Edwin Charles DeMore

Edwin Charles DeMore, 90, of Memphis, died Thursday, January

6, 2005 at Haywood Park Community Hospital.



The husband of Hazel Fleming DeMore, who survives, he was a

chemical engineer with Grace Chemical for 20 years and Ralston-

Purina for over 5 years. Mr. DeMore was born December 16, 1914

in Cromwell, Connecticut, son of the late Joseph and Sarah Burke

DeMore. He moved to Memphis in 1954, spending his last few

years in Brownsville. Mr. DeMore served in the U.S. Navy during

WWII as a Warrant Officer I on the USS Hughes. His tour included Midway, the Coral Sea, the Aleutian Islands, the recapture of Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Phillipines

and the occupation of Japan from 1936-'39. An avid hunter and

fisherman, he was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church in

Memphis.



Graveside services were 1 pm Saturday, January 8 at Grand

Junction City Cemetery with Will Jones officiating. Shackelford

Funeral Directors of Bolivar were in charge of arrangements.



In addition to his wife, whom he married July 14, 1946, survivors

include one daughter and son-in-law, Charlene and Randall Taylor

and one brother, Bernard DeMore of Cromwell, Connecticut.