WILLIAM H. "Bill" WEATHERRED, 84, of Memphis, passed away Monday, November 3, 2008, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home, with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Bill was a long-time employee of the former Railway Express Agency, and he retired from ALSAC/St. Jude in 1988. He was actively involved in the Presbyterian church and was currently a member of Woodland Presbyterian Church. During World War II, he served in North Africa in the Army Air Corps. He helped to organize a group of WWII veterans from the North African Ferrying Division of the Air Transport Command. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Yvonne Tucker Weatherred; two daughters, Jan Weatherred and Susan Adkins of Memphis; son, William Weatherred Jr. of Alamo, TN; two grandsons, Jay (Lesley) Adkins of Memphis and Bryant (Dawn) Adkins of Houston, TX; two great-grandsons, and a sister, Mildred Roop. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Small Paws Rescue (Bichon Frise), 3316 S. 72nd W. Ave, Tulsa, OK 74107. Memorial Park Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on 11/4/2008)
Predeceased by sisters, Mary Louise Weatherred Stephenson and Sarah Helen Weatherred.
Predeceased by sisters, Mary Louise Weatherred Stephenson and Sarah Helen Weatherred.
WILLIAM H. "Bill" WEATHERRED, 84, of Memphis, passed away Monday, November 3, 2008, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home, with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Bill was a long-time employee of the former Railway Express Agency, and he retired from ALSAC/St. Jude in 1988. He was actively involved in the Presbyterian church and was currently a member of Woodland Presbyterian Church. During World War II, he served in North Africa in the Army Air Corps. He helped to organize a group of WWII veterans from the North African Ferrying Division of the Air Transport Command. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Yvonne Tucker Weatherred; two daughters, Jan Weatherred and Susan Adkins of Memphis; son, William Weatherred Jr. of Alamo, TN; two grandsons, Jay (Lesley) Adkins of Memphis and Bryant (Dawn) Adkins of Houston, TX; two great-grandsons, and a sister, Mildred Roop. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Small Paws Rescue (Bichon Frise), 3316 S. 72nd W. Ave, Tulsa, OK 74107. Memorial Park Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on 11/4/2008)
Predeceased by sisters, Mary Louise Weatherred Stephenson and Sarah Helen Weatherred.
Predeceased by sisters, Mary Louise Weatherred Stephenson and Sarah Helen Weatherred.
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