Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Covington -- Bobby Leroy Conlee, 57, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Rogers Family cemetery in Atoka. He leaves two brothers, Willie Conlee of Tipton and Danny H. Conlee of Chicago.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Covington -- Claire W. Lipsey, 73, of Earlville, N.Y., formerly of Covington, cattle farmer, died Sunday at Bassett Healthcare in Earlville. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Clopton United Methodist Church with burial in Clopton cemetery. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Lipsey, the wife of Bill Lipsey, also leaves two daughters, Karlyn Grzymkowski of Poolville, N.Y., and Barclay L. McCauley of Newstead, N.Y.; two sons, Henry J. Goolsby III of Winchester and William Lipsey of Earlville; a stepdaughter, Karen Sebek of Victoria, Australia, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Wanderer's Rest Humane Society.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Joseph E. Kaplan, 100, retired merchant and owner of Kaplan's, died Wednesday at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jewish cemetery in Greenville, Miss. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Kiwanis Club, Scottish Rite of Memphis and Masonic Lodge 490 in Leland, Miss. Mr. Kaplan, the widower of Violet Sturdivant Kaplan, leaves a son, Harry A. Kaplan of Dyersburg, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Halls -- Carmon Belton, 84, retired well driller, electrician and plumber, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Edith cemetery near Ripley. He was a Mason and a member of Halls First United Methodist Church. Mr. Belton, the husband of Frances Reece Belton, also leaves three sons, Carmon Reece Belton of Halls, Timothy Ray Belton of Jackson and Robert Jeffery Belton of Ripley, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Edith cemetery.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Moscow -- Pearlie Mae Hodge, 79, homemaker, died March 10 at NHC Healthcare in Somerville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Nollies Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in McCulley cemetery in Oakland. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She leaves seven daughters, Betty Barber and Betty Jean Mason, both of Moscow, Betty Louise Hunt of Michigan, Rosie Griggs of Somerville, Diane McNeil of Rossville, and Mary Hodge and Mary Ann McNeil, both of Macon; seven sons, James Smith of Memphis, J.W. Hodge of Williston, J.C. Hodge, Willie Hodge and Charles Hodge, all of Moscow, Mack Hodge of Mississippi and Jack Hodge of Somerville, 62 grandchildren and 90 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Newbern -- Joe Ladd, 77, of Greenfield, formerly of Newbern, retired farmer and retired manager of Federal Land Bank, died Thursday at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. He was a member, former deacon and Sunday school teacher for 30 years at Greenfield First Baptist Church. Mr. Ladd, the husband of Sue Ladd, also leaves a daughter, Lori Needham of Bradford; a son, Danny Ladd of Jonesboro, Ark.; a sister, Sue Johnson of Dyersburg, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Greenfield First Baptist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Oakland -- Amos Bremmer, 97, retired farmer, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at noon Monday at Divine Purpose Baptist Church in Arlington with burial in Harris & Taylor cemetery there. Millington Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Bremmer, the husband of Rosa Bremmer for 61 years, also leaves nine daughters, Dortha Harris, Lillie Ivy, Elsa Small and Mary Bremmer, all of Oakland, Janet Stevenson, Brenda Springfield and Michelle Brown, all of Memphis, and Queita Rhodes and Loretta McNeil, both of Somerville; two sons, John Bremmer of Memphis and Robert Dandridge of Moreno Valley, Calif., 50 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Ripley -- Clara Louise Adams, 67, employee of Magantex Manufacturing Co., died Wednesday at Delta Medical Center in Memphis. Services were Thursday at Currie's Funeral Home in Henning. She was a member of Eastland Baptist Church. She leaves a son, Michael Fain of Ripley; a brother, Bobby Fain of Ripley, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Ripley -- Eddie Wayne Glass, 47, carpenter, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Covington Funeral Home with burial in Mudville cemetery in Millington. He attended Christ Church in Brownsville. Mr. Glass, the husband of Donna Glass, also leaves two daughters, Angela Glass and Jennifer Glass, both of Ripley; his mother, Virginia Daniel of Atoka; his father, Fred Glass of Covington; five sisters, Diane Byrd of Mason, Margaret Pensak of Newark, Del., Janet Glass of Atoka, and Annette Glass and Dianne Glass, both of Covington; three brothers, Jerry Glass and Freddy Glass, both of Memphis, and Sidney Glass of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Whiteville -- Caleb Jon Overholt, 3-year-old son of Paul and Darlene Mast Overholt, died Tuesday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Whiteville Mennonite Church with burial in the church cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He also leaves a sister, Renita Overholt; five brothers, Mark Overholt, Ronald Overholt, Derek Overholt, Josiah Overholt and Micah Overholt, and his grandfather, Elmer Mast, all of Whiteville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Whiteville Mennonite Church.
[Death notice dated March 18, 2005]
Bettie Vera Bailey, 96, of Cordova, formerly of Ashland, Miss., homemaker, died Friday at Appling Wood Health Care Center. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Ashland Baptist Church. Mrs. Bailey, the widow of Bill Bailey, leaves a daughter, Ruth Saller of Cordova; a sister, Lena Findley of Claremore, Okla., and a brother, Ben Harper of Orlando, Fla. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Ella Faye Britt, 63, of Memphis, retired from Graham's Lighting and former employee of Buns on the Run Restaurant, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Mrs. Britt, the widow of John E. Britt, leaves three sons, Terry Britt of Searcy, Ark., Joey Britt of Memphis and Tim Britt of Dayton, Tenn.; two sisters, Joan Thomas and Margaret Kyle, both of Sweetwater, Tenn.; two brothers, Noble Wilson of Athens, Tenn., and Harold Wilson of Sweetwater, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Hardis McKinney Yates Brooks, 86, of Memphis, retired custodian for the Board of Education, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at noon March 26 at Independent Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Brooks, the wife of Lonnie Brooks, also leaves three daughters, Laura Jean Starks, Janice Marie Boyd and Stacie Stamps; three sons, Ricky Garner, Erie Starks and Eric Cain, and a brother, Joe Louis McKinney, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Leonard Brown, 87, of Weaverville, N.C., formerly of Memphis, retired co-owner of Brown Appliance Parts Co., died Monday at Givens Estates in Asheville, N.C. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. He was an elder at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Knoxville and a former member of Central Church. Mr. Brown, the husband of Ernestine Travis Brown, also leaves two daughters, Lynda Burkhart of Cordova and Sara Davis of Weaverville; a brother, John L. Brown of Knoxville, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Travis Neil Burlison, 63, of Millington, carpenter and former employee of E.I. DuPont Corp., died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. He was a graduate of Byers Hall High School. Mr. Burlison, the husband of Dianne Addy Burlison, also leaves a daughter, Susan Burlison Gladney of Kenton, Tenn.; a son, John Paul Burlison of Brighton; two sisters, Frances Hunter of Sevierville, Tenn., and Brenda Jo Tollesfrurd of Michigan; two brothers, Charles Molcolm Burlison of Memphis and James Ichebod of Burlison, Tenn., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Earline Gray, 73, of Memphis, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in West Memphis with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Cynthia Fulson of Memphis and Deborah Freeman of Frisco, Texas; three sons, Clarence Gray and Robert Gray, both of Memphis, and James Gray of California; five sisters, Missouri Matthews and Ruthie Mae McDuffy, both of Indianola, Miss., Corine Edwards of Memphis, Rebecca Bell of Rockford, Ill., and Caldonia Pickett of Detroit; two brothers, Luther Tom Gray of California and Arthur Gray of San Jose, Calif., two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Subrather W. Hardaway, 81, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Beulah Baptist Church, where she was a mother board and Missionary Society member, with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a volunteer foster grandmother for Hanley Elementary School. Mrs. Hardaway, the widow of Robert L. Hardaway, leaves two daughters, Shirley A. Collins and Linda A. Hardaway; two sons, Terry F. Hardaway and Timothy B. Hardaway; a stepson, Junious Hardaway, and a sister, Ruthie Carbin, all of Memphis; three brothers, Rev. Roy Williams of Memphis, and Rev. J.W. Williams and Willie Williams, both of Chattanooga, nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Ernest Robert Hayek, 77, of Memphis, retired manager for Holiday Inns, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at East Shelby Church of Christ, where he was a member. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Hayek, the husband of Mildred Hayek for 59 years, also leaves three daughters, Carrol Hayek and Kathy Hayek, both of Cordova, and Paula Hayek of Overland Park, Kan., and a brother, Rudy Hayek of St. Paul, Minn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Frances Elisabeth Case Hodges, 68, of Barnum, Minn., formerly of Collierville, died Friday at St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Christ Our Righteousness Seventh-day Adventist Church in Moose Lake, Minn. Cremation Society of Minnesota has charge. She leaves two daughters, Sandra Carpenter of Moose Lake and Ann Poppe of San Antonio, Texas; two sons, Joey Carpenter and Louis Carpenter, both of St. Paul, Minn.; a sister, Nell Reiners of Barnum, seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Barbara M. Lewis, 68, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church where she taught Vacation Bible School, a PTA board member of Treadwell, a PTF board member of First Assembly Christian School and a graduate of Treadwell High School. Mrs. Lewis, the wife of Jack Lewis for 50 years, also leaves two daughters, Deborah Lewis of Memphis and Lisa Houston of Albuquerque, N.M.; a son, Jack Lewis of Memphis; a sister, Lee Nash of Hemphill, Texas; a brother, Bill Parker of Pensacola, Fla., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to West Clinic.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
