Martha Carolyn Hopper Deming

Martha Carolyn Hopper Deming

Graveside services for Mrs. Martha Carolyn Hopper Deming, age 85, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Browns Cemetery in Madison County, with Rev. Chris Clarke officiating. Burial will follow, with Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Deming died June 5, 2012.

She was born in Jackson, TN, daughter of the late Dennis and Opal Cox Hopper, and was a member of the second graduating class of North Side High School in 1945. Mrs. Deming graduated from Lambuth College in 1949, where she was a member of the Lambuth Choir the entire time she was there. She was a member of Tau Delta International Teachers Sorority. Mrs. Deming taught school at Browns School and West Jackson Elementary for 13 years, and was a 4-H Adult Leader. She co-founded, along with her husband, A. Rhea Deming, the Den-Ray Sign Company, and worked there for 45 years.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Rhea Deming.

She is survived by a daughter, Ellen Deming-Jumper and son-in-law, Harold Wayne Jumper; a son, Rhea L. Deming and daughter-in-law, Martha Butler-Deming; a granddaughter, Holly Brianna Deming.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to: Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, 320 Hwy. 70 E, Jackson, TN 38305.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, (731) 424-2424.