Simpson, Grover

Grover Simpson (1918- 1985) was a game warden for the state of Texas for 34 years, serving primarily in Travis County and the surrounding area. Simpson was born in McKenzie, Tennessee but was sent to an orphanage in Waco, Texas after his father's death in 1930. After attending the North Texas State Teachers' College in Denton, then serving in the National Guard, attending the National School of Business, and a few months at Baylor University studying chemistry, Simpson was accepted into the four-month game warden program at Texas A & M University. Simpson became game warden on June 1, 1948. He was responsible for Travis County and the surrounding counties of Bastrop, Hays and Williamson. He also had secondary responsibility for Blanco, Burnet and Llano counties.

Simpson was an employee of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commission, which was renamed the Game and Fish Commission in 1951, and merged with the State Parks Department in 1968 to become the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. At this time his duties were defined as "enforcing statutes covering all game, fish, pollution, shell and gravel and fur bearing laws of the state" and enforcing such nongame statutes such as the Texas Water Safety Act; prohibiting shooting from the road and trespassing; disseminating information about wildlife and fish conservation; performing game census counts; assisting in the statewide water sampling program; rescuing drowning victims and helping prevent boating and hunting accidents.

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