1943
Dr. Jerry D.
2017
Dr. Jerry D. Gresham
August 4, 1943 — March 2, 2017
Dr. Jerry D. Gresham, age 73, died Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Methodist Germantown Hospital in Memphis.
Funeral Service will be Monday, March 6, 2017, 11:00 A.M. at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in East Side Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, March 5, 2017, from 3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. at Murphy Funeral Home, or after 9:00 A.M. Monday at the church until funeral time at 11:00.
Pallbearers are Nick Dunagan, Joe Exum, Danny Walker, Jason Roberts, Wes Totten, Richard Shadden, Bob McCurdy and Jerry Jones. Honorary Pallbearers are Tom Seratt, Bud Grimes, Tom Farmer, Rex Pate, Ernie Gibson and Don Jock.
Dr. Gresham is survived by his wife, Carolyn Perrin Gresham of Martin; his son, Darryl (Sarah) Gresham of Memphis; his daughter, Darcia Gresham of Nashville; two grandchildren, Sydney and Charlie of Memphis; his sister, Lurlene (Murray) Williams of Altus, Oklahoma.
Dr. Gresham retired from The University of Tennessee at Martin as Professor Emeritus of Animal Science. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of First United Methodist Church in Martin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Gresham and Gladys Williams Gresham.
Memorials may be sent to the Jerry and Carolyn Gresham Family Endowment at U T M; Martin First United Methodist Church; or West Cancer Clinic, Memphis, TN.
Funeral Service will be Monday, March 6, 2017, 11:00 A.M. at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in East Side Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, March 5, 2017, from 3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. at Murphy Funeral Home, or after 9:00 A.M. Monday at the church until funeral time at 11:00.
Pallbearers are Nick Dunagan, Joe Exum, Danny Walker, Jason Roberts, Wes Totten, Richard Shadden, Bob McCurdy and Jerry Jones. Honorary Pallbearers are Tom Seratt, Bud Grimes, Tom Farmer, Rex Pate, Ernie Gibson and Don Jock.
Dr. Gresham is survived by his wife, Carolyn Perrin Gresham of Martin; his son, Darryl (Sarah) Gresham of Memphis; his daughter, Darcia Gresham of Nashville; two grandchildren, Sydney and Charlie of Memphis; his sister, Lurlene (Murray) Williams of Altus, Oklahoma.
Dr. Gresham retired from The University of Tennessee at Martin as Professor Emeritus of Animal Science. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of First United Methodist Church in Martin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Gresham and Gladys Williams Gresham.
Memorials may be sent to the Jerry and Carolyn Gresham Family Endowment at U T M; Martin First United Methodist Church; or West Cancer Clinic, Memphis, TN.
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