Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Dyersburg -- Faye Bevis, 57, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fairview cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Tammy Lynn Bevis Barham of Dyersburg; a son, Richard Dale Bevis of Dyer; four sisters, Martha Harris, Mary Riggs, Lisa Ham and Joyce Arnold, all of Dyersburg; two brothers, Bobby Riggs of Dyersburg and Johnny Riggs of Brownsville, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Newbern -- Minnie Lou Maclin Scobey, 61, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She was a member of Dyer County High School Band Boosters and attended Palestine Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Scobey, the wife of Donnie Scobey, also leaves a daughter, Cindy Butler of Trimble; two sons, Barry Scobey and Billy Scobey, both of Newbern; a sister, Rosemary Mathis of Wardell, Mo.; a stepsister, Carolyn Bryant of Bonne Terre, Mo., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Angel Flight or Survivors Team for Relay For Life.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Savannah -- Alice Joann Esh, 52, rooming house manager, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Esh, the wife of Gregory Esh, also leaves three sons, James Garton of Lebanon, Carl Morgan of Bakerville and Johnathan Garton of Dickson, and her mother, Anna Garton of Dickson.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Savannah -- ElDean Hollin, 74, retail store owner, died Friday at Hardin County Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Milledgeville cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hollin, the widow of Roy Hollin, leaves a daughter, Linda Harmon of Savannah; a son, Ricky Hollin of Mena, Ark.; a sister, Doyce Hensley of Savannah, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Selmer -- James Floyd, 65, of Parsons, formerly of Selmer, agent for Globe Life-United America Insurance Co., died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Lake Hill Memorial Gardens in Bethel Springs. He was a member of Parsons Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Floyd, the widower of Jo Anne Floyd and husband of Diann Floyd, also leaves a stepdaughter, Tracie Miller of Bay St. Louis, Miss.; four sisters, Sue Ray and Jane Wallis, both of Selmer, Judy Whitten of Arlington and Barbara Young of Collierville, and two brothers, Johnny Floyd of Adamsville and Stanley Floyd of Selmer. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Somerville -- Sonia 'Mickie' York Duke, 37, former collection department employee of HWA Agency in Memphis, died Friday at her parent's home in Collierville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery in Collierville. She was a graduate of Oakhaven High School and a Baptist. Mrs. Duke, the wife of Rodney Duke, also leaves her parents, J.N. and Geneva York, and a brother, Kenneth Lee York, all of Collierville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society Shelby or Fayette County Chapter.
[Death notice dated March 27, 2005]
Emma Jean Cooper, 72, of Memphis, retired clerk for the old Defense Depot, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at House of Prayer Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ with burial in National cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Cooper, the widow of Rudolph Cooper, leaves two daughters, Deborah McDonald and Amy Cooper, and two sons, Rudolph Cooper Jr. and David Cooper, all of Memphis; two brothers, Alexander Richardson of San Jose, Calif., and John McKinney of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Beatrice Jackson, 72, of Memphis, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Golden Leaf Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Morning Grove Missionary Baptist Church cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jackson, the widow of Clint Jackson, leaves a son, Clint Jackson Jr. of Memphis; four sisters, Catherine Cox, Velma Cleaves and Rudell McFarland, all of Memphis, and Morlene Malone of Arlington; a brother, Louis Gray of Chicago, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
John Cooper Kimbrough, 70, of Memphis, retired attorney, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at R.H. Munford cemetery in Covington with memorial services at noon at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. He was an Air Force veteran, a member of St. George Episcopal Church in Germantown and Racquet Club of Memphis and a graduate of Christian Brothers High School and Southern Methodist University. Mr. Kimbrough, the husband of Valerie B. Kimbrough, also leaves three daughters, Karla Gieger of Birmingham, Kellie Krakoviak of Atlanta and Holly Kimbrough of Memphis; two sons, John C. Kimbrough Jr. of Atlanta and J. Chase Kimbrough of Memphis; a sister, Mary Ann Vollmer of Cordova; a brother, James A. Kimbrough Jr. of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Avon-Lenox School, the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Marilyn Coker Oliver, 62, of Cordova, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Agape Sunday School Class at Bellevue Baptist Church. Mrs. Oliver, the wife of Richard D. Oliver for 45 years, also leaves two daughters, Dienese Wilson of Piperton and Sheila Johnson of Cordova; three sisters, Bobby Thompson of McKenzie, Tenn., and Debora Jorden and Donna Sweeney, both of Bartlett; two brothers, Dale Coker of Cordova and Dwain Coker of Bartlett, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Muscular Dystrophy Society Memphis Chapter.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Wilbur J. 'Bill' Schmal, 91, of Memphis, formerly of Miami, Fla., retired handicapper for Southland Park in West Memphis and Flagler Park in Miami, died March 21 at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. He leaves a niece who helped care for him, Joann R. Meegan of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Ikey Sowell, 81, of Memphis, retired owner of Sowell's Carpet Service, died Saturday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a member of Wyndyke Country Club. Mr. Sowell, the husband of Melba Blakey Sowell for 60 years, also leaves two sons, Michael Sowell of Germantown and Glenn Sowell of Omaha, Neb.; a sister, Jo Courtney of Memphis, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
William R. Vandermeer, 84, of Memphis, retired tool and die department manager for International Harvester, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a member of International Harvester Managerial Club and the American Legion. He leaves a brother, Melvin A. Vandermeer of Greenwood, Ind., and a caregiver, Violet Castle of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Adamsville -- Myrtle Green Briley, 89, cook for Adamsville Schools, died Saturday at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home Adamsville Chapel with burial in Pine Hill Memory Gardens. Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah has charge. She attended Mud Creek Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Briley, the wife of James L. Briley, also leaves a daughter, Ruby Nell Briley Bronc of Guntown, Miss.; three sons, James Norman Briley of Dalton, Ga., Billy Wayne Briley of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Bruce Andrew Briley of Adamsville; a brother, Billy Franks of Whitehouse, 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Burlison -- Teresa L. Wright, 39, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Gardens. Covington Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, Devin Willing of Chesaning, Mich.; her mother and stepfather, Thelma Louise and Chuck Land of Byhalia, Miss.; her father and stepmother, Thomas Leonard and Carolyn Mass of Guys, Tenn.; two sisters, Lisa Kight of Marion, Ark., and Debra Land of Byhalia, and her grandparents, Aubry and Thelma Launius of Burlison.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Covington -- Mary Nelson Davis, 78, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in R.H. Munford cemetery. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Davis, the widow of Walter Lawrence Davis, leaves two sons, Walter Lawrence Davis Jr. and Bobby Davis; a sister, Nancy Fortner, and a brother, Hugh Johnson, all of Covington, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Halls -- Ruth Lee Johnson, 81, retired from Tupperware, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Matthew Zion Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Thompson's Mortuary in Ripley has charge. She leaves four daughters, Dorothy Cannon of Las Vegas, Aline McCuther of Gates, Ann A. Bradford of Memphis and Tina Lucians of Halls; four sons, Willie Johnson of Sacramento, Calif., Jimmie Johnson and Terry Johnson, both of Halls, and James Johnson of Memphis; two sisters, Leather Mason and Cleather Johnson, both of Memphis, and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Savannah -- Eva Jean Wood-Coleman, 71, of Nashville, formerly of Savannah and Natchez, Miss., former sales manager, died Saturday in Nashville. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Neill cemetery in Hardin County. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. She attended Immanuel Baptist Church while in Natchez. Mrs. Coleman, the husband of Ashley Coleman, also leaves four daughters, Debbie Coleman, Teresa Kerby and Kay Kerby, all of Nashville, and Anne Richards of Houston, Texas; a son, Gary Coleman of Nashville, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 28, 2005]
Casey Lee Barnett, infant son of Trace and Cindy Barnett of Bartlett, died Friday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He also leaves a brother, Tanner Barnett, and his grandparents, Nick and Anita Hazelrig, and Nancy N. Barnett, all of Bartlett. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
John E. Bennett, 57, of Memphis, truck driver, died Friday at Whitehaven Community Living. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Bennett, the husband of Lela Bennett, also leaves a daughter, Felecia Bennett of Memphis; three sons, John Bennett Jr. of Memphis, and Jerome Bennett and Eric Bennett, both of Jackson, Miss.; a stepdaughter, Tina Bennett of Jackson; a stepson, Floyd Parish of Memphis; two sisters, Clevester Harris and Ester Mae McGee, both of Jackson; four brothers, Tommy Lee Bennett of St. Paul, Minn., and James Earl Fairley, George Fairley and Nathaniel Fairley, all of Jackson, and nine grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
