SIMPSON, John, Rev. 1923-2000

SIMPSON, WISE, COLEMAN, BROWN, CHRISTY, COLLINS, REYNOLDS, MOORE, HOWARD

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/22/2014 at 23:32:52

Rev. John Simpson, 77, of ManorCare Health Center, formerly of 1633 Mount Carmel Drive, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000 at the care center of natural causes.

He was born Oct. 20, 1923, in Pickens, Miss., son of Cesar and Dinah Coleman Simpson. He married Lottie P. Wise on May 21, 1949, in Waterloo.

Rev. Simpson served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Survived by two sons, J.W. of Houston and John Brown of Milwaukee; a granddaughter; two brothers, Willie and Elbert, both of Waterloo; and a sister, Lelia "Lula" Christy of Ogden, Utah.

Preceded in death by his wife; five brothers, Tony, Rudolph, Melvin, Big Bud and Austin; and four sisters, Ora Collins, Flora Reynolds, Louvinia Moore and Alberta Howard.

Services: 1 p.m. Thursday at Antioch Baptist Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 138 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1623. Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Sanders Funeral Service, and for an hour before services Thursday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the family at 135 Webster St., where they will be receiving friends.

[Sanders Funeral Service]