Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Donny Ray Rimmer
1945-2002
ATWOOD - Services for Donny Ray Rimmer, 57, retired Replogle Lumber Company employee, were on Wednesday, September 4 at 2:00 p.m. at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Pisgah cemetery.
Mr. Rimmer died on September 2 at Methodist Healthcare in McKenzie.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Rimmer of Atwood; two daughters, Kim Nelson of McKenzie and Kendell Rimmer of Atwood; one son, Donny Rimmer, Jr. of McKenzie; his father, Virgil Rimmer of Greenfield; one sister, Judy Bailey of Greenfield; five brothers, Bobby Rimmer, Gary Rimmer, Dale Rimmer, Randy Rimmer, and Harold Rimmer, all of Trezevant and four grandchildren.
David Neil Elkins
1946-2002
MEMPHIS - David Neil Elkins, C.P.A., 56, a longtime businessman and former owner of Elkins Bookkeeping and Tax Service, died Tuesday, September 3 at his home.
Mr. Elkins was born on May 23, 1946 in Bruceton, the son of the late Thomas F. Elkins.
Survivors include two sons, Jeffrey Elkins of Memphis and Stanford Elkins of Cordova; his mother, Lou Nell Elkins of Bruceton; a sister, Donna Stoelting of Vero Beach, Florida; and a brother, Dale Elkins of Murfreesboro.
Graveside services were held on Friday, September 6 at 2:00 p.m. at Prospect cemetery in Hollow Rock. Bruceton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
R.L. Nelson
1923-2002
McKENZIE - R.L. Nelson, 79, died on Tuesday, September 3 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie. Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 5 at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie with Bro. Fred Morris officiating. Burial was in Shiloh cemetery in McKenzie.
Mr. Nelson, the son of the late Horace Edward and Josie Rayburn Nelson, was born January 11, 1923 in the Macedonia Community. He was retired from American Cyanamid Co. in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church and was also a World War II army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Retha Vaughn Nelson, to whom he was married
on January 3, 1994; one half-sister, Thelma Schneider of Detroit, Michigan; one brother, Rev. James Wade Nelson; four nieces and three nephews.
His first wife, Inge Shaffer Nelson and two sisters, Elizabeth Nelson Wallace and Frances Nelson McBride preceded him in death.
Ruth Marie Bush Smith
1931-2002
CEDAR GROVE - Mrs. Ruth Marie Bush Smith, 71, died on Sunday, September 8 at her home. Funeral services were conducted on Monday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Christian Chapel Church of Christ with Bro. Rufus Chandler officiating. Interment
followed in the church cemetery where her parents and great-grandparents are interred.
Mrs. Smith was born February 14, 1931 in her lifelong home of Leach to the late William Bennett Bush and Georgia Ann Kee Bush. She was a member of the Christian Chapel Church of Christ and a homemaker. She was the granddaughter of John and Frances Minervia Kennedy Kee and John and Amanda Merritt Bush. A sister, Lorene Hall and three brothers, Virgil Bush, William Bush and Graden Bush also preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, to whom she was married
on August 27, 1949, Willie Smith, Jr.; three daughters, Bertha Walls of Cedar Grove, Elizabeth Blakeman and Lena Crafton, both of Huntingdon; two sisters, Faye Harris of McKenzie and Floy Zipse of Huntingdon; two brothers, Doc Bush of Huntingdon and Willie Junior Bush of McKenzie; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; one step great-grandchild and a host of nieces and nephews.
Chase Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Walter Smith
1929-2002
BRUCETON - Mr. Walter Smith, 73, died on Tuesday, September 3 at the Life Care Center in Bruceton. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, September 5 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe Abbott officiating. Interment
followed in the Bethlehem cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born February 16, 1929 in Carroll County to the late Walter Duel Smith and Queenie Turner Smith. He was a member of the Bruceton Church of Christ and a farmer. He was a former magistrate for Carroll County and former board member of the Carroll County General Hospital. One sister, Mary Charlene Smith also preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, whom he married
on June 6, 1946, Juanita Usery Smith; one daughter, Suzanne Snider; one son, Joe Smith; all of Bruceton; one sister, Virginia Marie Smith of Athens; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Nieana Neshay Clark
2002
McKENZIE - Graveside services for Niena Neshay Clark will be held on Wednesday, September 11 at Mt. Olive cemetery in Atwood. Nieana, the infant daughter of Tanyaka Clark and Terry Weathers died on Thursday, September 5 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Faye Hopper
1929-2002
GLEASON - Services for Faye Hopper, 73 were held on Friday, September 6 at Gallimore Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gene Price officiating. Burial was in Butler cemetery.
Mrs. Hopper, a retired bank teller from the Bank of Gleason, died on Wednesday, September 4 at Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital in Jackson.
She was born February 24, 1929 to the late Orell and Fannie Mae Steele Shaw. She was a member of the Gleason First Baptist Church. A brother, Jack Shaw and a sister, Dareen Owen also preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, M.M. Hopper; a daughter, Fonda Voigtmann of Tupelo, Mississippi and two sons, Don Hopper of Memphis and Hal Hopper of Gleason; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Buddy Tipton
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Buddy Tipton, 46, died Wednesday, February 20 at the Camden General Hospital in Camden. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Larry DePriest and Bro. Nathan Gulledge officiating. Interment
followed in the Bethel cemetery.
Mr. Tipton was born April 27, 1955 in Madison County and he was a member of the Tates Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include two foster sisters, Annice Reynolds of Huntingdon and Helen Brewer of Camden and one foster brother, Ervin Sanders of Huntingdon.
Willie Mae Holloway
McKENZIE - Graveside services for Willie Mae Holloway, 88, were at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18 at Mount Olivet cemetery in McKenzie, with the Rev. James Stewart of Greater Enon Baptist Church officiating.
Trinity Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Holloway died Wednesday, May 15 at Oak Manor Nursing Home in McKenzie.
She was born June 19, 1913 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the widow of Rockford Holloway, who died in 1969.
Mrs. Holloway was a member of the Olivet Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Jessie Holloway of McKenzie and a brother, Robert Holloway of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
A daughter, Odessa Holloway and a son, Willie James Holloway also preceded her in death.
Ima Joe Hunt Utley
TREZEVANT - Ima Jo Hunt Utley, 69, died Tuesday, May 14 at the West Tennessee Skilled Nursing Center in Jackson. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18 at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan. Burial was in the Eldad cemetery at Trenton.
She was married
to Glen Utley, who survives.
Mrs. Utley was a member of the Atwood Church of Christ. She was a retired dispatcher with South Central Bell.
Other survivors include a stepdaughter, Glenda Rogers of Trezevant; two sisters, Martha Manuel of Jackson and Carol Timberlake of Gibson; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Atwood Church of Christ or the Eldad cemetery Association.
Martha Rebecca Moore
McKENZIE - Martha Rebecca Moore, 82, died of heart failure on Wednesday, May 15 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 17 at Republican Grove Baptist Church in Trezevant where she was a member. Burial was in Pisgah cemetery in Atwood.
Born February 21, 1920 in Christmasville, she was the daughter of Ray and Ivie Galloway Crocker, now deceased.
She was the widow of George Ray Moore and was retired from Brown Shoe Company.
Survivors include three daughters, Marilyn Burke of McKenzie, Alice Smith of Henry, and Sue Reaves of Woodland Park, Colorado; three sons, Jackie Ray Moore of Franklin, Johnnie Roy Moore of Henry and Paul P. Moore of Panama City, Florida; twenty-one grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Brummitt Funeral Home in Trezevant was in charge of the arrangements.
Earnest Dwayne "Nig" Allen
HOLLOW ROCK - Services for Earnest Dwayne "Nig" Allen were at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18 at Bruceton Funeral Home with burial in Prospect cemetery.
Mr. Allen, a retired presser for H.I.S. Co., Inc. died Thursday, May 16 at Life Care Center in Bruceton.
Survivors include his wife, Clarice Allen; a daughter, Karen Brooks of Hollow Rock; one granddaughter, one step-granddaughter; one step-grandson, a sister, Minnie Lou Cooper of Hollow Rock and two brothers, Leslie Allen of Hollow Rock and William Ethridge Allen of New Johnsonville.
Martin Roosevelt "Buddy" Hutcheson
MCEKNZIE: Services for Martin Roosevelt "Buddy" Hutcheson, 68, were held on Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 p.m. at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bobby Mann officiating. A private burial will be conducted at a later date.
Mr. Hutcheson, a retired carpenter, died Thursday night, May 16 at Methodist Lebonheur Hospital in Jackson.
He was born June 29, 1933 in Humboldt. He was a member of the VFW and Amvets.
Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth Hutcheson of McKenzie; four sisters, Betty Ray Reynolds of Gleason, Mary Jane Hutchins of McKenzie, Shirley McCormick of Camden and Peggy Burton of Bartonville, Illinois; and one brother, John Hutcheson of Ramer.
His father, Rollie C. Hutcheson, preceded him in death.
Barbara Jean Martin Parker
McKENZIE - Services for Barbara Jean Martin Parker, 71, were held on Friday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m. at Brummitt Funeral Home in Trezevant with Bro. Fred Morris officiating. Burial was in the Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Parker, a retired employee of H.I.S. in Trezevant, died Wednesday, May 15 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
She was born June 21, 1930 in McLemoresville to the late Mabel McAlexander O'Neill and Mace O'Neill. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church in McKenzie.
Survivors include her husband, Marvin D. Parker; two daughters, Karen Martin Parker of Little Rock, Arkansas and Candy Martin Marshall of Russellville, Arkansas; one son, William Dale Marshall of Arlington; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
