at Home Hospital in Lafayette yesterday after his auto was struck and thrown 160 feet by the fast-moving Norfolk and Western railroad’s Wabash Cannonball passenger train. Dead of multiple injuries is James M. Simpson, 400 S. Home Ave., Veedersburg. The accident occurred about 12:50 p.m. (EST). State police report that Simpson was southbound on the blacktopped Granville Road, just off Ind. Route 25 near West Point, Ind., in Tippecanoe County. The police report stated that Simpson failed to heed the warning bells at the crossing and the left rear of his auto was struck by the train traveling at 78 miles per hour. Simpson was thrown from the auto. The crew of the train, No. 301, from Detroit, Mich., to St. Louis, Mo., were: Engineer, Hubbard, Decatur, Ill.; conductor, C. H. Banks, Camden, Mich., and brakeman, Keller Mannly, Montpelier, Ohio. There were no injuries to crew or passengers. The state troopers were assisted at the scene by the West Point fire and rescue department. The body has been taken to Roemer Funeral Chapel in Attica. – jlr
Source: 1960s Area Obituaries – thanks to Covington Public Library hand dated Nov 1967
A young Veedersburg man died early Tuesday afternoon when the car he was driving crossed into the path of an oncoming Norfolk and Western train at the Granville Road crossing near West Point, Ind. James M. Simpson, 24 of 400 Home Street was apparently killed instantly at 12:50 yesterday as he was driving south on the Granville blacktop road. He was dead on arrival at Home Hospital in Lafayette. The train, enroute from Detroit to St. Louis struck the left rear of the car and dragged it approximately 160’ before coming to a stop. According to Indiana State Troopers Rabanus and Ross who investigated, Simpson was apparently the only occupant of the car. They reported the highway was wet and slippery at the time of the accident. Simpson was an employee at Wickes Lumber Yard at Hillsboro. He was a graduate of Attica HS. Surviving are the widow, Sandra (Keeling) Simpson and a nine-month old child. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Simpson of Rt. 1, Attica. The body was removed to Roemer Funeral Home in Attica where funeral arrangements are incomplete.