Gary Dwayne Simpson

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED BROTHER, FATHER, HUSBAND, UNCLE, CUZZIN AND FRIEND GARY DWAYNE SIMPSON AKA GARRON ON JUNE 26 1963 GARY WAS BORN TO THE PROUD PARENTS OF HAROLD AND ANNIE SIMPSON IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND, CA. AS A CHILD GARY GREW UP IN OAKLAND AND ATTENDED MANZANITA AND GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.FROM THERE,AT THE AGE OF 9, HE MOVED TO EAST PALO ALTOCALIFORNIA WITH HIS PARENTS WHERE HE WAS GIVEN THE NICKNAME GARRON AND ATTENDED CASTANO ELEMENTARY,GREEN OAKS JR HIGH, AND WOODSIDE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE LATER GRADUATED FROM .AS A KID GARY GREW UP PLAYING BASEBALL. HE WAS GOOD AT PLAYING SHORTSTOP AND VERY GOOD AT HEADING HOME RUNS. GARY LOVED THE GAME. HE ALSO GREW UP LOVING TO GO FISHING WITH HIS DAD AND LATER TOOK UP CARPENTRY BECAUSE GARY WAS GOOD WITH HIS HANDS. HE WAS ALSO A GOOD FRIEND TO ALL OF THOSE WHO KNEWHIM. AS A KID HE LOVE TO HANG OUT AT JACK FOR A PARK AND PLAY BASEBALL, BUT AS THE YEARS PASSED HE HAD HIS FIRST CHILD A GIRL. THEN SHORTLY AFTER HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE KAREEM LONG WHOM HE MARRIED MOVED AWAY TO SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA AND HAD SIX MORE CHILDREN AND THEN THEREAFTER GARY BEGIN WORKING FOR THE CARSON COMPANY AT THE SUPERVISOR WHERE HE BEGAN CUTTING WOOD FROM HOMES TO BE BUILT AND HE WAS A MASTER AT IT GARY WOULD OFTEN BE FOUND BY HIMSELF READING HIS BIBLE OR WATCHING HIS FAVORITE TEAM THE RAIDERS BECAUSE HE WAS MOST DEFINITELY A TRUE DEVOTED AND DIE HARD RAIDERS FAN BUT WHEN HE DISAPPEARED AND YOU COULDN'T FIND HIM IT WAS THEN THAT YOU KNEW HE HAD GRABBED HIS FISHING POLES AND WAS GONE FISHING GARY LOVE FISHING BCUZ EVERYWHERE HE WENT HIS POLES WENT BCUZ GARY WOULD JUST GET UP AND GO OUT THE BLUE THATS HOW MUCH HE LOVED FISHING GARY IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS HAROLD AND ANNIE SIMPSON HIS DAUGHTER KASARA ALEXIS SIMPSON HIS SON GARY SIMPSON JR HIS SISTER DEBORAH SIMPSON HIS OLDEST BROTHER JESSE BROWN AND HIS GRAND PARENTS ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HE LEAVES TO MORN HIS WIFE KAREEM SIMPSON LONG AND HIS CHILDREN QUINNTISHA MANDISHA KARRON QUINNTIAYA KAYLEE AND CASSANDRA SIMPSON HIS SIBLINGS ROSALINDA HAROLD JR GREGORY AND JOHNNIE SIMPSON HIS OLDEST BROTHER'S CALVIN PEACE AND BENARD THOMAS AUNTIES THELMA MILDRED MATTIE AND CAROLYN SIMPSON UNCLES KENNY AND RAY SIMPSON AND HIS NIECES SHANELL AND AMBER SIMPSON TAJANEE AND 'SHAWNA AND MAHOGANY HIS NEPHEWS MATHEW AND ANTOINE SIMPSON GARRON AND IROD JOHN JOHN CHRIS AND BRANDON AND A HOLD HOST OF CUZZINS AND FRIENDS AND WE THE FAMILY WOUL LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND CONDOLENCES GARY YOU MAY NO LONGER BE HERE ON EARTH IN THE FLESH BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN