DENNIS EDGAR PERMENTER Jr.

Olive Branch - Dennis Edgar Permenter Jr., 40, of passed away August 1, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., on Thursday, August 5, at Collierville Funeral Home in Collierville, TN. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. at the Ward Family plot in Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 4, at Collierville Funeral Home. Dent was born in Clarksville, TN on March 14, 1970, and died on August 1, 2010, after battling a vicious cancer that unexpectedly overwhelmed him at the age of 40. He was a graduate of University of Memphis, where he earned an undergraduate degree and a MBA from Dowling University in New York. Dent began his lifelong career at Federal Express at age 19 while attending college, faithfully serving for the next 21 years in many different departments, never missing a day of work until his final illness made it impossible to continue. A co-worker aptly described Dent as a “shiny face in a sea of employees.” He loved his work and his Fed-Ex family. His father, Dennis E. Permenter, all of his grandparents, and his uncle, Robert William “Dusty” Ward Jr., preceded Dent. Survivors include his mother, Jill Morris and husband, Keith, his brother Brian Morris, a host of cousins, and his aunts and uncles, Loretta Williams and husband Stephen, Kay Cooper and husband Jere, Carolyn Finley and husband Gerald, Melanie Ward, and Vicki Ward Hearne and husband Lake, and his great-aunts, Jettie Pritchett and Billie Joyce Permenter. He also leaves behind his adopted family, Eva and Richard Jeu, their daughters, Lauren and Kelly, and grandmother, Po Che Lam. Dent traveled the world for both work and leisure, visiting a host of locales on four continents. Dent’s love of music is reflected by his extraordinary collection of compact discs, vinyl, books and videos which he avidly collected by scouring local outlets, the Internet and collector’s magazines. He also was an ardent reader of fiction, biographies, history, religion and philosophy. His family and friends who dearly loved him will sorely miss Dent’s unassuming manner, dry wit, unwavering individuality and devotion to his family and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to either the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor’s choice. Collierville Funeral Home 901-853-2628 www.ColliervilleFuneral.com