Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Munford -- Helga Liane Lengkeit Jones, 68, retired from Crown Point (Ind.) Board of Education, died Saturday at Methodist North Hospital. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Thomas J. Jones, leaves three daughters, Marcia Owens and Tanya Martchek, both of Munford, and Melissa Jones of South Bend, Ind., and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Somerville -- James Leslie Flanagan, 91, retired lineman for Chickasaw Electric Cooperative after 32 years, died Monday at NHC Healthcare. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen cemetery in Williston. He was a Baptist. Mr. Flanagan, the widower of Edna Flanagan, leaves two sons, Lee Flanagan of Horn Lake and Hardy Flanagan of Somerville; a sister, Minnie Lee Cooper of Pittsboro, Miss.; a brother, Malcolm Flanagan of St. Louis, 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society Fayette County Chapter or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
Somerville -- Dennis Cornelius Hall, 91, retired teacher for Fayette County School System after 41 years, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Williamson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hall, the husband of Emma G. Hall, also leaves five daughters, Jean Hall Miller and Ercille Hall Williams, both of Somerville, Wilma Hall Patterson of Tempe, Ariz., Evelyn Bird Hall Little of Memphis and Lela Hall Greene of Dyersburg, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 30, 2005]
A.W. Armstead, 76, of Memphis, retired security officer, died Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Friday at First Baptist Church on First Street, where he was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He leaves a daughter, Shelia Armstead of Memphis; six sons, J.W. Armstead of Milwaukee, Fred Armstead of Memphis, and Claude Armstead, Calvin Armstead, Byron Armstead and Leonard Hill, all of Batesville, Miss.; a stepdaughter, Shirley Adams of Memphis; two stepsons, Sidney Isom of Seattle and Tyrone Smith of Memphis, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Robert Bowen, 70, of Memphis, former patrolman for Tupelo (Miss.) Police Department, Calhoun City (Miss.) and Horn Lake chief of police, and retired from Memphis Police Department, died Thursday at Corinth (Miss.) Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Highland Heights United Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park. McPeters Funeral Home in Corinth has charge. Mr. Bowen, the husband of Mary Miller Bowen, also leaves two daughters. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Highland Heights United Methodist Church, American Heart Association or Memphis Humane Society.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Ralph Burt, 61, of Memphis, antiques dealer, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He leaves a brother, Lindsey Burt of Montgomery, Ala.; two caregivers, Joyce Smith and Dean Goff, and a companion with whom he lived, Cecil Connally.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Arthur Scott Campbell, 43, of Memphis, laser painter for American Laser, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. Mr. Campbell, the husband of Paula Campbell, also leaves three daughters, Victoria Campbell, Elizabeth Ward and Shannon Ward, all of Memphis; three brothers, Charles Campbell of Sun City, Ariz., Larry T. Campbell of Miami, Fla., and R. Lee Campbell of Phoenix, Ariz., and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Mark Edward Cantrell, 37, of Memphis, laborer, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. He leaves a son, Mark Edward Cantrell Jr.; his mother, Mary Pennington Hall of Irvington, Ala.; his father, Marley Leon Cantrell of Munford; five brothers, Phillip Randell Cantrell of Palatine, Ill., and Marlie Ray Cantrell, Leon Cantrell, Bobby Paul Cantrell and Don Wayne Cantrell, all of Irvington, and his grandmothers, Evelyn Jerls Cantrell of Munford and Marie Delancy Stewart of Pascagoula, Miss.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
William E. Carter, 52, of Memphis, mechanic for Ve-Co Generator & Starter, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at New Life Ministries in Olive Branch, where he was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mr. Carter, the husband of Terri Carter, also leaves two sons, William 'Scott' Carter of Cordova and Christopher E. Carter of Memphis; two stepdaughters, Krystie Turner of Philadelphia, Miss., and Velvet Royal Buck of Memphis; his father, William B. Carter of Oxford, Miss.; his mother, Anne L. Carter, and a sister, Pat Holt, both of Olive Branch; a brother, Tommy Carter of Nesbit, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to West Clinic or New Life Ministries in Olive Branch.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Maurice A. Cooper, 73, of Memphis, owner of Cooper's Neighborhood Supermarket for 57 years, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Cherokee Baptist Church and Tri-State Patriots Motor Home Club. Mr. Cooper, the husband of Ann Cooper for 53 years, also leaves two daughters, Greta Cooper and Marcy Cooper, both of Memphis; three sons, Wade Cooper of Collierville, and Mark Cooper and Gregory Cooper, both of Olive Branch; five sisters, Melba Gann of Bono, Ark., and Bonnie Doty, Billie Lewellen, Joan Mahan and Gail Grady, all of Jonesboro, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Alberta B. Garrett, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 11 a.m. Monday in National cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. She was president of JAM Neighborhood Watch Club and church youth director. Mrs. Garrett, the widow of Alex Garrett, leaves three daughters, Rosa L. Morris of Eads, and Melissa Garrett and Marschelle Garrett, both of Memphis; a son, Alex Garrett Jr. of Memphis; two sisters, Carrie Lee Gingery of Peoria, Ill., and Charlene Thomas of St. Louis, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Shirley Ann Goodwin, 69, of Memphis, healthcare worker, died Friday at Senior Services Healthcare Center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Goodwin, the widow of Joseph F. Goodwin, leaves three daughters, Terry Wren of Arlington, Cindy Cullens of Tipton County and Tracy Goodwin; three sons, William Goodwin of Atoka, John Goodwin of Bartlett and David Goodwin; five sisters, Frances Oglesby of Brighton, Mary Criswell of Southaven, Joyce Cooper of Tiptonville, Tenn., Diane Means of Millington and Marie Jacobs of Burlison, Tenn.; three brothers, Charles Shepherd of Crump, Tenn., and Bobby Shepherd and Douglas Shepherd, both of Millington, eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Cross Roads Hospice of Tennessee.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
James Hammond III, 84, of Indian River Shores, Fla., and Memphis, retired owner of Memphis Aero, died Friday at his home in Indian River Shores. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Second Presbyterian Church with burial in Elmwood. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He attended McCallie Prep School in Chattanooga, Rhodes College and University of the South in Chattanooga and was a member of the Johns Island Club and Memphis Country Club. Mr. Hammond, the husband of Mary Rembert Hammond, also leaves two daughters, Katharine Rembert Hammond and Nina Hammond Taylor, and a son, James Thomas Hammond IV, all of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to AIDS Research of the Treasure Coast in Fort Pierce, Fla., VNA Hospice Foundation in Vero Beach, Fla., Indian River Hospital Foundation in Vero Beach or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Dan Harris, 87, of Bartlett, retired railway postal clerk, died Friday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Sunset cemetery in Dresden, Tenn. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. Harris, the husband of Martha E. Harris, also leaves a daughter, Jane Dement of Bartlett; a son, Dan E. Harris of Birmingham, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Paragould (Ark.) Children's Home.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Robert Higginbottom, 72, of Florence, Ala., formerly of Memphis, railroad yard foreman, died Tuesday at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Morrison Funeral Home in Tuscumbia, Ala., has charge. He was a Korean War Marine Corps veteran and a Catholic. Mr. Higginbottom, the husband of Eleanor Maugum Higginbottom, also leaves two daughters, Laurie Strauch of Memphis and Angel Hancock of Florence; two sons, Casey Higginbottom of Memphis and Cody Smith of Florence, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Genella Hudson, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Pisgah CME Church, where she was treasurer of the gospel choir, with burial in National cemetery. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a member of the Hanley St. Benevolent Club. Mrs. Hudson, the widow of Cleophus Hudson, leaves a daughter, Barbara Hudson Thomas, and five sons, Cleophus Hudson Jr., William Hudson, Charles Hudson, Herman Hudson and Dr. Rickey Hudson, all of Memphis; a sister, Theresa Clark Cross of St. Louis, 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
George Raymond Humphrey Jr., 82, of Memphis, retired chief yard clerk for Missouri Pacific Railroad, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Mass will be said at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Anne Catholic Church on Highland, where he was a communicant, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Family Funeral Care has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran, and recipient of the American Theater Medal, Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He leaves a daughter, Sharon Humphrey of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Anne Catholic Church on Highland.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Galvin 'Boy Man' Johnson, 89, of Memphis, retired engineer for Chicago Housing Authority, died Friday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Friday at Riverside Baptist Church, where he was a member of usher board No. 1, with burial in New Park cemetery. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. Mr. Johnson, the husband of Ruth Coppage Johnson, also leaves two daughters, Lucille Butts of Memphis and Vetta Ruth Boyce of Chicago; three sons, James Ezell Johnson of Chicago, Donald R. Johnson of Marion, Ark., and Galvin Johnson Jr. of Memphis; two sisters, Jannie Johnson of Batesville, Miss., and Lela Strong of Courtland, Miss., 17 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Kenneth Lee Mason, 53, of Memphis, former employee of Ivers & Pond Piano Co., died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Bread of Life Baptist Church on Flynn. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Victory Temple Outreach Ministries Church. Mr. Mason, the husband of Dr. Flora Holden Mason of Portland, Ore., also leaves a daughter, Tina Mason Hicks of Compton, Calif.; two stepdaughters, Shelia Holden and Mary Holden, and two stepsons, Joseph Holden and Phillip Holden, all of Portland; nine sisters, Jessie Mae Pirtle, B. Brenda Powell, Linda K. Mason, Tonya Young and Tanya Campbell, all of Memphis, Diane Gustus of Clinton, Md., Casundra Montague of Springfield, Va., Deborah Mason of Dumfries, Va., and Resha Matthews of St. Louis; four brothers, Dr. Willie Mason Jr. of Annapolis, Md., Rev. Roy Matthews of St. Louis, Kevin Mason of Waldorf, Md., and James Robert Matthews of Petersburg, Va., and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
Chuck Aaron Mattei, 47, of Metairie, La., formerly of Memphis, regional service manager for General Motors, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home. He was a graduate of East Jefferson High School. Mr. Mattei, the husband of Debby Mattei, also leaves a daughter, Megan E. Mattei; a son, Kyle T. Mattei; two stepsons, Drew C. Dennis and Bret C. Dennis; his parents, Peter L. and Etta Wilson Mattei; a sister, Darcy M. Jacobsen, and a brother, Brad P. Mattei. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Brad Kaminsky Foundation for Brain Tumor Research in Ashburn, Va.
[Death notice dated April 3, 2005]
