Who Is Cheslie Kryst Mom April Simpkins? Husband Joe Is Not Her Baby Father- More To Know

April Simpkins married her second husband Joe Simpkins after splitting up with Rodney Kryst.

April Simpkins is an athlete and beauty pageant holder.

This mother of six is also a wife, athlete, runner, entrepreneur, and Christ-follower. Likewise, she also engages herself as a professional speaker and encourager.

April Simpkins recently came to the headlines after expressing her grief on Red Table Talk following her daughter Cheslie’s suicidal death.

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Is April Simpkins Married To Husband Joe Simpkins?

April Simpkins is married to her husband Joe Simpkins as she has still maintained his surname with her name.

We are unsure about this but we found it from Alumni. Belmont that Joe Simpkins, who died in 2020 because of illness, seems to be her husband. The face of Joe Simpkins mentioned on the educational site does somehow match with April’s husband. Just the difference we can see in those two photos is the age difference, i.e. a picture of his younger days and another from when he was older.

Joe Simpkins firstly conquered colon cancer in 1993, then he was diagnosed with a heart attack in 2009, and battled strongly through Alzheimer’s Disease for more than 6 years.

As per the above-mentioned site, Joe Simpkins was born on February 7, 1952, and unfortunately, he died on January 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee. And, in the same portal, it is also mentioned that the deceased Joe is survived by his wife April Messick Simpkins, which ticks that he might probably be the athlete April’s husband.

Who Is Cheslie Kryst Mom April Simpkins? Her Wikipedia Bio

We are aware that Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst’s mom is April Simpkins and Mrs. Simpkins also has a feature on Wikipedia of her daughter.

As per the wiki-bio, April also entered in beauty pageant during her days and was even crowned Mrs. North Carolina US. She bagged this title when her daughter Kryst was just a child.

In fact, April Simpkins was the one who released a statement noting that her daughter had suffered from high-functioning depression, which led to her death by suicide.

Nonetheless, this mother and daughter duo made their name in the pageant industry and the latter one even was an Emmy-nominated correspondent for Extra TV.

Are April Simpkins And Rodney Kryst Cheslie Kryst Parents?

April Simpkins and her former husband Rodney Kryst are the parents of Cheslie Kryst, an attorney and beauty artist.

As per the New York Post,  a Polish American former bodybuilder Rodney and April separated when Cheslie was young. Afterward, April remarried the love of her life, Joe. It is learned that April shares four children together with her ex-partner Rodney.