Patsy Roney

Patsy Cherry Roney, 86, of Union City died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital in Martin.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at East View Cemetery, with the Rev. Jim Calhoun officiating.
There will be no visitation and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday.
White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or http://www.stjude.org.
Mrs. Roney was born March 16, 1935, in the Cloverdale community to the late Malcolm Robert and Mary Edna (Barnes) Cherry. She married Col. Billy Jeff Roney on Oct. 26, 1957. He passed away on Aug. 24, 1980.
Mrs. Roney was a member of First United Methodist Church for 74 years, and was also a member of the Red Hat Society. While her husband served in the Air Force, she held various jobs, one as the manager of a daycare in Iceland.
She loved to cook and host parties, which led her to cater many different events over the years. The last job she held was as the manager of Poplar Meadows Country Club in Union City, but her favorite job and passion was as a homemaker for her family.
She is fondly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Cherri and Richard Davidson of Union City; two granddaughters, Cortney and Chris Cannon of Memphis and Allison Becksfort of Southhaven, Miss.; one grandson, Jeff and Sarah Greene of Union City; eight great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Jean Cherry of Winona, Miss.; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.
She also was preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law, Delores and Paul Neill; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Bob and Pat Cherry and Bill Cherry.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 9.2.21