Wednesday Afternoon

The monthly meeting at the cabin will not happen this Thursday because of responsibilities and sickness.  On top of everything else, I have been sick for two days.

 

Momma was better today and was moved back to room 4103 (telemetry).  We are so thankful for her progress and the visits and prayers of so many of you.  God has been faithful!

 

Joseph Harlan Simpson

(July 29, 1925 – July 19, 2011)

In accordance with Joe’ wishes, a private service was held for him at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 followed by a short service at Amite Cemetery in Amite, LA.

Joe began working for Western Union at the age of 16. He enlisted in the US Navy Seebees and served in World War II. When he returned, he attended LSU, graduating in 1950. He taught school for a few years and then returned to work for Western Union in Hammond. While working there, he studied law as an apprentice with a local attorney.

He practiced law in Amite for 50 years. He was a loving husband, a devoted father, an extraordinary grandfather, a friend to many, and a great lover of animals.

He is survived and will be missed by his wife of 62 years, Leah Beth Houeye Simpson; three children and four grandchildren; son, Hugh Alan Simpson and his wife Kay Lewis Simpson and their sons Bradley Lewis Simpson and Brian Joseph Simpson, daughter Debra Lea Simpson Potts and her husband Michael Allan Pots and their sons Casey Allan Potts and Alex Michael Potts and son William Paul Simpson & companion Betty Ballow; one sister, Geraldine Simpson Alford; nephews and nieces, Bruce E. Simpson, Lorraine Alford Mabus, Michael M. Alford, Brett D. Simpson and Duvoix A. Alford; great nephew and nieces, Jimmy Mabus, John Mabus, Judge Alford, Jessica Simpson Christy, Stephanie Simpson, Walter Simpson and Ellen Simpson Burford; and faithful caretakers, Navarrow Hart and Vera Bean.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Paul Simpson and Jessie Lee Smith Simpson, by his twin brother, Walter Howell Simpson and by his twin grandsons, Joseph Lee Potts and Michael Allan Potts, Jr.

He has requested that any gifts or donations in his honor or memory be made to the Hammond Animal Shelter or any SPCA facility or other humane shelters of animals.