The Pinecone
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July 2013
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Marsha Badgett was born in
Humboldt, Tennessee and was blessed
with God given talent that enabled her
to choose a career owning her own gift
shop, doing floral design, jewelry design
and home decor to her delight. She has
3
daughters and 9 grandchildren, all of
whom she is very proud.
She enjoys reading (especially
mysteries), movies, music, designing
clothes, arts and crafts, flower
arranging, decorating and staging
rooms, and Baskin Robbins Jamoca
Almond Fudge!
In her younger days she competed
in many beauty pageants and even won
a talent show when she was just 5 years
old by singing, “How Much Is That
Doggie In The Window”.
That song may have inspired her to
adopt her 5 year old baby, Tobey, a male
maltese/shitzu mix she rescued from
what appeared to be a puppy mill.
welcome to
3535
Kirby Road • Memphis, TN 38115
Marsha Badgett
Rena Jirack
Louise Wheeler
Rena Jirak grew up in Washington
D.C., where she was a hospital
accountant after graduating from
Carson-Newman college in Jefferson
City, Tennessee. She moved to
Memphis from Arlington, Virginia 9
years ago where she served the senior
adult community through volunteering
in a local AARP chapter.
Rena enjoys singing in the church
choir, museums, playing canasta and
hand and foot, water aerobics, line
dancing, yoga, tai chi, nature walks,
musical events, plays and travel. She
plans on traveling to Central Europe
later this year to visit her father’s
homeland in the Czech Republic.
While living in D.C., she met
Barbara Bush and received an official
White House photo of the handshaking
event and then had to track her down
during the White House / Texas
transition period in order for her to
autograph the photo and send it back.
Louise Wheeler attended school
in Memphis, Tennessee and lived in
Thibodaux, Lousiana for 29 years.
She was married to Reginald Wheeler
for 53 years, has one daughter and 3
grandchildren, all living in Memphis.
While living in Lousiana, she was
the General Manager of the Holiday
Inn, Thibodaux, was president of
the Louisiana State Hotel/Motel
Association, was one of a 5 member
board that governed the $12 million
tourism budget and was a charter
member of the Laforche Tourist
Commission Board for 15 years. She
also worked for Allen & O’Hara, Inc.
for 9 years and was president of Women
In Construction in Memphis.
She and her husband enjoyed
doing many things with their friends,
including travel, dinner club, going to
football games at the Mercedez-Benz
Superdome in New Orleans, playing
cards, shopping and going out to dinner.
