Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Somerville -- Gordon Duane Bedwell, 69, retired paving contractor, died Monday at University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Somerville City cemetery. He was a Baptist. Mr. Bedwell, the husband of Glynn Bedwell for 48 years, also leaves two sons, Gordon Bedwell of Destin, Fla., and Chris Bedwell of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., and a sister, Colene Pugh of Jonesboro, Ark. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Somerville First Baptist Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated February 16, 2005]
Stanton -- Sierra Jean Martin, infant daughter of Katina Lynn Slayton and Joseph Stephen Martin, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. She also leaves her grandparents, Rita Benson and Anthony and Carolyn Young, all of Stanton, William Martin of Whiteville and Bobby Slayton of Florida; her great-grandparents, John and Dorothy Campbell of Nutbush, Bert and Dorothy Martin of Whiteville, Allen and Carolyn Duncan of Ripley, Wanda Henderson of Mississippi, Bobby Slayton of Brownsville and Patsy Dietrich of North Carolina, and her great-great-grandparents, Clarence White of Ash Flat, Ark., and Jean Sloan of Brownsville.
[Death notice dated February 16, 2005]
Amanda Mae Billingsley, 85, of Memphis, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Friendship Baptist Church on Vollintine with burial in Bland cemetery in Mason. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. She leaves a son, Hillman Billingsley of Chicago, and a brother, Jessie Billingsley of Cleveland, Ohio.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Carol Ann Farr Bowman, 36, of Memphis, employee of Party Concepts, died Monday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Greater Life Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Bowman, the wife of Charles Bowman, also leaves four sons, Troy Stokes Jr., Frankie Allen, Travis Farr and Jerome Farr; her mother, Sally Ann Williams, and two sisters, Wanda Gordon and Deidre Ewing, all of Memphis; two brothers, Marcus Williams of Memphis and Kenneth Farr of Whiteville, Tenn., and her grandmother, Amelia Barnes of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Ida Mae Smith Chandler, 76, of Memphis, retired from Diesel Recon, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Chandler, the widow of Jasper Chandler, leaves five daughters, Betty Carrie and Nancy Howard, both of California, and Odessa Holmes, Rochelle Johnson and Patricia Walton, all of Memphis; four sons, Charles Owens, Jasper Smith Jr. and Kenneth Ray Smith, all of Memphis, and Christopher Smith of Richmond, Calif., 36 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Shelia A. Conner, 53, of Memphis, Juvenile Court clerical worker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Mount Sinai Baptist Church with burial in Mullins cemetery in Lake Cormorant. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Conner, the wife of Robert Conner, also leaves four daughters, Tiffany Leann Conner and Shannon L. Hamilton, both of Memphis, and Dena Marie Johnson and Edna Renae Conner, both of Detroit; a son, Phillip Eugene Hamilton of Japan; her mother, Bertha Napier of Fort Valley, Ga.; a sister, Willie Kennedy of Tampa, Fla.; a brother, Paul Dennis of Cincinnati, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Virginia Chalk Sanders Cullum, 91, of Little Rock, formerly of Memphis, retired registered nurse after 40 years, died Monday in Little Rock. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at West Side Baptist Church in Greers Ferry, Ark., with burial in Higden-McLehaney cemetery. Olmstead Funeral Home in Heber Springs, Ark., has charge. She was a graduate of Heber Springs High School and the University of Memphis School of Nursing. Mrs. Cullum, the widow of Vernon Ezekiel Sanders and Roy W. Cullum, leaves two daughters, Jeanette S. Jennings of Memphis and Doris Nipp of Greers Ferry, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Gideons International.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Hsing Kwei Gaw, 88, of Memphis, retired mechanical engineer, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a graduate of Chinese Air Force College of Technology. Mr. Gaw, the husband of Pao Chen Sun Gaw, also leaves two daughters, Lisa Gaw and Lee Gaw Chiew, both of Memphis; two sons, Gary Gaw of Newark, N.J., and Benjamin Gaw of Cincinnati, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Patricia Ann Hall, 57, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three sons, Olanda Hall, Tony Hall and Demorrio Hall; four sisters, Barbara Hall, Rosie Lewis, Veronica Mabry and Mary Coleman, and a brother, James Hall, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Bernard Raymond Hurd, 29, of Memphis, formerly of Turrell, Ark., died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. He leaves his mother, Geneva Hurd of Turrell; his father, Gladestone Butler, and a sister, Renea Butler, both of Memphis, and his grandmother, Mose Ella Cummings of Turrell.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Willie James Jones, 72, of Memphis, retired shift supervisor for Memphis Wood Products, died Tuesday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Mr. Jones, the husband of Elizabeth Richmond Jones, also leaves 12 daughters, Debbie Simms, Regina Jones, Marthena Horton, Shuntae Jones, DeMyria Jones, Precious Jones, Vicki Jones, Eva Tillman, Janice Simms and Kimberly Jones, all of Memphis, Gwendolyn Woody of Texas and Brenda Jones of Chicago; six sons, Kenny Caldwell of Kentucky, James Caldwell of Texas, Willie James Jones Jr. of New York City, and Kevin Jones, Arkeen Jones and Isadore Jones, all of Memphis; a sister, Ella Mae Murphy of Detroit, and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Albert Jerry Kuykendall, 62, retired account executive for Campbell Soup after 35 years, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a graduate of Jackson (Tenn.) High School, Union University in Jackson, University of Memphis and St. Joe University in Pennsylvania, a member of Union University's National Alumni Board and Campbell Soup Co. Hall of Fame and Medallion Club. He was active at Bellevue Baptist Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher and Sunday school director and served on many committees. He was a recipient of the Great Drummer Award from the National Food Store Operators Association, a Boy Scout leader and a softball coach for the Memphis City Church League. Mr. Kuykendall, the husband of N. Kay Jones Kuykendall, also leaves a daughter, Jana Jones Leist, and a son, Mike Morrell Jones, both of Memphis; his mother, Georgia Weaver Kuykendall, and a sister, Linda Kuykendall Johnston, both of Jackson, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union University or Memphis Cancer Center.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Dr. Nathaniel Matthews, 68, retired educator for Memphis City Schools, died Monday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Collins Chapel CME Church, where he was a steward board member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. V. H. Bins & Sons Mid-South Funeral Home has charge. He was a graduate of Melrose High School and the University of Memphis, treasurer of Memphis Contract Bridge Club and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. Mr. Matthews, the husband of Tommie J. Matthews, also leaves a daughter, Nataline Matthews Woods of Kennesaw, Ga.; a son, Marvin Andrea Matthews of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, James Matthews, Larry Matthews, Verdell Matthews and Arvester Matthews, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Lisa Bumpus May, 45, of Memphis, homemaker and caregiver, died Monday at King's Daughters and Sons Home. Mass will be said at noon Saturday at St. Paul's Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Elmwood. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Pamela Carter Sanders of Memphis, and two brothers, Eric Gray Carter and Michael Steven Carter, both of Houston.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Mary Ann McCarthy, 80, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Holy Rosary Altar Society and a volunteer for Muscular Dystrophy Association. Mrs. McCarthy, the wife of Douglas B. McCarthy for 55 years, also leaves two sons, Robert C. McCarthy of Memphis and Pat McCarthy of Oklahoma City; a brother, Jack W. Theobald, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Muscular Dystrophy Association or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Earline Mobley, 84, of Chicago, formerly of Memphis, retired teacher, died Saturday in Chicago. Graveside services will be at noon Friday at Calvary. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a 50-year member of Mount Olive Cathedral, where she was a stewardess board member, and a member of Retired Teachers Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Southern Belle Bridge Club. Mrs. Mobley, the widow of Roland T. Mobley, leaves a sister-in-law, Connie M. Wolford, and a niece, Belinda C. Jackson, both of Chicago and both of whom helped care for her.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Robert Mull, 79, of Memphis, retired from Hartwell Handle Factory, died Tuesday at Senior Services Healthcare Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. Mr. Mull, the husband of Leonia Mull, also leaves three daughters, Rosa Mull, Gloria Mull and Katie Gregory; two sons, Willie Mull and Robert Mull Jr.; two sisters, Sylvia Mull and Queenester Ayers, and a brother, Booker T. Mull, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Turner Boyd 'Bud' Parham, 75, of Millington, retired maintenance worker for Shelby County Support Systems, died Monday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services were Wednesday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. He was a member of Millington Church of Christ. Mr. Parham, the husband of Estelle Parham, also leaves five sons, Carey Parham, Sid Parham, Clifford Parham, Charlie Parham and Ricky Parham, all of Millington; four sisters, Betty Rhodes of Henning, Tenn., Peggy McBroom of Millington, Evelyn Jennings of Memphis and Alinda Moorer of Sevierville, Tenn., nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Millington Church of Christ.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
William Maurice Powell, 59, of Memphis, engineer, died Monday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at South Side Church of Christ, where she was a member, with burial at 11 a.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was an Air Force veteran and a graduate of Father Bertrand Catholic High School. He leaves three sons, Martin Thamous Powell, Jonathan Scott Powell and Maurice Powell; four sisters, Laura Austin Kinchelow, Grace Austin Meacham, Margaret Powell Beasley and Phyllis Powell Taylor, and a brother, Jerome C. Powell, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
Frank Edward Prewitt, 49, of Memphis, former employee of FPG Co., died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lake Grove Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Lillian L. Prewitt Studaway of Memphis; two sisters, Wendy Miller of Atlanta and Sharon Simmons of Memphis, and a brother, Mark Wayne Studaway of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 17, 2005]
