JIM H. "Papaw" HORN , 92, of Memphis, died Sunday, January 7, 2007, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of Leawood Baptist Church and a former member of Merton Avenue Baptist Church where he was a Deacon. He was retired from the Memphis City School Board of Education, and had been employed at Walls Brothers Esso Distributors. Jim was a loving Christian husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, Addison and Bessie Horn ; two brothers and six sisters. He leaves his wife, Mattie of more than 50 years; two daughters, Pat (Jimmy) Rodgers, of Bartlett and Hope (Chris) Pittman of Germantown; five grandchildren, Ashley Rodgers, Jonathan Rodgers, Olivia Pittman, Audrey Pittman, and Parker Pittman; two nephews, Barry Mac Rainey of Wyoming and David Rainey of California; and two nieces, Juanette Jones of Collierville and Melissa Duggan of Germantown. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Leawood Baptist Church. Memorial Park Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on January 9, 2007)
JIM H. "Papaw" HORN , 92, of Memphis, died Sunday, January 7, 2007, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of Leawood Baptist Church and a former member of Merton Avenue Baptist Church where he was a Deacon. He was retired from the Memphis City School Board of Education, and had been employed at Walls Brothers Esso Distributors. Jim was a loving Christian husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, Addison and Bessie Horn ; two brothers and six sisters. He leaves his wife, Mattie of more than 50 years; two daughters, Pat (Jimmy) Rodgers, of Bartlett and Hope (Chris) Pittman of Germantown; five grandchildren, Ashley Rodgers, Jonathan Rodgers, Olivia Pittman, Audrey Pittman, and Parker Pittman; two nephews, Barry Mac Rainey of Wyoming and David Rainey of California; and two nieces, Juanette Jones of Collierville and Melissa Duggan of Germantown. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Leawood Baptist Church. Memorial Park Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on January 9, 2007)
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