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Clyde Franklin Simpson, Sr., age 74 of Monticello, Arkansas, passed away at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff on Friday, June 13, 2025. He was born October 14, 1950, in Monticello, Arkansas to the late Hollander Simpson and Earla Mae Barnett Simpson Langston. Clyde was a member of the Family Worship Center in Warren, Arkansas and loved his church. He especially enjoyed volunteering for the church and the children of the church during the Penny March. He loved to hunt, fish and have the family over, especially for wrestling nights.
In addition to his parents, Clyde is preceded in death by his special bonus dad, Albert Langston; two brothers, Woody Simpson, Sr. and James Simpson; and his first-born child, Clyde Franklin Simpson, Jr.
Clyde is survived by a special lady friend that he loved with all his heart, Patricia Cater Lane; one son, Albert Simpson and wife Becky of Monticello; two daughters, Christy Simpson and fiancé Jimmy Shipp of Monticello and Tasha Higdon and husband Kenny of Sterlington, LA; eleven grandkids; sixteen great grandkids and two more expected; one sister, Ollie Carter of Monticello; two brothers, Melvin Simpson and wife Katherine of McGehee and Henry Simpson and wife Sheila of Monticello; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, family and friends.
Visitation will be Wednesday, June 18, 2025, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Chapel. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Stephenson-Dearman. Burial will follow in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. You can sign Clyde’s guestbook here on his page.
In addition to his parents, Clyde is preceded in death by his special bonus dad, Albert Langston; two brothers, Woody Simpson, Sr. and James Simpson; and his first-born child, Clyde Franklin Simpson, Jr.
Clyde is survived by a special lady friend that he loved with all his heart, Patricia Cater Lane; one son, Albert Simpson and wife Becky of Monticello; two daughters, Christy Simpson and fiancé Jimmy Shipp of Monticello and Tasha Higdon and husband Kenny of Sterlington, LA; eleven grandkids; sixteen great grandkids and two more expected; one sister, Ollie Carter of Monticello; two brothers, Melvin Simpson and wife Katherine of McGehee and Henry Simpson and wife Sheila of Monticello; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, family and friends.
Visitation will be Wednesday, June 18, 2025, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Chapel. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Stephenson-Dearman. Burial will follow in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. You can sign Clyde’s guestbook here on his page.