Mr. Harold Edgar Simpson

August 2, 1949 - March 29, 2022

Mr. Harold Edgar Simpson, age 72, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was born August 2, 1949, in Mena, Arkansas to Kelly Edgar Simpson and Mae Dean Deramus Simpson-Hoover. Mr. Simpson loved country music and going to new places, but above all else he loved his family, and was responsible for teaching his nieces to love the Dukes of Hazard and western movies. Harold’s mother, Mrs. Mae Dean was inspired by Harold to be a founding member of the Polk County Developmental Center, where he was a client for over thirty years. He was fiercely proud of this work. He was preceded in death by his father Kelly E. Simpson; paternal grandparents, Charley and Myrtle Simpson; maternal grandparents, Millard and Dollie Deramus; stepfather, J.C. Hoover; and by his step-brother, Chris Hoover. He is survived by his mother, Mae Dean Hoover; his favorite sister, Debby Gann and husband R.D.; special nieces, Rolana Lee and husband Shawn and Rochelle Jenkins; great-nieces, Madelyn Adair, Emery Lee, Avery Lee, Ava Jenkins, and Oliva Jenkins; half-brother, Jack Simpson and his children; Kellie Shelly and husband Jamie and Shannon Simpson and wife Melissa, stepsister, Cindy Moore; as well as a host of family and friends too great too mention. Memorial Services for Mr. Simpson will be held Monday, April 4, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. in the Beasley-Wood Chapel with Dennis Philpot as officiant under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Cremation services are entrusted to Beasley-Wood Funeral Home of Mena, Arkansas Online obituary at www.beasleywoodfuneralhome.com