Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Brighton -- Robert Isaac Izzett Jr., 52, retired Navy jet mechanic, died Monday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Covington Funeral Home has charge. He was a Gulf War veteran. He leaves a daughter, Davina Becker of Louisville, Ky.; two sons, Timothy Izzett of Atoka and Robert I. Izzett III of Charleston, S.C.; his mother and stepfather, Corda Marie and George Wilson of La Vale, Md.; his father and stepmother, Robert and Drema Izzett of Hyndman, Pa.; a sister, Barbara Shipley of Buffalo Mills, Pa.; two brothers, Donald Izzett of Altoona, Pa., and Tommy Izzett of Penrose, Colo., and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Brownsville -- Clarence J. 'Junior' Baggett Jr., 74, retired from Haywood County Highway Department, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Antioch Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Trinity cemetery in Nutbush. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Baggett, the husband of Delois Davis Baggett, also leaves two daughters, Susan Baggett and Mary Jane Baggett, and a brother, Larry Baggett, all of Brownsville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Antioch Baptist Church or Trinity cemetery Association.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Covington -- Nadine Robinson, 61, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Mount Tipton cemetery in Brighton. Barlow Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Veronica Wright and Linda Robinson; three sons, Marvin Robinson, Drakley C. Robinson and Dewayne S. Robinson; her mother, Lorene Robinson; four sisters, Betty J. Mosley, Bertha Robinson, Diane Robinson and Lee T. Currin, and three brothers, Eddie Robinson, Willie Robinson and Mark Robinson, all of Covington, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Hardin County -- Lorine Hendon O'Neal, 89, of Clifton, Tenn., formerly of Hardin County, retired beautician for O'Neals Beauty Nook after 59 years, died Friday at Park Rest Nursing Home in Savannah. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Russell's Chapel cemetery in Hardin County. She was a Methodist. She leaves a daughter, Joyce O'Neal Freed of Armorel, Ark.; two sons, Bobby O'Neal and Terry O'Neal, both of Clifton; a brother, Elvis Hendon of York, Maine; three half-brothers, Luther Davison of Texas, Hollis Davison of Colorado and Dewey Davison of Osceola, Ark., 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Mason -- Veary Lee Sanders, 76, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a mother board member and an usher, with burial in Cotton cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Sanders, the wife of James W. Sanders, also leaves six daughters, Elizabeth Johnson and Maggie L. Tate, both of Mason, Mary L. Miller of Millington, Dorothy M. Sanders of Hermitage, and Margaret Butler and Barbara L. Oliver, both of Memphis; three sons, Walter E. Sanders of Pontiac, Mich., and Louis Sanders and Jerry L. Sanders, both of Covington; six sisters, Beatrice Spencer and Mildred Allen, both of Gary, Ind., Mary Taylor of Bronx, N.Y., Cora B. Thomas of Los Angeles, Mabel L. Tipton of Covington and Velma Avery of Flint, Mich., 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Mason -- Elvis Lewis Terry, 63, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Hopewell cemetery. Palmer Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a brother, Otis Terry of Chicago.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Munford -- Robert Sidney Flippin, 70, barber for Bob's Barber & Style Shop, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Crossroads Baptist Church on Austin Peay, where he was a deacon, outreach director and choir member, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran. Mr. Flippin, the husband of Shirley McCaig Flippin for 48 years, also leaves a daughter, Tina R. Flippin, and a son, Robert C. Flippin, both of Munford; a sister, Neva Beyer of Windsor, Mo.; two brothers, Elsworth Flippin of Texas and Paul Flippin of Windsor, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Ripley -- Rev. James O. Alford, 59, minister of Ripley First United Methodist Church, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ripley First United Methodist Church with burial in Middle Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran and a member of Memphis Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches. Rev. Alford, the husband of Pat Alford, also leaves two sons, Scott Alford of Collierville and Mark Alford of Mount Juliet; his mother, Violet Alford, and a brother, Robert Alford, both of Owensboro, Ky., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Lakeshore United Methodist Assembly.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Rogers Spring -- Beulah Wilson Brown, 94, retired merchant and inn worker, died Friday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Rogers Spring cemetery. She was a member of West Memorial Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Clovis M. Chamblee and Frances Lou Ray, both of Middleton; two sons, William Lawayed Brown of Bolivar and William Lonnie Brown of Rogers Spring, 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Somerville -- Lloyd E. Silva, 58, self-employed trailer maker, died Feb. 27 at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Fayette County Memorial Park cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home has charge. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Professional Care Services of West Tennessee.
[Death notice dated March 6, 2005]
Fannie M. Brown, 66, of Memphis, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a member of New Life Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Willie Mae Thomas of Memphis; a sister, Mary Williams of Starkville, Miss.; two brothers, David Sanders of Jackson, Miss., and Johnny Ross of Memphis; a companion with whom she lived, Samuel Graham, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Carrell J. Campbell II, 47, of Memphis, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He was a member of St. Andrew AME Church. He leaves his father, Carrell J. Campbell of Memphis; a sister, Rhoda L. Jones of Nashville, and a brother, Bruce E. Campbell of Rex, Ga.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Donald Ray Conley Jr., 22, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves his father, Donald Ray Conley, and his mother, Diana Lloyd, both of Memphis; a sister, Trena Conley of Coldwater, Miss.; three brothers, Kristopher A. Christon of Memphis, Kendrick Conley of Coldwater and Dwight Conley of Helena, Ark.; his grandmothers, Jessie Conley of Coldwater and Ethel Lloyd of Tunica, Miss., and a companion with whom he lived, Tandra Williams.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
William A. Evans Jr., 62, of Mandeville, La., formerly of Memphis, writer for Waterways Journal in Mandeville and former reporter for the Memphis Press-Scimitar, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at St. Timothy United Methodist Church in Mandeville, where he was a member. Schoen Funeral Home in Covington, La., has charge. Mr. Evans, the husband of Betty Evans, also leaves a daughter, Lynne Alicia Evans of New Orleans; a son, William A. Evans III of Seattle; and a stepson, Karl Dennis Moya of New Orleans. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Dorothy 'Jean' Brigham Greer, 67, of Memphis, formerly of Oklahoma City, retired from State of Oklahoma Employment Office after 30 years, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a former member of Exchange Avenue Baptist Church in Oklahoma City and a member of Kensington Baptist Church. She leaves a sister, Beverly Heffelfinger of Orlando, Fla., and a brother, John Brigham of Columbus, Ohio. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Kensington Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Mary Hamby, 77, of Memphis, died Saturday at Memphis Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Hamby, the widow of Bill Hamby, leaves a son, Derek Hamby of Memphis, and a sister, Rene Goodwin of Charleston, Miss.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Debra Denise Kennedy Jones Johnson, 45, of Memphis, former Memphis City Schools employee, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bread of Life Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a pastor's aide and choir member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of Michael Johnson, also leaves her mother, Viola Ricks Kennedy of North Carolina; two sisters, Cheryl Denise Kennedy and Jacqueline Laverne Kennedy, both of Memphis; two brothers, Theodore Roosevelt Kennedy Jr. of Memphis and Alphonzo Ricks of Atlanta, and an aunt who took care of her, Lillie Jeanora Lofton of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Rubye B. Jones, 93, of Memphis, formerly of Covington, Tenn., and Paducah, Ky., owner of Ruby's Dress Shop, died Sunday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Maple Lawn cemetery in Paducah. She was a member of Raleigh United Methodist Church. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Edgar L. Jones, leaves a daughter, Sandra Kesner of Memphis, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Raleigh United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Joyce Lester, 51, of Memphis, former employee of Smith & Nephew, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church cemetery in Corinth, Miss. She leaves her mother, Gara Lester, and a brother, Leonard Lester, both of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
Alverdis McGhee Jr., 31, of Memphis, truck driver for McLane Services, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Zion Hill Baptist Church cemetery in Senatobia, Miss. He was a Baptist. Mr. McGhee, the husband of Marlene McGhee, also leaves a daughter, Allana McGhee of Memphis; his parents, Doris and Alverdis McGhee, and a sister, Berene Michelle McGhee, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Roy Herring of Brooksville, Fla., and Jessie Davis of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 7, 2005]
