Wesley Bernard STAFFORD

1949 - 1983  (33 years)

• Name	Wesley Bernard STAFFORD
  Born	23 Dec 1949	Bruce, Calhoun Co., Mississippi
  Gender	Male
  _UID	80128FADDAB74AD4885121BFABBC29C08600
  Died	17 May 1983	Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
  Buried	Forest Hill Cem. East, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
  Person ID	I154518	Branch 078 Laban Stafford b. 1738 NC
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	James Edward STAFFORD,   b. 10 Aug 1925, Mississippi ,   d. 2 Mar 2006, Ripley, Tippah Co., Mississippi  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Marion Letha TURNER,   b. 15 Jun 1929, Bruce, Calhoun Co., Mississippi ,   d. 5 Jan 2009, Ripley, Tippah Co., Mississippi  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F52580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Wesley Shane STAFFORD
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F52581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wesley B. Stafford, 33, of Memphis and Selmer, TN, was killed early yesterday when he lost control of his car on Raliegh-LaGrange Road near Rockridge and it overturned. Police said he was westbound at a high rate of speed shortly after midnight when his car issed a curve, went into a ditch and overturned. A witness helped pull Steve Stafford, 28, the victim's brother, from the car. Wesley was thrown from the car and pinned beneath it. He was taken to Methodist Hospital North where he died. Wesley was a musician and a painter. Burial in Forest Hill East Cemetery. He also leaves a son, Wesley Shane Stafford of Nashville, his mother, Mrs. Marion Turner Stafford and another brother, Chris Stafford, all of Selmer, and a grandmother, Mrs. Susie Stafford of Memphis. Published in The Commercial Appeal on Thursday, May 19, 1983. Provided by Linda Wayman.