Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Shelby Jean Stallings
1949-2003
MARTIN - Services for Shelby Jean Stallings, 53, were at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 10 at Gallimore Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Clark officiating. Burial was in the Olive Branch cemetery.
Mrs. Stallings, a homemaker, died Monday, January 6 at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin.
She was born May 4, 1949 in Martin. She was a member of the West Union Baptist Church.
Survivors include her mother Mildred Turner Stallings of Dresden; a sister, Brenda Cobb of Dresden; and several nieces.
Her father, Loyd Edgar Stallings and a nephew Brian Cobb preceded her in death.
Edith Mae Suddath
1914-2003
GLEASON - Services for Edith Mae Suddath, 88, were at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 11 at Gallimore Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymon Carneal officiating. Burial was in the West Union cemetery.
Mrs. Suddath, widow of Raymond Suddath, died on Wednesday, January 8 at Hillview Nursing Home.
She was born on October 2, 1914 in Como to the late James E. and Sarah Agnes Bevill McCain.
There are no immediate survivors.
Lavinia F. Moore
1936-2003
McLEMORESVILLE - Lavenia F. Moore, 66, died on Wednesday, January 8 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted on Friday, January 10 at 2:00 p.m. in the Trezevant Church of Christ with Bro. John Forgy officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Green cemetery in Bradford.
Mrs. Moore, the daughter of the late Joe Elmer and Lillie Mullen Fulgham, was born on May 23, 1936 in Maben, Mississippi. She retired as a medical profession worker and was a member of the Church of Christ Jackson Area Plectral Society and the Magnolia Dulcimer Society in Corinth, Mississippi. Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by two nephews; two sisters-in-law and her father-in-law.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years, William C. Moore; four sisters, Opal Craft of Menden Hall, Mississippi, Helen Johnson of Cleveland, Mississippi, Celess Butler of Starkville, Mississippi and Judy Whitehead of Corinth, Mississippi; two brothers, Joe Fulgham, Jr. of Maben, Mississippi and William Fulgham of Maben, Mississippi.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Marie Stanford
1920-2002
CEDAR GROVE - Services for Marie Stanford, 82, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 27 at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Burial followed in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Mrs. Stanford died on Tuesday, December 24 at Skilled Nursing of Jackson. She was retired from the Milan Arsenal. Survivors include one daughter, Nancy Dodd of Cedar Grove; two sons, Allen Stanford of Memphis and Roger Stanford of Greenville, South Carolina; three sisters, Mary Thornton and Mable Page, both of Jackson and Ruthie Climer of Decaturville; one brother, Robert Usery of Jackson and four grandchildren. Her husband, Virgil Stanford, preceded her in death. Reed's Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Harry Joe Nelson
1944-2002
GREENFIELD - Services for Harry Joe Nelson were at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 24 at Williams Funeral Home with burial in New Valley cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Kay Nelson, three daughters, Kim Clements, Teresa Lewis and Dana Powell; one son, Robert Nelson; one sister, Janice and nine grandchildren.
Edward Lee 'Ed' Morris
1951-2002
BRUCETON - Graveside services for Edward Lee 'Ed' Morris, 51, were held on Friday, December 27 at 11:00 p.m. with Warren T. Sykes officiating. Burial was in the Foundry Hill Baptist cemetery in Puryear. Mr. Morris, a material handler for Dana Corp., died on Monday, December 23 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. He was a member of the Puryear Baptist Church. He was born on September 1, 1951 in Murray, Kentucky to the late Laverne Lee Morris and Edna Inez Mohundro Morris Rousseau. Survivors include his wife, Angie Hatley Morris; one son, Eddie Morris of Shelbyville; one daughter, Mary Morris of Paris; one stepson, Aaron Foster of Bruceton; two sisters, Sue and Mary of Wisconsin; one brother, Joe Rousseau of Gleason and two grandchildren. Ridgeway Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Freddie Ann Dangeau
1927-2002
HUMBOLDT: Freddie Ann Dangeau, 75, wife of Rev. Orvind M. Dangeau for 59 years, died on Monday, December 23 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after an extended illness. Mrs. Dangeau was actively involved with the music and youth programs of the churches where the couple pastured, including First Baptist in Somerville and McKenzie. Mrs. Dangeau was a graduate of Forrest City High School in Forrest City, Arkansas and attended Williams College of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, Union University of Jackson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of Fort Worth, Texas. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Humboldt. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Porter, Sr. of Forrest City, Arkansas. Survivors also include two children, Charles Dangeau of Memphis and Marcia Garrett of Southaven, Mississippi; three grandchildren, Cheyenne Dangeau, Jonathan Garrett and Jennifer Garrett, all of Memphis; two sisters, Rebecca Ann Priddy of Pencil Bluff, Arkansas and Carol Dinkins of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas and one brother, Bobby Zallacher of Illinois. Services were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 26 at Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home in Humboldt. Graveside services were at 3:00 p.m. at Barnishaw cemetery in Pine Tree, Arkansas.
Howell Green Butler, Jr.
1928-2002
BRUCETON - Services for Howell Green Butler, Jr., 75, were at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, December 22 at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bud Merwin and Bro. Gray Burk officiating. Interment
followed at Spelling cemetery in Buena Vista. He died on Friday, December 20 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Mr. Butler was born on April 9, 1928 to the late Mr. Howell Butler Sr. and Mrs. Oral Dew Campbell Butler. He was a retired mechanic for DuPont, a member of the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, a World War II naval veteran and a farmer. Survivors include his wife, Nellie Jo Butler; a daughter, Dr. Jan Butler of Bruceton, one son, Dr. Joe Butler of Birmingham, Alabama; one sister, Wilmuth Bridges of Bruceton and two grandchildren.
Lottie Mae Sullivan
1914-2002
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Lottie Mae Sullivan, 88, died on Saturday, December 21 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were con-ducted on Monday, December 23, at 3:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lloyd Ray Rich officiating. Interment
followed in the Shiloh cemetery, near McKenzie. Mrs. Sullivan, the daughter of the late Jacob Martin and Lessie Gray Thomas Harris, was born November4, 1914 in Decatur County. She was a retired employee of Rhodes Laundry and a member of the Enon Baptist Church. Two brothers, Jonathan Harris and Lennie Harris; one sister, Mary Ann Cary and two great-grandchildren preceded her in death. Survivors include Donnie Maria Balentine of Huntingdon; three sons, William Sullivan and Willis Sullivan, both of Huntingdon and Earl Sullivan of McKenzie; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Jessie Lee Edwards
1913-2002
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Jessie Lee Edwards, 89, died on Wednesday, December 25 at the Methodist LeBonheur Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, December 28 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chase Funeral Home cemetery with Bro. Darrell Harris officiating. Interment
followed in the Obion Chapel cemetery. Mr. Edwards was born on August 3, 1913 in Perry County to the late Henry and Pearl Floyd Edwards. He was a retired farmer and a World War II army veteran. His wife, Rasylvia Edwards and one granddaughter pre-ceded him in death. Survivors include five daughters, Shelia Hilliard, Darlene Pryor and Charlene Kelley, all of Huntingdon and Debra Sands and Linda Trull, both of Cedar Grove; two sons, Jesse Wayne Edwards and James Jeffrey Edwards, both of Cedar Grove; three sister, Olli Bell Taylor of Trezevant, Earlene Burnine of McLemoresville and Sue Burnine of Indiana; fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Rubye May Canady
1912-2002
PARIS - Services for Rubye May Canady, 90, were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 31 at 2:00 p.m. in the LeDon Chapel, Ridgeway Funeral Home, with Bro. Jim McKeel officiating. Interment
followed in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery in Buchanan. Mrs. Canady, a homemaker and member of Bethlehem Church of Christ, died on Saturday, December 28 at Henry County Healthcare Center in Paris. She was born on October 9, 1912 in Sedalia, Kentucky to the late John Franklin Story and Neva Hessie Fuller. Her husband, Noble Madison Canady, preceded her in death on August 8, 1999. A daughter, Mazelle Canady, five brothers, Rex, Zelner, Lathan, Herbert and Ruble B. Story and a sister, Lou Doran, also preceded her in death. Survivors include two daughters, Geraldine Sykes of Paris and Janice Ann Webb of Mansfield; four grand-children; and four great-grandchildren.
Mary Carolyn Bates
1930-2002
McKENZIE - Services for Mary Carolyn Bates, 72, were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 31 at the First Baptist Church in McKenzie with Bro. Dennis Trull officiating. Interment
will follow in Carroll Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Bates, a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church in McKenzie, died on Sunday, December 29 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie. She was born on June 15, 1930 to the late Irene Wimberly Nichols and James Rex Nichols. Survivors include her husband, J.L. Bates; two daughters, Alison Tyson of Jackson and Alesia Cates of Jackson; two sister, Ruby Brawner of Lansing, Michigan and Nancy Lyons of Las Vegas, Nevada; three grandchildren, Crystal Ridley, Jake Cupples and Carolyn Cupples; three great-grandchildren, Airan Reed, Keylan Ridley and Alexis Winter. Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Myra Wirth Tafuro
1917-2002
McKENZIE - Myra Wirth Tafuro, 85, died on Saturday, December 28 at her residence. Mrs. Tafuro, the daughter of the late Henry and Edith Geltz Agricola was born on July 28, 1917 in Cypress Hills, New York. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in McKenzie. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, December 31 at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Harrell Nation officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Maurice 'Mo' Tafuro; two sons, Rick Tafuro of Ocean Beach, New York and Bob Tafuro of Holbrook, New York; one sister, Eadie Van Nostrand of Henry; one brother, Harry Agricola of Henry and two grandchildren, Lisa Docherty and Rod Tafuro. Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Hillman Stanley Turbeville
1932-2003
ATWOOD - Services for Hillman Stanley Turbeville, 70, were at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9 at Christ Chapel Church. Burial was in Pisgah cemetery. Bodkin Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Turbeville, a structural steel detailer, died on Monday, January 6 at Methodist Healthcare University Hospital.
He was a member of the Justus Christian Fellowship in Cedar Grove and a U.S. Army Korean Conflict veteran.
Survivors include his wife, June Turbeville of Atwood; two daughters, Connie Turbeville of Nashville and Sheila J. Turbeville of Milan; one stepdaughter, Laura Ferry of Columbia, South Carolina; one stepson, Thomas J. Rimmer of Cedar Grove; three sisters, Claudia Wilson of Salsburg, Jane Winters of Ogden, Utah and Modene Graham of Poplarville; two brothers, F.F. Turbeville of Atwood and Webster Turbeville of Millington; four grandchildren and six step-grandchildren.
His first wife, Lona Juanice Turbeville preceded him in death.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society.
Argle R. Barger
1914-2003
LAVINIA - Services for Mr. Argle R. Barger, 88, will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 15 at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery near Lavinia.
Survivors include his wife, Mozelle Barger of Lavinia; a daughter, Sheila J. Martin of Lavinia; a son, Dennis Barger of Humboldt; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Halford Franklin Lowe
1904-2003
MILAN - Services for Halford Franklin Lowe, 98, were at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 13 at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in the Oakwood cemetery near Milan.
Mr. Lowe, a retired employee of the Tennessee Highway Department, died on Saturday, January 11 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Milan. His wife, Jessie Lowe preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Margie Dring of McKenzie; a son, William Lowe of Milan; a sister, Bertie Lowe Morris of Huntingdon; two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Milan.
