Katherine Bates Stanford, 64 of Bartlett passed away May 3, 2012. Katherine was retired from Brothers Ind. She was preceded in death by her father Henry Bates and mother and step father Retha and John Wayne Britt. She is survived by her husband, Paul Stanford and her aunts, Katie Allen of Savannah, TN and Helen Schackleford of Walnut, MS. The family will receive friends on Monday, May 7 from 12 pm until service time at 2 pm at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens on Germantown Road. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Online Condolences may be expressed at www.memphisfuneralhome.net