Dorothy Emmons' Obituary
Dorothy Sharp Emmons, 90, longtime resident of Germantown, TN and former resident of the Etheridge House Assisted Living in Union City, died peacefully at Methodist Hospital-Germantown on December 18, 2016 with her family at her side.Services will be on December 22, 2016, at Memorial Park located at 5668 Poplar Avenue in Memphis. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel followed by eulogy at 2:00 p.m. and interment in the mausoleum at Memorial Park.Born July 18, 1926 in Corinth, MS, she was the daughter of Samuel Irva Sharp and Beatrice Carroll Sharp, both of whom preceded her in death.A retired homemaker, she is the widow of James H. Emmons, her husband of 57 years who died on February 29, 2000.She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Kathy Lynn Emmons; three brothers, Samuel Irva Sharp, Jr., Loy Moffett Sharp, and Carroll Hyneman Sharp; a sister, Louise Sharp Counce ; and a granddaughter, Jessica Leanne Emmons.Survivors include her son James M. Emmons and wife, Jill R. Emmons of Union City, and a daughter, Deborah Anne Emmons of Germantown. In addition, she is survived by two sisters Faye Lawrence and Virginia Ann Moss of Corinth, MS. and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.Surviving grandchildren include Jason Sharp Emmons and wife, Elizabeth Cook Emmons of Nashville; Amanda Emmons Persons and husband, Benjamin S. Persons of Marietta, GA; Brian Emmons Woodruff and wife, Amanda Chambers Woodruff of Tigard, ORE; and Angela Woodruff Martinez and husband, Wilfredo Martinez of Palm Bay, FL.Ten great grandchildren survive including Alafair Marie Persons, James Henry Persons, and Oliver Samuel Persons of Marietta, GA; Vivian Sharp Emmons and Stella Rule Emmons of Nashville; Aaron James Woodruff and Everett Dean Woodruff of Tigard, ORE; Jonas Alexander Martinez and Jacob David Martinez of Palm Bay, FL; and Emily Katherine Emmons of Germantown.Pallbearers will be Johnnie Sowell, Brian Woodruff, Sharp Emmons, Rusty Sharp, Billy Ashcraft, and Lee Webb. Residents and staff of Etheridge House Assisted Living will serve as honorary pallbearers.The family requests memorials be made to the recipient of their choice. “Celebrating Life….Behind the Stone Wall.”
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