Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Alice Marie Smith, 80, of Memphis, retired clerk for J.C. Penney, died Monday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville, Miss., with burial un Jumpertown cemetery near there. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Roy Baxter Smith, leaves a son, Ricky Smith of Memphis, and a sister, Nellie Lacy of Booneville.
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Jennie Bessie Smith, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Ward's Chapel AME Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Smith, the wife of Robert Smith, also leaves three daughters, Mary N. Williams, Dorothy Ann Shaw and Brenda Joyce Cross, and two sons, Tommy L. Barnes Jr. and Dedrick Smith, all of Memphis, 27 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
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Joseph James Thomas, 81, of Memphis, security guard for Onalepoc Security Service, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Thomas, the husband of Ellen Thomas, also leaves two daughters, Andrea Thomas of Columbus, Miss., and Helen Robinson of Riverside, Calif.; three sons, Joseph James Thomas Jr. and Lacy Thomas, both of Memphis, and Kevin Richmond of Oklahoma City, six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
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Adline Thompson, 76, of Memphis, retired cook, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Whitestone Missionary Baptist Church on South Perkins, where she was an usher board member, with burial in St. Mary's Church cemetery in Nesbit. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Maylene Smith, and a brother, Robert Lee Smith, both of Memphis.
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Bernard H. Vallot, 50, of Millington, cosmetologist and stylist, died Feb. 5 at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Fellowship Baptist Church in Millington. He leaves a son, James Vallot of Hammond, La.; his mother, Katherine H. Vallot of Maiden, N.C.; a sister, Leah Liererman of Dearborn, Mich., and two brothers, Frank Vallot of Ponchatoula, La., and Tim Vallot of Maiden.
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Thomas D. Veteto, 86, of Memphis, retired brick mason, died Monday at Collierville Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Central North Church. Mr. Veteto, the widower of Grace Veteto, leaves a son, Freddie Veteto of Germantown; three sisters, Catherine Stewart of Bartlett, Mozelle Dunwoody of Memphis and Betty Holcomb of Lexington, Tenn., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Central North Church.
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Bonnie Bee Watson, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member and an usher of New Hope Baptist Church. Mrs. Watson, the widow of Sam Watson, leaves two daughters, Susie Marshall and Dottie Smith, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
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Willie Bell Weatherall, 90, of Memphis, retired domestic worker, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mayes Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Pittsboro, Miss., with burial in Cane Creek cemetery in Reid, Miss. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. She was a mother board member of Southside Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Weatherall, the wife of R.C. Weatherall, also leaves three nieces whom she raised, Nellie Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, and Annette Gladney and Martha Isabel, both of Bruce, Miss.
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Louis Allen Webber, infant son of Shekeva Chopin and Cedric Webber of Memphis, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at noon Friday at New Park cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. He also leaves two sisters, Tarkissa Webber and Chante Webber; two brothers, Chedrick Webber and Kewaun Chopin; his grandparents, Lavern Lavender, Curtis Woods and Gloria Webber, and his great-grandmother, Romell Holmes, all of Memphis.
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Marilyn Dorse Woods, 52, of Memphis, environmental specialist for Cingular Wireless, Eye Spectrum and American Building Maintenance, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Gilliam Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She leaves a daughter, Sharita Elizabeth Parker; two sons, Marquette DeWayne Woods and Corey Deon Brown, and a sister, Queen E. Davis, all of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
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Sarlenalee A. Wortham, 76, of Memphis, retired social worker for the Health Department, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at noon Friday at Cane Creek Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Monumental Baptist Church. Mrs. Wortham, the wife of Floyd V. Wortham, also leaves three daughters, Patricia A. Yates and Pamela Y. Strong, both of Memphis, and Katrina A. Paster of Detroit; three sons, Floyd V. Wortham Jr. of Detroit, and Derrick A. Wortham and Frederick H. Wortham, both of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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Atoka -- Patricia Ann Scheatzle, 66, antiques saleslady for ABC Shop, died Monday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Resurrection cemetery in Mount Clemons, Mich. She was Catholic. She leaves a daughter, Patience Scheatzle of Brighton; two sons, Scott Scheatzle of Petersburg, Mich., and Dennis Scheatzle of Sterling Heights, Mich.; two sisters, Delores Metz of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Jeanne Tack of Anaheim, Calif., six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Covington -- Nelwyn Nadine Fletcher Lott, 67, homemaker, died Monday at Covington Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery in Munford. She was a member of New Salem Methodist Church. She leaves two daughters, Becky Lott Whitehead of Drummonds and Felicia Ann Lott of Nashville; a sister, Kathy Fletcher Pritchett of Dresden; a brother, Ricky Fletcher of Atoka, and two grandchildren.
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Covington -- B.L. 'Bodie' McClain, 90, retired farmer, died Friday at Covington Care Nursing Home. Services were Tuesday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Mount Lebanon cemetery. He was a member of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church. Mr. McClain, the widower of Edith Lynn Robinson McClain, leaves three daughters, Betty M. Bennett of Knoxville, Brenda M. Compton of Lompoc, Calif., and Gail M. Lents of Henning; two sons, Kenneth McClain and James O. McClain, and a brother, Edward McClain, all of Covington, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
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Dyersburg -- Earl Grady Carter, 86, retired farmer, died Tuesday at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. He was a 53-year member of Southside Baptist Church. Mr. Carter, the husband of Berinese Carter of Halls, also leaves three daughters, Mildred Brady of Humboldt, Jane Snyder of Missouri and Cindy Oliver of Medina; two sons, Edward Alford Carter of Dyersburg and Charles Earl Carter of Halls, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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Dyersburg -- Marvin Meredith Cook, 78, retired from Colonial Rubber and former owner and manager of Cook's Big Star Grocery, died Monday at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Fairview cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Dyersburg First Baptist Church. Mr. Cook, the husband of Doris Rogers Cook, also leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Cook Bell of Dyersburg; four sisters, Evelyn Rook of Bruceton, Charlotte Ray of Rehoboth, and Carolyn Simmons and Ruth Richards, both of Jackson; a brother, Milton R. Cook of Fairfield Bay, Ark., and three grandchildren.
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Dyersburg -- Sidney L. Wyrick, 66, retired auto mechanic and former employee of Dyersburg Fire Department and Newbern Police Department, died Sunday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home. Mr. Wyrick, the husband of Robbie Wyrick, also leaves two daughters, Sandy Moran of Town Creek, Ala., and Carolyn Shelton of Brownsville; four sons, Michael Davis and Scott Wyrick, both of Dyersburg, Bill Moran of Town Creek and Ronnie Lawson of Dyersburg; a sister, Norma McCaslin of Dyersburg; two brothers, Richard Wyrick of Dyersburg and Johnny Wyrick of Newbern, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
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Guys -- Lula Jones Sims, 99, homemaker, died Sunday at McNairy County Healthcare Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Gravel Hill cemetery. She was a member of Gravel Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Sims, the widow of Homer Edward Sims, leaves two daughters, Nellie Hamline of Las Vegas and Mamie Watson of Corinth, Miss.; three sons, John Sims of Guys, Joe Sims of Eads and Gerry Sims of Memphis, 16 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
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Halls -- Dorothy Ella Reece, 88, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Archer's Chapel Methodist Church, where she was a member of United Methodist Women, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Reece, the widow of Thomas Reece, leaves three daughters, Mary Ruth Baker, Kathryn Palmer and Deborah Riddick, all of Memphis; two sisters, Maxine Burdin of Memphis and Mattie Sue Reynolds of Halls, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Ripley -- Ollie Lee Alford, 41, employee of Vendor Complete Staffing Co., died Thursday in Perryville, Mo. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bluff Creek Baptist Church in Pheba, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery there. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. He was a member of Christian Love Fellowship Church in Memphis and Holly Grove Baptist Church in Ripley. Mr. Alford, the husband of Faye Bowen Alford, also leaves a daughter, Rinika Bonds of Ripley; a son, Ollie L. Alford Jr. of New York City; a stepdaughter, Rachel Bowen of Memphis; four stepsons, James Smith, Jamard Smith and Cortez Bowen, all of Ripley, and Johnnie Bowen of Memphis; his parents, Arthur and Rebecca Alford of Henning; four sisters, Virginia Lewis and Rochella Alford, both of Ripley, and Ella Williams and Georgia Mae Alford, both of St. Louis; four brothers, Arthur L. Alford Jr. and George E. Alford, both of Memphis, Eddie Joe Alford of St. Louis and Robert Starks of Maben, Miss., and five grandchildren.
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