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Gene Edward Virgin

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Gene Edward Virgin

Birth
Death
2 Sep 2004 (aged 65)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Dyersburg State Gazette Newspaper
Gene Edward Virgin
Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Gene Edward Virgin, 65, of Union City died Sept. 2, 2004, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis.

Services will be 3 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Union City with the Rev. John Archer and the Rev. Andrew Henry officiating. Burial will in Obion County Memorial Gardens. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He was a graduate of Union City High School and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned a degree in engineering. He was the owner of Virgin's Nursery Inc., founded 57 years ago by his parents. He was a member of Union City First United Methodist Church, where he was a choir member, and was a member and past president of Union City Rotary Club. He had also been named a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary. He had been president of the Union City High School Band Parents organization and was a founding member of Northwest Tennessee Counseling Center, serving on that board from 1987-93, and Obion County Reading Railroad and Obion County Habitat for Humanity. He had also served on the Obion County Community Concerts board. He had been a founder of the former First Volunteer Bank, which later became First Citizens Bank in Union City.
Dyersburg State Gazette Newspaper
Gene Edward Virgin
Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Gene Edward Virgin, 65, of Union City died Sept. 2, 2004, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis.

Services will be 3 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Union City with the Rev. John Archer and the Rev. Andrew Henry officiating. Burial will in Obion County Memorial Gardens. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He was a graduate of Union City High School and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned a degree in engineering. He was the owner of Virgin's Nursery Inc., founded 57 years ago by his parents. He was a member of Union City First United Methodist Church, where he was a choir member, and was a member and past president of Union City Rotary Club. He had also been named a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary. He had been president of the Union City High School Band Parents organization and was a founding member of Northwest Tennessee Counseling Center, serving on that board from 1987-93, and Obion County Reading Railroad and Obion County Habitat for Humanity. He had also served on the Obion County Community Concerts board. He had been a founder of the former First Volunteer Bank, which later became First Citizens Bank in Union City.


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