B. Milton Stevens' Obituary
Milton was taken to his heavenly home to join his wife Mildred Gibbons Stevens on Saturday, June 28, 2014. He was 92 years of age. Milton loved people and was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather , great-grandfather, brother and friend to so many. He will be missed by everyone who knew him. His father Benjamin Marion Stevens and his mother, Ollie Belle Manley Stevens lived in Memphis along with their eight children. He was an engineer for the Frisco Railroad. Milton returned to Memphis after four years of honorable service during WWII as a soldier with the 5th Army during the North African and Italian campaigns. He married his high school sweetheart Mildred Gibbons and they started their family. He was an employee of International Harvester for almost 40 years. He and Mildred lived in Bartlett, Tennessee where they raised their family and attended Bartlett United Methodist Church until they relocated to Sarasota, Florida in 2003. Milton leaves behind his sister, two brothers, three children, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Siblings are Ollie Katherine Tatum, Melvin Eugene Stevens and Raymond Douglas Stevens. Children are Ken G. Stevens of New Braunfels, Texas, Marion M. Stevens of Memphis and LuAnne S. Kirschner of Sarasota, Florida. Grandchildren include Brian K. Stevens, Robert H. Stevens, Claire C. Bowman, and Ellen G. Coleman. Great grandchildren are Emery Stevens, Benjamin Bowman and Samuel Bowman. There will be a graveside service at Memorial Park Cemetery at 11:00AM, Saturday July 12th. Family and friends will gather at Memorial Park Funeral Home at 10:30 AM and proceed to the grave site led by Reverend Dr. Mark Matheny. The family asks that memorials to honor Milton be sent to Sunnyside Village Chapel at 5201 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, Florida, 34232.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, 901-767-8930, “Behind the Stone Wall”.
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