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Irvine Greer Chase

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Irvine Greer Chase

Birth
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
6 Aug 1964 (aged 97)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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THE NASHVILLE BANNER, Fri., Aug. 7, 1964---Page 5

Irvine Chase Funeral To Be Held Saturday

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday for Irvine G. Chase, 98, retired real estate and insurance executive. Dr. Ben B. St. Clair, minister of West End Methodist Church, will officiate at services in Scales Chapel of the church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Mr. Chase, a past president of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association and for many years one of the most active leaders of West End Methodist Church, died Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at his home, 3719 Richland Ave. He had been ill
about two months. The body is at Martin's, 209 Louise Ave. A native of Richmond, VA. Mr. Chase was born Sept. 8, 1866, a son of the late Irvine K. Chase and Isabella Taylor Chase. He came to Nashville with his family at an early age. He was a graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy and attended Vanderbilt University.

Mr. Chase began his business career with the R.W. Turner Co. real estate and insurance firm and later was associated with W. W. Dillon & Co. for about 10 years. In 1927 he opened his own real estate and insurance firm. Mr. Chase had remained
active in business until 1960. Mr. Chase was married Nov. 11, 1890 to the former Mattie Lee McCarthy of Nashville, she died Nov. 6, 1961. He had been a member of West End Methodist Church for more than 60 years and was a trustee and a member of the Official Board.

Survivors include two sons. James Bruckner Chase and William Marshall Chase, both of Memphis: a daughter. Mrs. F.I. Cherry of Nashville; a sister, Mrs William B. Shelton of Nashville; seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and
nephews John Harding and William Giles Harding of Dallas.

Active pallbearers will be his grandsons, Frank I. Cherry Jr., Marshall Chase Cherry, James W. Cherry, Irvine Chase Cherry and James Bruckner Chase Jr. and his great-grandson, Frank I. Cherry III.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. George Stoves of Nashville and members of the Official Board of West End Methodist Church.
THE NASHVILLE BANNER, Fri., Aug. 7, 1964---Page 5

Irvine Chase Funeral To Be Held Saturday

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday for Irvine G. Chase, 98, retired real estate and insurance executive. Dr. Ben B. St. Clair, minister of West End Methodist Church, will officiate at services in Scales Chapel of the church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Mr. Chase, a past president of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association and for many years one of the most active leaders of West End Methodist Church, died Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at his home, 3719 Richland Ave. He had been ill
about two months. The body is at Martin's, 209 Louise Ave. A native of Richmond, VA. Mr. Chase was born Sept. 8, 1866, a son of the late Irvine K. Chase and Isabella Taylor Chase. He came to Nashville with his family at an early age. He was a graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy and attended Vanderbilt University.

Mr. Chase began his business career with the R.W. Turner Co. real estate and insurance firm and later was associated with W. W. Dillon & Co. for about 10 years. In 1927 he opened his own real estate and insurance firm. Mr. Chase had remained
active in business until 1960. Mr. Chase was married Nov. 11, 1890 to the former Mattie Lee McCarthy of Nashville, she died Nov. 6, 1961. He had been a member of West End Methodist Church for more than 60 years and was a trustee and a member of the Official Board.

Survivors include two sons. James Bruckner Chase and William Marshall Chase, both of Memphis: a daughter. Mrs. F.I. Cherry of Nashville; a sister, Mrs William B. Shelton of Nashville; seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and
nephews John Harding and William Giles Harding of Dallas.

Active pallbearers will be his grandsons, Frank I. Cherry Jr., Marshall Chase Cherry, James W. Cherry, Irvine Chase Cherry and James Bruckner Chase Jr. and his great-grandson, Frank I. Cherry III.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. George Stoves of Nashville and members of the Official Board of West End Methodist Church.


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