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Essie Mae Wilson Booker Mayes

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M. J. Edwards Whitehaven Funeral Chapel

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Essie Mayes Obituary

Essie Mae Wilson Booker Mayes

Memphis, TN

Essie Mae Wilson Booker Mayes, 90 years old, passed away November 29, 2015. Visitation is Friday, December 4, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at M.J. Edwards Whitehaven Funeral Chapel. Funeral service is Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church, 2350 Elvis Presley Boulevard, with burial to follow in New Park Cemetery, 4536 Horn Lake Road.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Commercial Appeal on Dec. 3, 2015.

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Phyllis Booker

December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas my sweet Momma. You are truly missed. I will forever love you. Your daughter.

hollie dishmon

December 4, 2015

To my extended family, My great Aunt Tee Tee was truly loved by our family and will be missed, My heart is with you all in TN. May God watch over you in this time. Love you all Miles away. Hollie Dishmon, daughter of Hattie Dishmon, grand daughter of My Great aunt Tee's sister Ophelia who proceeded her in death April 25, 1995.

Jamey Howdeshell

December 3, 2015

You were my angel.

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