Anne Cooper Simpson

Graveside services for Anne Cooper Simpson of Washington were held Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. Ed Rees officiating. She died Thursday, June 10, at Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes in Washington.
Mrs. Simpson was born in Buena Vista in 1914, and was the daughter of the late Warren Clyde Cooper and Carrie Wooten Cooper of Pelham. She was the widow of Dr. Addison Wingfield Simpson Jr. After graduation from Pelham High School, she joined her father in the Pelham Banking Co. During this time she met her future husband who was attending Medical School in Augusta. They were married on October 26, 1940, in Pelham and moved to Washington. She was a member of the Washington Presbyterian Church where she served as president and treasurer of the Women of the Church for many years and was active in the global missions and the youth program of the church.