Mr. Vernon Lamar Fields, age 81 of Memphis, Tennessee departed this life Tuesday morning, November 26, 2019.
A native of Memphis, he worked as a truck driver and lived most all of his life in Memphis. He was a Teamster and worked as a Hardeman County Sheriff's Deputy in years past. He was the widower of Diane Fields who passed from this life on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 after 30 years of marriage.
He leaves his daughters, Phyllis Roy and husband, Gene, of Oakland, TN, Tammy Wilson of Arlington and Hope Woods and husband, Richard, of Memphis; step-daughter, Vanita Powers of Oxford, MS; step-son, Patrick Powers, also of Oxford; sister, Edith Davis and brother, Don Fields, both of Memphis; and 12 grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he is preceded in death by his parents, Lonie Elbert and Alma Sanders Fields, and 10 sisters and brothers.