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A7 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019 OBITUARIES SPORTS Cedric George Simpson Seahawks: Still plenty to sort out Astoria Jan. 27, 1940 — July 7, 2019 Continued from Page A8 Cedric George Simpson was born Jan. 27, continued to work as a mechanic off and on to 1940, in Riverdale, California, and passed supplement their income, he began to work as away July 7, 2019, in Astoria, Oregon. a millwright at Crown Zellerbach, and did so He was the youngest of Myr- until his retirement. tle and William Simpson’s six chil- They went on to have fi ve chil- dren, and was preceded in death by dren. He was preceded in death his parents and his siblings Earl, by Michele Louise Ann Simpson Robert, Barbara and Louise, and Drake (Warren); and is survived by is survived by his brother, William Michael (Carla), Daniel, Nancy and Simpson. Mark (Heather); 15 grandchildren, His childhood was spent in Cal- Christopher, Cassie, Ty, Erich, Brit- ifornia, outside of Los Angeles, and tney, Jesse, Jake, Justin, Olivia, Sha- from an early age he worked on the mus, Isaiah, Emily, Alexa, Jasmine surrounding farms and attended and Lily; and three great-grandchil- Cedric George school. As a teen, his passion for dren, Adelyn, James and Rosie. One Simpson anything mechanical and having to grandchild, Krista, preceded him in do with cars, trucks, motorcycles, death. engines, motors and tools became obvious, Actions speak louder than words is the epit- and the faster the better. ome of George’s (Papa George) life. He was a He began as a teen frequenting junk yards man of few words, but when he spoke, you lis- and building vehicles and selling them for tened. H e was a man who demanded respect, profi t, not only as a means to earn much- and had no tolerance for anything other than needed money, but also as a way for his pas- that. sion for anything mechanical to grow. In There was never a time you wouldn’t fi nd his own words, “I had more cars and trucks George with tools in hand, body half-buried as a young teen than most people have in a under the hood of some car or truck, or with lifetime.” only his feet sticking out from underneath At age 16, he already had a vision of what some vehicle. If he wasn’t at work he could he wanted for his future, and the foresight of be found in a short-sleeve shirt, in true Navy what he needed to do to make that vision come fashion, with the sleeves rolled up, and hold- to life. Without a word to anyone, he dropped ing his perpetual cup of black coffee, smoking out of school, and took himself to the recruit- a cigarette, and working on someone’s vehi- ing offi ce, and signed up and joined the Navy, cle, or building motorcycles while listening to where he knew he would receive the educa- Johnny Cash and Willy Nelson. tion, training and experience as the fi rst step His work ethic was unsurpassable; he toward his life vision. didn’t talk about his dreams and goals, he was During that era you were allowed to join a visionary who made them happen with that the Navy at 17, and serve three years; in true mustache smirk on his face, and mischievous George fashion, somehow he made that hap- twinkle in his eye, with always the goal of pro- pen at 16. viding for his family. He met Jessie — his late wife of 55 years His battles against fi ve different cancers — during that period while in port in Asto- attest to the amazing strength of this quiet man, ria, Oregon. They initially made their home and exemplifi es that Simpson stubbornness in Astoria, living in a tiny rental house, and and determination that each of us has inherited George worked as a mechanic after his service in one form or another. You are missed, Dad. in the Navy was completed. “He will wipe away every tear from their He had successfully met the fi rst part of his eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall life vision, working as a mechanic, and con- there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any- tinued to achieve the next life goals. Now with more, the former things have passed away.” two children and a growing family, he again, Revelation 21:4 without a word to even his wife, Jessie, pur- In lieu of fl owers, donations to the Amer- chased a house in the country with plenty of ican Cancer Society would be greatly acres for raising their family. Even though he appreciated. Florence Joan (Wood) Truax Buckley, Washington July 11, 1937 — June 7, 2019 Florence Joan (Wood) Truax passed into the which allowed Flo to focus on raising four kids arms of her s avior on June 7, 2019. and upgrading the fl owers, fruits and vegeta- Florence was born on July 11, 1937, in Aber- bles on the farm. Meanwhile she continued to deen, Washington, to George Ogden substitute teach occasionally in local Wood and Violet Ida (Rinta). She schools. Together, they spent almost was the third daughter among fi ve 40 years doing various remodels on children, and now joins her parents the old house to bring it to its present and older sister, Sharon (Hardy), in day splendor. the hereafter. She is survived by her Flo had several true loves in her oldest sister, Donna, and younger life. First was her love for Jesus and brothers, James and Emerson Wood. his word. She did a daily devotional, Florie grew up playing with fam- taught Sunday s chool for many ily and friends at Finch playground years and frequently sent Bible in Aberdeen. Their favorite addi- verses written on decorated note- Florence Truax tion to any game was to yell “Finch cards to her family (especially when Playground Rules!” and then cheat she knew they were going through a in any way imaginable! This tradition contin- diffi cult time). ues in the family today. A close second was her love for her hus- Florie attended Aberdeen High School, band, Roger, for 62 years. Third was her fam- and then proceeded to Linfi eld College for her ily, and fourth was The Farm that they shared teaching and home economics degree. At Lin- for almost 50 years. She also loved to host fi eld she met A. Roger Truax, and successfully company, and to share laughter with their chased off his other suitors. They were married many friends! on Aug. 25, 1957, following his sophomore In March 2015, health issues forced Roger and her junior year. Ten months later, they had and Flo to leave The Farm and take up resi- a baby girl. dency at Heritage House assisted living in Over the next nine years, Flo taught and Buckley, Washington. Their family is grate- subbed at various schools, and Roger roofed ful for all the loving care received while there. with his dad in Seaside, Oregon, then went Roger continues to reside at Heritage House. to work at Wauna paper mill near Clatskanie, A celebration of Flo’s life was held at The Oregon. Farm on July 6. Around 200 people shared In 1965, they bought a very neglected house their favorite dishes seasoned with stories and and 18-acre farm on the bank of the Colum- friendships. bia River, about 10 miles upstream from Asto- Florence is also survived by Roger, their ria. Soon afterwards, Roger began a long and four children, Robyn, Tony, Chris and Melissa successful career with State Farm Insurance, (Reid), as well as six grandchildren. SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY While the Seahawks made a heavy investment in the receiving corps in the draft, using three of their 11 picks on the position includ- ing DK Metcalf in the sec- ond round and Gary Jen- nings in the fourth, the guess here is that Seattle will start the season lean- ing on the the veteran trio of Lockett, David Moore and Jaron Brown while they groom the younger players, getting some of them on the fi eld regularly but, at least to start, relying on the vets. A three-receiver set, recall, was Seattle’s primary offensive formation a year ago. According to NFL stat maven Warren Sharp, Seat- tle lined up in a three-re- ceiver formation 73 percent of the time a year ago, ahead of the NFL average of 65. That would seem to mean using Lockett more in the slot to replace since-re- tired Baldwin. But it’s likewise worth remembering that won’t really be a new thing for Lockett as he got plenty of use last year in the slot as it was — 457 snaps, accord- ing to Pro Football Focus, compared to 496 outside. Lockett was equally effi - cient playing inside or out, but was targeted more often when outside — accord- ing to PFF he was targeted on just 12.4 percent of his slot snaps, the seventh-low- est-percentage among all receivers. That may indicate that while the Seahawks will need Lockett to play more in the slot this year, they’d be wise to still take advan- tage of his big-play ability when lined up outside. Of more concern may be who can successfully take over Baldwin’s red-zone prowess. While Lockett scored twice as many TDs last year as Baldwin — 10 to 5 — it was Baldwin to whom Wilson still looked most often when in the red zone. Baldwin had 14 targets in the red zone last year (six more than anyone else on the team), scoring on three, while Lockett had six tar- APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Over 30 RS IN YEA TSOP C LA NTY C OU SUNDAY Mattresses, Furniture & More! MONDAY Variable cloudiness 71 56 73 58 Mostly sunny and nice Sunny and pleasant 72 59 70 58 Pleasant with Mostly cloudy some sun 70 57 Mostly sunny 70 54 Mostly sunny REGIONAL FORECAST Aberdeen Olympia 68/56 74/57 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Sunday Tonight’s Sky: Hercules, the Hero, nearly overhead. Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 70/53 Normal high/low .................. 68/54 Record high .................. 88 in 1928 Record low .................... 44 in 1966 Precipitation Sunday ..................................... 0.00” Month to date ........................ 1.51” Normal month to date ......... 0.78” Year to date .......................... 24.38” Normal year to date ........... 36.69” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Time 5:44 a.m. 6:35 p.m. 6.0 12:08 a.m. 2.1 6.8 12:03 p.m. 0.8 Cape Disappointment 5:18 a.m. 6:24 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 5:47 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 8:57 p.m. Moonrise today ........... 12:02 a.m. Moonset today ............ 12:26 p.m. Last New First Full 5:34 a.m. 6:29 p.m. Warrenton 5:39 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Knappa 6:21 a.m. 7:12 p.m. Depoe Bay July 24 July 31 Aug 7 Aug 15 4:34 a.m. 5:39 p.m. 5.7 11:32 a.m. 0.8 6.4 none 6.3 11:45 a.m. 0.9 7.1 none 6.4 11:47 a.m. 0.9 7.2 none 6.3 1:09 a.m. 7.1 1:04 p.m. 1.8 0.7 6.1 10:57 a.m. 1.1 6.9 11:56 p.m. 2.4 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Today Hi/Lo/W 79/65/t 72/67/r 82/61/s 89/68/s 89/62/pc 89/77/pc 90/69/t 89/71/s 90/78/t 75/66/sh 106/86/pc 72/56/pc 78/66/sh Wed. 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This may be even big- ger question than receiver since Seattle would proba- bly like to be able to settle on a set two-man combina- tion as it enters its fi rst year of the Carroll era knowing it won’t have at least one of Earl Thomas or Kam Chan- cellor as a starter. What’s certain is that veteran Bradley McDou- gald will play either free or strong, with the Seahawks picking one of, most logi- cally, three players to fi ll the other spot — Tedric Thomp- son, Lano Hill or Marquise Blair. Blair, though, was put on the PUP list this week, apparently still bothered by a hamstring issue, while Hill didn’t practice during the offseason program while recovering from hip surgery. Lots to sort out yet. But the Seahawks seemed intrigued by the pairing they saw late last season of McDougald at free safety and Hill at strong, and they may prefer to go that route to start, especially if Blair misses any signifi cant time in training camp. Who may be the most intriguing players to watch and why? WR DK Metcalf: The hype machine hit overdrive following his rookie mini- camp performance. Now to see what he does once the pads go on and he goes against veterans every day. LB Shaquem Griffi n: The team is altering his role some to get him used more as a pass rusher and in cov- erage, lining up at both weakside and strongside linebacker. But can he make enough of that role in train- ing camp to earn playing time in a crowded and com- petitive linebacker group? RB C.J. Prosise: The 2016 third-round pick has one more shot to fulfi ll the team’s faith in him after missing 32 of 48 games due to injury so far. But if healthy, the open role of third-down/two-min- ute back may be his for the taking. gets, also scoring on three. Of Lockett’s 23 career touchdown receptions, just six have come inside the red zone. Baldwin, meanwhile, caught 28 of his 49 TDs inside the red zone. Expect Lockett to get more targets in the red zone, but other players are also going to have to step up there, with the 6-3, 229- pound Metcalf the most log- ical of the rookies to con- tribute heavily. Will Ziggy Ansah be ready for the start of the regular season? This one is impossible to answer from the outside just yet, though we’ll know far more this week once the Seahawks open camp. It’s likely Ansah will start out on the PUP (Phys- ically Unable to Perform) list as the team plays it safe while he continues to recover from shoulder sur- gery — players can be taken off the preseason PUP list at any time (and don’t be sur- prised if tight end Will Dis- sly, recovering from patellar tendon surgery, also starts out on PUP). While the team is opti- mistic Ansah — signed to a contract that could pay him up to $9 million with the hope he can replace much of the production lost in the trade of Frank Clark — will be ready, Carroll also hedged when asked that question in June. “Well, we’ll see,” Carroll said. “We’re going to wait ... we’ll just see when camp comes. We’ll take the camp to get it done though, I’m sure. I don’t think we’ll rush him when there won’t be a need to start him up right out of the chutes and we’ll see how it goes in the weeks to follow.” The Seahawks covered themselves some fi nancially in regards to Ansah’s health — a third of his salary, $3 million, is in the form of per-week bonuses for being on the 53-man and 46-man rosters (or, $93,750 per week for each). But while that might assure the Seahawks don’t get completely taken to the bank if Ansah isn’t ready for the start of the season, it Corvallis 78/51 Albany 79/52 John Day Eugene Bend 82/51 88/45 97/54 Ontario 99/69 Caldwell Burns 95/51 98/65 Medford 89/58 Klamath Falls 88/48 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 96/53/s 66/52/pc 66/57/c 79/52/c 65/50/pc Wed. Hi/Lo/W 82/44/s 74/56/s 68/57/pc 81/54/s 67/53/pc City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springfi eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 68/54/pc 81/55/pc 67/55/c 81/51/pc 77/55/c Wed. Hi/Lo/W 71/55/s 87/58/s 70/55/s 83/53/s 80/54/pc
