LORENE JOINER SIMPSON

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MS. LORENE JOINER SIMPSON, AGE 77, OF JONESBORO, GA. MS. SIMPSON PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 2013 AT SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN RIVERDALE, GA. MS. SIMPSON WAS BORN IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, GA ON OCT. 23, 1935 TO THE NOW LATE JOSEPH FRANKLIN AND DAISY VELMA HARTZOG JOINER. SHE GRADUATED FROM SCHS IN 1953. MS. SIMPSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST ATLANTA RETIREES CLUB AND SHE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO ATTENDING HER ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. MS. SIMPSON LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER BROTHER, THOMAS JOINER AND HIS WIFE GWEN OF IRON CITY, GA; A STEPDAUGHTER, TINA KOWALSKI AND HER HUSBAND JAMES OF MONROE, MICHIGAN; A STEPSON, DOUGLAS LEIGH SIMPSON OF CLEVELAND, TENN; 4 STEPGRANDCHILDREN; 5 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 STEP GREAT GREAT GRANDSON. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JOSEPH FRANKLIN AND DAISY JOINER AND 4 SISTERS, DOROTHY GREEN, MYRTLE DRAKE, BETTY SHEDD, AND PATRICIA TEMPLES. THE FAMILY WILL HOLD A PRIVATE MEMORIAL.