Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Willie 'Billy' Williams, 73, of Memphis, employee of Jamerson Construction Co., died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hill Chapel Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Williams, the husband of Alice J. Williams, also leaves a daughter, Edna Willingham, and a sister, Hattie Harris, both of Memphis, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Adamsville -- Lenard Kiddy, 88, retired farmer and machine operator for Paris Manufacturing Co., died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Clear Creek cemetery there. Mr. Kiddy, the husband of Retha Killingsworth Kiddy, also leaves a son, Jerry Lynn Kiddy of Adamsville; three half-brothers, Billy Kiddy of Savannah, Ernest Ray Kiddy of Adamsville and Carthel Kiddy, a grandchild and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Adamsville -- Paul Gibson Landreth, 88, retired construction worker, died Thursday at Tri-County Convalescent Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home Adamsville Chapel with burial in Mars Hill cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. He was a 50-year Mason at Adamsville Lodge 338 F&AM.; Mr. Landreth was the husband of Sara Leath Landreth.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Bolivar -- Fred Marcell, 75, retired railroad worker, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Dixie Funeral Home with burial in Little Walnut Grove Church cemetery. Mr. Marcell, the husband of Mae Marcell, also leaves a daughter, Mae Lena Bowers; two sons, James D. Marcell and Rev. Felton M. Marcell, and several grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Bolivar -- Mamie B. McKinnie, 86, homemaker, died Sunday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Bolivar Community cemetery. Dixie Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Shirley B. Fentress and Debbie Odom; three sons, Johnnie B. McKinnie, Issac McKinnie Jr., and Baba Zulu, and several grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Bolivar -- George Raymond Smith, 72, Church of Christ minister, died Thursday at Bolivar General Hospital. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. He was a veteran and a member of Bolivar Church of Christ.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Billy Joe Wesley, 39, domestic worker, died Monday in Dyersburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Christian Center with burial in M.C.C.O. cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home has charge. He leaves seven daughters, Robie Wesley and October Wesley, both of Champaign, Ill., Tiffeny Dockworth of Joliet, Ill., and Octavia Wesley, Cieara Wesley, Justice Fisk and Shanikqe Taylor, all of Dyersburg; two sons, Billy Wesley and Ronald Wesley, both of Dyersburg; his mother, Jo Ellen Mayberry of Newbern; his father, Melvin Wesley of Champaign; two sisters, Vickie Rivers of Miami, Fla., and Vanessa Wesley of Dyersburg, and four brothers, Dawayne Mayberry of Dyersburg, Melvin Wesley and Eddie Wayne Shelton, both of Newbern, and Donald Wesley of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Henning -- Freddie Warren Flowers, 82, retired carpenter, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Poplar Grove cemetery in Henning. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Flowers, the widower of Louise Flowers, leaves three daughters, Lynda Pratt of Bradford, Jean Hoskins of Henning and Beth Flowers of Covington; three sons, Stan Flowers of Brownsville, Steve Flowers of Covington and Ronnie Flowers of Ripley, 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mothers Against Drunk Driving Shelby County Chapter.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Michie -- Peggy Eaves Bickley, 72, waitress for Hagy's Catfish Hotel, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Lebanon cemetery in Michie. She was a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church. Mrs. Bickley, the widow of Claude Bickley, leaves two sons, Johnny Plunk and Tommy McClain, and a sister, Willie Pearl Wheeler, all of Michie, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Savannah -- Dessie Faye Hurley Franks, 58, homemaker, died Thursday at Hardin Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Neill cemetery in Hardin County. She attended Old Town Full Gospel Church. Mrs. Franks, the wife of Bobby Joe Franks, also leaves a daughter, Frances Franks of Savannah; a sister, Karen Parrish of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Somerville -- Leo Thomas Desrochers, 92, retired from the Postal Service, died Wednesday at The Parkview in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Somerville City cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and a communicant of St. Philip The Apostle Catholic Church. Mr. Desrochers, the widower of Evelyn Black Desrochers, leaves a daughter, Deborah Desrochers of Memphis; a son, Daniel Desrochers of Louisa, Va.; three sisters, Edna Dow of Salem, N.H., Alice Guilmet of Frankford, Del., and Rita Marcoux of Methuen, Mass.; a brother, Ernest Desrochers of Port Charlotte, Fla., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Philip The Apostle Catholic Church or Fayette Cares Inc. in Somerville.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Somerville -- Raymond Garcia, 85, retired civil service employee for Key West (Fla.) Naval Station, died Tuesday at Collierville Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Friendship cemetery in Moscow. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Moscow. Mr. Garcia, the widower of Lily Santana Garcia, leaves a daughter, Lena Small Bone, of Key West; a son, Raymond Garcia Jr. of Moscow; a sister, Orquida Cruz, and a brother, Joseph Garcia, both of Key West, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Oak Grove Baptist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Winnie Eldridge Adkinson, 89, of Dallas, formerly of Memphis, retired from the March of Dimes, died Friday at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of First Evangelical Church in Memphis. Mrs. Atkinson, the widow of L.C. Atkinson, leaves a son, Stephen Atkinson of Dallas; a sister, Henrietta Simmons of Memphis, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to March of Dimes or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
Fannie C. Craig, 80, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. Mrs. Craig, the widow of Solomon Craig, leaves a stepdaughter, Virginia Frye of Chicago; a sister, Mary D. Lemon of St. Louis; a niece who helped care for her, Leanna W. Sykes of Memphis, four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
Ernest Victor Ebel, 55, of Memphis, truck driver for Schneider National, died Wednesday in West Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a Vietnam War Air Force veteran and a Gulf War Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Tamara Ebel of Memphis; his mother, Barbara Ebel of Independence, Mo.; three sisters, Barbara Flagen of Amarillo, Texas, Delores Ferguson of Lees Summit, Mo., and Ruth Grimsley of Raytown, Mo., and two brothers, David Ebel of Missouri and Robert Ebel of Kansas City, Mo. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Disabled American Veterans.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
Karen Bullman Finley, 43, of Bartlett, office worker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Ellendale Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a graduate of Memphis State University. Mrs. Finley, the wife of Kevin Finley, also leaves a son, Jace Finley of Bartlett; her parents, Janette and Cletus Bullman of Memphis, and a brother, Brent Bullman of Millington. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation or Wings Foundation.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
William Hamilton, 38, of Memphis, formerly of Malvern, Ark., employee of C.C.L. Custom Manufacturing, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at J.A. Funk Funeral Home in Malvern with burial in Magnet Cove cemetery there. He was a Baptist and a graduate of Magnet Cove High School and Ouachita Vocational Technical School. He leaves his parents, Ann and Billy Jack Harp, and three sisters, Diane Yates of South Carolina, and Renee Howerton and Caline Hathcock, both of Malvern. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Malvern/Hot Spring County Library.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
Jerry Donald Harris, 63, of Bartlett, retired security guard, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran. Mr. Harris, the husband of Carolyn Harris, also leaves two sons, Donald Harris of Bartlett and Dennis Harris of Arlington; six sisters, Anita Moore of Jacksonville, Fla., Linda Spears of New Albany, Miss., Mary Rose Lemons and Barbara Boyd, both of Denver, Betty Anderson of Mount Pleasant, Miss., and Becky Harris of Memphis, and two brothers, William Harris of Potts Camp, Miss., and David Harris of Williston.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
Patricia Ruth Baker Ingram, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died Feb. 19 at her daughter's home in Memphis. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. She was a member and eucharistic minister and lector of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Germantown, a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Belmont, N.C., a member of Daughters of the American Revolution and Modernettes, a Girl Scout leader and the first female church council president of the Catholic Diocese. Mrs. Ingram, the widow of Lonnie Jefferson Ingram, leaves three daughters, Sidney Ruth Ingram and Mary Ashley Ingram, both of Memphis, and Michele Ingram Jones of Ashland City, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Poor Clare Nuns, the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
Roger Blake Johnson, 49, of Memphis, hairdresser for Michael's for 16 years, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care. He was a juvenile auxiliary probation officer and attended Byhalia (Miss.) First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Martie Johnson, also leaves a son, Brandon Blake Johnson of Olive Branch; a sister, Brenda Hughes of Savannah, Tenn., and a granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Trinity Hospice.
[Death notice dated February 26, 2005]
