Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Somerville -- William L. Tatum, 80, retired farmer, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Springhill CME Church in Warren with burial in the church cemetery there. Mabone Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Annie Mae McNeil of Nashville; three sons, Tommy Brooks of Somerville, James L. Tatum of Memphis and Rochelle McNeil of Nashville; a sister, Clara Ketchum of Oakland, and several grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 19, 2005]
Grace T. Barry, 95, of Memphis, retired secretary for International Harvester, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. She was a member of Frayser Bible Church. Mrs. Barry, the widow of James Barry, leaves a half-sister, Tommie Pruite of Trumann, Ark. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Gabrielle A. Brown, infant daughter of Tracey and Scott Brown of Germantown, was stillborn Thursday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She also leaves a brother, Winston Brown of Germantown, and her grandparents, Mattie and Calvin Brown of Cincinnati and Hope and Dennis Fleming of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Eddie Mae Craig, 49, of Memphis, former employee of Herbalife Co., died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Center Chapel Baptist Church on Shelby with burial in Bethlehem cemetery in Moscow. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Grace Through Faith Church. Mrs. Craig, the widow of David Lee Craig, leaves a daughter, Shawana Craig; two sons, Kevin Marcell Holley and Delvin Lashun Craig, and four sisters, Jeanette Lewis, Annie L. Stewart, Princess Marie Walker and Annie Marie Fields, all of Memphis; three brothers, Bobby Lee Hurt of Memphis, Christal Hurt of Chicago and Eddie Fields Jr. of Slayden, Miss., and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Adela R. Gomez, 65, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care with entombment in Memory Hill Mausoleum. She was a communicant of Resurrection Catholic Church. She leaves two daughters, Elsa Gomez and Elba Gomez, and two sons, Edgar Gomez and Julio Gomez, all of Memphis; a sister, Amparo Ruiz of Mexico; two brothers, Adan Ruiz of Mexico and Armando Ruiz of Memphis; a companion with whom she lived, Julio Gomez, and 13 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Carrie B. Graham, 91, of Memphis, formerly of Clarksdale, Miss., retired shipping clerk for Southern Wiping Cloth, died Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Stovall with burial in New Park cemetery. V.H. Bins & Son Mid-South Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Graham, the widow of Leroy Graham, leaves a daughter, Barbara Jones, and two sons, Leroy H. Graham and Thomas H. Graham, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 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., 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Doris Mae Green, 83, of Memphis, retired from Goldsmith's, died Saturday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Open Door Bible Church, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mrs. Green, the widow of Clarence Lee Green, leaves a son, William Green of Memphis, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Open Door Bible Church.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Sylvester Harris, 69, of Memphis, died Thursday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial March 28 in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He leaves five stepsisters, Mildred Benton, Louise Clark, Sadie Clark, Demetirus Clark and Novie Clark, and five stepbrothers, Troy Murrell, Jesse Green, Darryl Green, Brian Green and Xavier Green, all of Memphis, and a companion with whom he lived, Charletta Green.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Ruth Sanders Hodges, 84, of West Point, Miss., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Dugan Nursing Home in West Point. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville, Miss., with burial in Booneville cemetery. She was a Methodist and a member of Daughters of the American Revolution Natchez Trace Chapter. Mrs. Hodges, the wife of Bobby Edwin Hodges, also leaves a son, Bobby Sanders Hodges of Chattanooga.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Morgan Hollowell, 63, of Memphis, owner of Hollowell Electrical Co., died Tuesday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at noon Thursday at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven, where he was a member, with burial in Phoenis Chapel CME cemetery there. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hollowell, the husband of Mary Ella Hollowell, also leaves two sons, Calvin Hollowell and Telly Vontrell Hollowell, and a sister, Marene Brown, all of Memphis, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Pearline Jones, 71, of Woodland, Texas, formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday in Woodland. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. She leaves four daughters, Gwendolyn Bolton of Memphis, Vicki Jones-Price of Spring, Texas, Donna Jones of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Ellen Woods of Dallas; two sons, Keith Jones of Ypsilanti and Everett Jones of Virginia Beach, Va.; three sisters, Ellen Shaw of Ann Arbor, Mich., Wilma Jean Walton of Boston, Mass., and Bloundean Burns of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Honey Lopez, 12-year-old daughter of Varona and Alberto Lopez, died Thursday at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood. She also leaves two brothers, Hilbert Lopez and Harold Lopez, and her grandparents, Gladys Placencia, Gregorio Lopez and Briselda Espinal.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Dennis Ray McGirt, 42, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Bolivar (Tenn.) General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Mullins cemetery in Robinsonville, Miss. He leaves a sister, Felicia Johnson, and three brothers, Gerald McGirt, Terry McGirt and Kenneth McGirt, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Homer G. Nails, 78, of Memphis, retired from Hunter Fan Co., died Saturday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a Baptist. Mr. Nails, the husband of Mary M. Nails, also leaves a daughter, Betty J. Nails-Faulkner of Hernando, and three grandsons.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Frances Nelson, 82, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Tuesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mrs. Nelson, the wife of Eddie Nelson, also leaves two daughters, Mary Dillard and Magdalene Truby, and a sister, Azzie Lee Thomas, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Dr. Frank S. Price, 91, of Memphis, college professor, died Tuesday at Appling Wood Health Care Center. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II and Korean War Navy veteran. Dr. Price, the husband of Dr. Jimmie Frances Oaks Price, also leaves a daughter, Barbara Ruth Geluix of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; a son, Marion Shelley Price of Dallas; a brother, Carl Price of Cartersville, Ga., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Herbert J. Roach, 77, of Memphis, dredging consultant, died Thursday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and the recipient of a Victory Medal. Mr. Roach, the husband of Patsy Roach, also leaves four daughters, Pamela Donovan of Fernandina Beach, Fla., Cathy Carney of Bartlett, Susan Walls of Collierville and Sheri Biggert of Memphis; two stepdaughters, Jackie Hieber of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Carman Lavoie of Tampa, Fla.; a stepson, Edward Holtclaw of Lake Worth, Fla.; four sisters, Dorothy Crader of Germantown, Beulah Fowler of Lubbock, Texas, Joann Robinett of Union City, Tenn., and Mary Stauffer of Sikeston, Mo., 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
Daryll Wayne Robison, 49, of Millington, journeyman iron worker for Oldham Crane & Rigging, died Friday in Shelby County. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in West Union cemetery in Millington. He was a member of Lucy Baptist Church and Iron Workers Local 167 and a former member of West Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He leaves a daughter, Rebekah Robison of Knoxville; a son, Kenneth Robison; his parents, Marie and Kenney Robison; a sister, Flossie Marie Munoz, and a brother, James Wesley Robison, all of Millington.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
James 'Preacher' Selmon, 72, of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park Memorial Gardens. Mr. Selmon, the widower of Zettie M. Selmon, leaves two daughters, Linda J. Selmon of Memphis and Dorothy Watkins of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; four sons, Curtis Selmon and James E. Selmon, both of Memphis, Walter Watkins of Chicago and Rev. David E. Selmon of West Burlington, Iowa; two sisters, Annie Selmon of Memphis and Lula Caviness of Pamona, Calif., 36 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 20, 2005]
