Edna (Judy) Jeanette Gresham Sparks
Born on January 30, 1939, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee to Wylie Edgar Gresham and Virgie Guffey Gresham, the youngest of six children.
Judy died at the age of seventy-five on May 3, 2014.
Judy lived in Ohio for twenty-six years where all twelve of her children were born. She enjoyed baking, cooking, quilting, reading and spending time with her family.
Judy is survived by eight of her children: Charles Whitney of Indiana; Robert T. Whitney of San Diego, California and Clifton, Tennessee; Timothy S. Whitney of Tampa, Florida; Thomas G. Whitney of Terra Haute, Indiana; Mary T. Opfer (Whitney) of South Bend, Indiana; Theodore G. Whitney of Lynchburg, Virginia; Cherie A. Jerrolds of Savannah, Tennessee; and Michelle Casteel of Savannah, Tennessee. Judy is also survived by her twenty-eight grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Judy was preceded in death by four of her children: Jamesetta Collette Whitney, Jeffrey A. Whitney, John Whitney and Peter Whitney. She is also preceded in death by her parents and five siblings: Iva Ray Lynch, Delmer Gresham, Doris Gobbell, Annalee Ashton and Janice Dryden.
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