Florence "Ann" Loftiss, 12, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Loftiss of Leech Road, an honor student in the seventh grade of Levi School and popular leader in various church and Girl Scout activities, died at 4:40 a.m. today at St. Joseph's Hospital, where she was admitted Tuesday.
Ann was a lifelong resident of Shelby County and was a member of Stephenson Chapel Methodist Church. She had served as treasurer of her Girl Scout Troop and been active in many school and community projects.
Her father is an electrician. She had been ill about two weeks.
She also leaves her brother, Charles A. Loftiss II, and her sister, Frances Loftiss. She was a granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. V.D. Loftiss of Lake Comorant, Miss., and of the late Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Albert Hatcher of Memphis. Services at 1P.M.tomorrow at National Funeral Home, Rev. M.S. McCaslin officiating. Burial will be in Stephenson Chapel Cemetery.
The Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 30, 1950
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Notes from her sister, Frances Loftiss Carroll:
According to Ann's death certificate she got a respiratory infection, tonsils got infected and kidneys failed causing death. Ann was 12 yrs old when she passed away. She was brilliant, pretty, talented and a good soul. She left us wanting and needing her all of our lives. She is still deeply missed, even as I write this in 1997. Ann lost her eyesight shortly before she passed away. I've always missed my sister but know she waits for me in heaven.
The day Ann was buried at Stephenson's Chapel Methodist Church cemetery all of her 7th grade class was there, standing in the cold rain, sleet. An ice storm set in shortly after that - that was in January 1950
Ann was a lifelong resident of Shelby County and was a member of Stephenson Chapel Methodist Church. She had served as treasurer of her Girl Scout Troop and been active in many school and community projects.
Her father is an electrician. She had been ill about two weeks.
She also leaves her brother, Charles A. Loftiss II, and her sister, Frances Loftiss. She was a granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. V.D. Loftiss of Lake Comorant, Miss., and of the late Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Albert Hatcher of Memphis. Services at 1P.M.tomorrow at National Funeral Home, Rev. M.S. McCaslin officiating. Burial will be in Stephenson Chapel Cemetery.
The Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 30, 1950
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Notes from her sister, Frances Loftiss Carroll:
According to Ann's death certificate she got a respiratory infection, tonsils got infected and kidneys failed causing death. Ann was 12 yrs old when she passed away. She was brilliant, pretty, talented and a good soul. She left us wanting and needing her all of our lives. She is still deeply missed, even as I write this in 1997. Ann lost her eyesight shortly before she passed away. I've always missed my sister but know she waits for me in heaven.
The day Ann was buried at Stephenson's Chapel Methodist Church cemetery all of her 7th grade class was there, standing in the cold rain, sleet. An ice storm set in shortly after that - that was in January 1950
Florence "Ann" Loftiss, 12, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Loftiss of Leech Road, an honor student in the seventh grade of Levi School and popular leader in various church and Girl Scout activities, died at 4:40 a.m. today at St. Joseph's Hospital, where she was admitted Tuesday.
Ann was a lifelong resident of Shelby County and was a member of Stephenson Chapel Methodist Church. She had served as treasurer of her Girl Scout Troop and been active in many school and community projects.
Her father is an electrician. She had been ill about two weeks.
She also leaves her brother, Charles A. Loftiss II, and her sister, Frances Loftiss. She was a granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. V.D. Loftiss of Lake Comorant, Miss., and of the late Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Albert Hatcher of Memphis. Services at 1P.M.tomorrow at National Funeral Home, Rev. M.S. McCaslin officiating. Burial will be in Stephenson Chapel Cemetery.
The Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 30, 1950
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Notes from her sister, Frances Loftiss Carroll:
According to Ann's death certificate she got a respiratory infection, tonsils got infected and kidneys failed causing death. Ann was 12 yrs old when she passed away. She was brilliant, pretty, talented and a good soul. She left us wanting and needing her all of our lives. She is still deeply missed, even as I write this in 1997. Ann lost her eyesight shortly before she passed away. I've always missed my sister but know she waits for me in heaven.
The day Ann was buried at Stephenson's Chapel Methodist Church cemetery all of her 7th grade class was there, standing in the cold rain, sleet. An ice storm set in shortly after that - that was in January 1950
Ann was a lifelong resident of Shelby County and was a member of Stephenson Chapel Methodist Church. She had served as treasurer of her Girl Scout Troop and been active in many school and community projects.
Her father is an electrician. She had been ill about two weeks.
She also leaves her brother, Charles A. Loftiss II, and her sister, Frances Loftiss. She was a granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. V.D. Loftiss of Lake Comorant, Miss., and of the late Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Albert Hatcher of Memphis. Services at 1P.M.tomorrow at National Funeral Home, Rev. M.S. McCaslin officiating. Burial will be in Stephenson Chapel Cemetery.
The Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 30, 1950
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Notes from her sister, Frances Loftiss Carroll:
According to Ann's death certificate she got a respiratory infection, tonsils got infected and kidneys failed causing death. Ann was 12 yrs old when she passed away. She was brilliant, pretty, talented and a good soul. She left us wanting and needing her all of our lives. She is still deeply missed, even as I write this in 1997. Ann lost her eyesight shortly before she passed away. I've always missed my sister but know she waits for me in heaven.
The day Ann was buried at Stephenson's Chapel Methodist Church cemetery all of her 7th grade class was there, standing in the cold rain, sleet. An ice storm set in shortly after that - that was in January 1950
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