Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Nell Burrow, 84, of Germantown, retired nurse for Tennessee Valley Authority, died Thursday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Family Funeral Care has charge. Mrs. Burrow, the widow of Marshall Wales Burrow, leaves a stepdaughter, Ramona Epperson of Germantown, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Embury United Methodist Church in Millington.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Jack Statler Callicott, 79, of Memphis, retired sales manager for Channel Five after 25 years, died Thursday at Allen Morgan Health Center. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, where he was a deacon. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran, a deacon and an elder at Whitehaven Presbyterian Church and a member of the Advertising Club and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at Washington & Lee University. Mr. Callicott, the husband of Ruth Ristau Callicott for 51 years, also leaves two daughters, Betsy Callicott Goodell of Bronxville, N.Y., and Jackie Callicott Congleton of Knoxville, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Church Health Center, Alzheimer's Day Care Center or Crossroads Hospice.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Betty Luther Emerson, 76, of Huntsville, Ala., formerly of Memphis, retired bookkeeper for Consumer Credit, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Emerson, the widow of Eugene M. Emerson, leaves a son, John Emerson of Huntsville; four brothers, M.O. Luther, Hal Luther, Bob Luther and Jack Luther, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the American Cancer Society, Latham United Methodist Church Building Fund in Huntsville or Hospice Family Care in Huntsville.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Maggie Luttrell Ford, 87, of Memphis, formerly of Middleton, Tenn., homemaker, died Thursday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home Middleton (Tenn.) Chapel with burial in New Hope cemetery in Middleton. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar, Tenn., has charge. She was of the Church of Christ faith. Mrs. Ford, the widow of James Luttrell and Russell Ford, leaves two daughters, Joyce Young of Florence, Ala., and June Moran of Hernando; two sons, Daniel Luttrell of Denver and Lavoyd Luttrell of Hernando; a brother, Clay Webb of Bolivar, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Dorothy J. Foster, 79, of Memphis, retired quality control worker for Kellogg's, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in National cemetery. She was a member of Kellogg's 25 Year Club. Mrs. Foster, the widow of James Alfred Foster, leaves a daughter, Mary Stewart of Brighton; a son, James W. Foster of Buford, Ga., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Ruth Ella Harris, 91, of Memphis, retired from the University of Ohio in Columbus, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a caregiver, Eula Cannon of Memphis, a grandson and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Troy 'June' Hayes, 67, of Memphis, boilermaker supervisor for Tennessee Valley Authority, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. He was an Army veteran and a former member of St. Mark's Methodist Church. Mr. Hayes, the husband of Celeste H. Hayes for 42 years, also leaves two daughters, Michelli Hayes and Celia J. Williams; two sons, Eric L. Hayes and Derek L. Hayes; a sister, Jennell Hayes Pittman; a brother, Joe Louis Hayes, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Willie James Hines Jr., 49, of Memphis, self-employed roofer, died March 18 in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Hines, the husband of Jean Hines, also leaves four daughters, Faye Hines, Tequila Hines, Delbris Harrell and Bridget Hines, all of Memphis; two sons, Willie Hines III of Memphis and James Hines of Fort Smith, Ark.; his mother, Pearl Hines of Memphis; seven sisters, Pearlie Mae Hayes, Mary Johnson, Rosie Hines, Gladys Christian, Barbara Joy and Betty Hines, all of Memphis, and Patricia Hayes of Jacksonville, N.C.; two brothers, Charlie Hunt of Millington and Roy Hines of Memphis, and 13 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Clara King Jarratt, 91, of Memphis, retired Army nurse, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in National cemetery. Mrs. Jarratt, the widow of William F. Jarratt, leaves a caregiver, Charles H. Patton of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the University of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
William Lewis McChriston, 56, retired social worker and case manager, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Tuesday at St. Augustine Catholic Church, where he was a communicant and a member of the Men's Club, with burial in Elmwood. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He was a graduate of Hamilton High School, Tennessee State University and Memphis Theological Seminary and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Alpha Theta Chapter. Mr. McChriston, the husband of Alisa Faye Gunn McChriston, also leaves four sons, Kevin Bell, Eric Dandridge and William McChriston III, all of Memphis, and Daryle Barnes of Franklin, Tenn.; a brother, Charles Anthony McChriston of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Dr. Hugh Carlton Moore, 71, of Mineral Wells, Texas, formerly of Memphis, retired medical director and chief pathologist and Naval Reserve lieutenant commander, died Friday in Fort Worth, Texas. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Mineral Wells First Baptist Church with burial in Woodland Park cemetery. Baum Carlock Bumgardner Funeral Home in Mineral Wells has charge. Dr. Moore, the husband of Betty Moore, also leaves a daughter, Cindy Flinchum of Waunakee, Wis.; two sons, Eric Moore of Sherman, Texas, and Paul Moore of Byhalia, Miss., and seven grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Cary Lee Nuckolls, 29, of Memphis, formerly of Bolivar, Tenn., died Thursday at Methodist South Hospital. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bolivar Memorial cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. He leaves his parents, Geraldine and Sammy Nuckolls of Bolivar; a sister, Tammy Ard of Pontotoc, Miss.; two brothers, Marlon Davis of Lakehills, Texas, and Andy Nuckolls of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and his grandparents, Hazel and Malcom Watkins of Hickory Valley, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hancock Home of Shelby Residential Vocational Services.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
David Leslie Smith, 57, of Memphis, employee of International Paper, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran. Mr. Smith, the husband of Sheridan Ann Smith, also leaves two stepsons, Kevin Harris of San Francisco and Geoffrey Harris of San Diego; two sisters, Rheadine Grenier of Phoenix and Wyetta Woltz of Great Falls, Mont.; a brother, Robert D. Smith of Broken Arrow, Okla., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Rosetta Smith, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died March 18 at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Easthaven Church of Christ with burial in Easthaven cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She leaves three daughters, Dorothy Mae Smith of Atlanta, and Christine Jones and Martha Payne, both of Memphis; a son, James Smith of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Charles E. Veach Jr., 54, of Memphis, technical director for the Orpheum theater for 20 years, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 5:30 p.m. April 5 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 26, 2005]
Bolivar -- Rosie Coats, 100, homemaker, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Dixie Funeral Home with burial in Bolivar Community cemetery. She leaves a son, James McNeal.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Savannah -- Roy Curtis Vaughn, 81, retired heavy equipment operator for DuPont in Memphis, died Thursday at Hardin Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Eureka cemetery in Pocahontas. He was a World War II Air Force veteran and a member of Operating Engineers Union Local 369 in Memphis and the Church of Christ. Mr. Vaughn, the husband of Ruth Vaughn, also leaves a daughter, Sandra Vaughn of Memphis; a son, Ronald Vaughn of Siloam Springs, Ark.; two sisters, Ruby Deggendorf of Oceanside, Calif., and Mary Lenerah White of Bolivar; two brothers, John Vaughn of Bailey, Colo., and Wilmer Bab Vaughn of Pocahontas, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 26, 2005]
Wilma Laverne Bradford, 77, of Memphis, retired nurse, died Friday at her home. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Martin Temple CME Memorial Church, where she was a missionary board member and stewardess, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Bradford, the widow of William R. Bradford Jr., leaves a daughter, Delores M. Joyner, and two sons, William Richard Bradford III and Gregory Gayden Bradford, all of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Jerald Anderson Cannon, 66, of Memphis, retired truck driver, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He leaves three daughters, Della Allbright of Horn Lake, Shelly Stewart of Southaven and Mollie Dee Cannon of Memphis; a son, Jerald Anderson Cannon Jr. of Memphis; a sister, Brenda Arbogast of Redwater, Texas; three brothers, Harold Cannon of Oklahoma City, Darrel Cannon of Red Water and Denath Dewayne Cannon of Texarkana, Texas, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Stanley A. Colley, 82, of Memphis, retired letter carrier, died Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Colley, the widower of Rachel L. Colley, leaves two daughters, Cheryl Denise Martindale of Memphis and Pamela D. Schmidt of Southaven; a brother, Leonard Colley of Sikeston, Mo., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
