The Baltimore Sun
March 6, 1985On March 3, 1985 MARY RIGHTOR, in Philadelphia, PA, wife of Doctor Palmer H. Futcher. Mother of Jane R. Futcher and Marjorie Futcher.
The Sun (Baltimore, MD)
February 2, 2004Dr. Palmer H. Futcher, a former faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a medical society administrator and an amateur medical historian, died Friday at Broadmead in Cockeysville of complications from pneumonia. He was 93.
Dr. Futcher was a man of wide-ranging interests, including world affairs, the Baltimore Social Register, trout fishing and celestial navigation, said his daughter, Jane Pillow Futcher of Novato, Calif. He was a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, an anti-nuclear activist group.
"He was an odd combination of this world peace guy and an old Baltimore society man," his daughter said.
Dr. Futcher was born in Baltimore, the son of a Johns Hopkins medical school professor, and decided on a career in medicine at an early age. His parents were close friends of revered Hopkins professor Dr. William Osler, and the family's home near Mount Vernon Place was crammed with memorabilia of Dr. Osler and other medical school founders.
Dr. Futcher attended Gilman School and Kent School, a Connecticut boarding school. He graduated from Harvard University and earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins in 1936. After his residency, he joined a medical research team at the Rockefeller Institute in New York.
He resigned from his research job after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and joined the Navy in 1942.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Navy's medical corps and assigned to the naval air station in Pensacola, Fla. There he conducted practical experiments, including one on survival at sea. To test his conclusions, he spent time adrift in a life raft with a supply of Charms candy.
"We always had this romantic image of him, out in a life raft eating Charms," his daughter said.
Soon after arriving in Pensacola, he met Mary Viola Rightor, a social worker and Arkansas native. The two were engaged within two weeks and were married 43 years. She died in 1985.
Dr. Futcher was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and taught medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., before joining Hopkins' department of medicine in 1948. During his 19 years there he taught internal medicine, directed the hospital outpatient service and the university's student health service, and served as assistant dean of the school.
"He handled patients with a great deal of skill and compassion," said Edward Lewison, a medical school classmate who worked with Dr. Futcher to organize their class reunions.
Dr. Futcher moved to Philadelphia in 1967, where he served as executive director of the American Board of Internal Medicine until 1975. He became a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania medical school. In retirement, he treated patients at Philadelphia's Veterans Administration hospital, specializing in the care of diabetics.
He moved to Broadmead in 1994.
Dr. Futcher's two greatest passions were medical history and the outdoors, his daughter said. He collected medical history books and Hopkins memorabilia. He was a trout fisherman, bird watcher, sailor and amateur astronomer.
"When he was interested in something he took a very studious approach," she said. "When my mother died, he invested in a racehorse called She's So Hot. He never went to the racecourse. He read the racing news and wrote down how each horse he was interested in did ... but he never placed a bet."
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by another daughter, Marjorie Rightor Futcher of Alum Bridge, W.Va.; seven nieces; one nephew; and a friend, Louise Brown of Broadmead.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
April 18, 1994WILLETTE DUVAL WHITE, 85, resident of Johnson-Hobson Nursing Home in Marion, Ark., died of heart disease Saturday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church.
Mrs. White, the widow of Thomas Coleman White, leaves a son, Thomas Coleman White Jr.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
January 14, 1999CAROLINE DUVAL WILLS, 90, of Memphis, retired librarian for University of Tennessee Medical School and retired office manager for Internal Medicine Group, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home.
She leaves a sister, Louise Wills Church, and two brothers, Walter D. Wills Jr. and Edwin F. Wills, all of Memphis.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
July 2, 2001LOUISE WILLS CHURCH, 88, of Memphis, homemaker, died of respiratory failure Saturday at her home.
Mrs. Church, the widow of Edgar M. Church, leaves a daughter, Caroline Church Clay of Cordova; a brother, Edwin Francis Wills of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
72359. Walter Douglass Wills Jr.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
August 13, 2000WALTER DOUGLASS WILLS JR., 84, of Memphis, real estate developer and farmer, died of heart failure Friday at his home.
He was a member of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Memphis Board of Realtors, Cotton Carnival, Germantown Civic Club, Old Goats Club, Descendants of the Early Settlers of Shelby County, West Tennessee Historical Society,Memphis Country Club, past president of Germantown Charity Horse Show, senior warden at St. George's Episcopal Church and a volunteer for MIFA.
Mr. Wills, the husband of Dorothy Kirby Wills, also leaves a son, Walter D. Wills III; a sister, Louise Wills Church, and a brother, Edwin F. Wills, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren. T
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
October 8, 2006DOROTHY KIRBY WILLS, 83, of Memphis, died Friday, October 6, 2006 at her home.
She was the daughter of the late Joseph Brooks Kirby, whose family were early settlers of Germantown, and Dorothy Walker. Mrs. Wills, the widow of Walter Douglass Wills, Jr., is survived by her son, Walter D. Wills III of Memphis, one sister, Louise K. Ellis of Knoxville, TN and two grandchildren, Walter D. Wills IV and Mary E. Wills of Memphis.
She graduated from Miss Hutchison School for Girls and National Park College in Silver Springs Maryland and attended the University of Tennessee. During World War II, she served in the Red Cross Motor Corps. Mrs. Wills was a member of the Chi Omega Sorority, Les Passees, Germantown Charity Horse Show, Arawata Garden Club, The Glass Circle, The Sewing Circle, DAR, Colonial Dames, Descendents of Early Settlers of Shelby County, West Tennessee Historical Society, The Germantown Arts Alliance, The Dixon, The Memphis Country Club, and past President of Suburban Garden Club. She was also an early member of St. George's Church and active in establishing the school.
The Commerical Appeal
July 13, 1965Services for John J. Bailey, prominent Memphis real estate man, will be at 10 a.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park.
Mr. Bailey, who lived at 3731 Oakley, died at 10 a.m. yesterday in St. Joseph Hospital. He was 74. He had been in the real estate business for more than 50 years and was a member of the Real Estate Board of Memphis. He was also a member of First Presbyterian Church.
He leaves his wife, Grace C. Bailey; three sons, Edward L. Bailey of 1213 Perkins Terrace, J. James Bailey III of 4878 Marion, and Robert S. Bailey of 2039 Cowden; three daughters, Mrs. Willford Bragg of Baltimore, Mrs. Hugh V. Wallace of Chicago, and Mrs. Charles Sullivan of Mobile, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. Charlotte Scrivener of 5151 Canton Drive, 16 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
November 21, 1993GRACE BAILEY GRAGG, 80, of Memphis, formerly of Baltimore, died Friday at her home after a long illness.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Second Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Arlington Cemetery. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge.
She was a member of board of directors for Christian Psychological Center, a member of United Daughters of the Confederacy, past president of the Women's Association of the Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. Mrs. Gragg, the widow of Williford Gragg, leaves a daughter, Frances Gragg Uhlenhopp of Banner Elk, N.C.; two sisters, Charlotte Bailey Heiberg and Helen Bailey Sullivan, and three brothers, Edward L. Bailey, J. James Bailey III and Robert S. Bailey, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests any memorials be sent to the Neighborhood Christian Center in Memphis.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
January 22, 1996EDWARD L. BAILEY, 81, of Memphis, retired insurer and realtor for the John J. Bailey Co., died of heart failure Sunday at his home.
He was an elder emeritus at Second Presbyterian Church, past president of the Insurers of Memphis Inc., and was a member of a Fifth Armored Division surgical team during World War II.
Mr. Bailey, the husband of Elizabeth W. Bailey, also leaves a daughter, Bette Fair of Jackson, Miss.; a son, Michael Bailey of Memphis; two sisters, Charlotte Heiberg of Germantown and Helen Sullivan of Cordova; two brothers, J. James Bailey III and Robert S. Bailey, both of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
February 23, 2005Elizabeth Wilson Bailey, 89, of Memphis, retired from American Airlines after 35 years, died Sunday at St. Dominic-Jackson (Miss.) Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Second Presbyterian Church, where she was a charter member and a choir member for 50 years, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a former member of First Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Bailey, the widow of Edward L. Bailey, leaves a daughter, Bette Fair of Jackson; a sister, Juanita Engelbrecht of Cincinnati, and three grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
October 13, 2001J. JAMES 'JIM' BAILEY III, 84, of Sevierville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired real estate broker, died Wednesday at Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home of complications of Alzheimer disease.
He was an elder at Buntyn Presbyterian Church, a former director of the Tennessee State Association for Real Estate Brokers, a former chairman of the Professional Standards Committee and former president of the Memphis Board of Realtors, was named 1973 Realtor of the Year, and was a member and former chairman of the Tennessee Real Estate Commission.
Mr. Bailey, the husband of Mary Holland Bailey for 65 years, also leaves a daughter, Mary Bailey Armstrong of Gadsden, Ala.; a son, Dr. Jack Bailey of Sevierville; two sisters, Charlotte Heiburg and Helen Sullivan, and a brother, Robert S. Bailey, all of Memphis, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal
September 6, 2011)Robert Searcy Bailey 92, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and brother passed away on August 31, 2011 at his home in Austin TX. He was a native of Memphis and lived here until he moved to Austin to be near his daughter in 2009.
He graduated from Tech High and served in the Army Air Corps in Italy and North Africa during WWII. He returned to Memphis in 1945 and courted Jean Butler while singing in the choir at First Presbyterian Church. They married in 1946 and had three children. He worked for H.W. Jenkins Lumber Company until his retirement in 1987.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and was former president of the Wesley Sunday School class. He served as editor of the Wesley Class directory even after he moved to Austin. He was a proud patriot, an active Christian and often shared his opinion in the editorial section of The Commercial Appeal.
He was also a near genius when it came to building or repairing things and was always happy to help others with their projects.
Mr. Bailey is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Jean Butler Bailey, sister Charlotte Heiberg of Lexington KY; daughter, Jean Ramsey (Hugh) of Austin; son, Donnie Bailey of Memphis; and daughter-in-law Linda Bailey, of Newton, AL. He is also survived by grandchildren, Gwen Ramsey (Martin) of Stockholm. Sweden, Robert Ramsey of Houston, TX, and Corinne Ramsey of Dallas. He is also survived by grandchildren, Michael Lowe, daughters Savannah and Summer Lowe of Panama City, FL, Gary and Valerie Lowe of McDonough, GA, and Jeffery Lowe of Dothan AL.
He is predeceased by his son, CW4 John R. (Ronnie) Bailey, sisters Grace Gragg, Martha Wiggins, and Helen Sullivan and brothers Edward and Jimmy Bailey.
He has numerous nieces, nephews and cousins that he loved and who loved him dearly. T
The Commercial Appeal
February 4, 2013)Jean Butler Bailey, 91 went to be with the Lord, passing peacefully on January 29, 2013 in Austin TX. Jean was born on Snowden Circle in Memphis, TN on June 7, 1921 to Ruby Moore and Edgar Gray Butler.
She graduated from Central High School in 1939. She studied voice with Jerome Robertson and sang in the choir at Second Presbyterian Church where she noticed a handsome returning soldier, Robert Searcy Bailey. They married January 12, 1946 and enjoyed 65 years of marriage.
She worked as secretary and bookkeeper for the Duration School and retired from the Henry T. Smith Company. Jean discovered a love of sewing and handwork at a very young age. She shared many of these lasting treasures with family and friends. She was a faithful and loyal friend. She was an active member of the Wesley Sunday School Class at Christ United Methodist Church. She served as president of the Coterie Fine Arts club.
Jean relocated to Austin TX in 2009 to be with her daughter and family. She made new friends at Manchaca United Methodist Church and Amber's Place Private Care Home in Austin TX.
She was predeceased by her husband and her son, Chief Warrant Officer John R. "Ronnie" Bailey; sisters Elizabeth Robinson, Margaret Everett; and brother, Edgar G. Butler, Jr.
She is survived by her son, Edgar D. "Donnie" Bailey of Memphis, TN. Daughter Jean Ramsey and husband Hugh of Austin TX, Daughter-in-law, Linda Jo Bailey of Newton, AL. Grandchildren, Gwendolyn Ramsey of Sweden; Robert Ramsey of Houston TX; Corinne and David Hoffman of Dallas, TX; Michael Lowe of Lynn Haven, FL; Gary and Valerie Lowe of McDonough, GA; Jeffrey Lowe of Newton AL, and many loving nieces and nephews.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
April 23, 2014CHARLOTTE BAILEY WALLACE HEIBERG, 89, widow of the late Hugh Vance Wallace and the late Lloyd Heiberg, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at her home in Lexington.
A native of Memphis, TN, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Grace Clement Bailey.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Memphis, and Farmington Presbyterian, Germantown, TN.
Survivors include four children, Elaine (Bill) Deutsch of Millersburg, KY; Hugh V. (Adele) Wallace III of Bolingbrook, IL; Ginger (Bill) Hogan of Tucson, AZ and William. E (Nancie) Wallace of Somerset, KY; eleven grandchildren, Jennifer (Chris) Foery; Daniel (Melanie) Deutsch; Hugh Wallace IV; Joshua (Tami) Wallace; Nathan (Angela) Wallace; Veronica (Ron) Blessing; B.J. Hogan; Catherine (William) Dickerson; Lucas (Angela) Wallace; Heather (Chris) Swallows; and Jacob Wallace; 15 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
October 16, 2007LLOYD C. "Bud" HEIBERG, 88, passed away peacefully on the morning of October 8, 2007 in Germantown, TN following a brief illness.
Bud was born in Twin Valley, Minnesota on January 24, 1919, the son of Martin and Matilda Heiberg and was raised in Fargo, North Dakota. One of ten children, Bud served in the Air Force for 28 years, participating in World War II as a pilot with the Air Transport Command flying the "hump" in India. After World War II, he taught briefly at the University of Kansas and then returned to active duty at the outbreak of the Korean War, retiring from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1969. He finished out his career working as the resident engineer at Memphis Publishing Company, overseeing construction of the current Memphis Publishing campus.
Bud retired from Memphis Publishing in 1984. After his retirement he did what he enjoyed most, playing golf several times a week. Over the years Bud was very active at Farmington Presbyterian church where he also served as an elder.
He was preceded in death by Cherie J. Heiberg, his wife of 22 years.
He is survived by his current wife, Charlotte B. Heiberg of Tucson, AZ; five children, daughter, Kellie Allen of Charlotte, NC; sons, Clay Heiberg of Memphis, TN, Greg Collins of Plano, TX, Jeff Heiberg of Buffalo, WY, Rick Heiberg of Houston, TX; two sisters, Phyliss Oftelie of Bullhead City, AZ and Inez Evans of Whittier, CA; and three grandchildren, Cherie, Haley and Anna Heiberg, all of Memphis, TN.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
August 8, 2010HELEN BAILEY SULLIVAN, 81, Tax Accountant for H&R Block of Memphis, died Friday, August 6, 2010 at her residence.
She was President of Countryside Lake Home Owners Association from September 1989 until December 2009 and a member of Parents without Partners Organization from 1970 - 1976.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Sullivan McGoldrick, two sons, John Wrenne and Joel Wrenne, a brother, Robert Bailey, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
July 16, 2014MARY FRANCES CLEMENT WORTHEN, passed away on June 29, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was 95 years of age. Mary Frances was born on February 14, 1919, in Memphis, Tennessee, and was the first child of Albert Pike Clement and Mary Teresa Enderlin.
Following her graduation from high school, she worked briefly as a secretary for Firestone in Memphis and was married to Frank Paul Stewart Worthen on September 6, 1941. Mary Frances was a wife, mother and homemaker. She and her husband travelled extensively both during and after his military career.
She volunteered countless hours with the PTA at her children's various schools, and was volunteer librarian at Little Flower Elementary School in Memphis. A life member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she served as Regent of the Fort Assumption Chapter in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a current member of the Old Spanish Trail Chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a member of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW) while a resident of Memphis, and was appointed to the position of Province Director for the Province of Louisville.
Interested in genealogy, she transcribed and published the church records for Old Trinity Episcopal Church in Mason, Tennessee, a publication that has been accepted into the library of the National DAR in Washington, DC.
She is survived by her sons, Paul David Worthen of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mark Clement Worthen of Rockville, Maryland; her daughters, Margaret Anne Hendrickson of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mary Grace Konopka of Pensacola, Florida; her sisters, Judy Cook of West Point, Mississippi, and Teresa Ekins of Layton, Utah, 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and many nephews and nieces. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Funeral services
Florida Times Union
November 5, 2010Lieutenant Colonel Frank Paul Stewart Worthen, USA (ret), passed away at age 91 on November 3, 2010 in Jacksonville, FL. Born January 24, 1919 in Natick, MA, the second child and second son of Edwin Stewart Stirling Worthen and Marion Henrietta Brooks Worthen, he enlisted in the 115th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, Tennessee/Georgia National Guard.
In September 1940 the division was mobilized due to the looming world war. In 1942 he attended OCS and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He saw combat service in Europe during WWII and the Korean Conflict winning a Bronze Star for valor along with many other military decorations.
He was an Atomic Veteran who participated in the Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing Program at the Nevada Test Site of the 10 kilo ton Kepler detonation. He retired at Fort Bliss Texas on 09-30-60.
After his military retirement he became a real estate appraiser working for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TN. He later became Chief Appraiser for the Memphis District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, followed by several years of private practice.
He was an Honorary Life Member of Knights of Columbus Council 616 and the Cardinal Stritch Assembly 1062, Memphis, TN; Life member of the Sons of the American Revolution; life member of the Founders and Patriots of American and life member of the Military Order of World Wars.He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years Mary Frances Clement Worthen, his daughters Margaret Anne Hendrickson, Las Vegas NV, Mary Grace Konopka, Pensacola, FL, and sons Paul David Worthen, Las Vegas, NV and Mark Clement Worthen, Jacksonville, FL; sister, Margaret Eleanor Castillo, Albuquerque, NM; ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
March 11, 2001ANNE E. CLEMENT, 78, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Saint Francis Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Memorial Park. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge.
She leaves three sisters, Mary Frances Worthen of Las Vegas, Theresa M. Elkins of Layton, Utah, and Julia E. Cook of West Point, Miss.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
September 11, 1994RUTH CLEMENT JAYROE, 96, of Memphis, homemaker, died of complications from a stroke Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
She was a lifelong member of Second Presbyterian Church and a former member of Greenlawn Garden Club. She leaves a daughter,
Martha Jayroe of Memphis; a son, Thomas A. Jayroe Jr. of Dyersburg, Tenn., four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
May 4, 2001LOUISE CODY SPAIN, 97, of Memphis, retired teacher who taught at Bellevue and Fairview, died of heart failure Thursday at her home.
She was a member of Woodland Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Spain, the widow of H. M. Spain, leaves a stepson, John N. Spain of Connecticut; a niece, Susan H. Cody of Vail, Colo., nephew W. J. Michael Cody and his wife, Suzi Cody, of Memphis, both of whom helped cared for her, and 11 stepgrandchildren.