Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Khoun Sansiri, 85, of Memphis, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care. She leaves five daughters, Naly Vichitnongsa, Khamthai Sisamdat, Kounmany Teaoudom, Phoua Khamseng and Noulay Sansiri, and two sons, Khamphai Sansiri and Bounkhai Sansiri, all of Memphis, 21 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Isabella Balfour Thomas, 84, of Memphis, formerly of Holly Springs, Miss., homemaker, died Saturday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at noon today at Anderson Chapel CME Church in Holly Springs, where she was a Sunday school teacher and Missionary Society and choir member, with burial in New Hope CME Church cemetery in Red Banks, Miss. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. She was a graduate of Mississippi Industrial College, attended Rust College, district director of Christian Education, annual conference president of Minister's Wives Alliance Holly Springs District, secretary of Annual Conference, youth director, secretary of the treasure of the North Mississippi Conference for 12 years, first vice president of National Youth Conference of CME Church and a member of Rust College Singers. Mrs. Thomas, the widow of Rev. W. H. Thomas, leaves a sister, Didentry Harris of Memphis, and four nieces who helped care for her, Doris Leatherwood, Tiffany Harris and Audrey Pounder, all of Memphis, and Daisy Martin of Holly Springs, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Ernestine Abston Tunstall, 59, of Memphis, inspector, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She leaves a son, Rodney Tunstall; her mother, Fannie M. Stigall Abston; four sisters, Dorothy Odell, Fannie J. Brigdforth, Irma J. Neely and Carolyn A. Fifer; five brothers, Roy C. Abston, McKinley Abston Jr., Willie B. Abston, Robert E. Abston and James A. Abston, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
James A. Wilson Jr., 62, of Memphis, machine operator for Ronald Terry Construction, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in McCulley cemetery in Oakland. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Geraldine Smith Wilson, also leaves a daughter, Brenda Marie Wilson, and three sons, Brian Authur Wilson, Kirk Lynn Wilson and Gary Tavi Wilson, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Clara Mae Parson Witherspoon, 75, of Memphis, retired General Session Court manager, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at First Baptist Church-Lauderdale, where she was a member of the Priscilla Sunday School Class and former usher and senior care committee member, with burial in New Park cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School and a member of Semper Laboran Club. She leaves a daughter, Debra W. Goodman of Memphis; a son, Daryl Witherspoon of California, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Covington -- Paulina Deverell, 88, retired clerk for Navy Exchange after 20 years, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Covington Memorial Gardens. Covington Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Covington First Baptist Church. Mrs. Deverell, the widow of George Deverell, leaves a daughter, Linda Huffman; a son, William Deverell, and three brothers, Larry Whitley, Edward Whitley and George Whitley, all of Covington, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Covington -- Alma Wright Giddens, 87, retired receptionist for J.M. Fields Discount Store, died Thursday at Covington Manor Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kahatchie cemetery in Childersburg, Ala. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has local charge. Curtis & Son Funeral Home in Childersburg has charge. Mrs. Giddens, the widow of Sam Giddens, leaves a daughter, Bonnie G. Henson of Covington, a grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Covington -- Mary Agnes Wright Tipton, 76, barber and beautician, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a former member, with burial at noon Tuesday in National cemetery in Memphis. Palmer Funeral Home in Mason has charge. She was a member of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ and a former member of Shiloh CME Church. Mrs. Tipton, the widow of Clint Tipton Jr., leaves a daughter, Jean Helen Carnes of Jackson; three sisters, Bertha Gaines of St. Louis, Annie Cunningham of Covington and Dorothy Mae Williams of Spanish Lake, Mo.; two brothers, Lawrence Wright of Lansing, Mich., and Lewis Wright of McCool, Miss., a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Ruby Weedman Pride, 82, retired from Sylvania, died Wednesday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at J.W. Curry Funeral Home. She attended Finley Pentecostal Church. She leaves a daughter, Gloria Wilson of Finley; a brother, David Weedman of Mount Vernon, Ill., and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Finley Pentecostal Church.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Newbern -- Nona B. 'Ninny' Adams, 80, homemaker, died Wednesday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She was a member of Newbern Home Demonstration Club and Newbern First United Methodist Church, where she was a former Sunday school teacher and a member of Dorcus Circle. Mrs. Adams, the widow of Bennie E. Adams, leaves a daughter, Lisa Jo Adams Abbott, and a son, Bennie Guy Adams, both of Newbern, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Ripley -- Mary Julie Stone Taliaferro, 58, of Nashville, formerly of Ripley, former employee of Lauderdale Garment Co., died Feb. 10 at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Spiller Hill Church of God in Christ with burial in Canfield cemetery. Thompson's Mortuary has charge. She leaves two daughters, Tracy Horton and Linda Douglas, both of Nashville; a son, Leroy Taliaferro of Jackson; seven sisters, Emma Bonds and Beverly Clay, both of Ripley, Denna Pipus and Joy Bufford, both of St. Louis, Hattie Clay of Detroit, Warlean Stone of Milwaukee and Lillie Nixon of Chicago; four brothers, Elmer Stone Jr. and Thomas Stone, both of Chicago, James C. Stone of Detroit and Alvin Stone of Jackson, Mich., and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Savannah -- Marcious Thayer Dibble, 100, farmer, died Wednesday at Hardin Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hermon cemetery in Hardin County. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Mount Hermon Baptist Church. Mr. Dibble, the widower of Pauline Allen Dibble, leaves a stepdaughter, Marjorie Baker of Albuquerque, N.M.; a stepson, Mathew Brawley of Grand Junction; a sister, Dorothy Troxel of Orange Park, Fla., and several stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Selmer -- W.T. Leonard, 57, owner-operator of 45 Mart, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Falcon cemetery. He was a member of Bethel Springs First Baptist Church. He leaves seven sisters, Patie McCallister and Lyda Myatt, both of Noxapater, Miss., Elizabeth King and Shirley Mullins, both of Selmer, Brenda Horton of Bethel Springs, and Betty Ward and Deborah Stanfill, both of Jackson, and a brother, R.B. Leonard Jr. of Selmer. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or the Lauren King Ministry.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Somerville -- Essie Mae Allen, 95, of Atlanta, formerly of Somerville, homemaker, died Monday in Atlanta. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at House of Faith Ministries with burial in New Mount Zion Church cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Allen, the widow of David Louis Allen, leaves four daughters, Dorothy Hicks and Verna Jones, both of Chicago, Lorene Pittman of Gary, Ind., and Cletonia Franklin of Decatur, Ga.; three sons, David Willis Allen, Thomas Allen and Paul Norris Allen; a sister, Velma Jean McGhee, and a brother, Robert Henry Montague, all of Chicago, 18 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Whiteville -- Jessie Mae Minter, 49, activity counselor for J.B. Summers Center in Somerville, died Sunday at Methodist Fayette Hospital in Somerville. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at New Beginning Community Church with burial in Travelers Rest Church cemetery in Laconia. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She leaves three daughters, Rosheena McKissick of Cleveland, Ohio, and Roshonda Weddle and Natonia Minter, both of Whiteville; a brother, Willie Chambers of Cleveland, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 18, 2005]
Muriel M. Baber, 90, of Cordova, retired teacher for North Little Rock Schools, died Friday at Primacy Health & Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Roselawn Memorial Park cemetery in Little Rock. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a member of Mullins United Methodist Church and a former member of Pulaski Heights Methodist Church in Little Rock. Mrs. Baber, the widow of E.O. Baber, leaves two sisters, Lucille Gwens of Cordova and Louise Acuff of Irving, Texas. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mullins United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated February 20, 2005]
Dr. James A. Carnell, 88, of Memphis, retired pharmacist and owner of Carnell's Pharmacy, died Thursday at Primacy Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World World II Air Force veteran, a Shriner, a member of Whitehaven Baptist Church and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. Dr. Carnell, the widower of Angeline Garavelli Carnell, leaves a daughter, Angela Hammond of Germantown; a son, Stan Carnell of Jackson, Tenn.; a sister, Mary Alice Hayes of Halls, Tenn., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Whitehaven Baptist Church or St. Patrick Presbyterian Church.
[Death notice dated February 20, 2005]
Ocie M. Carpenter, 90, of Memphis, retired nursing aide for the State of Tennessee, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member of usher board two, with burial in New Park cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mrs. Carpenter, the widow of James F. Carpenter, leaves two daughters, Barbara A. Davis and Rose Mary C. Freeman, and three sons, Earnest Carpenter, J.W. Carpenter and Charles E. Carpenter, all of Memphis; a sister, Geneva McMullen of Ypsilanti, Mich., 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 20, 2005]
Kenneth Colbert, 51, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Thursday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Union cemetery. He leaves four sisters, Patricia Kincey of Newark, N.J., and Sharon Colbert, Lucy Colbert and Eva Colbert, all of Memphis, and two brothers, John Willie Colbert Jr. and Willie Lee Colbert, both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 20, 2005]
Lena M. Crenshaw, 59, of Memphis, former custodian for Shelby County Board of Education for 18 years, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Mount Sinai with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Tonya Crenshaw and Carolyn Meachem, and a son, Alvin Duckett, all of Memphis; two sisters, Laura Williams Sharp and Sallie Boyce Terry, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 20, 2005]
