Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Billy D. 'Catfish' Stephens, 65, of Memphis, former tirebuilder for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Mr. Stephens, the husband of Marie Stephens, also leaves two daughters, Sherry Culpepper of Bartlett and Rhonda Conway of Cordova; four sons, Doug Stephens of Millington, Gene Stephens of Munford, Dale Stephens of Atoka and Jason Stephens of Memphis; his mother, Louise Stephens of Memphis; three sisters, Dorothy Wilson of Las Vegas, and Linda Roland and Vickie Stephens, both of Lumpkins, Texas, and 11 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Mario Montell Stewart, 28, of Memphis, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Stewart, the husband of Martina J. Stewart, also leaves a daughter, Briana Stewart; two sons, Mario M. Stewart Jr. and Maurion M. Stewart; his mother, Linda Stewart; his father, Jerome Mosby; three sisters, Charmyne Stewart, Shanica Leverson and Andria Leverson, and six brothers, Markell Stewart, Cortez Stewart, Christopher Stewart, Michael Stewart, Jermaine Leverson and Quinton Mosby, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Philip W. Stroupe, 86, of Memphis, retired Army lieutenant colonel, postmaster general in Dallas and retired political columnist for Jackson Daily News, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christ United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Byhalia (Miss.) cemetery. He was a member of the Press Corps and a graduate of the University of Missouri. He leaves a niece who helped care for him, Ann England of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Christ United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Delores Cooper Sutton, 73, of Memphis, retired from Merrill Lynch, died Tuesday at Ave Maria Home. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Big Springs cemetery in Madison County, Tenn. Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home in Jackson, Tenn., has charge. Mrs. Sutton, the widow of John Sutton, leaves two sisters, Barbara McDougall of Mount Pleasant, Ill., and Catherine Winters of Louisville, Ky., and a brother, Billy Cooper of Cross Plains, Tenn.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Bobby Taylor, 48, of Memphis, deputy jailer for Shelby County Sheriff's Department, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Olivet Fellowship Baptist Church with burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Calvary. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Tameka Muhammad and Brittney Taylor; his parents, Regina and John Taylor; two sisters, Veronica Hilliard and Kenya McKenny, and four brothers, James R. Taylor, Jerry F. Taylor, Dennis Taylor and Mario Taylor, all of Memphis; his grandfather, James Puckett, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Irma Lee Todd-Brown, 63, of Memphis, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Cayce, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. She leaves a daughter, Alicia Brown; three sons, Victor Brown, Maurice Brown and Terrance Brown, and five sisters, Armida Butler, Hattie Mae Denton, Judy Hicks, Bonnie Boxley and Mary Helen Todd, all of Memphis; two brothers, Fred Todd of Memphis and L.H. Martin of Cayce, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Charles E. Veach Jr., 54, of Memphis, retired sound and lighting technical system engineer for the Orpheum after 20 years, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Orpheum Theater Broadway Club. Family Funeral Care has charge. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran and a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical State Employees Local 69. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Frederich Daniel Wahl, 81, of Memphis, accountant, died Wednesday at Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Peter Catholic Church. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Wahl, the husband of Anne W. Wahl, also leaves a daughter, Karenn W. Colby of Malibu, Calif.; a son, Daniel W. Wahl of Memphis, three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Calvary Episcopal Church.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
June Starnes Williams, 87, of Memphis, died Thursday at Ave Maria Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Macon Road Christian Church. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Perry M. Williams, leaves two sons, John Lee of Arlington and Mike Lee of Olive Branch; a stepdaughter, Gail Little of Arlington; a sister, Gloria Wise of Counce, Tenn., seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Ave Maria Assisted Living.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Atoka -- Claudia 'Cricket' Tidwell, 71, retired from Sears and Roebuck, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care in Memphis with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of New Beginnings Church. Mrs. Tidwell, the wife of Ed Duane Tidwell, also leaves three sisters, Frances Smith and Faye Cook, both of Lakeland, and Dolores Anderson of Memphis, and a brother, William D. Cook of Lakeland. The family requests that any memorials be sent to New Beginnings Church.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Counce -- Dorothy Marion Williams, 76, formerly of Memphis, retired from General Electric after 20 years, died Monday at her son's home in Southaven. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a member of Pickwick United Methodist Church and Women's Independent Bowling Conference and a former member of Oakhaven United Methodist Church. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Mark T. Williams, leaves two sons, Mike Williams of Memphis and Mitch Williams of Southaven; two sisters, Janet Cronn of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Billie Sue Hickok of Cussetta, Ga.; a brother, Thomas Fields of Colt, Ark., and four granddaughters. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Pickwick United Methodist Church or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Covington -- Sylvia Janet Cranford Coulston, 78, retired owner of R.L. Coulston & Sons Inc., died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Hill cemetery in Mason. She was a member of L.L.L. Group, Daughters of the Confederacy and the Bykota Sunday School Class at Covington First Baptist Church. Mrs. Coulston, the widow of R.L. Coulston, leaves a daughter, Patricia Coulston Higley of Cordova; three sons, William Rodney Coulston of Brighton, and Robert Luther Coulston and James Michael Coulston, both of Covington; a sister, Mary Francis Morris of Covington; three brothers, George Russell Cranford and Leslie Ray Cranford, both of Covington, and Danny Joe Cranford of North Carolina, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Covington First Baptist Church or Cedar Hill cemetery.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Era Wilson, 87, retired from Dyersburg Fabrics, died Thursday at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She was a member of First United Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Wilson, the widow of Mervel Wilson, leaves two daughters, Olene Wilson Poor of New Concord, Ky., and Alice Ann Wilson Day of Champagne, Ill.; two sisters, Izola Patton and Crindola Milner, both of Dyersburg; two grandchildren who helped care for her, LaWanda Nichols of Bogota and Brandon Wilson of Dyersburg, four other grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Haywood County -- Freddie James Plunk, 70, farmer, died Wednesday at Haywood Park Community Hospital in Brownsville. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Providence United Methodist Church cemetery. Mr. Plunk, the husband of Bettie Johnson Plunk, also leaves a son, Danny Wayne Plunk of Bells, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to East Haywood Church of God.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Oakland -- Wilma Sue Toney, 80, retired registered nurse, died Tuesday in Memphis. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Helena, Ark., with burial in Sunset Memorial Park cemetery in West Helena. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Helena has charge. She was a graduate of Methodist School of Nursing in Memphis. She leaves a daughter, Sherry Toney Weeks of Oakland; a son, Edgar Toney of New Albany, Miss.; a sister, Laraine Stanley of Memphis, and a great-granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Toone -- Ivan E. Terry, 91, farmer and sawmill worker, died Wednesday at Pine Meadows Healthcare & Rehabilitation. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Woodville cemetery in Bethel Springs. He was a Baptist. Mr. Terry, the widower of Elmer Cleo Terry, leaves a daughter, Shearon Waldrop of Selmer; two sons, Don Terry and Gene Terry, both of Toone, nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 25, 2005]
Devonte Adams, 3-month-old son of Latoya Stornes and Ira Adams of Memphis, died Tuesday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in St. Paul cemetery in Millington. He also leaves a sister, Iresha Adams; three brothers, Ira Adams Jr., Iyan Adams and Kechaud Adams, and his grandparents, Shelia Adams, Shelia Davis and Carrl Gardner, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Dr. Arthur Linley Baker, 71, of Memphis, retired dentist, died Friday at his home. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. He was a member of Memphis Dental Society, Tennessee Dental Society and American Dental Association. Mr. Baker, the husband of Lonnie C. Baker for 43 years, also leaves a daughter, Rebecca Lynn Baker of Phoenix, and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Evangelical Church Missions Fund.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Rev. Andy Banks, 74, of Memphis, retired custodian for Memphis City Schools, died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Oakville Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 9 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Banks, the widower of Beactrice Banks, leaves a daughter, Edie Banks Marlowe, and two sons, James Harvey and Andrew Harvey, all of Memphis; three sisters, Erlene Waldrup of Como, Miss., and Maggie Warren and Ernestine Easley, both of Memphis; three brothers, Fred Banks of St. Louis, and O.D. Banks and D.L. Banks, both of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Irene Beard, 56, of Manassas, Va., formerly of Memphis, inventory clerk, died Sunday in Manassas. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at New Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Payne cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, George Patterson of Alexandria, Va.; a sister, Stephanie Stroman of South Carolina; a brother, William Lyons of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
