Nelda Violet Simpson was born October 13, 1936 in Hennessey, Oklahoma, and passed away on October 7, 2019 in Riverside, California. She was preceded in death by husband, William Simpson, daughter, Andrea Renee, and parents Rev. S.B. Nichols and Ira Sue Davis Nichols, two brothers and two sisters. She is survived by son Billy and his wife Kim of Riverside, Granddaughter, Nichole Wilken (Tom) of Riverside, and grandson Michael (Gabriel) of Riverside, great-granddaughter Nora Bloom, sister Wandarita Clark of San Jacinto, CA and brothers Winfred R Nichols (Joy) of Amarillo, TX and John Mark Nichols (Pamela) of Tullahoma, TN, and extended family and friends. She retired from the University of California, Riverside. Services at Riverside National Cemetery on 10-23-19 at 10 AM. She will be sorely missed.