Joseph Merle Haase
August 13, 1942 — June 6, 2011
Merle Haase
1942—2011
Joseph Merle Haase, resident of the Whiteville Community, retired employee of the Roadway Express Company in Memphis and husband of Dorothy Pulliam Haase died Monday morning, June 6, 2011 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where he had been a patient for five days. He was 68 years of age and died following a brief illness.
Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Haase were conducted at 10 A.M. Wednesday, June 8 th at the Midway Baptist Church near Whiteville with Bro. David Reeves, Pastor of the Church, officiating. Special Remarks with a Eulogy were given by Mr. Haase’s brother-in-law, Trymon Messer of Nashville, Tennessee. Interment followed in the Old Union Cemetery in the Laconia Community. Arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes—Main Chapel of Somerville.
Mr. Haase was born August 13, 1942 in Whiteville. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Herbert Haase and Martha Elizabeth Montague Haase. Mr. Haase was educated in the Hardeman County Public School System and was a Truck Operator for Roadway Express for 22 years before his retirement.
Mr. Haase was a member of Midway Baptist Church and was a lifelong resident of the Hardeman, Fayette and Haywood County areas. He enjoyed all kinds of music with a particular love for playing his guitar with a special group of “Pickers and Grinners” for his church and area events. He was a person devoted to his family and friends.
Mr. Haase is survived by his wife: Dorothy Pulliam Haase of Whiteville; his daughter: Norma Greve (David) of Bolivar; his son: David Haase (Marya) of Pittsburg, Texas; four sisters: Opal Messer of Nashville; Bonnie Jean
Elrod of the Hillville Community in Haywood County; Frances Bangs of Bolivar; Margaret Warren of Smyrna, Tennessee; a brother: Robert Haase (Marie) of Whiteville; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Those honored to serve as casketbearers were Greg Haase, Dustin Greve, Michael Elrod, Ronnie Pittman, Jr., Donald Haase and Gerald Lewis.
The family requests that memorials be directed to the Old Union Cemetery Association, c/o Harry Wiles, 106 Marginal Street E., Somerville, TN 38068.
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