Darrold even tho its been years since i last saw you,I do remember when you did get on the phone it was to tell me how beautiful mykids were or what a good job i was doing on my own. I can say you and mom had the loudest mouth in the family always starting up the partys with the jokes & the laugh we had. Monopoly was our family secret, you were know for your poderbun u made it was just right sugar & all. i tell you couzin that even tho we did not talk for whatever reason that i did love you as my couzin for the good days & the bad days we had. it might be someone in our lives we love & i know life is not perfect but i tell you darrold that you were a wake up call for me also because i never got to tell you i love you.i know how it feels to loose a mom but a child or a brother or a sister i cannot aunt marie or how none of my couzin feels loosing a brother. i can tell you i hope & pray that this family can come together as one with the love that darrold & my mom lived on your lil couzin mel

Dear Kay, Marcia, Charlena, Charles, Lamar (Harton), Haddan, Tyrone:

I am sending heartfelt condolences to you on Darrold's passing.    Death is always sad and distressing;  and when it is a sibling it is even more so.    I find that any words one searches for to express sympathy are inadequate.   Nevertheless, it is the only thing we can do at this distance and if you can hug each other for us those embraces will act as a sign of our love

We love you and will remember you and Darrold's soul in our prayers

I had the opportunity to speak to your mother and I know you will give her the support she so badly needs at this difficult time.

With much love,
Enid, Lola, Letteria, Doyle, Abraham. 

This letter was written by Darrold to his family on his hospitalization in New York

For all the good I've known during the days that have passed, I am  very grateful. I know that I have not always responded with my best effort, but I often did earnestly try. I have tried to give my family Love and Devotion, and I pray that I may grow more loving as the years passes.

Even as I regret my weaknesses, I rejoice in my accomplishments. Let these achievements, O Lord, lead to many others. May I be blessed with the sense of having grown with goodness and compassion, I pray.

                                               Darrold Simon
                                            " God be praised"