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Kathryn Gobie Vowell
May 01, 2026
Kathryn Gobie Vowell, born Kathryn Ellen Gobie on November 29, 1940, passed away on May 1, 2026, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, with her son holding her hand. She was 85 years old. Kathryn grew up in Miami, where her beauty and grace were evident early — she appeared on the cover of Seventeen...
Dianne Sanders Wage
May 01, 2026
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
May 01, 2026
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...
Ruth Allison
Apr. 30, 2026
Services are pending with Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery.
Dian Galvan
Apr. 29, 2026
The Heavens are shining with Love and Kindness. A truly loving and strong woman has come home to eternally rest with the Lord. Dian Carolyn Huey Galvan, age 75, passed away April 29, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dian was born on October 05, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Ellis and...
Edna B. Cooley
Apr. 29, 2026
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
Apr. 29, 2026
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....
Anne Motley
Apr. 28, 2026
Anne Marie Motley, a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on April 28, 2026. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 26, 1954, to Edwin and Imogene Hoelzen. In 1975, she married her high school sweetheart, Edward Motley, and they lived in Phoenix until moving to Memphis,...
Barbara S Conaway
Apr. 28, 2026
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 Ledbetter
Apr. 28, 2026
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...
Jo Ann Dotson
Apr. 28, 2026
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 Patrick Griffin
Apr. 28, 2026
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...