Glenna M. Foresythe

Glenna Sue McClure Foresythe, departed this life on May 8, 2013 at age 85 after a long illness. Born Dec. 1, 1927 in Mountain Home, Arkansas with bright blue eyes and wavy chestnut hair, her parents were Thomas H. and Edith Sanford McClure. She was a graduate of Mountain Home High School. She earned a degree in Nursing (R.N.) in 1948, as a member of the last class of WW II Nurse Cadets at Baptist Hospital, Little Rock, AR. She worked as a nurse for many healthcare institutions during her career: Baptist Hospital, Little Rock; Kennedy Veterans Hospital, Memphis TN; Tupelo Hospital, Tupelo MS; and McNairy County General Hospital of Selmer, TN, from which she retired.



As a beautiful young lady, Glenna met her husband, Charles D. Foresythe of Alamo, TN while working in Memphis at Kennedy Veterans Hospital soon after her graduation from Nursing school. They were married in Mountain Home, AR on July 17, 1949 and were together for more than 63 years. Glenna and “Charlie” later moved to Tupelo, MS for several years where they raised a family before moving to Selmer, TN in 1966. In addition to her nursing duties and raising a family, Glenna was a faithful and active member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Tupelo, MS and then the First Baptist Church of Selmer, TN. At First Baptist she was a member of the WMU, taught children’s Sunday School, and served Meals on Wheels. She was an active member of the Selmer community through the Steven Foster Music Club, a past president of the Junior Civic League, and on the board of Hanna’s Hope Adoption agency. Glenna ran the Selmer Heart Fund for 30 years. She was an intelligent, pretty, practical, loving and excellent spouse, mother, nurse, poet, cook, bargain hunter and friend. She dearly loved her close and extended families. Glenna was a devout Christian; her Faith was her cornerstone and it radiated from her with brilliance. She is preceded in death by her parents and three beloved brothers; Thomas Henry (T.H.), George Leonard, and William Henry. She is survived by her husband Charles D. Foresythe of Selmer; son Brad Foresythe of Atlanta, GA; daughter Ann Collins of Selmer; granddaughter Rebecca Colio, wife of Sgt. Jesse Colio, U.S.M.C, of Jacksonville, N.C, and great grandsons Gage and Slade Colio; brother-in- law W. D. Forsythe of Mount Juliet, TN; sister-in-law Martha McClure of Malvern, AR; three nephews and a niece. A host of extended family and friends.



Visitation will be on Saturday, May 11, 2013 beginning at 9:30 AM with services to follow at 11:30 AM at Shackelford Funeral Home, 160 W. Cypress Ave, in Selmer, TN. The interment service will follow beginning at 3:00 PM at the Alamo, TN City Cemetery. Flowers are welcome and donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the First Baptist Church, 310 W. Court Ave., Selmer, TN - “Building Fund” or “Annie Armstrong Offering”. Ph. 731-645-5326.