Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Somerville -- Elizabeth Lynn Taylor, 5-week-old daughter of Jeffrey and Audrea Foraker Taylor of Oakland, died Tuesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Fayette County Memorial Park cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home has charge. She also leaves a sister, Elaina Nicole Taylor of Oakland; her grandparents, Lynn and Jack Foraker of Munford and Carol Taylor of Memphis, and her great-grandparents, Barbara and John Foraker of Tallmadge, Ohio, Polly Jones of Munford and Harold and Margaret Vincent of Greenville, Ky.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Somerville -- Ronald Dudley Young, 41, collector for Methodist Health Systems, died Tuesday at Memphis Healthcare & Rehab Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Fayette County Memorial Park cemetery. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Alice and Roy Hayley of Henderson; his father and stepmother, Bert and Linda Young of Somerville, and a brother, Dale Young of Heth, Ark. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Friends For Life.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Stanton -- Clara Bell Merriweather Ross, 80, died March 3 at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Adams Chapel CME Church, where she was a member of the mother board ministry, with burial in Chady's cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home in Brownsville has charge. Mrs. Ross, the widow of Willie Ross, leaves a son, Henry Maclin Jr., and a brother, Worth Merriweather, both of Stanton, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 10, 2005]
Climmie Battle, 84, of Memphis, hostess for The Flaming Hearth, died Monday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church on Latham, where she was a member, with burial in Union cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Battle, the widow of Otis Battle, leaves three daughters, Alice Johnson, Robbie Hamilton and Annie Bell Jones, all of Memphis, 15 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Ruth Bellchamber, 82, of Lees Summit, Mo., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at John Knox Village Care Center. Langsford Funeral Home in Lees Summit has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Bellchamber, the wife of James A. Bellchamber, also leaves two sons, J. David Bellchamber of Lees Summit and Richard Bellchamber of Mobile, Ala., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Richard H. Cameron, 91, of Memphis, retired automotive product salesman for Union Carbide Corp. after 40 years, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Mullins United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Restland cemetery in Dallas. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Mr. Cameron, the widower of Ann McClure Cameron, leaves two daughters, Sara Cameron Oaks of Memphis and Ellen Cameron Simonson of Denver, and a grandson who helped care for him, James Mance Espey Jr. of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to MIFA or Mullins United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Ed H. Clower Jr., 75, of Memphis, retired Army first sergeant, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Greater Open Door Baptist Church with burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ. Mr. Clower, the husband of Earline Clower, also leaves two daughters, Juanita D. Clower and Patricia J. Clower, both of Memphis; two sisters, Gloria Hill of Detroit and Ruth Willis of Memphis; a brother, Charles F. Clower of Detroit, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Lillian Margaret David, 88, of Memphis, died Thursday at her home. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South. She was a member of LaBelle Haven Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Joy Rahman of Phoenix; two sons, Noel David of Memphis and Robert David of Bombay, India; three sisters, Hilda Sylas of India, and Dolly Lucas and Grace Paul, both of Toronto, Ontario; a brother, George Charles of London, England, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Grace P. Duscoe, 88, of Collierville, retired cosmetologist and former owner of Grace's Beauty Salon, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. She was a member of Collierville Christian Church, a charter member of Robert J. Jamison Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5066 and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Duscoe, the wife of Garvin Duscoe, also leaves two daughters, Celeste Pinkston of Byhalia, Miss., and Beverly Summers of Somerville, five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Collierville Christian Church.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Annie H. Edwards, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Magnolia First Baptist Church, where she was a mother board member and former Vacation Bible School teacher, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. Mrs. Edwards, the widow of William Amos Edwards, leaves a daughter, Theresa Whitmore, and a son, Jerry Edwards, both of Memphis; two sisters, Viola Alexander and Willie S. Jeffries, both of East St. Louis, Ill.; four brothers, Percine Reynolds of Memphis, and Grady Reynolds, Robert Reynolds and Richard Reynolds, all of East St. Louis, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Anna McKnight Ellison, 72, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Congregational Church with burial in Walnut Ridge, Ark. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of Portia (Ark.) Baptist Church. Mrs. Ellison, the widow of Clay Arnold Ellison Jr., leaves a son, Arnie Ellison of Memphis, and two brothers, William E. McKnight of Jonesboro, Ark., and Jim McKnight of Walnut Ridge. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Congregational Church.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Louise Virginia Frazer, 83, of Memphis, retired from First Tennessee Bank after 37 years, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at noon Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. She was a member of Lindenwood Christian Church. She leaves a brother, Jack B. Frazer of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Lindenwood Christian Church or Church Health Center.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Bill Gober, 84, of Milan, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired from Kroger, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan with burial in Oakwood cemetery there. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Milan First United Methodist Church and the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1529. Mr. Gober, the husband of Frances Stafford Gober, also leaves a daughter, Linda Fields of Milan; a sister, Norma Johnson, and a brother, Harold J. Gober, all of Memphis, and two grandsons. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Milan First United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Joseph Jones, 96, of Memphis, farmer, died March 3 at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at noon today at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. He leaves a granddaughter.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Preston S. Matthews, 88, of Memphis, retired from Slumber Products after 28 years, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was an elder at Macon Road Presbyterian Church. Mr. Matthews, the husband of Josephine Matthews for 63 years, also leaves two daughters, Janet Jasmann of York, Pa., and Jean Rode of Bartlett; a son, David Matthews of Birmingham; two sisters, Mary Kendrick of Memphis and Ruth Stout of Daytona Beach, Fla.; a brother, Carl Matthews of Daytona Beach, and a granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Macon Road Presbyterian Church.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Michael K. Moore, 51, of Bartlett, retired sheet metal worker, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Sheet Metal Union Local Four. Mr. Moore, the husband of Gwen Dunn Moore, also leaves two daughters, Dana Lawhon and Kathryn Moore, both of Marion; a son, John Moore, and two stepsons, Scott Dunn and Jason Dunn, all of Bartlett; his mother, Janie Coffman of Memphis; a sister, Janice Carter of Olive Branch, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Annie Bell Morris, 90, of Eads, retired teacher for Fayette County School System after 36 years, died Monday at NHC Healthcare in Somerville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington with burial at 10:30 a.m. Monday in National cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mrs. Morris, the widow of Hardy E. Morris, leaves two sons, Hardy E. Morris Jr. and Wiley H. Morris, both of Eads; a sister, Essie Batts of Chicago; three brothers, Rayfield Wiley of Whiteville, Tenn., Lewis J. Wiley of Somerville and Collis Wiley of Oklahoma City, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Doris Marie Palmer, 79, of Memphis, retired quality control worker for Plough, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wells Station Baptist Church with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of Baptist Women's Auxiliary and Plough Perk Club. Mrs. Palmer, the wife of Toby Palmer for 20 years, also leaves three sons, Reo Hagood of Tupelo, Miss., Phillip Hagood of Memphis and Timothy Hagood of Charleston, S.C.; a stepdaughter, Jackie Hall of Collierville; a stepson, Phillip Palmer of Atlanta; two sisters, Mary Palmer of Largo, Fla., and Shirley Cathey of Hot Springs Village, Ark.; two brothers, Leon Wilson of Philadelphia and James Wilson of Memphis, 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Dessie Ree Patterson, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a member of Enon Springs Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Carrie Ellington of Memphis and Jessie Betts of Hooks, Texas; a son, George Rayford; two sisters, Anna Mills and Georgia Moore, and a brother, Ivory Rayford, all of Memphis, 10 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
Catherine Lynn Pope, 48, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. She was a member of Millington First Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Crystal Nicole Greer, and a son, Jeremy Shance McCrea, both of Memphis; her mother and stepfather, Dorothy and William J. Bruton of Millington; three sisters, Shirley M. McNabb of Hernando, Renee Yvette Byars of Millington and Linda Ann Pope of Memphis; three brothers, Billy Lee Pope Jr., Johnny Lee Pope and Larry Ray McDaniel, all of Memphis; a companion with whom she lived, Blaine Adler, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Millington First Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated March 11, 2005]
