Mr. Simpson died Saturday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
He was born in Memphis, the son of the late Robert Harold Simpson and Mary Jean Murley Simpson, who survives. A 1968 graduate of Middleton High School, he lived all his life in Middleton. He worked as a cook and was a member of Middleton First United Methodist Church.
In addition to his mother, he leaves two sisters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Kenneth Lanier of Middleton; Brenda and Byron Moss of Moscow. He also leaves several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his father and two brothers, Robert Keith Simpson and Harold Grady "Sonny" Simpson.