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Submitted: 7/9/13 • Approved: 7/10/13 • Last Updated: 7/13/13 • R905821-G905821-S3
Aug 11, 1933 - May 13, 2011
*Obituary
Alice Dean Pittman Paden, resident of Woodville Community in Haywood County
with extended family members in Fayette County and associated with the
banking and real estate industry in Memphis for many years departed this
life Friday morning, May 13, 2011 at the residence of her daughter in the
Woodville Community. She was 77 years of age and died following a lengthy
illness.
Services honoring the life of Mrs. Paden were conducted at 2 PM Thursday,
May 19th at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Chaplin Mark
Pendergrass of AseraCare Hospice in Jackson, TN, officiating. Graveside
services followed at 2 PM Friday, May 20th at the Fakes Chapel Cemetery in
McCrory, Arkansas. Arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County
Funeral Homes—West Chapel of Oakland.
Mrs. Paden was born August 11, 1933 in McFadden Community in Woodruff
County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late John Pittman and the
late Lavinia Fraser Pittman. She was educated in the Woodruff County Public
School System and served as Valedictorian of her High School Graduating
Class in 1952.
Shortly after her high school graduation, Mrs. Paden moved to Memphis where
she pursued her career in banking and real estate. She was formerly
associated with the National Bank & Commerce, Leader Federal Savings & Loan
and the Percy Galbreath Real Estate Company in Memphis after her retirement
Mrs. Paden was employed by the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the
ALSAC Program.
Mrs. Paden was a devoted Christian and a member of the Broadmoor Baptist
Church in Memphis for many years. She was married to Eugene Lindley Paden
who preceded her in death on February 14, 2008. In 2005, she moved to
Woodville Community to be near her daughter. Mrs. Paden will be remembered
as an avid reader who enjoyed shopping, telephone conversations with
friends, raising exotic animals and special times with her family.
Mrs. Paden is survived by her daughter, Nancy Regina Bain of Woodville
Community and a number of extended family members. Family members and
friends served as casketbearers.
Contributed on 7/9/13 by hawkinsdonna
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