KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Joshua R. Simpson, 25, died Monday, July 17, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 28, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Ark of Safety in St. Charles, Missouri with burial to follow in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Viewing will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2017, from 4-7 p.m. at Ark of Safety. Grandberry Mortuary in St. Louis is in charge of arrangements.

He is survived by his parents, Eugene and Pamela Simpson of Hazlewood, Missouri, and his grandmother, Charlene Walls Simpson of Oxford.