Bill Ramsey, 87; Was OFer On '45 Boston Braves
Bill Schenley
Photo:
http://www.sportsartifacts.com/pcl50seaph.JPG
(1950 Seattle Rainiers team pic)
FROM: The Memphis Commercial Appeal (January 6th)
William Thrace Ramsey, Jr., 87, of Germantown, TN,
passed on to his new live in Heaven on January 4, 2008
at Kirby Pines.
Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, January 8, until
service time at 2 p.m. at Memphis Funeral Home-Poplar
Chapel. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife,
Patricia Ann Bryant Ramsey.
He leaves two surviving children, Diane Ramsey Parker
of Germantown and William Thrace Ramsey III of
South Lake Tahoe, CA; five grandchildren, William
Thrace Ramsey IV, Amy Michelle Beaupre', Jennifer
Parker Rosenblum, Brittan Ramsey Robbins, and Brooke
Ramsey Parker; six great-grandchildren, Matthew Bryant
Parker, Grant Dolor Beaupre', Braden Christopher
Robbins, Elijah James Rosenblum, Ramsey Rose Robbins,
and Lawson Lee Beaupre'.
He was well loved and loved well. He will be missed by all.
Bill was born in Osceola, Arkansas on February 20, 1920,
with a lifetime passion for people and baseball. After attending
the University of Florida, Bill spent the '40's and part of the
50's playing professional baseball for Boston, Seattle,
Sacramento.
Gregarious and outgoing, it can be said that Bill never met a
stranger. He often said that you could judge a person's wealth
by the number of friends he has. If that is indeed the case,
then Bill Ramsey was truly a very wealthy man.
Funeral services will be at Memphis Funeral Home.
The family requests, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
to Mosiac Memphis Church Ministries, P.O. Box 171305,
Memphis, TN 38187-1305, Crossroads Hospice, 1634
Sycamore View Rd., Memphis, TN 38134, or to a charity of
the donor's choice. Memphis Funeral Home 901-725-0100
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Stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramsebi01.shtml