Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Bethel Springs -- Arlie Campbell, 91, retired mail clerk for Western State Hospital in Bolivar, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Little Hatchie Primitive Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Casey Funeral Home in Henderson has charge. Mr. Campbell, the widower of Freddie Hurst Campbell, leaves two daughters, Winona Singleton of Atlanta and Joanne Grantham of Hornsby; a son, Hulon Campbell of Falkner, Miss., 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Brownsville -- James Alvin Burns, 61, construction worker for Julian Builders in Jackson, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Walnut Ridge cemetery there. He was a member of Covington Church of God. Mr. Burns, the husband of Mary Aileen Burns for 22 years, also leaves five sons, James Alvin Burns Jr. of Alamo, Michael Burns of Covington, and Andy Burns, Zachary Burns and Cody Burns, all of Bells; four stepdaughters, Christy Humfleet of Hendersonville, Helen Stanley of Brownsville, Carol Ballinger of Alamo and Cheryl Keiper of Dayton, Texas; two stepsons, Gary Odell Curtis of Brownsville and Jerry Allen Curtis of Stanton; three sisters, Velma Lowrance of Bolivar, Evelyn Glass of Covington and Brenda Rogers of Brighton; two brothers, Paul Burns of Covington and Larry Burns of Stanton, 13 stepgrandchildren and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Burlison -- Acey Conway Lawrence, 71, automobile mechanic, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Walton cemetery in Burlison. He leaves four sons, Billy Lawrence, William Lawrence and Roy G. Lawrence, all of Drummonds, and Jesse Lawrence of Burlison; three sisters, Virginia Stafford of Burlison, Beulah Greer of Hernando, Miss., and Idora Westpaul of Tupelo, Miss.; four brothers, L.P. Lawrence and Arnold Lawrence, both of Burlison, John Lawrence of Camden and Gordon Lawrence of Brighton, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Covington -- Jerry L. Mashburn, 66, supervisor for Ralston Purina, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. He was an Army veteran and a member of Solo Church of Christ. He leaves two daughters, Tracy Bryson of Covington and Connie Lou Anne Butorac of Laguna Beach, Calif.; a son, Greg Mashburn of Covington; a stepson, Paul Standridge; his mother, Lucille Mashburn White, and a sister, Patricia Gatlin, all of Covington, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Mildred Warline Cook, 96, homemaker, died Monday at Oakwood Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Friendship cemetery. Mrs. Cook, the widow of Russell Robertson, leaves three daughters, Brenda Kail of Dyersburg, Beverly Freiger of Newbern and Dianne Kommer of Metropolis, Ill.; a son, James Russell Robertson Jr. of Gates, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Dyersburg -- William Hardy, 76, retired Navy chief petty officer after 30 years, died Monday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Dyersburg First United Methodist Church, where he was a 27-year member and a member of Outpost Sunday School Class, with burial in Fairview cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran, chairman of Dyer County Election Commission, a member of Hess Masonic Lodge, Disabled American Veterans and state commander of Tennessee 1976. Mr. Hardy, the husband of Faye Hardy, also leaves three sons, Mike Hardy of Jackson, Bill Hardy of Dyersburg and Steve Hardy of Belguim; three sisters, Estelle Phillips of Bruceville, Katie Harber of Tigrett and Ruby Harris of Hayti, Mo., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Dyersburg First United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Brad Sawyers, 26, carpenter, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Bellevernon cemetery in Friendship. He attended the Church of God. He leaves a son, James Sawyers, and his father, Charles Sawyers, both of Dyersburg; two brothers, James Horn of Dyersburg and Larry Tinkle of Friendship, and his grandfather, Vernon Sawyers of Dyersburg.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Enville -- Lillie Dee Meek Pugh, 91, homemaker, died Sunday at Tri-County Convalescent Home in Adamsville. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Jesus Name Cherry Grove Pentecostal Church in McNairy County, where she was a member, with burial in Milledgeville cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah has charge. Mrs. Pugh, the widow of Howard Pugh, leaves two daughters, Wanda Davis and Faye Cagle, both of Enville; two sons, Thomas Glen Pugh of Navarre, Fla., and Wayne Pugh of Milledgeville; a sister, Vida Bishop of Milledgeville, 10 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Hickory Valley -- Mary Rebecca 'Becky' Cossar, 60, payroll clerk for Western Mental Health Institute for 40 years, died Monday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Bolivar Memorial cemetery. She was a member of Bolivar Church of Christ. Mrs. Cossar, the wife of J.W. Cossar for 42 years, also leaves a daughter, Julie Cossar Jones of Martin; a son, Todd Cossar of Munford; three sisters, Linda Young of Bolivar, Karen Wright of Martin and Suzanne Millican of Memphis, and three brothers, Terry Young of Martin, Steve Young of Bolivar and Mike Young of Jackson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to West Clinic in Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Hickory Withe -- Bessie M. Golightly, 88, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Hickory Withe Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Golightly, the widow of Luther E. Golightly, leaves a daughter, Lanelle Simmons of Hickory Withe; two sons, John Simmons of Hickory Withe and Gordon L. Golightly of Germantown, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Fayette County Animal Shelter.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Ripley -- Ann Crowder, 75, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Holmes cemetery. She was a member of Goldust Baptist Church. Mrs. Crowder, the widow of Jessie Crowder, leaves three daughters, Patricia Anderson, Julia Parades and Sherrie Nelson, all of Ripley; two sons, Gene DePriest of Rockport, Ind., and Lynn Crowder of Savannah; a sister, Omega Woodard, and a brother, Robert Odell, both of Ripley, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Somerville -- Nettie Kathryn Miller McDowell, 82, retired from Pace Industries and C&M; Grocery in Oakland, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in New Bethel cemetery in Rossville. She was a member of Macon United Methodist Church. Mrs. McDowell, the widow of Eugene Hunter McDowell, leaves a daughter, Beverly Chambers of Rossville; three sons, Mike McDowell of Hollister, Mo., Randy McDowell of Los Angeles and David McDowell of Macon; a sister, Becky Alexander of Somerville, 10 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Macon United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Whiteville -- Bertha Mae Potter, 96, formerly of Memphis, employee of Fisher Aircraft during World War II and nurse's aide for Methodist Healthcare and the Naval Hospital in Millington, died Monday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Melrose cemetery. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church. Mrs. Potter, the wife of Thomas B. Potter, also leaves a daughter, Oleta Randolph of Whiteville; two sons, Verl Lane of Lexington and Ralph Potter of Whiteville, 14 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Midway Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated March 16, 2005]
Percy Lee Austin, 51, of Memphis, truck driver for Edmonds Material, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at True Love Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Austin, the husband of Marilyn Austin, also leaves three daughters, Tamika Johnson, Porsha Anderson and Tanja Swanson; three sons, Steve Austin, Eric Johnson and Wallace Anderson Jr., and his mother, Everlena Austin, all of Memphis; nine sisters, Mary L. Jones, Alla Mae Jones, Dora Jones, Dorothy Cox, Eula Moore, Shandra Dyson and Jeanette Fisher, all of Memphis, and Hattie Pearl Griggs and Dorothy Jean Hyder, both of Fort Worth, Texas; eight brothers, William Austin Jr., Andrew Lee Austin, James Lee Austin, Will Austin, Wyatt Austin, Kelvin Austin and Derrick Dyson, all of Memphis, and Norvel Austin of Pensacola, Fla., and nine grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
Eddie Billings, 67, of Millington, truck driver for Armour Dial Trucking Co., died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove cemetery in Drummonds. He was a World War II Army veteran and a Baptist. He leaves two sons, Phillip Ray Billings of Arkansas and Todd Andrew Billings of Dallas, Ga.; three sisters, Betty Holder, Barbara Rooker and Linda Cohen, all of Somerville; two brothers, Don Billings of Lakeland and Charlie Billings of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
Wallace Boyd, 53, of Memphis, construction worker, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park South cemetery. He was an Army veteran. He leaves three sisters, Ella Tyson, Helen Taylor and Linda Boyd, and four brothers, Ernest Boyd, Paul Boyd Jr., Freddie Boyd and Wayne Boyd, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
Patricia Cathey, 44, of Memphis, manager of Kentucky Fried Chicken, died Sunday in Nashville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Southhaven with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. She leaves a daughter, Tonya Lashaye Wallace; her parents, Jane Yoaker Cathey and Sylvester Cathey Jr., and four sisters, Brenda Barnett, Marilyn Cathey, Stephanie Cathey and Nancy Craft, all of Memphis; five brothers, Sylvester Cathey III, Al Cathey, Karlos Cathey and Courtney Cathey, all of Memphis, and Eddie Bennett of Madison Heights, Va., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
Ressie Cox Conner, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Divine Temple Church of God in Christ, where she was a mother board member, with burial in New Zion CME Church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Conner, the widow of Joseph Conner, leaves a daughter, Rosie Hollingsworth of Memphis; a sister, Susie Smith of Chicago; a brother, Marvin Cox of Memphis, two grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
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Grace Lee Curtis, 82, of Memphis, retired bookkeeper, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She leaves two sons, Arthur Irving Curtis of Florida and Lee Curtis of Memphis, and a brother, Floyd Fletcher of Vidor, Texas.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
Angelina Melgara Dominioni, 93, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Mass will be said at 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Louis Catholic Church with entombment in Calvary Mausoleum. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a communicant and Altar Society member of St. Paul Catholic Church. Mrs. Dominioni, the widow of Frank Dominioni, leaves a daughter, Connie D. Smith, and a son, Frank Dominioni Jr., both of Memphis, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Paul Catholic Church, Trinity Hospice or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 17, 2005]
