Bertha Mae "Polly" Simpson

March 19, 1935 - May 20, 2022

SIMPSON, Mrs. Bertha Mae "Polly" - age 87, passed away Friday, May 20, 2022 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, June 11, 2022 at New Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 124 Prospect Street, with funeral commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Pastor William Parker, Jr., officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, 216 University Drive. Friends and pallbearers will assemble 10:30AM Saturday at the church. Mrs. Simpson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 North Perry Street and may be viewed between the hours of 12:00PM - 6:00PM Friday. Mrs. Simpson leaves to cherish her memory, her children, Betty Jean Beamon, Shirley A, Daugherty, Doris M. (Avery) Hatchett, Pamela E. Seay, Tommy Warren Simpson, Jr., Stevia (William) Simpson-Ross, and Harold Simpson; special grandchildren, Turkessa Simpson and Ernesto Simpson; grandchildren, Derek (Catherine) Beamon, Harrick Beamon, Cassondra Spears, Tamara McNeal, LaTonya (Mack) Rogers, Vernonaca Simpson, Avery “AJ” Hatchett, Jr., Thomas Hatchett, Curley Lumpkin, Jr., Tommy Wayne Simpson, Tayler Simpson, Brittney Simpson, David Ross, Errol Ross, Elliott Ross, Austin Simpson and Arren Simpson; a host of great-grandchildren; siblings, Gladys (Valley) Smith, Ivory Beamon and Clinton (Crystal) Beamon; sisters-in-law, Gloria Beamon, Lucy Simpson, Ruth Beamon and Hellestine Yeldell; brothers-in-law, Rev. Borrah (Myra) Campbell and Willie James (Jackie) Taylor; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; special niece, Dorothy Franklin; and loving pet companion, Elvis Ross. Mrs. Simpson was preceded in death by her husband, Tommie Simpson; daughter, Patricia Denise Lumpkin; son, Dennis Simpson; parents, William and Ethel Beamon; siblings, Eraline Taylor, Lucille Wilkins, William Beamon, Ruben Beamon, Minnie Beamon-Campbell, Floyd Beamon, Charles Beamon and Alfonsa Beamon.