Lyman Edmond Simpson Obituary, Miller County, AR

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Submitted by: Kathlynn Simpson Arledge-Johnson
              - brother
        Date: 5 Dec 2005
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Obituary: Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Tuesday November 29, 2005 - Section 3B:
     Lyman Edmond Simpson, Sr., of Texarkana, Ark., died Nov. 27, 2005, in 
Saint Michaels Hospital.  Mr. Simpson was born august 6, 1930, in Humphrey, 
Ark.  He was a retired veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars and served in the 
U.S. Air Force for 20 years.  He also retired from Lone Star Ammunition Plant.  
He was a Baptist; member of F.O.E.  #2684, where he served as past president.  
He was a lifetime member of VFW Local 4562.
     He was preceded in death by his wife, Theresa Riera Simpson; son Lyman 
Edmond Simpson, Jr.; parents, Edmond and Laura Louise Poole Simpson; and 
sisters, Hannie Dell Moore, Ruth Adkins and Dora.
     Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law Pamela and Michael Griffin 
of Texarkana, daughter-in-law, Phyllis Simpson Hooker and and her husband Ron 
Hooker of Texarkana; grandchildren Matthew Howard Simpson and Theresa Michelle 
Griffin, both of Texarkana; sisters, LaVerne Hallberg of Downey, Calif., Annie 
Jean Henderson of Humphrey, Ark., Norma Harvill of Humphrey, Ark., Muriel 
Farrell of Sacremento, Calif., Kathlynn Arledge-Johnson of Dallas, Texas, Carl 
Simpson, Sr. of Humphrey, Ark.; special friend and companion Doris Culberson of 
Texarkana; and a number of nieces and nephews.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 30, 2005, at East Memorial 
Chapel-Downtown with Bro. James Lann officiating.  Burial will be in East 
Memorial Gardens under the direction of east Funeral Home-Downtown.  The family 
will be at 5413 E. Heights Rd., Texarkana, Ark,; and receive friends from 6 to 
9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005 at East Funeral Home-Downtown.
     Memorials may be made to American Heart Association.  Family and friends 
may send tributes to www.mem.com.
Kathlynn's corrections/additions for above obituary: [1] Dora is newspaper 
error, should be Doris - no middle name.  [3] Sacremento is newspaper error 
should be spelled Sacramento.  [4] Lyman died in Saint Michael's Hospital off 
Interstate 30 at Summerhill Rd. in Texarkana, Texas.  However, he lived and his 
remaining family still live on East Heights Rd off of Hwy. 237 in Texarkana, 
Arkansas [near Texarkana Airport]  Phyllis' home is the first house on the 
right, next Pamela's [previous home of Theresa's sister Roxie], next house was 
Lyman & Theresa's home, and the next house is brother Joe Riera's family home.  
We often speak of this as the Riera Compound.

Eulogy given by brother Carl David Simpson, Sr.  Very touching and brought 
tears...ended with military salute beside casket while saying good-bye my 
beloved brother.

Appropriately beautiful and touching grave site Military services were provided 
by the US Air Force Honor Guards who conducted the customary grave site 
services of Pall Bearers, handling the Flag covered casket, removal of Flag 
from casket, folding and presenting it to Pamela, firing of the guns [21 X?] 
and playing Taps on the Trumpet.

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