DAVID ALLEN SIMPSON DIED UNEXPECTEDLY ON TUESDAY JULY 8, 2025, AT SUMMA HOSPITAL IN AKRON, OH

HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 6, 1964, TO THE LATE BISHOP AND ELOISE (HIGHTOWER) SIMPSON. HE GRADUATED FROM GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1984, WHERE HE EXCELLED AT BASKETBALL. HE HELD VARIOUS JOBS, AKRON SUMMA HOSPITAL, LOGAN METAL, AND IFCO SYSTEMS WORKING UNTIL HE RETIRED ON DISABILITY.

DAVID ENJOYED WATCHING SPORTS, LISTENING TO MUSIC, DANCING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, BISHOP CHARLES AND ELOISE SIMPSON, GRANDPARENTS JOHN C AND OLA MAE HIGHTOWER, SID AND LUCILLE YANCY, UNCLES RICHARD YANCY, DAVID YANCY, JOHN W. AND ELOISE (AVIERETTE) HIGHTOWER, DEACON ASHBERRY WALKER. AUNT CATHERINE WRIGHT-HALL, LUCILLE (PIG) YANCY, ANNIE (BABY SISTER) BISHOP. SIBLINGS JOYCE ANN SIMPSON AND JAMES CHARLES SIMPSON.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY CHILDREN TORRIEN GRIFFEN AND T'ONTRE SIMPSON. GRAND CHILDREN TYREE GRIFFIN, KAYLEE GRIFFIN, CARTER GRIFFIN, BRAYDONN SIMPSON, JA'MIR SIMPSON, MYZEL SIMPSON, ARIA SIMPSON, AND XI'YAH SIMPSON. SIBLINGS GLADYS SIMPSON-SHULER (DAMON), PATRICIA HOLYFIELD, AND KENNETH SIMPSON(TERRI). AUNTS, IDA WALKER, ELIZABETH HIGHTOWER, AND MINISTER JESSALYNN CANNON.  A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SPECIAL NEPHEW DEMETRIUS SIMPSON, AND SPECIAL NIECES KEY'A'JAH PERKINS AND KVIONNA STOUDMIRE.