Opal Deel

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CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Opil Deel [Opal]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1923
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Meridth M Deel
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Ada Deel
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

OBITUARY

The Commercial Appeal(Memphis, TN) 26 Jul 2009

OPAL D. WHITAKER, 87, of Cordova, TN, died July 25, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital.

She was a member of Kirby Woods Baptist Church and Joy Sunday School Class. She enjoyed quilting, cross stitching, cooking, canning, gardening, visiting family and friends. She relished her grandchildren, loved the beach and her heart was won for Jesus Christ.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Monday, July 27 and services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John H. Whitaker, parents, Mr. Meredith Marten Deel and Mrs. Ada Katherine Deel; daughter, Myra W. Maybee; sisters, Mae Cox, Mildred Millsap; brothers, Orba Deel, Virgil Deel, John Edward Deel.

She leaves two sons, Larry D. Whitaker of Clinton, MS, Cecil Whitaker of Ft. White FL, sisters, Dorothy Vaughn of Tallahassee, FL, Sophia McClain of Kingsport, TN; brother, Scottie Deel of Kingsport; grandchildren, Andrew P., Daniel, David and Drew Maybee; Kim and Corinn Whitaker; John, Johnathan, Caden and Makala Whitaker; Daniel G. Whitaker.

Memorials to Kirby Woods Baptist Church, Memphis, TN. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar (901)725-0100

Birth:
Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Opal D Whitaker
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1922
Address: 7450 Miami Lakes Dr # 203, Hialeah, FL, 33014-7805 (1984)

Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Opal Whitaker
Born: 5 Jul 1922
Died: 25 Jul 2009
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951)

Opal married John Henry (Jiggs) WHITAKER. John (son of John Henry WHITAKER and Vera Jane Rushbrook) was born 14 Dec 1918, Rutherford Co. NC; died 05 Aug 1975, Miami, Dade Co. FL. [Group Sheet]

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OBITUARY

The Commercial Appeal(Memphis, TN) 9 Dec 2004

Myra I. Maybee, 65, of Eads, former surgery director for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and supervisor of surgery for Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died Tuesday at her home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Bethany Christian Church Cemetery in Eads.

She was a graduate of Baptist School of Nursing and Union University and a member of the Association of Operating Room Nurses and Kirby Woods Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher.

Mrs. Maybee, the wife of Lowell Phillip Maybee for 42 years, also leaves a son, Andrew Maybee of Collierville; her mother, Opal Whitaker of Cordova; two brothers, Cecil Whitaker of Hollywood, Fla., and Larry Whitaker of Clinton, Miss., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Baptist Trinity Hospice Center for Good Grief or West Clinic Wings.

Birth:
Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Myra W Maybee
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1939
Phone Number: 853-9358
Address: 111203 Monterey, Eads, TN, 38028 (1984)
[11203 Monterey, Eads, TN, 38028-7925 (1993)]

Buried:
Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photos:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MAY&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSsr=1321&GRid=81940158&

Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Myra W. Maybee
Last Residence: 38028 Eads, Shelby, Tennessee
Born: 3 Aug 1939
Died: 7 Dec 2004
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1956)

Myra married Lowell Phillip Maybee. Lowell was born 12 Sep 1935, Shelby Co. TN; died 12 Dec 2011, Shelby Co. TN; was buried , Bethany Cemetery, Eads, Shelby Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Andrew married Dianne. [Group Sheet]