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Submitted: 2/5/19 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R1253486-G32780-S3
Leonard 18 Sept 1929 - 09 Nov 1989
Meredia 05 Nov 1931 - 01 Feb 2019
Marriage: 05 Sept 1950 Book X-449 Lawrence County, Arkansas
Leonard Willis Simpson son of Otto Benton Simpson and Odessa "Dessie" Mae (Cowan) Simpson. Eva Meredia (Russell) Simpson daughter of George Washington Russell and Mary Elizabeth (Mashburn) Russell.
Eva Meredia Simpson
November 5, 1931 - February 1, 2019
Eva Meredia Simpson, 87 of Portia, passed away February 1, 2019 in the Lawrence Hall Nursing Center.
Born November 5, 1931 in Powhatan; daughter of George and Mary Mashburn Russell. She was a graduate of the Clover Bend School. Meredia was united in marriage to Leonard Simpson on September 5, 1950. She was a retired seamstress from the Dress Factory and Douglas. She was a loving wife and mother; and had a great love for her grand kids.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leonard in 1989; three sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include three sons, Danny (Kimberly) Simpson of Walcott, Jimmy (Kelly) Simpson of Smithville, and Willis Simpson of New Hope, AL; a daughter, Debbie (Jimmy) Passmore of Hoxie; two granddaughters; two grandsons; two step-grandsons; several great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.
Graveside services will be Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 3 P.M. in the Lawrence Memorial Park with Bro. Roger Brand officiating. Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Obituary provided courtesy of Bryan Funeral Home Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkans published 02 Feb 2019.
https://www.bryanfh(dot)com/obituaries/Eva-Simpson/#!/Obituary
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