MORRIS LEO STEINBERG, SR.,
81, passed away July 12,2007 at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Morris was the son of the late Milton and Ida Foxx Steinberg in Memphis,
TN. Morris was baptized June 19, 1950 in St. Augustine Catholic Church.
Morris graduated from Booker Washington High School. After school he
served in the U. S. Armed Forces and as a musician in the U.S.O. Music
was his life. Along with his brothers, Luther Wilburn and Lewis
Steinberg, he formed a band where they traveled through-out the south
playing in various clubs and establishments. He also played with Count
Base, Finus Newborn, Lionel Hampton, Tuff Green, Rufus Thomas, Willie
Mitchell, B.B. King and Cab Callaway. Remembering Morris with love,
Gladys Steinberg Owens, Isaac and Lewie Steinberg and Parker Owens Sr.;
five children, Brenca C. Gibson, Johnnie Steinberg (deceased), Sharon S.
Butler, Anetha Devett Steinberg and Morris Steinberg, Jr.; four
grandchildren; and one great-granchild. Visitation will be Wednesday
July 18, 2007 at R. S. Lewis &Sons Funeral Home Chapel, from 6-8 pm.
Graveside service will be Thursday, July 19, in West Tennessee Veterans
Cemetery at 1 p.m. followed with military service. Dr. Herbert Lester
will be officiating. Arrangements for Mr. Morris L. Steinberg Sr.
entrusted to: R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home 901-526-3264
Published in The Commercial Appeal on 7/15/2007.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on 7/15/2007.