Ross and Ruby Simpson have been married for 75 years. Ross will turn 100 this week. Ruby will turn 100 in July.Â
ASHLAND Ross and Ruby Simpson are approaching milestones: He will turn 100 on Tuesday; her 100th birthday will come in July; and they have been married 75 years.
But together, the two have accomplished even more.
Ashlander Ross Simpson, who was the youngest master plumber in the state at 19, joined the U.S. Marines and, after basic training in the early 1940s, was sent to Chicago to learn mechanical engineering, daughter Gale Barton said. He was part of the U.S. military s island-hopping strategy in the Pacific, in which troops took over an island and established a military base there. Barton said Simpson worked on airplanes.
FRANKFORT The Friends of Greenbo Lake State Resort Park has launched a nonprofit organization to raise money and support the park in northeastern Kentucky.