Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
COUNCE - Troy Lee Davis, 77, retired river towboat captain after 20 years, died of cancer Saturday at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Miss. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Cromwell South Shiloh Cemetery in Shiloh. Mr. Davis, the husband of Jewell Gray Davis, also leaves two daughters, Jean Mayhall of Counce and Dean Lee of Savannah; three sons, David Davis and Johnny Davis, both of Counce, and Troy Lee Davis Jr. of Bartlett; a brother, Neal Bowden of Counce, eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
FRIENDSHIP - J. W. Davis, 82, retired mechanic for Crockett County Highway Department, died of a bacterial infection Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Floyd's Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Maury City Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Davis, the husband of Pauline Davis, also leaves three daughters, Sherry Wright of Halls, Nancy Climer of Alamo and Ann Taylor of Brownsville; a son, David Davis of Friendship; two sisters, Elsie Lovelace of Maury City and Evie Gregory of Ro Ellen; a brother, Malcolm Davis of Houston, 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
HALLS - Estelle Uselton Broyles, 82, homemaker, died of myocardial infarction Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Halls Cemetery. She was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove. Mrs. Broyles, the widow of Arthur Broyles, leaves three daughters, Carolyn Hendren, Rita Pool and Elizabeth Mathis, and a son, Tim Broyles, all of Halls; a brother, Leon Uselton of Greenwich, Ohio, 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
HENRY - Thomas Brooks Smith, 80, of Memphis, formerly of Henry, retired buyer for Sears Roebuck & Co., died of heart failure Friday at Shelby Pines Nursing Home in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel in Memphis with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens there. He was a World War II Army veteran. He leaves three sisters, Katie Jean Hart and Glenda Ann James, both of Paris, and Freida Marie Anderson of Clarksburg, W. Va.; a brother, H. B. `Bo' Smith of Henry, and a friend who cared for him, Bobbie Jo Daniel. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or MIFA.
Dated January 13, 2001
HUMBOLDT - Robert E. Graves, 85, of Jacksonville, Fla, formerly of Humboldt, retired employee of Railroad Retirement Board, died of heart failure Dec. 23 in Jacksonville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Graves, the husband of Myrie W. Graves, also leaves two daughters, Kay Allgood of Nashville and Elaine Marshall of Wilson, N. C.; three sisters, Virginia Pitts and Jane Stone, both of Memphis, and Ann Pettigrew of Brownsville; two brothers, Howard E. Graves and James T. Graves, both of Humboldt, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
JACKSON - Louis Stanback, 75, died of heart disease Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Willow Grove Cemetery in Brownsville. Mercer Brothers Funeral Home has charge. He leaves five daughters, Anna M. Godwin, Delores Randle, Cheyenne Hill, Hattie Stanback Hill and Mary Ann Douglas, and four sons, Samuel Hill, Darrell Owen, James Stanback and Louis T. Stanback Jr..
Dated January 13, 2001
MASON - Dianne Anthony Butler, 43, cook at Short Stop, died of heart failure Jan. 6 at her home. Services were Saturday at Cedar Grove Baptist Church with burial in Keeling (Tenn.) First Baptist Church Cemetery. Mason Funeral Home had charge. She leaves a daughter, Tawana Anthony; two sons, Anthony Butler Jr. and Mario Butler; four sisters, Carolyn Anthony, Wendy Rudd, Alice Mae Jones and Belinda Powell; six brothers, David Anthony, Howard Anthony, Terry Anthony, Darry D. Anthony, William Anthony and Evidell Anthony Jr., and two grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
MASON - Emma Sue Shaw, 74, of Memphis, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central in Memphis. Services were Saturday at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Sinai Cemetery. Mason Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Shaw, the widow of James O. Shaw, leaves a son, Leonard T. Shaw of South Bend, Ind.; three sisters, Parthena Shaw of Chicago and Katherine Thompson and Hannah Billingsley, both of Memphis; three brothers, John Will Jones of Mason and Rev. Ellis Jones and Erma Yates, both of Memphis, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
PARIS - Opal Mae Crafton, 83, former cook for Benton County High School, died of Parkinson disease Friday at Lifecare of Bruceton. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Ridgeway Funeral Home with burial in Eastview Cemetery in Camden. She was a member of Cedar Grove Church of Christ and attended Springhill Baptist Church. Mrs. Crafton, the widow of James Calvin Crafton, leaves two daughters, Sherry Cook of Mansfield and Carolyn Keefer of Dixon, Ill.; a son, Dewey Crafton of Mansfield, seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
SHARON - Ruby Nell Walker, 76, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Healthcare Volunteer Hospital-Martin. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Alamo Baptist Church near Rives with burial in the church cemetery there. Gardner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Walker, the wife of Robert Walker, also leaves a daughter, Paula Seabron of Union City; two sisters, Frances Weaver of Ro Ellen and Ima Bass of Smyrna; a brother, Bill Foster of Flint, Mich., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Dated January 13, 2001
SILERTON - Elton Herschel Vandiver, 49, truck driver for Kiddy Enterprise and Transway, died of cancer Friday at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Walnut Grove Cemetery near Bolivar. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. He was a member of Selmer Seventh-day Adventist Church. He leaves three daughters, Dorothy Barnes of Silerton and Donna Cryer and Robin Cryer, both of Memphis; his parents, Pattie and Windle Vandiver of Bethel Springs; five sisters, Rachel Sparks of Selmer, Charlotte Jeter of Brownsville, Debra Monroe of Meadville, Miss., and Yvonne Floyd and Sandra Ortiz, both of Peoria, Ill.; three brothers, Roger Vandiver and Curby Vandiver, both of Hornsby, and Joseph Vandiver of Huntingdon; a caregiver, Mary Mayfield of Silerton, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Clara Bassett, 88, of Memphis, widow of William Bassett, died of pneumonia Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Willella Davis, 87, of 1056 Linden, homemaker, widow of Cleveland Davis, died of cancer Friday at Saint Francis Nursing Home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Angel C. Donald, daughter of Gerrie Donald and Christopher Holmes of Memphis, was stillborn Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Lashawn Monique Glenn, 32, of 4642 Sugar Creek, wife of Rodney Glenn, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-South.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Marion Lee Griffin, 61, of West Memphis, operation manager for Gordons Transports, husband of Patricia Griffin, died Thursday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis of complications from diabetes.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Irby Hitchings Jr., 43, of Memphis, died Thursday at his home. The cause of death had not yet been determined pending an autopsy.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Earnest Hubbard, 66, of Memphis, husband of Bernice Hubbard, died of heart failure Wednesday at his home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Charles E. Johnson, 42, of 3174 Rangeline, security officer for Imperial Security, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Central.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Easter Johnson, 89, of Memphis, retired laundry worker, died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Healthcare-Central.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Thelma West Johnson, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, widow of Victor Johnson, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare-Central.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Lorene Gannon Miles, 74, of Largo, Fla., formerly of Memphis, retired employee of BellSouth, wife of Charles Miles, died of heart failure Thursday at her home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Lavelle S. Moore, 76, of Cordova, widow of Col. Harry Z. Moore, died of heart failure Friday at her home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - William Alex Oliver, 77, of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Annie L. Patterson, 79, of 768 McConnell, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Harry Johnson Phillips, 70, of Memphis, founder and chief executive officer of Browning Ferris Industries, husband of Louise `Weetie' Bondurant Phillips, died of cancer Friday at his home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Thelma Pryor, 72, of 2075 Warren, homemaker, died of heart failure Jan. 4 at her home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Joseph Puckett, 91, of 501 Boston, died of heart failure Thursday at his home.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Paul Henry Russell, 86, of Hollywood, Fla., formerly of Memphis, retired Navy chief petty officer after 24 years, husband of Clara Russell, died of cancer Wednesday at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Mary Frances Tarver, 91, of Olive Branch, homemaker, widow of Vardaman S. Tarver, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Willie H. Wilkes III, 47, of Chicago, formerly of Memphis, laborer, died of heart failure Wednesday in Chicago.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Annie M. Williams, 78, of Memphis, retired operator for Conwood Corp., widow of John P. Williams, died of heart failure Friday at Methodist Healthcare-North.
Dated January 13, 2001
MEMPHIS - Zack Duck Young, 61, of 439 Beale, retired truck driver, husband of Yvonne Scott Young, died of heart failure Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Central.
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