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Berl Bartley Garey Jr.
Jul. 04, 2025
Berl Bartley Garey, Jr. was born in Memphis on February 25th, 1932 to Berl and Carrie Ella Garey. He had one sister, Jane Garey Keltner. “Pop” went home to be with his Lord and savior on July 4, 2025; he was 93. He was educated at Humes High School and Memphis State College where he earned his...
Minnie Theo Allen
Jul. 04, 2025
Minnie Theo Humphrey Allen was born June 25, 1937, to Arthur and Myrtle Humphrey and passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her children, Donnie (Vickie) Allen; Elizabeth (Kevin) Williams; and Nancy Allen; grandchildren, Adam (Amber) Allen; Tim...
Bonita Sansone Sammarco
Jul. 03, 2025
Bonita Sansone Sammarco, 66, of Germantown, Tennessee, passed away in Houston, Texas, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Bonita was a loving wife, mother, sister, and friend. She graduated from Bishop Byrne High School in 1977...
Charles "Chuck" Stone
Jul. 03, 2025
Charles "Chuck" Stone departed for Heaven, to join his wife, at 11:30 p.m. July 3rd 2025, just 29 days and one hour after she had left this earth. A Boy Scout in his younger years, after high school, Chuck had served 6 months in the merchant marines, in Michigan, before joining the Navy, for a 20...
Dr. Richard (Rich) Warren Powell
Jul. 03, 2025
Dr. Richard (Rich) Warren Powell, age 77, of Germantown, TN passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, July 3, 2025. He was the son of Russell and Marie Powell, and was raised in Newton and Des Moines, IA where he attended North High School. Rich went on to earn his undergraduate and...
Janet E. Turner
Jul. 02, 2025
Janet Eggleston Turner passed peacefully on July 2nd, 2025. She was 79 years old. She is survived by her husband, Jim Turner. She was the first child of Elizabeth and Merrill Eggleston who preceded her in death. She had four siblings John Eggleston and Martha Adams, who preceded her in death...
Leslie Price
Jul. 01, 2025
Leslie “Gaye” (Bennett) Price of Saint Petersburg, Florida and longtime resident of Memphis, Tennessee, passed away at the age of 68, on July 1st, 2025 at home with family. Gaye was born the youngest of three sisters, on August 14th, 1956, to Shirley Gentry Bennett and Frank Leslie Bennett in...
Loretia Kirkland
Jul. 01, 2025
Loretia Kirkland of Memphis, TN. passed away on July 1, 2025 in Memphis, Tennessee. The family has entrusted her arrangements to Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119. A full obituary will be posted once it becomes available.
David Raymond Reed
Jul. 01, 2025
David Raymond Reed of Cordova passed away on July 1, 2025 at age 73 after a long illness. Born on December 31, 1951 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, David spent part of his life in California before settling in Memphis, where he lived for the rest of his life. A pioneer in the computer age, David...
Neil Harvey Givens
Jun. 30, 2025
Neil Harvey Givens, 86, of Memphis, Tennessee, was called home to be with the Lord on June 30, 2025. The first of two children, Neil was born on July 21, 1938, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 65 years, Sue Manker Givens, his mother Clara Griffin Givens, and...
Daniel Olvera Orozco
Jun. 30, 2025
Daniel Olvera Orozco of Memphis, TN. passed away on June 30, 2025 in Memphis, Tennessee. The family has entrusted his arrangements to Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119. A full obituary will be posted once it becomes available.
David Harold Fones
Jun. 29, 2025
David Harold Fones, 94, of Cordova, Tennessee passed away peacefully on June 29, 2025 at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville, Tennessee. David was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Memphis, Tennessee at a young age with his family. As a teenager, he worked the wheat fields out...