Gwendolyn “Gwen” Conklin, 72 of Memphis, passed away suddenly on September 12, 2011 at home. She was a 1957 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. She was preceded in death by her husband James Conklin after 42 years of marriage. She worked at John Gaston Hospital, Gailor Clinic as a ward clerk and nursing assistant. Visitation Friday, September 16, 2011 at M. J. Edwards Funeral Home, 5494 Elvis Presley from 5-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Cummings Street Baptist Church, 250 Raines Rd. Burial in New Park Cemetery on Horn Lake Road. She is survived by one daughter, Katrina Thompson, of Memphis; two sons Derris Warren “Little Joe” of Nashville, TN and Andre Conklin, of Memphis, TN; eight grandchildren, Sanquanata King, Danielle Rice, Kimberly Coleman, Valencia Conklin, Marcus Warren, Andrea Conklin, Shakita Conklin and Katrina Weaver and nine great-grandchildren.