Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Willie 'Dut' Murrell, 86, of Memphis, retired construction worker, died Friday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. He was a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Rossville. Mr. Murrell, the husband of Carrie Murrell, also leaves 12 daughters, Willie B. Hunter, Mary Hughes, Samella Collier, Ludene Bell, Ola Taylor, Charlene Murrell, Donna Murrell, Margaret Murrell and Tracy Lurry, all of Memphis, Lillie Gilliham of Old Hickory, Tenn., Rosie Davis of Gary, Ind., and Brenda Murrell of Minnesota; eight sons, Robert Knight and Charles Murrell, both of Memphis, Willie Lee Murrell Jr. of Iowa, Leon Murrell and Bobby Murrell, both of Minnesota, Kenneth Lurry of Arizona, Melvin Murrell of Atlanta and William Murrell of Arkansas, 75 grandchildren and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.
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Lonnie Pendleton, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater Paradise Baptist Church with burial in New Park Memorial Gardens. Snow Funeral Home has charge. She was a mother board member of Out Reach Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Pendleton, the widow of Grady Pendleton, also leaves three daughters, Willie Howard, Dorothy Warr and Annie McGee, and five sons, Nathan Pendleton, James Pendleton, Jimmy Pendleton, Larry Pendleton and Gene Pendleton, all of Memphis, 32 grandchildren, 57 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
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Melba Poston, 70, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. She was a member of Range Hills Baptist Church. Mrs. Poston, the widow of William R. Poston, leaves a daughter, Debra Hardin; a son, William R. Poston Jr., and a sister, Cecil Maroon Gipson, all of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
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Michael Jackson Ramsey, 50, of Memphis, former machinist, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Houston (Miss.) Funeral Home with burial in Houston cemetery. He was a member of Community Bible Church. He leaves his mother, Scottie Sue Rhodes of Memphis; two sisters, Debbie DeLuke of Southaven and Nancy Cavazos of Olive Branch, and a brother, Terry Ramsey of Memphis.
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Floyd 'Bunny' Robinson, 69, of Memphis, retired roofer, died March 9 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John AME Church with burial in Union cemetery in Millington. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. He leaves four sisters, Elizabeth Munger of Memphis, Beatrice Coburn of Chicago, Annie Robinson of Detroit and Vera Lane of South Bend, Ind., and five grandchildren.
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Odelia Robinson, 89, of Memphis, retired head pastry chef for Cherokee School, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in National cemetery. She was co-founder and a mother board member of Spiritual Union Missionary Baptist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Robinson, the widow of Rev. Freeman Robinson, leaves a daughter, Ruby Jean Hicks of Memphis; four sisters, Christine Shears of Louisville, Ky., Clemmie T. Rivers and Verlett Summers, both of Memphis, and Ernestine Taylor of Chicago; four brothers, Lester Robinson of Chicago, Albert Robinson of Milwaukee, and Eugene Robinson and Booker Robinson, both of Memphis, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Spiritual Union Missionary Baptist Church.
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Adolph Lydell Rodgers, 82, of Memphis, retired from International Harvester, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a sister, Ginger Bass of Fredericksburg, Va.
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Ruth L. Scoville, 90, of Cordova, formerly of Erie, Pa., former stenographer, died Sunday in Cordova. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Laurel Hill cemetery in Erie. Dusckas Funeral Home in Erie has charge. She was a member of Advent Presbyterian Church. She leaves a sister, Eleanor Whipple of Cordova. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Erie City Mission.
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Marguerite Simank, 90, of Memphis, retired manager of Southland Corp., died Monday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Union Avenue Baptist Church, where she was a member, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Simank, the widow of Arnold John Simank, leaves a daughter, Joyce Simank of Memphis; a son, John Simank of Germantown; two sisters, Loretta Greenlee of Palmer, Texas, and Doris Simmons of Dallas, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Baddour Center in Senatobia, Miss.
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Lula M. Smith, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Friendship Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Elmwood. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Emmett Smith, leaves two daughters, Harriet West of Macon, Tenn., and Barbara Ben of New Orleans; two sons, Coby Smith of Memphis and Herbert Smith of Alexandria, Va.; a sister, Sadie Wilson of Chicago; two brothers, Arthur Thurman of New Orleans and Leslie Lopez of Vallejo, Calif., six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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Tracy A. Smith, 32, of Memphis, employee of Maytag Laundromat, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. He leaves his parents, Arlisher L. and Henry L. Smith; a sister, Teresa L. Smith, and his grandparents, Pearl and David Love and Beulah and Mose Finley, all of Memphis.
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Bertha D. Stafford, 68, of Memphis, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She leaves three daughters, Sherry Stafford, Kimberly Stafford and June Stafford-Williams, and a son, Terry Kimbrough, all of Memphis; three sisters, Lillian S. Clemmons and Dorothy Hyman, both of Memphis, and Lorene Smith of St. Louis; two brothers, Jimmy Stafford of St. Louis and Claude Stafford of Hamilton, Ohio, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Arthur Lee Dorsey Stewart, 67, of Memphis, retired truck driver for Roadway, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Greater Harvest Church of God in Christ with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was an Army veteran and a Mason. Mr. Stewart, the husband of Luretha Stewart, also leaves five daughters, Sharon Robinson, Bridgitt Cruthird, Shari Stewart, Lara Stewart and Jackie Green; five sons, Dorsey Stewart III, Fredrick Stewart, Danny Stewart, Darryl Stewart and Antonio Stewart; two stepdaughters, Brendalyn Bowling and Sherricia Jones; his mother, Annie Mae Stewart; two sisters, Dorothy Knox Mosley and Jewell Monger, and three brothers, Freeman Monger, Willie Clyde Johnson and Melvin Stewart, all of Memphis; two half-sisters, Ruthie Wilson of Chicago and Gloria Brown-Herron of Coldwater, Miss.; a half-brother, William Brown of Chicago, 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Ethel J. Tarpley, 96, of Memphis, retired teacher for the Memphis city schools, died Feb. 20 at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Second Congregational Church on Walker. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Tarpley, the widow of Marvin Tarpley, leaves a daughter, Chrystal Tarpley, and a son, Marvin Tarpley, both of Boston, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Floyd Thomas, 86, of Memphis, retired cement mason for Local 521, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Mr. Thomas, the husband of Angie M. Thomas for 59 years, also leaves three daughters, Ann Davis, Geraldine Yates and Audrey James, all of Memphis; seven brothers, Rufus Thomas, Floyd Thomas Jr., Bobby Thomas, Randy Thomas and Larry Thomas, all of Memphis, and Eddie L. Thomas and LRoy Thomas, both of Atlanta; two brothers, Russell Thomas and Allen Thomas, both of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Mozellar Thomas, 86, of Memphis, retired housekeeper for Baptist Hospital, died Sunday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Union cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Modena Alexander, and a sister, Mary Shelby, both of Memphis; a brother, Walter Washington of Seattle, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Carol T. Thompson, 81, of Germantown, homemaker, died Monday at Primacy Healthcare. Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at St. George's Episcopal Church, where she was a member. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Thompson, the wife of George R. Thompson for 61 years, also leaves two daughters, Dr. Judith Miragliuolo of Rome, Italy, and Pat Ellis of Memphis; a son, James H. Thompson of Shalimar, Fla., and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. George's Episcopal Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
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John Edward Valentine, 68, of Memphis, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home. He leaves his stepfather, Eugene Dean; three sisters, Mattie Ruben, Esther Harris and Irma Crutcher; two brothers, Lester Valentine and Joseph Dean, and a stepsister, Molly Poole, all of Memphis, and two stepbrothers, Roosevelt Dean of Memphis and James Dean of Rossville.
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Louis Edward White III, 52, of Memphis, material handler for FedEx, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Early Grove Baptist Church, where he was minister of music, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mr. White, the husband of Carol Ann White, also leaves three daughters, Jasmine White, Anitra Taylor and Candis Shelton; three stepdaughters, Marian Vaughn, Radiance Jones and Yasmine McEntee; two stepsons, Terdell McEntee and Kyle McEntee; his mother, Annie White, and a sister, Sadie Casey, all of Memphis, and 15 grandchildren.
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Rosemond Williams, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
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