Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Lozell D. Ballard, 66, of Memphis, dorm mother at LeMoyne-Owen College, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Thursday at Full Gospel Tabernacle Church with burial in Elmwood. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. She leaves a daughter, Cheryl D. Thomas of Chowchilla, Calif.; five sisters, Ella Ballard of Mount Vernon, N.Y., and Mable Jordan, Carolyn Tibbett, Cheryl Ballard and Linda Peete, all of Memphis, and four brothers, Charles Ballard of Houston, and Scott Banks, Brent Weekly and Arthur Weekly, all of Aliquippa, Pa.
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Foyice Clark, 70, of Memphis, retired truck driver for Lehman-Roberts Co., died Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and trustee, with burial in Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a Mason. Mr. Clark, the widower of Lillie Clark, leaves three daughters, Ruby Woodson, Margaret Johnson and Melody Harlmon, all of Memphis; three sons, Jesse Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Foyice Clark Jr. and Dennis Clark, both of Memphis; two brothers, Mozell Clark and Jimmie Clark III, both of Aurora, Ill., 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
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Claudette Brooks Dandridge, 63, of Memphis, retired Memphis City Schools teachers' assistant, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Union cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church-Hyde Park. Mrs. Dandridge, the wife of Bailey Dandridge, also leaves a daughter, Carlita Ross; a sister, Felecia Edwards, and a brother, Nathaniel Vann Jr., all of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
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Harold O. 'Boe' Graves, 83, of Lakeland, retired electrician for DuPont, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Graves, the husband of Sue Nell Graves, also leaves two daughters, Jan Whitaker of Collierville and Carol Benson of Bartlett, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Collierville Literacy Council.
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Anne Merrill Guest, 96, of Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Memphis, homemaker and former floral designer, died Saturday in Tallahassee. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of Highland Street Christian Church. Mrs. Guest, the widow of Barnie Lee Guest, leaves a daughter, Mary Frances York of Tallahassee; a son, Barnie Lee Guest of Navarre, Fla., six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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Tommie Lee Guy, 48, of Memphis, died Thursday at NHC Healthcare in Milan, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Mount Pisgah CME Church cemetery in Cayce, Miss. He leaves three sisters, Earlene Fields, Verlean Rubin and Earnestine Green, and a brother, Willie Lee Guy, all of Memphis.
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Mary 'Kat' Harvell, 73, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Allenbrooke Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at Mid-South Mortuary Services with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Charjean Baptist Church. Mrs. Harvell, the widow of William Edward Harvell, leaves three sons, Phillip W. Wardlow of Michie, Tenn., and William Eddie Harvell and Billy Gene Harvell, both of Memphis; a sister, Verneal Griswell of Selmer, Tenn., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Ruth Hester, 85, of Memphis, retired from Memphis City Schools, died Feb. 8 at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Hughes, Ark. V.H. Bins & Sons Mid-South Funeral Home has has charge. She leaves a sister, Joella Franklin; a nephew who took care of her, Arthur Franklin of Memphis, two grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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Starks Jackson Jr., 68, of Memphis, MATA bus driver, died Saturday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Tamekia Jackson of Memphis; a companion with whom he lived, Georgia Swindle, and a granddaughter.
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Thomas A. Lloyd, 64, of Memphis, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Williams Chapel Baptist Church cemetery in Millington. He leaves a daughter, Mary Lloyd, and a son, Timothy Lloyd, both of California; four sisters, Lucy Mae Jones, Artis Gates, Margaret Lloyd and Virginia Webster, and two brothers, James Lloyd and Richard Lloyd, all of Memphis, and several grandchildren.
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Earnistine 'Dean' Gatewood Moss, 45, of Millington, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Lighthouse Fellowship Assembly of God, where she was a member, with burial in Union cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Moss, the wife of Charles Moss Jr., also leaves a daughter, Linda Michelle Moss of Millington; three sons, Christopher Eugene Gatewood of Arlington, and David Lee Gatewood and Eric Dewayne Gatewood, both of Millington; her mother, Willie Gatewood of Millington; four sisters, Ruthie Gatewood of Arlington, Geraldine Gatewood of Millington, and Bertha Poindexter and Roberta Gatewood, both of Memphis; two brothers, Clarence Gatewood and Calvin Gatewood, both of Millington, and three grandchildren.
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Elizabeth B. Murry, 95, of Ellendale, retired from Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died Sunday at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Ellendale Baptist Church. Mrs. Murry, the widow of James T. Murry, leaves a sister, Lillian Snow Ingram of Batesville, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
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Ethel Mae Phifer, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Phillips-Riley Funeral Home in Montgomery, Ala., with burial in Greenwood cemetery there. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church and former choir member and deaconess at Holt St. Baptist Church in Montgomery. Mrs. Phifer, the widow of Dillard Phifer, leaves two daughters, Corine P. Darby of Memphis and Ethelene P. McGruder of El Paso, Texas; two sons, Thomas J. Phifer of Youngstown, Ohio, and Dr. Donald Phifer of El Paso; three brothers, Sylvester Jeminson, Rubin Jeminson and Willie B. Jeminson, all of Chicago, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Hattie Mae Rogers, 102, of Mountain Home, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired loan processor, died Sunday in Mountain Home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park. Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home has charge. She leaves a niece who took care of her, Nancy Oxner of Mountain Home.
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Ronald Lee Sheets, 59, of Memphis, manager of properties and facilities at FedEx Express, died Feb. 8 at his home. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He leaves a sister, Elaine Rissinger of Middleton, Pa. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Save Our Setters in Oakland, Tenn.
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Frankie L. Smith, 72, of Memphis, retired City of Memphis employee, died Sunday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Nesbit with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Smith, the husband of Dorothy Smith, also leaves four daughters, Ella Smith, Girtha Ashford, Velma Self and Patrice Smith; a son, Abel Smith; a stepdaughter, Karen Ingram, and a stepson, Tarran Black, all of Memphis; two brothers, R.V. Smith and Leon Smith, both of St. Louis, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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