Roy was one of the best athletes in the county in the late forties and fifties at Holt High School, having made All-County and All-District in football, basketball, and track. Roy went to EMJC, East Mississippi Jr. College, where he had a 27-yard-per-carry average and in 2009 was inducted into the EMJC Sports Hall of Fame.
Roy returned to Tuscaloosa in 1953, went to work for the Tuscaloosa Fire Department, and retired as a Lieutenant in 1987 after 33 years.
Roy was a member of the Circlewood Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, Dad, and Papaw. He had so many good friends, too many to name.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Simpson; son, Danny; parents, Charlie & Berta Lee Simpson; brother, John Simpson; and sisters, Mildred Walker and Myrtle Cabiness.
Survived by daughter, Linda (Frank) Marasco; son, Greg (Marion) Simpson; grandchildren, Alicia Simpson, Bryan Simpson, Christy (Ben) Reed; great-grandchildren, Micah & Emma Reed; brothers Fred and James Oliver Simpson.
Honorary Pallbearers: the PAC Sunday School Class at Circlewood, Class of ’50-’52 at Holt High, Retired & present members of the Fire Dept., special friends of the “Lunch Bunch”.
Pallbearers: members of the Fire Department
Visitation will be November 4th, 9- 11 a.m. at Memory Chapel Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow, with Dr Herbert Thomas officiating.
Burial will follow in Memory Hill Garden Mausoleum.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Circlewood Baptist Church would be appreciated.
