The Norman Transcript
January 27, 2005
Willie Frances (Kite) Simpson, 91, of Norman, died Dec. 25 in Midwest
City. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 at the
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Spain officiating.
Internment will follow at the Norman IOOF Cemetery in Norman. Services
are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home in Norman.
Willie was born in Kite on Jan. 9, 1914, to Charles and Lenora Carter
Kite. She graduated from East Central College in Ada in 1932. She
married Theron G. (Coot) Simpson Nov. 14, 1936 in Ada,She later
received a master's degree in teaching from the University of Oklahoma.
She started her teaching career near Allen in 1934 and taught or was
principal in Kite, Ada and Stratford. She aso spent the last 19 years
of her more than 41 years teaching at Jackson Elementary School
in Norman. She retired from teaching in 1975.
Willie was a life-long Oklahoma Education Association member,
a member of Kappa Kappa Iota and First Christian Church of
Norman. After retirement, she worked for the Coot Simpson Construction
Company for 15 years and she was also an avid Ou sports fan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son,
Theron G. Simpson Jr. and two brothers, Frank and Haskell Kite.
Survivors include a sister, Jodie George of Ada; brother, Sam Kite
and wife, Aline, of Ft. Worth, Texas, daughter-in-law, Glenda M.
Simpson, of Norman; two grandsons, Travis T. Simpson and wife,
Petra, of Edmond and Terry D. Simpson of Studio City, Calif.;
great-grandchildren, Tanner, Micheal and Raelyn of Edmond and
Alene of Studio City and special friend Mary Lou Skaggs.
Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Society, 921 N.E.
13th, Oklahoma City, Ok 73104 or the First Christian Church, 220
S. Webster, Norman, Ok 73069.
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