NFL player steps in to help fan pay for grandfather’s funeral

Jennifer Simpson and her aunt Tara roderick says the past month has been hard since losing their grandpa, jerry roderick senior, He was *** great man, always helping people, always, you know, he um, he give you the shirt off his back. You know, his last dollar, his last penny. They wanted to give him *** funeral he deserved, but didn’t have the money. So they started *** bake sale and raised money through facebook and other platforms, been out busting our *** doing whatever we can, we didn’t have any money coming into it. Like no life insurance, no Social Security, you know, nothing coming into it. Jennifer even offered to sell *** pair of her J. J watt woman’s edition Reebok shoes and Jersey, she posted them on twitter and the former Texans star said, don’t sell your shoes in. Jersey will help with the funeral. I’m sorry for your loss. I was overwhelmed with emotions for someone that doesn’t even know me, doesn’t even know my family, you know, to just be so giving and so caring to help us. You know, it’s just, it’s just like I’m *** loss for words. Jennifer says, J. J watt is her favorite player and she and her family cannot thank him enough for making sure their grandpa is laid to rest when I got the screenshot. I was just mind blowing and it’s like *** piece of burning came off of me knowing that we were so, so close to laying my dad’s arrest. I just, I love what JJ does on and off the fields. I’m Rochelle Turner KPRC two news

‘I’m at a loss for words’: NFL player steps in to help fan pay for grandfather’s funeral

Updated: 7:19 AM EDT Jul 25, 2022

A Houston family began fundraising to cover their loved one’s funeral until an NFL player stepped in to help. Jennifer Simpson told KPRC that they lost her grandfather, Jerry Roderick Sr., about a month ago. “He was a great man and always helping people. He would give you the shirt off his back, his last dollar, his last penny,” Simpson said. The family started a bake sale and were raising money on several social media platforms to raise money to cover a funeral for Roderick. “We have been out busting our butt doing whatever we can,” Simpson said. “We didn’t have any money coming into it, no life insurance, no Social Security, nothing coming into it.”Simpson then posted her pair of JJ Watt women’s edition Reebok shoes and jersey for sale on Twitter. Then, Watt responded. “Don’t sell your shoes and jersey, we’ll help with the funeral,” Watt’s response says. “I’m sorry for your loss.” Simpson said she was overwhelmed by Watt’s tweet and the family is grateful that they’ll be able to lay Roderick to rest.”For someone that doesn’t even know me, doesn’t even know my family to be so giving and so caring to help us, I’m at a loss for words,” she said. “I just love what JJ does on and off the field.”

HOUSTON (Video: KPRC via CNN) —

A Houston family began fundraising to cover their loved one’s funeral until an NFL player stepped in to help.

Jennifer Simpson told KPRC that they lost her grandfather, Jerry Roderick Sr., about a month ago.

“He was a great man and always helping people. He would give you the shirt off his back, his last dollar, his last penny,” Simpson said.

The family started a bake sale and were raising money on several social media platforms to raise money to cover a funeral for Roderick.

“We have been out busting our butt doing whatever we can,” Simpson said. “We didn’t have any money coming into it, no life insurance, no Social Security, nothing coming into it.”

Simpson then posted her pair of JJ Watt women’s edition Reebok shoes and jersey for sale on Twitter.

Then, Watt responded.

“Don’t sell your shoes and jersey, we’ll help with the funeral,” Watt’s response says. “I’m sorry for your loss.”

Simpson said she was overwhelmed by Watt’s tweet and the family is grateful that they’ll be able to lay Roderick to rest.

“For someone that doesn’t even know me, doesn’t even know my family to be so giving and so caring to help us, I’m at a loss for words,” she said. “I just love what JJ does on and off the field.”