Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Beulah Parker Cowley, 82, of Memphis, retired custodian for National Plumbing Co., died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Newell Chapel CME Church in Victoria, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery there. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a member of Prosperity Baptist Church. Mrs. Cowley, the widow of Gillie Cowley, leaves four brothers, Eligah Parker Jr. of Bartlett, Sandy Parker of Victoria, and John Lee Parker and Elnoid Parker, both of Memphis, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Philip Niles Crader, 44, of Birmingham, formerly of Germantown, construction project electrician, died Tuesday at Princeton Baptist Hospital in Birmingham. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He attended Germantown Schools. He leaves his parents, Donald Neil and Dorothy Roach Crader of Germantown, and a brother, Don Crader of Collierville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association or the University of Memphis Dr. Earl Crader Outstanding Professor Foundation Award.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Robert Alexius Foster, 28, of Memphis, manager of Blockbuster, died Wednesday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Anointed Temple of Praise on Riverdale with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a graduate of Bishop Byrne High School and Ole Miss and a member of Alpha Psi Alpha Fraternity. He leaves his parents, Erma V. and Melvin R. Foster of Memphis; two sisters, Patricia L. Hubbard and Lisa R. Banks, both of Atlanta; a brother, Rashad F. Hason of Williamsburg, Va., and his grandmother, Helen F. Bailey of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Juarez Hampton, 78, of Memphis, transporter for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member of the usher board and Willing Worker's Club, with burial in New Park cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, Albert Cortez Hampton of Memphis; a sister, Neomi Marion of East St. Louis, Ill., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Denise Jackson Hardnett, 49, of Memphis, former registered nurse for Methodist North Hospital, died there Saturday. Services will be at noon Friday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park cemetery. Mrs. Hardnett, the wife of James Hardnett, also leaves three sons, James Hardnett Jr., DeAndre Hardnett and Jovon Hardnett, and two sisters, Anita Moore and Elizabeth Jackson, all of Memphis; three brothers, Carl Feastar of New York, and Gregory Jackson and Verdo Jackson Jr., both of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Mary Hodge, 83, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Hammond Grove Baptist Church in Arlington with burial in the church cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four sisters, Hazel White, Annie Williams and Jessie Beasley, all of Memphis, and Ruby Payne of Arlington.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Cleo M. Jones, 87, of Bartlett, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Leonard N. Jones, leaves two sons, Robert L. Jones of Bartlett and Wayne N. Jones of Somerville; a sister, Nell Meredith Shelly of Nesbit; a brother, Thomas W. Meredith of Thyatira, Miss., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Paragould (Ark.) Children's Home.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
L.C. 'Peter' Jones, 66, of Memphis, self-employed landscaper, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Sheneen Jones Tate of Detroit; his stepmother, Essie Jones Moore; three sisters, Pearline Sheppard, Annie Edwards and Iris Jones Crum, all of Memphis, and two brothers, Emmitt Jones Jr. of San Antonio, Texas, and Michael Jones of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Theresia Ann Jones, 56, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Life Baptist Church on Latham with burial in Union cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. She leaves a daughter, Demetria LaSha Jones of Memphis; a son, Antonio Higgins Jones of St. Louis; two sisters, Nancy Harris of Santa Clarita, Calif., and Jacqueline Osakwe of St. Louis; a brother, Harold Jones of Las Vegas, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Betty Jane Hamilton Kay, 79, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Allen Morgan Health Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of Le Bonheur Club, Duration Club and King's Daughters and a graduate of Central High School and Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va. Mrs. Kay, the widow of Dr. Harvey L. Kay Jr., leaves two daughters, Ruth Mary Kay Jones of Charlotte, N.C., and Betty Hamilton Kay of Memphis; a son, Harvey L. Kay III of Memphis, and seven grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Helen Drake Marable, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Graveside services were Monday at Clarksville (Texas) cemetery. Clarksville Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Marable was the widow of F.F. Marable Jr.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Keran Leshun Martin, 24, of Memphis, student at Bethel College in McKenzie, Tenn., died Monday at McKenzie Regional Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Thomas Chapel Baptist Church on New Raleigh with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Devine Providence Church and a graduate of Kingsbury High School. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Debra and Rev. Dyron Kent of Memphis; his father and stepmother, Ralph and Anita Martin of Minnesota; four sisters, Britney Martin of Chattanooga, Raven Martin and Kalla Kent, both of Memphis, and Natalie Hudson of Fort Lewis, Texas; four brothers, Christopher Martin, Ralph Martin Jr., Gregory Atkin Jr. and Dyron Kent II; his grandparents, Dorothy Coleman and Frances and Essie Martin, and his stepgrandparents, Louish Kent and Eddie Kent, all of Memphis, and his great-grandmother, Elizabeth Leach of Greenwood, Miss.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Mildred McKinney, 82, of Memphis, retired from Memphis City Schools, died March 16 at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Believers In Faith Church with burial in New Zion cemetery in Moscow. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. McKinney, the widow of James McKinney, leaves three daughters, Webbie Cox and Shirley Faulkner, both of Memphis, and Marinda Robinson of Nashville; three sisters, Arizona Robinson and Portie Ann Franklin, both of Memphis, and Phenora Myree of Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, James Franklin and Lawrence Franklin, both of Memphis, Dempsey Franklin of Dayton and Alton Franklin of Germantown, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Diane Miller, 47, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. She was a Baptist. She leaves a daughter, LaTrese A. Miller; a son, Sonny Miller, and her father, Sonny Wilson, all of Memphis; two sisters, Bobbie Fulton of Memphis and Melissa Slaughter of Chicago; a brother, Robert Miller of Moreno Valley, Calif., and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Floretta J. Mogridge, 85, of Cordova, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Mogridge, the widow of William P. Mogridge, leaves two sons, Alan Mogridge of Cordova and Bill Mogridge of Dallas; a sister, Ruby Asquith of Little Rock, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Trinity Hospice or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Albert 'Chip' Neville III, 61, of Memphis, greyhound kennel owner, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Irene Golf & Country Club. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. He leaves two daughters, Julie Lynn Neville of Memphis and Crystal Neville of Scottsdale, Ariz., and a sister, Ann Arthur of Cleveland, Ohio. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Willie Mae Pearce, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Nebo Baptist Church, where she was an usher board member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pearce, the widow of Willie Thomas Pearce, leaves a daughter, Doris Jean Pearce Pointer of Memphis, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Angela Denise Smith, 35, of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Anjerica Chadae Pone; a son, Donvontae Bobo; her mother, Emma Gene Sanders; her father, Chester Gray; a sister, Shermetrius Herron, and a brother, Antonio Sanders, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Vivian Diane 'Goo Goo' Smith, 40, of Memphis, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Zion Hill cemetery in Lucy. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, Cedric Guy Smith, and her mother, Rosemary Smith, both of Memphis; two sisters, Mavis Smith of Memphis and Caronda Porterfield of Anchorage, Alaska; a brother, Elton Smith of Memphis, and her grandparents, Malilian Ingram and Mattie Rone, both of Memphis, and Clara and Clarence Jamison of Olive Branch.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
Warren Smith, 40, of Memphis, nursing assistant, died Monday in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hosanna Christian Center with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran. He leaves a son, Warren Smith Jr. of Memphis; four sisters, Sylvia Conley and Denise Smith, both of Memphis, Tamara Alston of Washington and Tracy Brown of Indianapolis; two brothers, Harold Alston and Claude Staple, and his grandmother, Annie Smith, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 24, 2005]
