Cherry Varee Falls

Cherry Varee Falls, 74, passed on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 in Memphis, TN.
Cherry is survived by her life partner Camille Deaderick, her siblings Ruskin Falls (Sabine), Peg Falls-Corbitt (Doug Corbitt), and Andy Falls (Judy), her beloved nephews and nieces Andrew Falls (Laura), Martha Vidal (Gabriel), Annie Corbitt, Jeannie Corbitt Cardona (Matt), Neil Falls, and Eli Falls, and her precious great-nephews-and nieces Abel and Emilia Cardona and Penelope Jane Vidal, as well as Blanche Deaderick, David Deaderick (Jody), beloved nephews David Joseph Deaderick (Whitney) and John Deaderick (Johnathan), and precious great-nephew Sam Deaderick. She also leaves behind a host of students who had the privilege of knowing the love, energy, and magic she brought to the classroom.
She is predeceased by her parents Erskine and Ann Falls, and Camille's brother Mike Deaderick.
Cherry was born in Memphis, TN January 29, 1951 and grew up in Wynne, AR, graduating valedictorian from Wynne High School in 1969. She graduated from Rhodes College in 1973 and was inducted into the Rhodes College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. She earned an M.A. in education from the University of Memphis.
Cherry was born a teacher. From teaching her stuffed animals, set in rows on the stairs of the family home, Cherry went on to have forty-seven fulfilling years as a teacher of real students, first at St. Agnus Academy, Memphis, and then from 1977 – 2020 at St. Mary's Episcopal School, Memphis, from which she received the Nanette Quinn Outstanding Teacher Award (1985) and St. Mary's highest honor, the Gold Cross Award (2014).
Cherry was born with a big heart for taking care of others, from family, friends and students to strangers in need. She was an enthusiastic volunteer for Memphis Inter-Faith Association and for the More Than a Meal program of Idlewild Presbyterian Church, where she was a steadfast member for forty-eight years. God's faithful servant to so many, Cherry perhaps saved the best of her love for her nieces and nephews, whom she nurtured like an extra mother and pulled for in all their endeavors.
A Service of Witness to the Resurrection in thanksgiving for Cherry's life will be held at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, 1750 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, on Friday, November 14, 2025 at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow. The family welcomes memorial contributions to Idlewild Presbyterian or Memphis Inter-Faith Association (MIFA).