Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

The Pinecone | April 2019 • 3 • welcome to 3535 Kirby Road • Memphis, TN 38115 All new resident bios are written by Peggy Reynolds Gatlin, Kirby Pines Resident Josie Johnson has chosen Kirby Pines Retirement Community for her new home. She was “born and raised” in Memphis. She lived in the beautiful state of Oregon for a few years and just recently lived in Florida, but Memphis has always been home. A graduate of Holy Names Catholic High School, Josie married her teenage sweetheart, Gilbert Lee Johnson. They were married for 53 years before he passed away. They were the parents of five children and Josie is Grandmother to ten grandchildren, nine great-grands and one great-great grandchild. For about 30 years, Josie spent much of her time volunteering in the schools where her children attended. When she wasn’t helping out at school, she enjoyed playing cards, gardening and cooking. Josie and her late husband enjoyed cruises. Her travels have included Hawaii, Las Vegas, The Bahamas, New York, California, Mexico and throughout the state of Tennessee. For exercise, Josie will enjoy walking our beautiful paths throughout our campus. She will be a good fit for the gardening group for she has a love of growing flowers and vegetables. A people person, this friendly lady is looking forward to making new friends and getting involved in our many retirement enhancement activities here at Kirby Pines. Extend to Josie a warm welcome and invite her to get involved in some of our opportunities to volunteer here at Kirby Pines. Josie, we are glad you are here! J oseph i ne LaVe l l e J ohn son L y l e Hend r i x We extend a warm welcome to Lyle Hendrix to our Kirby Pines Retirement Community. Lyle is a native of Trenton, Tennessee. He graduated from Peabody High School in Trenton before entering the U.S. Navy. He served as a Commissaryman Third Class (CS3) in Bainbridge, Maryland, during the Korean War. After leaving the Navy, Lyle moved to Memphis where he went to work as a meat cutter. He worked as a Meat Department Manager with Kroger, Fred Montesi and Piggly Wiggly. He retired after 48 years – that’s a lot of steaks and pork chops! Lyle moved to Kirby Pines from his home of 60 years in Memphis. He and his late wife, Oconee, were married for 62 years. They had 2 children, Stan and Terri. They live close by in Memphis and Lyle also has four grandchildren and two great-grands to dote over. Traveling and camping have been an enjoyable part of Lyle’s life. His favorite trips have been to the Holy Land and Alaska, other destinations have included France, Italy, Kenya, Ghana and Brazil. To stay active, Lyle enjoys walking and exercising. Lyle will find many new friends among our residents to join him on his walks around our beautiful campus. He will find we also have many sports enthusiasts to join him in cheering on his favorite teams, the U of M Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. We are happy Lyle chose Kirby Pines for this chapter in his life. The many opportunities to enhance his retirement life at Kirby Pines is an open book. Welcome to your new home!