Dan Heflin Kuykendall

DAN HEFLIN KUYKENDALL, former Congressman from the Ninth District of Tennessee, passed away on June 12, 2008. Kuykendall, the son of the late Sarah and Groves Kuykendall was born in Cherokee, Texas on July 9, 1924. He graduated from Texas A & M University in 1947 after serving in the Army Air Corps as a B17 pilot. He was scheduled to fly bombing raids in a B29 Superfortress over Japan at the time the atomic bombs were dropped. His employment with Procter & Gamble brought him to Memphis in 1955. His political involvement began in 1963 when he became chairman of the Shelby County Republican party. In 1966, he became the first Republican congressman from West Tennessee since 1883. He was re-elected in 1968, 1970, and 1972. He was a master craftsman in wood, building exquisite furniture, inlaid wood pictures and a variety of artistic creations. Kuykendall is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jacqueline Meyer Kuykendall; sons, Dan, Jr. "Kirk" and his wife, Kathy, Jack and his wife, Cindy; his daughters, Kathleen Kuykendall Boyd and her husband, Jim and Kay Kuykendall Wettemann and her husband, Bob. He also leaves eight granddaughters and one grandson. Services will be at Mullins United Methodist Church, 4 N. Mendenhall, Memphis on Saturday, June 14 at 2 p.m. The family will receive visitors beginning at 1 p.m. at the church. Additional services will be held at the Cherokee Methodist Church in Cherokee, Texas at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 16, with burial in the Kuykendall Family Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Boy Scouts of America, 171 S. Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee 38112, HC Williamson Memorial Fund, in memory of Dan Kuykendall. Bartlett Funeral Home 901-372-5555