Obituary for Roger Keith Simpson Roger Keith Simpson, 62 , died February 4th, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Roger was born Sept. 5th, 1954 in Anderson, SC and resided in Seneca, SC where he recently retired from Clemson University Language Department, Senior Lecturer of Spanish. Roger Simpson wass a graduate of Clemson University, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Modern Languages and M.Ed. After having taught Spanish at the high school level for fourteen years, Roger began teaching at Clemson University in August of 1999. His teaching responsibilities include Elementary Spanish for which he was a course coordinator. He was also the Foreign Language Placement Test Coordinator, Hospitality Director for the Department of Languages, and co-editor of the Clemson Polyglot (the department's newsletter). Additionally, Roger served on the Declamation Contest Committee; this contest is an annual poetry recitation contest for high school students. He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd W. “Bill” Simpson and Sue Ellen Nix Simpson. Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 6th, 2017 from 6-8 pm at the Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home in Seneca. Graveside services will be held 11am Tuesday Feb. 7th, 2017 at the Oconee Memorial Park, with Rev. Phil Kelley officiating. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice Compassus-Duncan, 1923 E. Main St. Suite B, Duncan SC 29334. Brown-Oglesby is assisting the family.