{"id":2062,"date":"2014-06-15T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T16:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2014-06-18T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T19:59:40","slug":"memorial-service-for-elsie-quarterman-in-nashville-tn-2014-06-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/memorial-service-for-elsie-quarterman-in-nashville-tn-2014-06-21.html","title":{"rendered":"Memorial service for Elsie Quarterman in Nashville, TN 2014-06-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawfordservices.com\/fh\/obituaries\/obituary.cfm?o_id=2552841&#038;fh_id=10561\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crawfordservices.com\/fh_live\/10500\/10561\/images\/obituaries\/2552841.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nIn the Tennesseean today,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/tennessean\/obituary.aspx?n=elsie-quarterman&#038;pid=171354274&#038;fhid=6203\">\r\nElsie Quarterman (1910 &#8211; 2014)<\/a>\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawfordservices.com\/fh\/obituaries\/obituary.cfm?o_id=2552841&#038;fh_id=10561\">\r\nObituary<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"float:right\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/guestbooks\/tennessean\/elsie-quarterman-condolences\/171354274?cid=full#sthash.sFfqvqZl.dpbs\">\r\nGuest Book<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nElsie Quarterman, Nashville, TN\r\n<p>\r\nA Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2014\r\nat Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Avenue, with a\r\nreception at the church following the service. Guestbook\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawfordservices.com\/fh\/obituaries\/tribute.cfm?o_id=2552841&#038;fh_id=10561\">\r\ncrawfordservices.com<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nCrawford Mortuary &#038; Crematory, 615-254-8200.\r\n<\/blockquote><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nAt the funeral center, there is\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawfordservices.com\/fh\/obituaries\/tribute.cfm?o_id=2552841&#038;fh_id=10561\">\r\na longer obituary<\/a>\r\nwhich adds to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/dr-elsie-quarterman-november-28th-1910-june-9th-2014.html\">this previous post<\/a>\r\nthe additional information below:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nDr. Elsie Quarterman, November 28th 1910 &mdash; June 9th 2014\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nToday Aunt Elsie stepped over the final fence, dying peacefully at\r\nher home in Nashville, Tennessee, attended by her nephew Patrick and\r\nhis wife Ann, as she had wanted.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nA Memorial Service will be held at 10am, Saturday, June 21, 2014 at\r\nWestminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN\r\nwith a reception at the church following the service. Elsie said many\r\ntimes that she greatly appreciated the way many different groups\r\nmingled to work to preserve, protect, and enjoy plants and the\r\nenvironment they are part of. The family hopes that the service and\r\nreception will continue that mingling which she so enjoyed.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family requests to donate, in her memory, to\r\ngroups and organizations such as:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nFriends of Radnor Lake, P.O. Box 40324, Nashville, TN 37204,\r\n615-251-1471,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/radnorlake.org\">http:\/\/radnorlake.org<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\nMTSU Center for Cedar Glade Studies, P.O. Box 60, Murfreesboro, TN\r\n37132, 615-904-8283,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/glade-center\/\">http:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/glade-center\/<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\nCheekwood Botanical Garden &#038; Museum of Art, 1200 Forrest Park Drive,\r\nNashville, TN 37205, 615-356-8000,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheekwood.org\/Home.aspx\">http:\/\/www.cheekwood.org\/Home.aspx<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\nThe Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Field Office, 2021 21st Ave South,\r\nSuite C-400, Nashville, TN 37212, 615-383-9909,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/\">http:\/\/www.nature.org\/<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\nFriends of Warner Parks, 50 Vaughn Road, Nashville, TN 37221,\r\n615-370-8053,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofwarnerparks.com\/\">http:\/\/www.friendsofwarnerparks.com\/<\/a>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nor any other group dedicated to enjoying and preserving plants and\r\ntheir environment.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nDr. Quarterman was born in Valdosta, Ga, to David Sinclair\r\nQuarterman and Alla Irene Peek. She was predeceased by her parents\r\nand her elder sister Jane Quarterman Comer (Walter) of Moultrie, GA,\r\nand her brother David Sinclair Quarterman Jr. (Laura) of Hahira, Ga.\r\nShe is survived by her nephews Stephen Patrick Quarterman (Ann) of\r\nNashville, TN, David Leon Quarterman (Cathy) of Hahira, GA, and John\r\nSinclair Quarterman (Gretchen) of Hahira, GA; grand nephew David\r\nNicholas Quarterman of Nashville, TN; grand niece Margaret Campbell\r\nQuarterman Stewart (Garner) of Richmond, VA; great grand niece\r\nMargaret Sinclair Hamilton Stewart of Richmond, VA; first cousin\r\nPeter Clark Quarterman Jr (Muriel) of Quitman, GA; step grand\r\nnephews Wesley James Linton Jr of Nashville, TN, John Alexander\r\nLinton (Misty), of Hermitage, TN, and Adam Lawrence Linton (Latoya)\r\nof Nashville, TN; and step grand nieces Lindsey Jane Phillips\r\nWilliams (Roy) of Partlow, VA, and Mallory Kaye Phillips Breingan\r\n(Gil) of Media, PA; step great grand niece Channing Nicole Linton of\r\nHermitage, TN, and cousins.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nSee the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/elsie\">\r\nElsie blog page<\/a>\r\nfor many more stories and pictures of Aunt Elsie.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the Tennesseean today, Elsie Quarterman (1910 &#8211; 2014) Obituary Guest Book Elsie Quarterman, Nashville, TN A Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Avenue, with a reception at the church following the service. 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