Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Harry Costello, 78, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Feb. 25 at St. Paul Catholic Church with burial in Calvary. Family Funeral Care has charge. Mr. Costello, the husband of Mary Costello for 55 years, also leaves two daughters, Mary McNally and Bridget Costello, and three sons, Jimmy Costello, Harry Costello and Tommy Costello, all of Memphis, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Karen Hoback Daseler, 66, of Memphis, retired from Shelby County government and Southern College of Optometry, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Roller Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Daseler, the wife of Herbert Daseler, also leaves a son, Preston Hale of Memphis; two brothers, John Hoback of Atlanta and Frank Hoback of Santa Fe, N.M., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Helen Downing, 82, of Memphis, retired teller for National Bank of Commerce, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a 50-year member of Union Avenue Baptist Church and a volunteer for the Orpheum and Theater Memphis. Mrs. Downing, the wife of Fred H. Downing for 63 years, also leaves two daughters, Penny Prince of Cordova and Susan Holley of Florence, Ala., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union Avenue Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Willie Gene Ford, 62, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Mississippi Boulevard Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. Mr. Ford, the widower of Neveela Ford, leaves a daughter, Sharla Young; a son, Rodney Ford; two sisters, Elizabeth Alexander and Dorothy Webster, and a brother, Marvin Hill, all of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Joy Sawyer Gamble, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of United Methodist Women, King's Daughter Peace Circle and PEO. Mrs. Gamble, the widow of Vernon F. Gamble, leaves a daughter, Valerie Gamble Cowan, and two sisters, Mary Alice Acuff and Maxine Pafford, all of Memphis; a brother, James Sawyer of Heber Springs, Ark., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke's United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Eula Pearl Garrison, 91, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a charter member of Macon Road Church of Christ. Mrs. Garrison, the widow of Willie Glenn Garrison, leaves two daughters, Edna Doris Sanders of Memphis and Janice Ann Harmon of Bartlett; two sisters, Beatrice Mealer of Hillsboro, Tenn., and Ethel Overby of Nashville, seven grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, seven stepgreat-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Thomas Hall, 60, of Memphis, master carpenter and general contractor, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a deacon at Whitten Memorial Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Jennifer L. Hall, and a son, Thomas Glenn Hall, both of Memphis; a sister, Carrie Ruth Pannell of Venezuela, and three brothers, Billy Wayne Hall and Carl B. Hall, both of Memphis, and Bobby G. Hall of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Violet E. Harpel, 86, of Geneseo, Ill., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday in Geneseo. Graveside services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Colonial Baptist Church. Mrs. Harpel, the widow of Henry H. Harpel, leaves three sons, Henry H. Harpel Jr. of Geneseo, Rev. Bruce Harpel of Minneapolis and David A. Harpel of Eads; two sisters, Irene Baker of Huntley, Ill., and Harriett Anderson of Romeoville, Ill., seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Wildwood Baptist Church Building Fund in East Moline, Ill.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Alex 'Donnie' Holloman, 55, of Memphis, construction worker, died Monday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Deliverance Temple Church of God in Christ, where he was a member, with graveside services at 1 p.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Pate-Jones Funeral Home in Senatobia, Miss., has charge. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran. Mr. Holloman, the husband of Rita Holloman, also leaves a daughter, LaJuanda Sawyer of Memphis; five sons, Cedric C. Holloman, Omarr T. Holloman, Clifford D. Holloman and Antonio Kennedy, all of Memphis, and Kenneth Holloman of Chicago; his mother, Berthenia Thomas of Coldwater, Miss.; two sisters, Frankie F. Scott of Little Rock and Vera M. Gillam of West Memphis; two brothers, Rev. Robert L. Holloman of Memphis and Ernie Scott of Little Rock, seven grandchildren, 14 stepgrandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Ada Lee Ward Hudson, 85, of Memphis, cosmetologist, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a board of trustees member, with burial in National cemetery. Victory Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of National Business League. Mrs. Hudson, the widow of Tommy Hudson, leaves a sister, Lorene Ward Nightingale of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
John E. Karcher, 81, of Memphis, retired machinist for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and American Legion Post 249. Mr. Karcher, the husband of Alice Karcher, also leaves two daughters, Lori Jarman of Pensacola, Fla., and Lisa Riedel of Cincinnati; a son, Jay S. Karcher of Bartlett; a sister, Freda Sitkins of Detroit, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Methodist Alliance Hospice or American Legion Post 249.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Ira Kirkwood Jr., 83, of Memphis, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at noon Monday at New Sardis Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Kirkwood, the husband of Tennie Mae Kirkwood, also leaves eight daughters, Dorothy Robinson of Somerville, Rachel Williams, Josephine Banks, Joyce Fossett, Barbara Johnson, Paula Kirkwood and Martha Gardner, all of Memphis, and Patricia Holmes of Florida; four sons, Ira Kirkwood III, James Kirkwood and Stephen Kirkwood, all of Memphis, and Donald Kirkwood of Florida; two sisters, Rosie West and Ludell Branch, both of Memphis, 47 grandchildren, and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
John Larkin Knight, 70, of Memphis, retired supervisor for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division after 42 years, died Wednesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner and a member of Highland Hundred. Mr. Knight, the husband of Billie Knight, also leaves three daughters, Gail K. Tosspon of Collierville, Kathryn K. Rodriguez of Fort Worth, Texas, and Karen Ann DeVaughn of Memphis; three sisters, Jean DeJarnette of Pine Bluff, Ark., Sarah Kathrine Richardson of Cordova and JoAnn Calveron of Houston, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Martha S. Mason, 59, of Memphis, formerly of Lepanto, Ark., homemaker, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Murphy Funeral Home in Lepanto with burial in Potter Memorial cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Mason, the wife of Dwight Mason, also leaves a daughter, Sheila Huntley of Memphis, and a brother, Billy Thompson of Corinth, Miss.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Earline Mobley, 84, of Chicago, formerly of Memphis, retired teacher, died Saturday in Chicago. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today 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 18, 2005]
Katherine Nalls, 74, of Memphis, died Feb. 11 at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Southern Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Bountiful Blessing. She leaves a son, Phillip Nalls of Memphis; three sisters, Betty Archibald Hill of York, Pa., and Doris N. Archibald and Daisy M. Bowen, both of Detroit, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Louis 'Popeye' Parrish, 55, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Monday at Greater New Truevine Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Parrish, the husband of Deshon B. Parrish, also leaves a daughter, Lavender Parrish; a son, Odell Parrish; his mother, Katie W. Parrish, and two sisters, Lillie M. Parrish and Magnolia Rouben, all of Memphis, and three brothers, Virgil Parrish of Memphis, Willie Jones of Dallas and Joe Brown of Harvey, Ill.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Bharatbhai N. Patel, 44, of Memphis, hotel manager, died Wednesday at Methodist South Hospital. Memorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care. Mr. Patel, the husband of Hansha Patel, also leaves a daughter, Neha Patel, and a son, Sagar Patel, both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Russell 'Gene' Sanderlin, 70, of Cordova, died Thursday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a former communicant of St. Louis Catholic Church. He leaves a sister, Annette Sherron of Bartlett, and a brother, Stan Sanderlin of Collierville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Madonna Day School or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Harold R. Sanders, 75, of Memphis, retired computer maintenance worker for the Air Force, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and a volunteer visitor for the local elderly. Mr. Sanders was the widower of Betty Sanders. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Bellevue Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
