JOHN PEARSON, 73, of Memphis and Spring, TX., died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, August 1 at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday afternoon. He was a contractor and a Member of Faith Temple Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He leaves his wife Shirley Pearson, 1 son and 1 daughter-in-law. Tom and Kathy Pearson of Collierville, 2 daughters and son-in-laws, Terri and Rick Hannah of Cordova and Cindy and Randy Krag of Collierville; 2 brothers, Leonard Pearson of Austin, TX. and Jessie Pearson of Olive Branch, MS., 3 sisters Dale Sims of Memphis, Neva Parker of Rayville, LA., Anna Sisk of Memphis and 11 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude. Memorial Park Funeral Home 901-767-8930