Robert Lewis Simpson, Jr., age 91, of Reform, AL passed away March 29, 2023 at Arbor Woods Health & Rehab Center in Reform. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Sunday, April 2, 2023 at Big Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Trey Kelley and Jerry Dyer officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery in Palmetto with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately following the service at the church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his lifelong companion and friend, Doris Marie Simpson Keasler; his son, Robert Jerome Simpson; sister, Peggy Jean Simpson Keaton; infant grandchild, Baby Brown and cousin, J. D. Ponds.
Survivors include daughters, Vonda Robertson of Palmetto, Bonnie Crowe of Palmetto and Samantha McCrackin and husband, Brian of Gordo; son, Robert Lewis Simpson III and wife, Lisa of Gordo; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren and caregiver, Cathy "Rose Marie" Kelley.
Mr. Simpson was born March 11, 1932 in Reform, Alabama to the late Robert Lewis Simpson, Sr. and Eliza Emmaline Hedrick Simpson. He was a member of Big Hill Baptist Church, a retired truck driver and a K-Mart greeter and assistant in the garden center.
Pallbearers will be Dustin Simpson, Dallas Simpson, Dakota Dyer, Hunter Simpson, Bobby Pate, Trey McCrackin, Steven Sullivan and Matt Brown.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to Big Hill Baptist Church, c/o Colin Dyer, 9197 County Road 49, Gordo, AL 35466.