Eleanor Jolene Simpson

Eleanor Jolene Simpson Lubbock-Services for Eleanor Jolene Simpson, 90, of Lubbock will be at 2:00 pm. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at First Baptist Church Ford Chapel. Interment will follow at Terrace Cemetery in Post, Texas. Eleanor entered the presence of the Lord on Sunday, April 28, 2013. Eleanor Jolene Simpson was born in Plainview to Carroll and Annie Smith on October 18, 1922. She graduated from Plainview High School and attended Wayland Baptist College for two years. Her family moved to Dallas in 1945 where she worked for Neiman Marcus. While on vacation in Del Rio, Texas, she met her husband, Leon F. Simpson, who was stationed there while waiting to go overseas with the Army Air Corp in WWII. After Leon returned, they were married on August 25, 1946. Eleanor and Leon lived in Garza County for two years and then moved to Yoakum County in 1949. They farmed and ranched there until Leon’s death in 1987. While living in Yoakum County, Eleanor, Leon, and their three children were members of Tokio Baptist Church. Eleanor was a member and a president of Plains Dirt Gardeners, a member and president of Plains Band Boosters, charter president and member of the Yoakum County Art Association, a member and president of Tsa Mo Ga study club, and a lay representative of West Texas Library System. Eleanor moved to Lubbock, 1989 where she was a member of First Baptist Church, Lubbock Women’s Club, The Antique Club, and The Readers’ Club. At First Baptist she coordinated the monthly senior luncheon for 2 ½ years. She also volunteered at the First Baptist Mission and sang in the Prime Time Choir. She is survived by three children, six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter: Stephen of Post and daughter Shannon Robinson and her daughter, SaMaya Robinson of Portland, Oregon; Shelley, his wife Sarah, and two children, Natasha and Nathaniel all of Lubbock; and Susan Cherry, her husband Scott, and three sons, Thomas, Will, and John all of Lubbock. She is also survived by two sisters, Mary Smith and Annie Pearson of Dallas. She was preceded in death by her brother Charles Smith of McKinney, Texas. We would like to thank the owners Steve and Gina Hamilton and staff Emily Hamilton, Monica McCoy and Dora Aranda at Hamilton House for the love and excellent care Eleanor received the last two years. Memorials to My Father’s House.

Eleanor Jolene Simpson

October 18, 1922 - April 28, 2013