Individual Details
Ann Marie Wood
(22 Jan 1931 - 5 Jan 2018)
January 22, 1931-January 5, 2018
Ann Wood Tait was born in 1931, the daughter of Marie Wilkinson Wood and Robert Gibson Wood in Memphis, TN.
She died on January 5, 2018 in Germantown, Tennessee.
Ann graduated from Central High School in Memphis in 1949.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, James Minor Tait, Jr., her daughter, Carolyn Marie Tait, her parents, a sister, Mary Wood Perkins and a brother Ben C. Wood.
Ann is survived by her two sons, James Minor Tait III (Denise), Robert Wood Tait (Rita), and her daughter, Mariann Tait Barksdale (Cannon), along with her 6 grandchildren, James Tait, Kristi Tait, Chandler Tait, Drew Barksdale, Tait Barksdale, and Carolyn Barksdale, 2 step grandchildren, Allegra Hayes and Derek Daily and 5 great grandchildren. Many beloved in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Ann and Minor enjoyed travel for business and pleasure, particularly to London, England, but her real love was volunteering through The King’s Daughters & Sons Home. She volunteered her time generously to many other causes, including The Memphis Bar Auxiliary.
One of her proudest moments was being crowned Miss Flame in the Miss Flame Beauty Contest during Fire Prevention Week which was sponsored by The Memphis Fire Department in 1949, for redheads only.
She also worked for a time for Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Country Holidays gift shop and for The Trophy Shop.
She loved to sew, draw and paint.
The family would like to thank her beloved caregivers, Mildred Yates and Shelita Dunbar for their loving care.
Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery on Tuesday, January 9
service at 2:00 p.m.
She will be buried at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral Home
Ann Wood Tait was born in 1931, the daughter of Marie Wilkinson Wood and Robert Gibson Wood in Memphis, TN.
She died on January 5, 2018 in Germantown, Tennessee.
Ann graduated from Central High School in Memphis in 1949.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, James Minor Tait, Jr., her daughter, Carolyn Marie Tait, her parents, a sister, Mary Wood Perkins and a brother Ben C. Wood.
Ann is survived by her two sons, James Minor Tait III (Denise), Robert Wood Tait (Rita), and her daughter, Mariann Tait Barksdale (Cannon), along with her 6 grandchildren, James Tait, Kristi Tait, Chandler Tait, Drew Barksdale, Tait Barksdale, and Carolyn Barksdale, 2 step grandchildren, Allegra Hayes and Derek Daily and 5 great grandchildren. Many beloved in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Ann and Minor enjoyed travel for business and pleasure, particularly to London, England, but her real love was volunteering through The King’s Daughters & Sons Home. She volunteered her time generously to many other causes, including The Memphis Bar Auxiliary.
One of her proudest moments was being crowned Miss Flame in the Miss Flame Beauty Contest during Fire Prevention Week which was sponsored by The Memphis Fire Department in 1949, for redheads only.
She also worked for a time for Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Country Holidays gift shop and for The Trophy Shop.
She loved to sew, draw and paint.
The family would like to thank her beloved caregivers, Mildred Yates and Shelita Dunbar for their loving care.
Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery on Tuesday, January 9
service at 2:00 p.m.
She will be buried at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral Home
Events
| Birth | 22 Jan 1931 | Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | 24 Aug 1950 | Tennessee - James Minor Tait Jr. | |||
| Death | 5 Jan 2018 | Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee | |||
| Burial | Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee |  |
Families
| Spouse | James Minor Tait Jr. (1926 - 2010) |
| Child | Carolyn Marie Tait (1959 - 1965) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial 186432358.