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Below is a list of FOP Members in need. This includes members that are sick or in the Hospital, and members that have recently passed. Please take a moment and show your support for them. Contact Shelby County Metro FOP Lodge 35 Chaplain Tom Whitaker at 901-299-1904 (email: whitakert43@yahoo.com) if you know of any members or their families that need our assistance. Thank you for your support!
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." - Matthew 5:9
Updated: March 2022
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*** It is with great sadness to report the passing of Ruby Mae Shields, mother of Lisa Tennyson, on March 24, 2022. Visitation will be Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 1 pm, Memorial Service at 2 pm. The visitation and memorial service will be held at the Bartlett Hills Baptist Church, 4641 Ellendale Rd, Bartlett, TN. Please keep Lisa and her family in your thoughts and prayers. ***
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*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Dillard Ray Maples on August 26, 2021. Funeral services were held on September 2, 2021 at Olive Branch Church of Christ. Please keep the Maples family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Lt. and reserve deputy, Tipton County SO, Joel Keith Haney on August 18, 2021. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 11:00 am to 1:00.pm, with memorial service following at First Assembly of God, 8650 Walnut Grove, Cordova. Please keep the Haney family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Captain Joe "Pete" Bertling on August 18, 2021. A celebration of life for family only was held on August 21, 2021 at 4:00 pm at Forest Hill Cemetery, 2440 Whitten Rd, Memphis. Please keep the Bertling family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD and retired Collierville Police Chief Lawrence "Larry" E. Goodwin on August 18, 2021. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Central Church of Collierville, 2005 E. Winchester Blvd, Collierville. Please keep the Goodwin family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired Chief Inspector, SCSO, Joseph "Joe" E. Gurley on August 12, 2021. There are no services scheduled at this time. Please keep the Gurley family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Sgt. James A. Blaylock on July 11, 2021. Visitation will be July 31, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. with funeral services following at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis. Please keep the Blaylock family in your prayers. *** ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passingof Miriam Koonce, wife of Nicholas Koonce, on July 3, 2021. Visitation was July 10, 2021 from 10AM to 11AM with funeral services following at 11AM at Bellevue Baptist Church, 2000 Appling Rd., Cordova. Please keep the Koonce family in your prayers. *** ***
*** It is a great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Captain Walter Carver on July 3, 2021. Visitation will be held on July 31, 2021 from 10AM to 12PM with services following at noon at Embury United Methodist Church, 2060 Locke Cuba Rd., Millington. Please keep the Carver Family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Michael W. Lee Sr., retired MPD Deputy Chief and President of ACRE, on June 10, 2021. Visitation will be 5-7PM, Monday June 14, 2021, and service at 2PM, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park, East, 2440 Whitten Road, Memphis. Please keep the Lee family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Donny Johnson, brother of retired SCSO Teresa White on April 30, 2021. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 1PM at Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, MO. Please keep the White and Johnson families in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Retired SCSO Chief Deputy Don W. Wright on April 15, 2021. Visitation will be on Monday, April 19, 2021, from 5PM to 8PM at Faith Baptist Church, 3755 N. Germantown Road, Bartlett. Funeral service will be on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 2PM at Faith Baptist Church. Please keep the Wright family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Eugene Thomas (Tom) Moxley on April 5, 2021. Visitation will be from 1:30PM to 2:30PM with service following at 2:30PM on Friday, April 9,2021 at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5688 Poplar Ave., Memphis. Please keep the Moxley family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Deputy Chief Jim Music on March 15, 2021. Visitation will be from 12:30PM to 1:30PM on Thursday March 18, 2021, with funeral services following, at Munford Funeral Home - Millington Chapel, 7450 Raleigh Millington Rd., Millington. Please keep the Music family in your prayers. ***
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Donna Marie Hensley, sister of Bobby Simmons, on March 13, 2021. Visitation will be from 4PM to 6PM on Wednesday March 17, 2021with funeral servicesfollowing at Faith Apostolic Church, 7887 Poplar Ave., Germantown. Please keep the Hensley and Simmons family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Earl Gene Wainscott on February 22, 2021. No public services are scheduled at this time. Family Funeral Care has charge. Please keep the Wainscott family in your prayers. ***
***It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired SCSO Lt. James Ray Windland, Sr., on February 15, 2021. Visitation will be on February 25, 2021 at 1PM with funeral services following at 2PM at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Pkwy, Bartlett. {lease keep the Windland family in your prayers.***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Helen Kemp, the wife of retired MPD Billy Kemp, on January 16, 2021. Visitation will be on January 25, 2021 at 1pm with funeral service to follow at 2pm at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis. Please keep the Kemp family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Roger Phillips of Los Angeles, the brother-in-law of MPD Mary Pickens. Please keep the Phillips and Pickens families in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired SCSO Stanley Lamar White on January 19, 2021. Visitation will be on Sunday January 24, 2021 from 1PM to 2PM, with funeral services following at 2PM, at Collierville Funeral Home, 534 West Poplar, Collierville TN. Please keep his wife Teresa, retired SCSO, and the White family in your prayers. ***
*** We have numerous requests for prayers of healing. Please pray for healing for the following: Teresa White; Jim Smith; David Wing; Brian and Cindy Nemec; Floyd Bonner Sr., father of Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. ***
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*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Donald (Don) Ray Pickens on December 21, 2020 in Jackson, TN. Don is Jim (J.D.) Pickens' brother. Graveside services were held on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Ebenezer Cemetery in Malesus, TN. Please keep the Pickens family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Major George Maxwell on December 2, 2020. A service will be held on December 8, 2020 at 10AM at 1099 W. Pine St., Heber Springs, AR. A service will also be held December 11, 2020, with visitation at 1PM, service at 2PM, and burial to follow at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis. Please keep the Maxwell family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired THP and retired CID Special Agent Aaron S. Chism on November 27, 2020. Visitation will be on December 5, 2020 from 1P.M. to 3P.M. with funeral services following at 3P.M. at M J Edwards Funeral Home, 4445 stage Road, Memphis. Please keep the Chism family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Major James "JD" Douglas on October 24, 2020. Visitation is Thursday October 29, 2020 from 5PM to 8PM with funeral service on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 1PM at the Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel, 7450 Raleigh Millington Rd., Millington, TN. Interment will follow at Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery, 6755 Hwy 51N., Millington, TN. Please keep the Douglas family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Katherine (Dean) Lloyd, mother of Stephania McCain (Richard). Visitation will be held on Friday October 16, 2020from 1PM to 5PM at Cooley's Mortuary Inc., 327 Panola Ave., Batesville, MS. Graveside services will be held on Saturday October 17, 2020 at 1PM at Olive Ray Cemetery, 1422 Plum Point Rd., Pope, MS. Please keep, Richard and Stephania McCain, and their family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Lt. James Heldenbrand. Funereal Services were held on October 9, 2020 at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Pkwy., Bartlett. Please Keep the Heldenbrand Family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Kenneth McNair, father of Lucas McNair, on September 26, 2020. Funereal Services were held on October 2, 2020 at Forest Hill East, 2440 Whitten Rd., Memphis. Please Keep the McNair Family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Donald Fields Sr., father of Donald Fields Jr., on October 9,2020. Funereal Services were held on October 13, 2020 at Family Funeral Care, 4925 Summer Ave., Memphis. Please Keep the Fields Family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Emanuel Lee Owen, father of Lisa Owen Tennyson on August 20, 2020. Graveside services were held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 25, 2020 at Poplar Springs Cemetery in Charleston, MS. Please keep Lisa, Jerry and their family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Walter L. Beasley, the brother of MPD Lt. Col. Vincent Beasley. Walter L. Beasley passed away on August 27, 2020 and funeral services were held on September 5, 2020 at Princeton Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis. Please keep the Beasley family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with It is with great sadness that we share the passing of retired MPD Lt. Dennis Hodges on July 17, 2020. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. with funeral services following at 2:00 p.m. at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home and Cemetery, 6755 Highway 51 North, Millington. Please keep the Hodges family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of retired MPD Captain Ray (Buster) Tuner on July 7, 2020. Visitation will be held on July 13, 2020 at 1:00PM with funeral services following at 2:00PM at Memphis Funeral Home, 5599 Poplar Avenue, Memphis TN. The service will also be live streamed via http://facebook.com/memphisfuneral/ . Please keep the Turner family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Patricia (Pat) Brown, wife of SCSO Sgt. Harry Brown on July 2, 2020. Pat was the past president of FOP Lodge 35 Auxiliary. A celebration of life was held on July 6, 2020 at Family Funeral Care. Please keep the Brown family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired MPD Captain Herbert M. Fields passed away on April 14, 2020. Please keep the Fields family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that James "Jim" Gallagher, husband of TDOC Donna Gallagher, passed away April 3, 2020. Please keep the Gallagher family in your prayer. ***
*** Retired MPD Herb Fields is in ICU at Methodist Germantown Hospital. Please keep Herb and his family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of retired MPD Captain Albert N. Black on March 8, 2020. There will be a memorial gathering from 5:00PM to 7:00PM on March 12, 2020 at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Rd. Bartlett TN. Please keep the Black family in your prayers. ***
*** It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of retired MPD Major Jerry Bramlett on February 16, 2020. Visitation will be at 1:00PM to 2:00PM at Family Funeral Care, 4925 Summer Ave. Memphis TN, Please keep the Bramlett family in your prayers. ***
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*** It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tauras Campbell, the brother of MPD Lt Colonel Lenora Armstead. Funeral services were held on December 28, 2019. Please keep the Armstead family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of retired Captain David Cupp of Bartlett PD on December 25, 2019. Captain Cupp was known as the Handwriting Cop. Visitation will be held on January 3, 2020 from 9:30 am until the time of Mass at 10:30 am at St Francis of Assisi, 8151 Chimneyrock Blvd, Cordova. Please keep the Cupp family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we announce SCSO Kevin Littles mother passed away on December 13, 2019. Visitation is Thursday, December 19, 2019 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am and the funeral services will be held at 11:00 am at Serenity Funeral Home, 1638 Sycamore View Rd, Memphis, TN. Please keep Kevins family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired SCSO Sgt Russ Chapell passed away on December 7, 2019. Visitation is Thursday, December 12, 2019 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM and the funeral services will be held at 4:00 pm at Shackleford Funeral Home, 160 West Cypress, Selmer TN. Please keep the Chapell family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired SCSO James Jim Orman passed away on December 5, 2019. The Funeral was held on December 8 in Munford, TN. Please keep the Orman family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired MPD Captain Thomas Dwight Smith passed away on December 4, 2019. Visitation is Friday,December 6, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM and the funeral services are Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Peebles Chapel at Oakland. Please keep the Smith family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired SCSO James (Jim) Carvin passed away on November 26 2019. Jim also worked for THP. The funeral was held on December 1, 2019. Please keep the Carvin family in your prayers***
*** Retired MPD Mike Lee is recovering in Methodist North Hospital and should be going home in a few days. Please keep Mike and his family in your prayers.***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired MPD Colonel Michael Aaron Fuller passed away November 4, 2019. Visitation is Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 5pm to 9pm at Collierville Funeral Home, 534 West Poplar, Collierville. The funeral is Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 10am at Collierville First Baptist Church, 830 New Byhailia Rd, Collierville. Please keep the Fuller family in your prayers***
*** Retired MPD and US Marshal Jim Pickens is recovcering in St. Francis Hospital Bartlett and expected to go home on November 1. Please keep Jim and his family in your prayers.***
*** Former MPD Mike Majors is recovering at the VA Hospital and expected to go home on October 30. Please keep Mike and his family in your prayers.***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired Bartlett Captain Robert (Bob) D. Owens passed away October 6, 2019. Bob was the Lodge 35 Secretary for many years. There will be a Memorial gathering for friends and family on Saturday, October 12, 2019, 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. at Family Funeral Care, 4925 Summer Ave., Memphis. Please keep the Owens family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that retired SCSO Patric J Kirwan passed away on September 26, 2019. Visitation is Tuesday, October 1, 2019 1:30pm to 2:30pm with services to follow at 2:30pm at Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38119. Please keep the Kirwan family in your prayers***
*** On September 18, 2019, two SCSO Deputies were wounded in the line of duty serving a warrant. The deputies are recovering from their injuries. Updates will follow when more information becomes available. Please keep these deputies and their families in your prayers.***
*** Retired SCSO Russ Chapell has been moved to a Rehab facility in Selmer, TN to further his recovery. Please keep Russ and his family in your prayers.***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that former MPD officer Richard Rick Melton passed away on September 7, 2019. Visitation is Friday, September 13, 2019 from 5pm to 7pm at the Munford Funeral Home, Millington Chapel. Services will Saturday September 14, 2019 at 2pm. Please keep the Melton family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that Retired MPD Captain Goley Harold Allen passed away on August 31, 2019 in Orange Park, Florida. His Burial Service will be September 14, 2019 at 11am at Memphis Funeral Home and Gardens, 3700 N Germantown Pwky in Bartlett TN. Please keep the Allen family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that Jimmy Young of the SCSO passed away on August 31, 2019. Visitation is Friday, September 6, 2019 from 5pm to 7pm at Forest Hill Cemetery at 2440 Whitten Rd. Services will Saturday September 7, 2019 at 12 noon. Please keep the Young family in your prayers***
*** It is with great sadness that we share that Bill Phillips passed away on August 13, 2019. Visitation is Saturday, August 17, 2019 from 11am to 1pm at Harmony Church of Bartlett. Services will be at 1pm. Please keep the Phillips family in your prayers***
*** Joe Ruff, retired MPD Captain and Retired Chief Inspector at S.C.S.O., is out of the hospital and back at home. Please continue to keep him and his family in your prayers***
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