Dorothy Jean Roach Crader, age 90, of Collierville, formerly of Germantown, passed away on February 5, 2023 from a long illness. Born in 1932, in the Lusk Chapel Community of Scott County MO., to the late James and Fannie Holder Roach, she was a graduate of the Diehlstadt High School class of 1950 & Memphis State University class of 1968 with a Master’s Degree in Education.
In 1952, Dorothy married Donald Neil Crader, who preceded her in death in 2012.
She was a retired educator and realtor and a member of Christ United Methodist Church. Preceded in death by a son, Phillip Crader two brothers, Herbert and James Roach and three sisters, Mary Stauffer, Helen Galemore and Vivian Baker. She is survived by a son Don Crader and his wife Marsha of Collierville, TN and their two children, and four great-grandchildren, and two sisters Beulah Fowler of Lubbock, TX. and Joann Robinette of Fulton MS.
A Visitation will be held Sunday, February 12, 2023 from 4:00 until 5:30. A Funeral Service will be held Monday February 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Both at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Road, Bartlett TN 38133. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The Family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the donors choice.
Online condolences and floral tributes may be made by visiting www.memphisfuneralhome. net. Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens 3700 N. Germantown Rd.
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