Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Elsie B. Swafford Fennell
1917-2004
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Elsie B. Swafford Fennell, 87, died Friday, March 5 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 7 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Scott Carter officiating. Interment
followed in Pleasant Hill cemetery in Henderson County.
Mrs. Fennell was born February 5, 1911 in Benton County to the late Albert and Vera Mealer Beal. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Gladys Matak of Dallas, Georgia; two sons, Billy Swafford of Huntingdon and Bennie Swafford of Georgia; one sister, Lessie Adell "Sally" Moore of Shelbyville, Indiana; 14 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. www.dilday.com
Loyd Clifton Green
1921-2004
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Loyd Clifton Green, 82, died Friday, March 5 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, March 7 at 1:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Russ Wilkens officiating. Interment
followed at Memorial Park cemetery in Memphis.
Mr. Green was born March 29, 1921 in Franklin to the late Leslie and Ethel Rainey Green. He was a retired truck driver for Nationwide Express and a World War II veteran. He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Doris Moore; three brothers, Robert Allen Green, Floyd Milton Green and Dewey Edward Green and one sister, Mary Lizzie Green.
Survivors include three sons, Larry W. Green of Huntingdon; Robert L. Green of Selmer and Loyd Clifton Green, Jr. of Pocahontas; a stepdaughter Martha Edwards of California; three brothers, G.A. Green of Nashville, Leslie Buford Green of California and J.W. Green; two sisters, Mary Ellen Harper of Franklin and Ruby Reed; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. www.dilday.com
Jennie V. "Mama Jennie" Johnson
1924-2004
HUNTINGDON - Services for Jennie V. "Mamma Jennie" Johnson, 79, were held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 6 at Smyrna Missionary Baptist Church in Huntingdon. Burial was in Humble cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson died on Monday, March 1 at Baptist Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Survivors include five sons, Danny Johnson, James L. Johnson, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Johnson and W.C. Johnson, Jr., all of Smyrna; a sister, Willie Sue Gordon of Huntingdon and a brother, Arthur Hampton of Huntingdon.
She was the widow of Rev. W.C. Johnson.
Richard H. Karnes
1930-2004
LEACH: Mr. Richard Howard Karnes, 73, passed away Tuesday, March 2 at his home. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, March 6 at 10:30 a.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Donnie Gately officiating. Interment
followed in the Twin Oaks Community cemetery.
Mr. Karnes was born October 27, 1930 in Gibson County to the late Paul McKinnley and Gertie Thompson Karnes. He retired from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant and was a member of the Twin Oaks Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by one brother, Eugene Karnes and one sister, Dorothy Hood.
Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Evelyn Karnes; two daughters, Ann Karnes of Leach and Vickie Eskew of Orange Park, Florida; two sons, Richard Glenn Karnes of Henderson and Jeffrey Dale Karnes of Leach; one brother, Neal Karnes; and five grandchildren.
Elizabeth Gail Kelly
1956-2004
SPRINGFIELD: Mrs. Elizabeth Gail Kelly, 47, died Monday, March 2 at the Northcrest Medical Center in Springfield. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, March 3 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Paul Merwin officiating. Interment
followed in McAuley cemetery.
Mrs. Kelly was born November 26, 1956 in Carroll County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, William Lloyd Kelly, Jr.; her parents, C.B. and Ina Bell Williams of Buena Vista; two daughters, Kimberly Nicole Kelly and Emily Elizabeth Kelly; one son, Evan Lloyd Kelly, all of Springfield; and two brothers, Charlie Ben Williams and John Wayne Williams, both of Buena Vista. www.dilday.com
Ellsworth Lewelling
1929-2004
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Ellsworth Lewelling, 74, passed away Wednesday, March 3 at his home. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, March 6 at the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Martin Klamm officiating. Interment
followed in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Lewelling was born October 25, 1929 in Madison County to the late Ira Vinson and Virginia Elizabeth Barnett. He was a farmer, a retired maintenance worker for the Tennessee Department of Transportation and a member of the Clarksburg Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife of 24 years, Joyce Lewelling; one son, Robert Reed and one brother, Ivy Eugene Lewelling, all of Huntingdon and one grandson.
Richard M. McIntyre
1936-2004
BRUCETON - Mr. Richard Merrill McIntyre, 67, passed away Wednesday, March 3 at the McKenzie Regional Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, March 6 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Father Edward Fisher officiating. Interment
followed in the Prospect cemetery.
Mr. McIntyre was born October 6, 1936 in White County, Illinois to the late George and Bonnie Hampton McIntire. He retired from the air force on August 1, 1974, serving as a master sergeant and was a member of the Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Alma Sawyer, Georgia Sawyer, Marjorie Jacobs, Erma Campbell and one brother, J.R. McIntyre.
Survivors include one daughter, Lisa Harp of San Jose, California; two stepdaughters, Brenda Luzzi of Paris and Cindy Kozak of Hollow Rock; two son, Mark McIntyre of Bruceton and Gregory McIntyre of Ceres, California; one sister, Geneva Strum of Grayville, Illinois and seven grandchildren.
Helen Clark Rutherford
1928-2004
HOLLOW ROCK - Mrs. Helen Clark Rutherford, 75, passed away Sunday, February 29 at the Shore Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. Funeral services were conducted on Friday, March 5 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Davis officiating. Interment
followed in the Twin Oak Community cemetery.
Mrs. Rutherford was born December 26, 1928 in Carroll County to the late Arthur Leonard and Georgia Mallard Arnold. She was a member of the VFW in Hollow Rock and attended Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Cheryl Brandt of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey; three sons, Alan Rutherford of Hollow Rock, John Rutherford of Nashville and Leonard Rutherford of Mobile, Alabama; three grandchildren and one grandson.
Sarah Ann Blackburn
1925-2004
SPRINGVILLE: Services for Sarah Ann Blackburn, 78, will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 11 at Russwood Baptist Church with Bro. Kenneth Basham officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery in McKenzie. Ridgeway Funeral Home in Paris is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Blackburn died on Monday, March 8 at Plumley Rehab Center in Paris.
She was born August 10, 1925 in McKenzie to the late Jon and Sally Bobb Ezell Everett. She was a member of Russwood Baptist Church and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include her husband, Morris Blackburn; a daughter, Millicent young of Memphis, her brother-in-law Johnny Williams of Huntingdon and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Everett Williams.
Stella Alice Hall Wallace
1923-2003
McKENZIE - Services for Alice Hall Wallace, 80, were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 22 at Brummitt Funeral Home with the Revs. Nickey McMinn and James Ray Hayes officiating. Burial was in the New Bethel cemetery in Henry.
Mrs. Wallace died on Saturday, April 19 at McKenzie Regional Hospita.
She was born January 17, 1923 in Henry County to the late Flossie Nash Hall and James Hall. She was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Henry.
Survivors include a son, Hulon Wallace of McKenzie; two brothers, James Hall of McKenzie and Norman Hall of Sharon; a sister, Pauline Hall of Como; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Her husband, L.C. Wallace preceded her in death.
Wanda Hardin
1952-2003
HOLLOW ROCK - Mrs. Wanda Hardin, 51, died Monday, April 14 at her home. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, April 16, in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe Abbott and Bro Billy Joe Hilliard officiating. Interment
followed in the Davis Chapel cemetery.
Mrs. Hardin was born April 3, 1952 in Huntingdon. She was a homemaker, a loving and nurturing grandmother and a member of the Grace Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Hubert Crider; three brothers, Justin Crider, Joe Crider and Glenn Crider, one sister, Larue Wafford and two nephews.
Survivors include her husband of 31 years, Thomas Hardin, her mother, Viola Crider of Hollow Rock; one son, Thomas Guy Hardin of Camden; five sisters, Mae Shelby, Dora Dobson, Estelle Glisson, Margie Bridges, all of Hollow Rock and Kathy Russell of Bruceton; three brothers, Hubert Crider, Jr., James Harold Crider and Paul Crider, all of Hollow Rock; and one grandson.
James Issac Hutcherson
1938-2003
HOLLOW ROCK - Mr. James Issac Hutcherson, 64, died on Tuesday, April 8 of an apparent drowning. Graveside services were conducted on Monday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. at the Archers Chapel Methodist Church cemetery in Crockett County with Bro. Danny Hutcherson officiating.
Mr. Hutcherson, the son of the late Issac Willigreen and Mamie Louise Rogers Hutcherson, was born May 20, 1938. He was a construction worker and a member of the Archers Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Grooms Hutcherson, two daughters, Vicky Granger of Clarksburg and Janeice Frisbee of Humboldt; one son, Charles Hutcherson of Decaturville; one stepdaughter, Amy Thomas of Hollow Rock; four brothers, Forrest Hutcherson and Danny Hutcherson, both of Westport, Dalvin Hutcherson of Huntingdon and Wallace Hutcherson of Nashville and five grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. www.dilday.com.
James Randall 'Bo' Patterson
1951-2003
CAMDEN - Services for James Randal 'Bo' Patterson, 51, were at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 17 at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Patterson, a cabinet maker for B&B Cabinet Shop, died Tuesday, April 15 at West Tennessee Transitional Care.
He was born May 29, 1951 in Hollow Rock to the late Arthur L. and Minnie Smothers Patterson. He was a member of the Center Point Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Pam Crouse Patterson; one daughter, Angie Sullivan of McKenzie; a son, Randall Patterson of Huntingdon; two sisters, Geneva Bailey of Hollow Rock and Carol Lee Hopper of Bruceton; five brothers, Bobby Patterson of Buena Vista; Danny Patterson of Huntingdon, Charlie Patterson of Camden, Ricky Patterson of Yuma and Billy Patterson of Trenton; a half-brother, Jeffery Patterson and a stepbrother, Justin Douglas and two grandchildren.
