Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Covington -- James Braden, 78, retired banker, died Saturday at his home. Services were Monday at First United Methodist Church with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home had charge. He was a member of Dunham Lodge 150 and a graduate of Louisiana State University. Mr. Braden, the husband of Marion Braden, also leaves a daughter, Nina Lee Braden, and a son, Wade Braden, both of Knoxville; two sisters, Peggy Caldwell of Ripley and Mary Ann Sellers of Augusta, Ga.; a brother, Gene Braden of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Michie -- Ellis Harvey Moss, 76, retired supervisor for Hagy Foods, died Sunday at McNairy Regional Hospital. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. Mr. Moss, the husband of Wilma Moss, also leaves a daughter, Sharon Shadburn of Corinth, Miss.; two sons, Eric Moss of Michie and Harvey Moss of Corinth; a sister, Ressie Millyard of Pinson, Ala.; a brother, Elbert Moss of Pulaski, a grandchild and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Middleton -- Emogene S. Collier, 77, former production worker at Kilgore, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in New Hope cemetery. She was a World War II Women's Army Corps veteran, member of New Hope Church of Christ and attended Middleton Church of Christ. Mrs. Collier, the widow of L.T. Collier, leaves a daughter, Jeannie Collier Coughlin of Jackson, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Middleton -- William Mayo Sain, 89, former Middleton mayor, Middleton alderman and compressor operator for Tennessee Gas & Transmissions for 38 years, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Middleton First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Hebron cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. He was a member of Middleton Mason and Shriner's Lodge, member of County Tax Equalization Board, beer board, Porter's Creek Watershed and Hardeman County Civil Service boards. Mr. Sain, the husband of Addie Sain, also leaves a daughter, Carolyn Christly of Hernando, Miss.; a son, Bill Sain of Middleton; three sisters, Juanita Richardson of Adamsville, Sue Scott of Middleton and Gloria Roberts of Olive Branch, Miss., three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Milledgeville -- Everett L. Jarrett, 90, Pfizer trucking employee, died Sunday at Tri-County Convalescent Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home Adamsville Chapel with burial in Lebanon cemetery in Saltillo. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. He was a member of Moose Lodge in East St. Louis, Ill. Mr. Jarrett, the widower of AnnMae Jarrett and L.V. Jarrett, leaves two sons, James Neal Jarrett of Troy, Ill., and Jerry L. Jarrett of Woodstock, Ga.; a sister, Agnas Jarrett, six grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Newbern -- Shelia McGuire Dalton, 50, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She was a member of Harvest Baptist Church. Mrs. Dalton, the widow of Charles A. Dalton, leaves two sons, Joshua J. Canada and Lucas H. Canada, both of Newbern; her parents, J.R. and Sue Holt McGuire of Dyersburg, and two brothers, Kenneth McGuire of Newbern and Michael McGuire of Ripley.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Somerville -- Jimmie Lou Raborn Soltow, 81, formerly of Bartlett, former registered nurse for US Veterans Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and retired registered nurse, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Fayette County Memorial Park. She was an Air Force veteran and member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Rossville. Mrs. Soltow, the wife of John R. Soltow for 51 years, also leaves a daughter, Barbara F. Morris of Oakland; a son, John Alan Soltow of Lusby, Md., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 29, 2005]
Willie Mae Amos, 56, of Memphis, died March 23 at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Church of the Living God with burial in Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Amos, the wife of Alvin Amos, also leaves a daughter, Sherry Wesley; five sons, Eddie Patterson, James Cooper, Haywood Cooper, Jackie D. Patterson and Ricky A. Cooper; her mother, Ethel Mae Patterson, and two sisters, Minnie Ree Devine and Pauline Fleming, all of Memphis; four brothers, Haywood Patterson Jr., Ferry Lee Patterson and Robert Lee Patterson, all of Memphis, and Eddie Lee Patterson of Wisconsin; her grandmother, Hattie Mae Franklin of Memphis, 26 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Dr. William Lewis Austin, 80, of Memphis, veterinarian, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Capleville United Methodist Church, where he was a choir member, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. A graduate of the University of Georgia School of Veterinary Medicine, he was a member of American Veterinary Medical Association, Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association, and Memphis/Shelby County Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Austin, the husband of Elizabeth W. Austin, also leaves two daughters, Catherine Austin Richardson and Elizabeth Lane Austin, both of Memphis; three sisters, Hazel Austin Pratt of Florida, and Betty Jo Austin Goodwin and Jewel Austin Boelsterli, both of Georgia; three brothers, Milton Austin and Harry Austin, both of Georgia, and Billy S. Austin of Florida, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Capleville United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Alma Avant, 106, of Memphis, died Sunday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at noon Saturday at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Jereline Gause of Kentucky; a daughter-in-law who helped care for her, Florence Guest of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Georgia J. Melsheimer Bartosch, 86, formerly of St. Louis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Balmoral Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with inurnment in Colum Barim cemetery in St. Louis. Her body was donated to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Anatomy Department for research. Mrs. Bartosch, the wife of Henry Bartosch for 57 years, also leaves three daughters, Teddie Ann Brotherton of Brownsboro, Ala., Heidi Lynn Bartosch of Memphis and Tracee S. Bartosch of Senatobia, Miss.; two sons, Henry Bartosch III of Memphis and Robyn D. Bartosch of St. Louis; two sisters; a brother, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Baddour Memorial Center in Senatobia, Madonna Learning Center or Methodist Alliance Hospice.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Timothy Lee Bodkin, 45, of Memphis, self-employed landscaper, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a member of Audubon Park Baptist Church. He leaves a son, Christopher Lee Bodkin of Dumas, Miss.; his mother, Mary C. Bodkin, and a brother, David Cole Bodkin, both of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the University of Memphis Basketball Scholarship Fund.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Magdalene Fuchs Bosi, 86, of Memphis, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Therese-Little Flower Catholic Church with burial in Calvary. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a communicant of St. Michael Catholic Church. Mrs. Bosi, the widow of Silvio Joseph Bosi, leaves two daughters, Sylvia Bosi Creedon of Collierville and Debbie Bosi Jenkins of Memphis; three sons, Bobby Bosi of Somerville, and Eddie Bosi and Gene Bosi, both of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be sent to Poor Clare Monastery or Madonna Day School
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Willie P. Brown, 69, of Memphis, roofer and painter, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Prayer House of Deliverance with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of New Testament Holiness Church in Jackson, Tenn. Mr. Brown, the husband of Lillian Brown of Jackson, also leaves four daughters, Ida Mae Coleman, Shirley Brown, Abigail Brown and Adell Brown, and a son, Willie Earl Brown, all of Memphis; two stepdaughters, Debra Morris and Jonah Ann Prather, both of Jackson; five stepsons, Larry Jones of St. Louis, and Lonnie Jones, Samuel Prather, Tyrone Prather and Anthony Prather, all of Memphis; his mother, Emma Mae Brown, and two sisters, Gloria Jean Lott and Frances White, all of Memphis, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Fannie Bryant, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Southside Church of Christ with burial in National cemetery. Christian Funeral Directors has charge.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Ashlyn Miracle Star Chapman, day-old daughter of Jackie Garling and Michael Chapman of Millington, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. She also leaves a sister, Summer Lynn Harrison-Chapman of Munford, and her grandparents, Andrea Sharkey of Memphis, and Lynne and Wayne Loerch of Millington.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
James 'J.C.' Coleman, 65, of Memphis, retired painter, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Polk Chapel CME Church with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Coleman, the husband of Barbara Coleman, also leaves two daughters, Karen D. Coleman of Memphis and Jacqueline Richardson of Atlanta; six sons, James A. Coleman, Scottie B. Coleman, Gregory Coleman, Kevin K. Coleman and Kim Richardson, all of Memphis, and DeRoyce Coleman of Houston; his stepmother, Maerene Coleman of Forrest City, Ark.; two sisters, Gloria Mosby and Blanchie Nelson, both of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Joseph Coleman Jr. of Little Rock, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Mary Frances Collier, 68, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a member of New Jerusalem Baptist Church. She leaves four sons, Michael Collier, Larry Collier, Anthony Collier and Renee Collins, all of Memphis, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Willie B. Crawford, 66, of Memphis, retired construction worker and security guard for Baptist Ministers Association, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Lewis Street Baptist Church on East Parkway, where he was a member and Sunday school teacher, with burial in St. Paul Church cemetery in Olive Branch. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Kings Riders Motorcycle Club. Mr. Crawford, the widower of Aberdeen Crawford, leaves three daughters, Cynthia Crawford Walker, Shelia Ann McNeail and Roslyn Renee Crawford, all of Memphis; two sons, Lester Carl Crawford of Grants Pass, Ore., and Alston Crawford of St. Louis; his father, Earnest Crawford; four sisters, Annie Pearl Lane, Rebecca Crawford, Carolyn Crawford and Rose Marie Rogers, and two brothers, John Ivory Crawford and James Earl Crawford, all of Memphis, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Larry Lavelle Daniels, 44, of Memphis, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Danielle Moorehead; a son, Devon Lavelle Adkins, and his mother, Erma Jean Britton Daniels, all of Memphis; his father, J.T. Little of Collierville; three sisters, Barbara Daniels Taylor of Shreveport, La., and Kim Daniels Taylor and Latrese Daniels Rucker, both of Memphis, and his grandparents, Lorine Faulkner and Henrietta Brooks, both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
