Clarence Simpson
Founding brother of Simpson Masonry Simpson Masonry b. 1924 Family-owned Alexandria construction business founded in 1924 by five Simpson brothers, including . Renamed Eugene Simpson and Brother Construction by coin flip; operates today as … (1924) and the construction patriarch of the four-generation Simpson family of Alexandria. Developed Eugene Simpson Field in 1954, named for one of his brothers.
Clarence Simpson was one of five Simpson brothers who founded Simpson Masonry Simpson Masonry b. 1924 Family-owned Alexandria construction business founded in 1924 by five Simpson brothers, including . Renamed Eugene Simpson and Brother Construction by coin flip; operates today as … in 1924. Across the next several decades he led the firm through its renaming to Eugene Simpson and Brother Construction and its evolution into a regional construction company that the Simpson family still leads. [1] Alexandria Legends — Donald Simpson Jr. (2020) Website
Among Clarence’s documented projects is Eugene Simpson Field, a recreational field he developed in 1954 and which carries the name of one of his brothers. Specific birth and death years for Clarence have not yet been surfaced from Alexandria Library Special Collections holdings; this stub will be deepened when those are confirmed.
Sources
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Living Legends of Alexandria, "Donald Simpson Jr." profile, induction class of 2020, written by Jeanne Theismann (photo: Steven Halperson).
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