Michael John Simpson, Jr.

November 5, 2017

Michael (Mike) John Simpson, Jr. 88 of Gulf Breeze, FL, formally of Atmore, AL, passed away October 30, 2017, in Pensacola, FL. He was born in Montgomery, AL on April 27, 1929, to the late Michael John. Sr. and Susan B. Anthony Rae Simpson. He was a graduate of West Point class of 1951 and served in the 101st Airborne Division in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was owner and operator of Mike Simpson Fertilizer Company in Atmore, Demopolis and Tensaw River in Alabama and was an international business entrepreneur in Central America. He was a former member of St. Roberts Bellarmine Catholic Church.

His parents and a brother, Ray Simpson, precede him in death.

He is survived by sons, Michael John (Brittany) Simpson, III of Gulf Breeze, FL and Jose Luis (Cecy) Simpson Montellano of Aguascalientes City, Mexico; his daughters, Susan Magdalena (Juan) Simpson of Wharton, New Jersey; Susan Elizabeth (Omar) Simpson of Aguascalientes City, Mexico; Susan Brenda Simpson of Jacksonville, FL; Sheila SBAR Simpson of Gulf Breeze, FL; and 10 grandchildren, Marco, Anthony, Susan and Christopher Sanchez, Gabriel Emilio and Ana Paola Delgado Simpson, Kai Michael and Beau Asa Simpson, Francisco Lazaro Arias and Lola-Ruth Graham.

Services were held Saturday, November 4, 2017, from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Father Gordon Milsted officiating.

Inurnment will follow at a later date in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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