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Joan Gaffney Kerr
Jul. 21, 2026
Joan (Josephine Ann) Gaffney Kerr, 86, beloved Mom, Memaw, and friend, went to be with the Lord in her eternal heavenly home the evening of July 21, 2026, surrounded by her children at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville, TN. She was born November 7, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to...
Donald R. Forsyth Sr.
Jul. 18, 2026
Donald Renault Forsyth, Sr. of Germantown, TN passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on July 18, 2026. He was the loving and devoted husband of Ann B. (Drennan) Forsyth whom he married in 1964 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Medford, MA. Don was born on October 1, 1929, in Kansas City,...
Jackson Watts Moore
Jul. 18, 2026
Jackson (Jack) Watts Moore was reunited with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 18 at his home. He was 77. Jack was raised in Clanton, Alabama, son of the late Shellye Louise Jackson Moore and Joseph Watts Moore. Jack was an excellent student and gifted athlete, participating on the...
Carmen Lucinda Vera De Mendoza
Jul. 17, 2026
Carmen Lucinda Vera De Mendoza, age 94, passed away on July 17, 2026. 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. A private service will be held at a later...
Nancy Jeppe Conner
Jul. 16, 2026
Nancy J. Conner, 74, of Pocahontas, IL, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2026, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born November 14, 1951, in Memphis, TN, the daughter of Richard I. and Mary Rita, née Brownlee, Jeppe. She married James Richard “Dick” Conner on August 15,...
JoAn S. Adair
Jul. 16, 2026
Services are pending with Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery.
John I. Mansfield
Jul. 16, 2026
There is no single, easy way to describe the unique and remarkable life of John Ingram Mansfield, who entered this world smiling on May 12, 1939, and departed it on the morning of July 15, 2026 after a brief hospitalization. John was preceded in death by his father, Harold Mansfield II, whom he...
James "Barry" Godwin
Jul. 16, 2026
James Barry Godwin’s life could be defined by a few words: faith, family, hiking, and golf. He was a pillar of faith in his community and family. He was a devout Christ-follower and aimed to share that with all he came in contact with. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother,...
JoAn Stevens Adair
Jul. 16, 2026
JoAn Stevens Adair of Memphis, Tennessee passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 16, 2026 at the age of 91. A beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, JoAn was born in Duncan, Oklahoma on December 31, 1934, the daughter of the late Emigene Taylor Stevens and Iva Stevens....
Thomas Barry Deramus
Jul. 15, 2026
Services are pending with Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery.
Jerry Thomas Francisco
Jul. 15, 2026
Jerry Thomas Francisco, age 93, of Germantown, TN, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2026. Born December 18, 1932, in Huntingdon, TN, Jerry was the son of the late Ernest Hubert Francisco and Hessie Susan Flake and brother of the late Marguerite. During his professional career as both a...
L. Roy Funches
Jul. 13, 2026
Roy Funches, age 75 passed away July 13, 2026. A Celebration Gathering will be held Wednesday, July 22nd from 3:00-5:00pm at Memorial Park Funeral Home in the Parkside Event Center. Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee...