Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Chestena A. Bolton Rodgers, 74, of Memphis, retired from the University of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a deaconess and member of the mother's board Lambert Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Rodgers, the widow of Clifton Rodgers, leaves three daughters, Shelia Rodgers Campbell, Mona Rodgers Ford and Queen Esther Rodgers, all of Memphis; two sons, Dr. Clifton Rodgers of Collierville and Joseph Fitzgerald Rodgers of Memphis; four sisters, Carol Bolton Stephens of Memphis, Gracie Ivy of Muncie, Ind., and Doreatha Mosley and Maxine Tabb, both of Chicago; four brothers, Hannibal Bolton of Sterling, Va., and Fred E. Bolton, Harrison Bolton and Clarence Bolton, all of Chicago, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Ruthie B. Smith, 65, of Memphis, custodian for Bellevue Baptist Church, died Wednesday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Union Hill Baptist Church in Eudora, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Tunica, Miss., has charge. She leaves two sons, Andrew Rattliff and Jerome Rattliff, both of Memphis; a sister, Callie Sanders of Hernando, and two brothers, Lee H. Smith of Hernando and John E. Smith of Detroit.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Philip H. Tuseth, 84, of Cordova, retired Air Force intelligence worker, radio announcer and founder/operator of Veterans Cab Co., died Saturday at Memphis Jewish Home. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Jonesboro (Ark.) Memorial Park. Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Tuseth, the widower of Ruth Ziegenhorn Tuseth, leaves two daughters, Susie Tuseth of Cordova and Sherry Tuseth-Jackson of Jonesboro; a son, Mike Tuseth of Cordova; a sister, Alice Tuseth of Minneapolis; a brother, Robert Tuseth of Crookton, Minn., and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to NEA Humane Society in Jonesboro, Alzheimer's Association or UNICEF.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Bennie Frank Walls, 53, of Memphis, former employee of American Building Maintenance, died Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a Navy veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Walls, the husband of Georgette Walls, also leaves two daughters, Angela Y. Barnes of Duncanville, Texas, and Tosha Stewart of Memphis; two stepsons, Cedric Flemings and Antonio Flemings, and his father and stepmother, Bennie Frank Walls and Irene Stewart, all of Memphis; his mother, Sendle Taggart of Detroit; five sisters, Jammie Stewart of Memphis, Delores Beasley and Joyce Beasley, both of Detroit, and Gloria Burrell and Sarah Padgett, both of Cincinnati; five brothers, George Stewart Jr., Nathaniel Walls, Melvin Beasley, Calvin Beasley and Raymond Beasley, all of Memphis, and seven grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Jaqueline Marie Wolf, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Wolf, the wife of Harold Wolf for 56 years, also leaves a daughter, Denise Wolf of Memphis; a son, Dennis Wolf of Cordova; a brother, Frederick Dennis Ries of Paducah, Ky., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Lung Society.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Adamsville -- Wanda Phillips Stewart, 56, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Crump cemetery. Mrs. Stewart, the widow of Robert Warren Stewart, leaves a son, Mikle Cooper of Peoria, Ill.; her mother, Evelyn Plunk Phillips of Savannah; two brothers, Glen Ray Phillips of Savannah and Jimmy Wayne Phillips of Florida, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Atoka -- Morgan C. Hays, 75, retired from the Navy, died Sunday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Memory Hill Gardens in Memphis. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mr. Hays, the widower of Betty J. Hays, leaves two daughters, Felecia Crutchfield of Harrison and Dawn Hays West of Millington; a son, Morgan Lee Hays of Atoka; a sister, Mary Walker, and two brothers, O.L. Hays and Kenneth Hays, all of Chattanooga, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Memphis Cancer Foundation.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Bolivar -- Eloise Vaughan, 78, homemaker, died Sunday at Pine Meadows Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery in Memphis. Collierville Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Collierville Assembly of God. Mrs. Vaughan, the widow of Edward G. Vaughan, leaves two daughters, Joyce Smith and Terry Patterson, both of Collierville; three sons, John Wayne Wright of Memphis, Tommy Dee Wright of Chattanooga and Jerry Vaughan of Middleton, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Wings Cancer Foundation in Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Georgie Evelyn Pierce, 83, upholsterer, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with burial in Rehoboth cemetery there. Mrs. Pierce, the widow of Cecil Hall, J.M. Pierce and Edward Pierce, leaves three daughters, Irene Cook of Unionville, Barbara Dowling of Yorkville and Vivian Lowe of Dyersburg; six sons, Wilburn Pierce of Roellen, Henry Pierce of Newbern, and Wyatt Pierce, Roy Hall, Benton Pierce and Jeff Pierce, all of Dyersburg, 16 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Betty Jean 'Button' Walton-McElroy, 33, machinist mate in the Navy, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Quiana Dianne McElroy; a son, Malyq David McElroy, and her mother and stepfather, Dianne and Dennis Ireland, all of Soldotna, Alaska; her father and stepmother, Leonard and Patricia Walton of Dresden; three brothers, John Ireland of Soldotna, Victor Walton of Newbern and Junior Walton of Dresden, and her grandfather, Perry Permenter of McKenzie.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Halls -- Lura Fitzhugh Milam, 98, retired florist and beautician, died Sunday at Wesley Homes of Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Halls cemetery. She was a member of Halls First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Milam, the widow of Gid Milam, leaves a son, Bill Milam of Lexington, S.C., three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Halls -- Roselyn Lucille Ferguson Phillips, 91, of Pine Bluff, Ark., formerly of Halls, homemaker and teacher, died Saturday on Pine Bluff. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park in Pine Bluff. Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Home in Pine Bluff has charge. She was a graduate of Halls High School, Union University and Memphis State University. Mrs. Phillips, the widow of Millage Drayton 'M.D.' Phillips, leaves a daughter, Betty Roselyn Norman of Pine Bluff; a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Anne Vogt of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Doris Clinton and Dana Cure, both of Memphis, two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Michie -- Edison Rickman, 86, retired State of Tennessee forester, died Monday at Tri-County Convalescent Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Pebble Hill cemetery. He was a member and former superintendent of Pebble Hill Methodist Church. Mr. Rickman, the widower of Martha Elizabeth Rickman, leaves two daughters, Dianna Griffin of Michie and Donna Keltner of Russellville, Ky.; a son, Jim Rickman of Michie, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Pebble Hill cemetery Fund.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Somerville -- John Dave Cannon, 86, retired farmer and former lineman for Tennessee Valley Authority, died Sunday at Methodist Fayette Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Mount Olive cemetery. He was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church. Mr. Cannon, the husband of Bonnie Jean 'Polly' Martin Cannon, also leaves three daughters, Elizabeth Brewer of Somerville, Catherine Curtis of Whiteville and Regina Bell of Puryear; five sons, Gene David Cannon, Phillip Cannon, Paul Cannon, Curtis Cannon and Dennis Cannon; a sister, Lula Spicer, and four brothers, Levi Cannon, Grady Cannon, Lemuel Cannon and Clifton Cannon, all of Somerville, 31 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Fayette County American Heart Association or American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Somerville -- Fern Telford Mills, 70, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Hill cemetery in Mason. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Mills, the wife of John Dale Mills, also leaves four sons, Steven Mills of Lakeland, Doug Mills of Ashland, Miss., Jeff Mills of Arlington and Carl Mills of Memphis; a brother, Billy Ralph Telford of Walnut Hill, Ill., and eight grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 1, 2005]
Marshall B. Alexander, 55, of Memphis, retired teacher and music director for Tunica (Miss.) Schools, died Feb. 25 at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Middle Baptist Church, where he was music director, with burial in Union cemetery. Victory Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a sister, Peggy J. Davis of Memphis, and two brothers, Arthur Davis of Vallejo, Calif., and Henry Ivory of Sacramento, Calif.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
James H. Arnold Jr., 70, of Arlington, retired from Brooklyn Bottling, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland with burial in the church cemetery there. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mr. Arnold, the husband of Denise Arnold, also leaves a daughter, Lateisha Arnold of Arlington; three sons, Orlando Dodson of New York, James W. Arnold III of Memphis and Joshua Arnold of Arlington; three sisters, Mary Moore of Arlington, Annie Lewis of Oklahoma and Earle Nisby of Chicago; two brothers, Mack Arnold and Robert Lewis Jones, both of Arlington, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
James G. Boone, 90, of Memphis, retired from Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., died Thursday at St. Peter Villa. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Open Door Bible Church. Mr. Boone was the widower of Jewel Purrell Boone. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or Open Door Bible Church.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Lorraine Tanfani McMillan Cates, 80, of Memphis, formerly of Leland, Miss., former civil service worker for the Treasury Department and the old Defense Depot and retired account specialist for the Internal Revenue Service, died Thursday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Mass will be said at noon Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Memorial Park. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of the Legion of Mary, a former member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary and attended Miller-Hawkins Business School. Mrs. McMillan, the widow of Woodrow W. McMillan, leaves a daughter, Patricia M. Gully of Germantown; two sisters, Sandra Tanfani Bland and Mary Tanfani Howard, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Holy Rosary Catholic Church Building Fund or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Peter J. Cianciola, 79, of Bartlett, retired pressman, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a World War II veteran, a communicant of St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett and a former communicant of St. James Catholic Church. Mr. Cianciola, the husband of Ruth Taylor Cianciola for 55 years, also leaves a daughter, Vanessa Elliott of Missouri; two sons, Daniel Joseph Cianciola of Bartlett and Peter Mark Cianciola of New Bern, N.C.; four sisters, Constance Ferra of Palm Beach, Fla., Josephene Haynes of Tiptonville, Tenn., and Paulene Donati and Pearl Taylor, both of Memphis; a brother, Vincent J. Cianciola of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Parkinson Foundation.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
