Joseph C. Irvin

Joseph C. Irvin, 98, of Cordova passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Methodist Hospital-Germantown. He was born May 31, 1916 in Nixon, Tennessee to Joseph Joshua and Josie Lee Paulk Irvin. Mr. Irvin was retired from Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and a member of Pleasant Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Annette Cobb; siblings, Nina Hopper, Brown McMillan, Margaret Rainey, Amos, Horace and Casey Irvin. Mr. Irvin is survived by his children, Sarah Mynatt (Robert), Linda Marie Billings and Samuel T. Irvin (Delores); grandchildren, Linda Gibbs (Tony), Neal Mynatt, Mary Mynatt Shackelford (Kevin), Michael G. Billings (Amy), Elizabeth Larson (Wade), William Billings, Lloyd and David Irvin; great grandchildren, Robert (Olivia), Tonya, and John Gibbs, Finley, Sarah Kate, Abigail and Gann Billings; Baylee and Hanabelle Larson, Josephine and Georgia Mynatt. The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 17, 2014 at Memphis Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Road, Bartlett, TN. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be sent to Pleasant Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church.