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Mary Anita Irving Brown, age 101, died on Saturday, May 2, 2026. She was born in Weir, MS on June 29, 1924 to John T. and Vera Cobb Irving. After graduation from Weir High School, she attended MSCW in Columbus, MS. In 1945, she went to work for Randolph Insurance Company in the Sterick Building...

Nancy Elizabeth Cantrell Cochran, age 81, passed away peacefully on May 2, 2026, in Collierville, Tennessee. She was born on October 28, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee, where she was raised and remained deeply rooted in family, community, and service throughout her life. Nancy graduated from Messick...

Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119 (901) 767-8930. “Where Memphis comes to remember, since 1924.”

Dianne Sanders Wage, 87, of Memphis, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 1, 2026. She graduated from Central High School and Memphis State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. She married her high school sweetheart and best friend, Bill...

Patrick “Pat” Lawson, 69, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2026, with his family by his side. He was born on April 10, 1957, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Chloe Mae Lawson and William Ellis Lawson. Pat never met a stranger and was the life of every party. He had...

Edna B. Cooley, 87, of Cordova, TN, went home to her heavenly Father on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Edna was born in Mississippi, on March 26, 1939, to the late Delmer and Roberta Knight. A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, she found her greatest joy in caring for all she loved. Her home was...

Patrick Joseph Walsh, 71, died Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Michael Walsh and Carolyn Barrasso Walsh, Patrick graduated from Christian Brothers High School. For over 30 years, he worked for Valero Refinery in warehouse maintenance....

Barbara Ann Schaeffer Conaway of Memphis, Tennessee passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.  She was 87 years old. Born on February 18, 1939 in Memphis, Barbara was the third and youngest child and the second daughter of Dorothy Mae Childress Schaeffer and Oliver Turner...

Brenda Albea Arnold Ledbetter, of Cordova, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2026, one day after her 81st birthday. Born Brenda Kay Albea on April 27, 1945, in Memphis, TN, she was the daughter of Thomas W. Albea and Josephine Adams Albea, both of Memphis. Brenda spent her life...

JoAnn Dotson, 80, died peacefully at her home on April 28, 2026. She was born on April 25, 1946, to Edward Dotson Sr., and Millie Dotson in Memphis, TN. She graduated from St. Thomas School of Nursing in Nashville, TN in 1968, where she served as Class President. JoAnn was born with a servant’s...

Dr. John P. Griffin, age 91, died peacefully on Tuesday April 28, 2026, at his home in Germantown, Tennessee. John was born on July 10, 1934, to parents James Joseph Griffin and Dorothy Neher Griffin in Chicago, Illinois. John graduated from St. Joseph College (Indiana) and the Stritch School of...

Linda Gayle Trenthem Parks, 77, passed away on April 28, 2026. She is survived by her husband, Marvin Parks; her sister, Terry Trenthem; her brother, Dennis Trenthem (Nancy); and a host of beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her...