M SGT. (Ret.) Glispie Marquis

M SGT. (Ret.) Glispie Marquis, age 82, passed away Saturday evening, November 25, 2017 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, TN. Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park with full military honors. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, November 28, 2017, at Wells Funeral Home from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M.M SGT. (Ret.) Glispie was born January 3, 1935 in Lambert, MS to the late Walter Hulon and Maggie Leonard Marquis. He had dedicated his life to serving his country with twenty-two years of service in the U.S. Army, also while serving in the Vietnam War where he received a Bronze Star. Following his retirement, M SGT. (Ret.) Marquis loved spending his time with his grand and great-grandchildren. He also spent a great amount of time as a military historian.M SGT. (Ret.) Marquis loving memory and dedicated legacy will be cherished by his two sons, Michael A. Marquis of Yardley, PA, Walter Gregory Marquis of Grenada, MS; sister, Lartee Marquis White of Kalamazoo, MI; half-sister, Beverly Newton of Snellville, GA; half-brother, Lamar Marquis of Alabama; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Rena Arlene Corley Marquis; sister, Eloise White; brother, Homer Marquis.