Nathan Bryan Simpson, Jr

Highlands - Nathan Bryan Simpson, Jr. 46 of Highlands, NC and formerly of Tampa, FL, died May 17, 2013. He was a sixth generation Floridian decended from four pioneer Florida families: Lesley, Cleaveland, Wootton and Bryan.

He was predeceased by his brother John Gray Simpson of Highlands and formerly of Tampa, his grandparents Hazel W. and Thomas E. Gray and Geraldine L. and Arthur A. Simpson, his aunt Lesley Simpson Ault, all of Tampa, and is survived by his parents, Jane and Nathan Simpson, his aunts, Allen Simpson Murray and Hazel Gray Hanlon, and his uncle, Arthur A. Simpson, Jr. and many loving cousins and friends. He was a graduate of Berkeley Preparatory School of Tampa and The University of South Florida with a BS in Business Administration. He was employed by Peoples Gas System and TECO Energy. He was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Merrymakers Clup and Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.

Funeral Services will be conducted by the Rev. John Reese and the Rev. Canon Gerald Stadel at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Tampa Thursday May 23rd at 10:00 AM with interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Nathan’s name to St. Andrews Episcopal Church Foundation, Tampa Bay History Center, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Foundation or to charities of choice.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home of Franklin and Highlands, NC and Blount and Curry Funeral Home, MacDill Chapel of Tampa are in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences are available by visiting bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.