Deaths: Vollis Simpson-- Part 1: Whirligig Artist

VOLLIS SIMPSON, 94 From the June 2, 2013, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus. AP.

"Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled."

He made them from all sorts of recycled things and his work has been featured in "museums, backyards, dentist offices and the 1996 (Atlanta) Olympics."

Died May 31st. Lived and worked near Lacama, NC, in the eastern part of the state.

Some of the whirligigs are 50 feet high and weigh as much as three tons.

Always Neat to See Folk Art Along the Highway.  --Cooter