Extracted from commercialappeal.com obituaries (Memphis, TN)
WILLIAM WHITFIELD CHAPMAN
WILLIAM WHITFIELD CHAPMAN, 71, of Memphis, retired owner of W R Chapman and Son, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Independent Presbyterian Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge.
He was an Air Force veteran, graduate of Central High School and University of Texas, and member of Chickasaw Country Club, Carnival Crew of Memphis, Candy Hall of Fame in Hershey, Pa., and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. Chapman, the husband of Ginger Chapman for 46 years, also leaves a daughter, Caroline Johnson of Memphis; a son, William Whitfield Chapman Jr. of Monroe, La., and four grandchildren.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Arthritis Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice.
Monday, March 15, 2004