She was preceded in death by her husband Robert G. Simpson, sister Virginia L. Eichenberger, brothers Lauren Earl Jackson and Paul Haven Jackson, parents Ethel E. Jackson and Haven T. Jackson, niece Janis Rae Jackson, and daughter-in-law Marsha L. Simpson.
She is survived by her son Haven B. Simpson, grandson John B. Payne, nephews James L. Jackson, Kelly Jackson, and Matt Jackson, and nieces Jo Ellen Benefield and Julie Ann Schnurbusch.