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Dorothy (Evans) Sparrow

September 29, 1937 ~ July 30, 2015 (age 77) 77 Years Old


 

Mrs. Dorothy  (Evans) Sparrow, age 77 of Memphis, Tennessee, widow of David, passed away Thursday, July 30th, 2015 in Memphis.

She was born on September 29, 1937, in Brodhead, Ky. a daughter of the late Clayton and Elizabeth Lawrence Evans. She was a member of Highland Heights Methodist Church and she found  great joy in U.K. basketball and mowing her lawn.  She had been employed as  a tax examiner with the Internal Revenue.  On November 6, 1959 she was united in marriage to David Sparrow , and from that union came a daughter, Sylvia Elizabeth.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Sylvia Elizabeth Sparrow of Memphis, TN; her sisters: Betty McWhorter of Somerset, Ky. and Barbara (Orion) Bell of Louisville, Ky; as well as a host of nieces/nephews, friends and neighbors.

Besides her parents, she  was preceded in death by her husband of fifty years, David, and a  brother, Ray Evans of Louisville, Ky. 

Graveside services will be conducted Monday, August 3, 2015 at 1PM  at Oakhill Cemetery with Rev. Orion Bell officiating.

Condolences may be made to www.marvineowensfuneralhome.com


 Service Information

Graveside Service
Monday
August 3, 2015

1:00 PM
Oakhill Cemetery


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