Sudie Collins Simpson

Sudie Collins Simpson, 93, of Baxter, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2023 at the Tri-Cities Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Cumberland. She was born June 3, 1929 in Harlan County to the late Curt Collins and Matilda Cooper Collins.

She was homemaker and ran a Day Care Center for over 50 years. She was lovingly known as Mamaw Sudie to many children over the years. She was a dedicated member of the Immanuel Baptist Church where she loved her church and her church family.

Sudie was preceded in death by her husband of over 60 years, Vernon Simpson; one son, Vernon K. Simpson, Jr.; one daughter, Lydia Joyce Simpson Gaw; one son-in-law, Paul David Hansel; a granddaughter, Andrea Michelle Simpson Dzuiban; and a great grandson.

Survivors include her two daughters, Nancy Louise Simpson Hansel, Rosspoint; and Dianne Simpson O’Dell, Shepherdville, KY. She was a loving grandmother to Janet Hansel, Somerset; Wendy Gaw Blanton, Harlan; Shannon Simpson, Fort Wayne, IN; Troy Gaw and wife, Cindy, Rosspoint; Gwendolyn O’Dell and Logan O’Dell, Shepherdville, KY; 16 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Loyall Funeral Home.

Eastern Star and funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2023, in the chapel of the Loyall Funeral Home with Troy Gaw and Clarence Gaw officiating.

Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Harlan County Memorial Gardens with family and friends serving as pallbearers.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Tri-Cities Nursing & Rehabilitation Center who provided love and care to Sudie during her stay there.     

Loyall Funeral Home is honored to serve the Simpson family.