CHARLES A. LOFTISS Sr., 88, of Memphis, retired from Federal Compress, died of heart failure Tuesday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Stephenson Chapel Cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a member of Whitehaven Masonic Lodge, where he was past master, and Elliston Baptist Church. Mr. Loftiss, the widower of Louise Hatcher Loftiss and Bernice A. Loftiss, leaves a daughter, Frances L. Carroll of Paducah, Ky.; a son, Charles A. Loftiss Jr., and a sister, Ruby Richerson, both of Collierville, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 6/3/1998)
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He was my grandfather. I grew up living next door to my grandparents. Granddaddy used to tell stories of when he was young, his father moved the family to Texas in a covered wagon. I am not sure where they landed, but they tried to farm somewhere near the Mexican border. The farm failed, mainly because of the actions by Ponco Villa, who would run off the Mexicans working on the farm, and stealing livestock. My Great Grandfather, Victor D. Loftiss, moved the family to Memphis, TN. after that.
He and my grandmother, Louise Hatcher, married in Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, on December 20, 1931.
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He was my grandfather. I grew up living next door to my grandparents. Granddaddy used to tell stories of when he was young, his father moved the family to Texas in a covered wagon. I am not sure where they landed, but they tried to farm somewhere near the Mexican border. The farm failed, mainly because of the actions by Ponco Villa, who would run off the Mexicans working on the farm, and stealing livestock. My Great Grandfather, Victor D. Loftiss, moved the family to Memphis, TN. after that.
He and my grandmother, Louise Hatcher, married in Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, on December 20, 1931.
CHARLES A. LOFTISS Sr., 88, of Memphis, retired from Federal Compress, died of heart failure Tuesday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Stephenson Chapel Cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a member of Whitehaven Masonic Lodge, where he was past master, and Elliston Baptist Church. Mr. Loftiss, the widower of Louise Hatcher Loftiss and Bernice A. Loftiss, leaves a daughter, Frances L. Carroll of Paducah, Ky.; a son, Charles A. Loftiss Jr., and a sister, Ruby Richerson, both of Collierville, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 6/3/1998)
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He was my grandfather. I grew up living next door to my grandparents. Granddaddy used to tell stories of when he was young, his father moved the family to Texas in a covered wagon. I am not sure where they landed, but they tried to farm somewhere near the Mexican border. The farm failed, mainly because of the actions by Ponco Villa, who would run off the Mexicans working on the farm, and stealing livestock. My Great Grandfather, Victor D. Loftiss, moved the family to Memphis, TN. after that.
He and my grandmother, Louise Hatcher, married in Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, on December 20, 1931.
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He was my grandfather. I grew up living next door to my grandparents. Granddaddy used to tell stories of when he was young, his father moved the family to Texas in a covered wagon. I am not sure where they landed, but they tried to farm somewhere near the Mexican border. The farm failed, mainly because of the actions by Ponco Villa, who would run off the Mexicans working on the farm, and stealing livestock. My Great Grandfather, Victor D. Loftiss, moved the family to Memphis, TN. after that.
He and my grandmother, Louise Hatcher, married in Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, on December 20, 1931.
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32nd degree Mason
