Wavor Brown's Obituary
Wavor Lynn Brown, 65 of Memphis, TN passed away January 14, 2019. The family will receive friends from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m. and the funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday January 17, at Bellevue Baptist Church, 2000 Appling Road, Cordova, TN 38016. A reception will be held immediately following the services at the church. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday January 18 at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38119 with interment at the mausoleum afterwards. Wavor was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church, and Joe Jernigan’s Sunday School class. She was a graduate of Westwood High School, a retired postal supervisor and a retired Crye-Leike realtor. She enjoyed many outdoor activities with her family including softball, horseback riding, and dune buggy riding. She deeply loved her family and friends and was a devoted Mother to her children. Wavor is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph W. and Wavor Phillips; brother, Joseph W. Phillips, Jr; and sister, Carrie Lee. She leaves her husband, Terry Brown; daughter, Emily Whitson (Nathan) of New Mexico; daughter Angela Nichols (Matt) of Missouri; and son, Chuck York (Mandee) of Mississippi; step-daughter, Jennifer Stanley (Scott); and step-son, Jason Brown (Valerie) both of Ohio; brother, Bob Phillips (Denise) of Oklahoma; and grandchildren, Cody Whitson, Nate Whitson, Caitlyn Whitson, DJ Sleigh, Abby Sleigh, Matilyn Nichols, Ashlen York, Madison York, Noah Beech, Jack Stanley, Nick Stanley, Luke Stanley, Bella Brown and Reese Brown; as well as numerous nephews and nieces. Memorial contributions may be made to Bellevue Baptist Church.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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