Martha Jean Crain's Obituary
MARTHA JEAN CRAIN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP MARCH 6, 2018, AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE.JEAN WAS BORN JULY 1, 1930 IN CRAWFORDSVILLE, AR. SHE LIVED HER CHILDHOOD YEARS IN TIPTON COUNTY, TN, BEFORE MOVING TO MEMPHIS.SHE WAS A 1949 GRADUATE OF TREADWELL HIGH SCHOOL, AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES AT LEAWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 10 YEARS.IN HER LATER YEARS SHE FOUND GREAT ENJOYMENT IN ANTIQUE COLLECTING, AND CARING FOR HER HOME. SHE WAS A LOVING FRIEND TO MANY.SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, LILLIAN HOLCOMB AND VESPER BLANKENSHIP, HER HUSBAND OF OVER 50 YEARS, DONALD R. CRAIN, AND A SON , MIKE CRAIN.SURVIVING FAMILY INCLUDES THREE SISTERS, JOAN ARATA OF SOUTHAVEN, MS, VIVIAN KNIGHT AND CATHERINE BAIRD OF MEMPHIS, AND HER SON DONNIE CRAIN OF CORDOVA.SHE HAD 5 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 9:30 – 10:30 AM, SATURDAY, MARCH 10 FOLLOWED BY GRAVESIDE SERVICES AT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.DONATIONS TO PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE FAMILY. Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38119 (901) 767-8930. “Celebrating Life… Behind the Stone Wall”.
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