Funeral services for Mr. Bobby Simpson, a native of Tryon and widower of Mrs. Ruth Knuckles Simpson, of 21 Viewmont Heights in Tryon, will be held Saturday,

May 28, 2011 at 1 p.m. at the Garrison Chapel Baptist Church, Tryon. Pastor Keith Knox Sr. will officiate. Burial will be in the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens in Tryon.

Survivors include: two sons, Lemuel and Bruce Simpson; two daughters, Robin E. Staggs and Tracey Lovelock and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one sister, Helen Whitmire and one grandson, Jonathan Johnson.

The family will receive friends at the home of his son, Mr. Bruce Simpson at 21 Viewmont Heights.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Hospice of the Carolinas Foothills at 260 Fairwinds Rd. Landrum, S.C. 29356.
J. W. Woodward Funeral Home, Spartanburg, S.C.