Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Rosalie Palazola Paxton, 60, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Select Specialty Hospital. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Louis Catholic Church with entombment in Calvary Mausoleum. Family Funeral Care has charge. Mrs. Paxton, the wife of Robert D. Paxton III of Bartlett, also leaves two sisters, Veta Barber and Catherine McDaniel, both of Memphis, and three brothers, John Palazola of Memphis, Vince Palazola of Collierville and Fred Palazola of Olive Branch. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Martha Mae Pelles, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pelles, the widow of Emile F. Pelles, leaves a daughter, Catherine Cossitt of Searcy, Ark.; a son, Larry Pelles of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Humane Society.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Sarah Richmond, 73, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Zion CME Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Richmond, the widow of John Richmond, leaves two daughters, Sadie Payne and Ida Rooks, and a sister, Gertrude Graham, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
April May Seldon, 65, of Collierville, homemaker, died Wednesday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at Royal Chapel CME Church in Byhalia, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery there. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. She leaves two sons, Richard L. Seldon and David W. Seldon; her mother, Ora D. Payne, and a brother, Sherman Payne Jr., all of Collierville, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Mildred Shergold, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at J.E. Herndon Funeral Home Golden Cross Chapel with burial in Forsyth (Ga.) cemetery. Mrs. Shergold, the wife of Wilford Shergold, also leaves a son, Joseph Maddox of Forsyth, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Cathy B. Small, 48, of Memphis, secretary for New Mount Olive Baptist Church, died Wednesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Mount Olive Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She leaves her mother, Ruby L. Small, and three sisters, Barbara Small, Betty J. Small and Ruthy S. Taylor, all of Memphis, and five brothers, Willie Junior Small, James T. Small, Edward Lee Small and Michael R. Small, all of Memphis, and Larry Small Jr. of Key West, Fla.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Trina Hurd Smith, 33, of Memphis, store manager for Holliday Fashion, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at noon Saturday at First Gethsemane Baptist Church with burial in Noah Chapel Church cemetery in Millington. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. She was a member of Noah Chapel AME Church. She leaves a daughter, Aaliyah Smith; a son, DeAnthony Smith; her mother, Yvonne Hurd; a sister, Kelly Carmalita Leavy, and her grandmother, Catherine Hurd, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Thomas E. Spain III, 78, of Collierville, who was in real estate before his retirement, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Spain, the husband of Larita R. Spain, also leaves three daughters, Anita Jolly of Jasper, Ga., and Shelley Carter and Gaye Sykes, both of Cordova; two sons, Thomas E. Spain IV of Collierville and Michael Spain of Cordova; a brother, John Spain of Collierville, and 14 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Betty Wallis, 79, of Germantown, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, where she was a communicant and a member of the Women's Guild and Merry Makers, with burial in All Saints cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Wallis, the widow of Arthur Wallis, leaves two daughters, Mary Constantino of Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Sue Smith of Germantown; a son, John Wallis of Cordova; a sister, Ann McNamara of Joliet, Ill.; a brother, William Kenealy of Bolingbrook, Ill., and eight grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Don Elliot 'Sonny' Westbrook, 69, of Memphis, retired from Kroger Bakery, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Grace Bible Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. Mr. Westbrook, the husband of Elizabeth Buckley Westbrook, also leaves two daughters, Debra Ann Westbrook and Janice Marie Gregory, and three sons, Tommy Westbrook, Dwayne Westbrook and Keith Elliot Westbrook, all of Memphis; two sisters, Barbara Singleton and Sandra Garth, both of Detroit, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Virgie Lee Conard Williams, 81, of Memphis, retired custodian for Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Greater Open Door Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a mother board member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Tom Williams, leaves a daughter, Virlean Harris, and a son, James Wadlington, both of Memphis; two sisters, Emma Moore of Marianna, Ark., and Belinda Hardiman of Gary, Ind., eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Bethel Springs -- Mary Lou Adair, 66, formerly of Arlington and West Memphis, Ark., retired teacher for Arlington Developmental Center, died Thursday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Moscow with burial in the church cemetery there. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Mary Coleman of Arlington and Judy Byrd of Sardis, Miss.; two sons, William Singleton of Bethel Springs and Eddie Rosser of Red Banks, Miss.; two sisters, Peggy Dodd of Toone and Helen Harrold of Brunswick, 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Brownsville -- Gladys H. Hunter, 101, retired from the Army after 20 years and former teacher, died Saturday at her daughter's home in Surprise, Ariz. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Stanton cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Ursula Watson of Surprise. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hospice of West Tennessee.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Brownsville -- Therman Bert Johnson, 68, of Memphis, formerly of Brownsville, retired carpenter, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Hazel Stoots Johnson, also leaves three daughters, Rhonda Applegate of Trezevant, and Phyllis Peppers and Deborah Jones, both of Memphis; a son, Gary Johnson of Trezevant; three sisters, Ruby Replogle of Memphis, Marie Winters of Fort Worth, Texas, and Louise Williams of Brownsville; a brother, Mack Johnson of Marion, Ill., eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Covington -- Mazell Dickerson, 95, homemaker, died Tuesday at Covington Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member and former usher, with burial in Robinson cemetery in Mason. Palmer Funeral Home in Mason has charge. Mrs. Dickerson, the widow of Elmer Dickerson, leaves two sons, Thomas Dickerson of Mason and Sherman Dickerson of St. Louis.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Covington -- Lottie Pearl Hall, 36, dietitian for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Cotton cemetery. Palmer Funeral Home in Mason has charge. She was a graduate of Covington High School. She leaves a son, DaMarcus Seaberry; her parents, Fannie and Oscar Hall, and two sisters, Gloria Ann Hall and Sherry Taylor, all of Covington, and a brother, Oscar Lee Hall of Grand Rapids, Mich.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Selmer -- Bishop 'Bud' Dixon, 77, retired molder for Caterpillar in East Peoria, Ill., died Wednesday at McNairy Regional Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Lake Hill Memorial Gardens in Bethel Springs. He was a World War II and Korean War veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 974 and Lakeview Baptist Church. Mr. Dixon, the widower of Nellie Jean Kiestler Dixon, leaves two sons, Bishop Dixon and Dennis Dixon, both of Selmer; a sister, Leslie Wray of Pinson; a brother, Ernest Dixon of Bethel Springs, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Selmer -- Betty Louise Sweat, 61, retired from General Electric, died Wednesday at McNairy Regional Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Falcon cemetery. Mrs. Sweat, the wife of James Roy Sweat, also leaves four daughters, Mona Duncan, Heather Sweat and Jeri Ann Sweat, all of Selmer, and Rhina Weatherbee of Booneville, Miss.; a son, Greg Sweat of Ramer; four sisters, Peggy Sloan and Jimmie Taylor, both of St. Joseph, Mo., Debbie Stahal of Camdenton, Mo., and Gwen Thornton of Stewartsville, Mo.; four brothers, Billy Neal of Los Angeles, Doug Taylor of Selmer, Marvin Taylor of Parkin, Ark., and Tommy Taylor of Texas, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 2005]
Stanton -- Edna Jones Poindexter, 91, home nurse, died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Douglass Chapel CME Church, where she was a member and an usher for 70 years, with burial in the church cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home in Brownsville has charge. Mrs. Poindexter, the widow of Leonard Poindexter, leaves a daughter, Emma Peeples of Stanton; three sons, J.W. Shaw of Brownsville, and Ivy Hopson and Charlie Hopson, both of Louisville, Ky., 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 4, 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. today at Greater Middle Baptist Church on Knight Arnold, 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 5, 2005]
