CONYERS — The stories are iconic and now so is the FBI man who was there doing his duty while witnessing what would become so much of America’s history. As the oldest investigator in the nation, Jack Simpson of Rockdale County passed away this week at the age of 96, still working after more than half a century in law enforcement.
“Mr. Jack set the tone for the women and men who clocked in and out of the office every day,” Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown said. “He showed up, did his job and made sure that his fellow officers represented our profession. He was well loved and respected across the aisle. Young, old, ethnicity did not have any type of barrier with him. He was loved.”
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