*Obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
December 29, 1955
Norfork Girl Is
Killed In Crash
On Highway 5
Christmas eve brought Baxter county's first traffic fatality of 1955.
A Norfork girl was killed and two teen-age boys were seriously injured when the 1952 Ford in which they were riding left State Highway 5 on a curve about one mile north of Mountain Home, plunged over an embankment and clipped off a utility pole.
Killed instantly was Loretta June Simpson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simpson of Norfork. She was thrown around 75 feet from the car by the impact of the crash, according to attendants at Roller Funeral home/
She was a senior at Norfork high school and a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p. m. today at the Norfork Church of Christ, with Evangelist Pierce Adams of Harrison officiating.
Miss Simpson was born September 16, 1938, at Norfork. Survivors include her parents, Ed and Mary Small Simpson of Norfork; four brothers, Andrew of Omaha, Nebr., and Bobby, O. C. and Earl of Norfork; and five sisters, Mrs. Vivian McCracken of St. Louis, Mrs. Dorothy Gettis of Red River, Ore., Mrs. Imajean Stephens of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Louise Boyd of Hollister, Mo., and Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson of Little Rock.
Interment will be in Norfork Cemetery, under direction of the Roller Funeral home.
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
December 29, 1955
Norfork Girl Is
Killed In Crash
On Highway 5
Christmas eve brought Baxter county's first traffic fatality of 1955.
A Norfork girl was killed and two teen-age boys were seriously injured when the 1952 Ford in which they were riding left State Highway 5 on a curve about one mile north of Mountain Home, plunged over an embankment and clipped off a utility pole.
Killed instantly was Loretta June Simpson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simpson of Norfork. She was thrown around 75 feet from the car by the impact of the crash, according to attendants at Roller Funeral home/
She was a senior at Norfork high school and a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p. m. today at the Norfork Church of Christ, with Evangelist Pierce Adams of Harrison officiating.
Miss Simpson was born September 16, 1938, at Norfork. Survivors include her parents, Ed and Mary Small Simpson of Norfork; four brothers, Andrew of Omaha, Nebr., and Bobby, O. C. and Earl of Norfork; and five sisters, Mrs. Vivian McCracken of St. Louis, Mrs. Dorothy Gettis of Red River, Ore., Mrs. Imajean Stephens of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Louise Boyd of Hollister, Mo., and Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson of Little Rock.
Interment will be in Norfork Cemetery, under direction of the Roller Funeral home.
*Obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
December 29, 1955
Norfork Girl Is
Killed In Crash
On Highway 5
Christmas eve brought Baxter county's first traffic fatality of 1955.
A Norfork girl was killed and two teen-age boys were seriously injured when the 1952 Ford in which they were riding left State Highway 5 on a curve about one mile north of Mountain Home, plunged over an embankment and clipped off a utility pole.
Killed instantly was Loretta June Simpson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simpson of Norfork. She was thrown around 75 feet from the car by the impact of the crash, according to attendants at Roller Funeral home/
She was a senior at Norfork high school and a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p. m. today at the Norfork Church of Christ, with Evangelist Pierce Adams of Harrison officiating.
Miss Simpson was born September 16, 1938, at Norfork. Survivors include her parents, Ed and Mary Small Simpson of Norfork; four brothers, Andrew of Omaha, Nebr., and Bobby, O. C. and Earl of Norfork; and five sisters, Mrs. Vivian McCracken of St. Louis, Mrs. Dorothy Gettis of Red River, Ore., Mrs. Imajean Stephens of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Louise Boyd of Hollister, Mo., and Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson of Little Rock.
Interment will be in Norfork Cemetery, under direction of the Roller Funeral home.
The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
December 29, 1955
Norfork Girl Is
Killed In Crash
On Highway 5
Christmas eve brought Baxter county's first traffic fatality of 1955.
A Norfork girl was killed and two teen-age boys were seriously injured when the 1952 Ford in which they were riding left State Highway 5 on a curve about one mile north of Mountain Home, plunged over an embankment and clipped off a utility pole.
Killed instantly was Loretta June Simpson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simpson of Norfork. She was thrown around 75 feet from the car by the impact of the crash, according to attendants at Roller Funeral home/
She was a senior at Norfork high school and a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p. m. today at the Norfork Church of Christ, with Evangelist Pierce Adams of Harrison officiating.
Miss Simpson was born September 16, 1938, at Norfork. Survivors include her parents, Ed and Mary Small Simpson of Norfork; four brothers, Andrew of Omaha, Nebr., and Bobby, O. C. and Earl of Norfork; and five sisters, Mrs. Vivian McCracken of St. Louis, Mrs. Dorothy Gettis of Red River, Ore., Mrs. Imajean Stephens of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Louise Boyd of Hollister, Mo., and Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson of Little Rock.
Interment will be in Norfork Cemetery, under direction of the Roller Funeral home.
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