Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Jimmy M. Moore, 57, of Memphis, paramedic, died Tuesday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville, Miss., with burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery there. He was a Baptist. He leaves a son, Michael Moore of New Site, Miss.; his mother, Maudie Ward Moore of Wheeler, Miss.; a sister, Irene Campbell of Haleyville, Ala.; five brothers, Dayton Moore of Sullivan, Ala., Buford Moore of New Site, Ray Moore and Raymond Moore, both of Wheeler, and Jerry Moore of Booneville, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Minnie Moore, 88, of Temple Hills, Md., formerly of Memphis, retired domestic worker, died Monday at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. Services will be at noon Friday at First Baptist Church Broad, where she was an usher board member, and noon Saturday at Skippers Springs Baptist Church in Grand Junction, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery there. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Moore, the widow of Fulton Moore, leaves seven daughters, Kittie M. Kemp and Earnestine Boyd, both of Bolivar, Tenn., Mary L. Hamer of Grand Junction, W. Velma Washington of Memphis, Gussie L. Ball of Washington, Deborah Smith of Temple Hill and Gail Moore of Largo, Md.; a son, Joe W. Peeler, and a brother, Armsted Peeler, both of Grand Junction, 66 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Marian Swauncy Mozell, 62, of Collierville, retired teacher for West Memphis School System, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Union Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Mozell, the wife of Milton Mozell, also leaves a daughter, Yolanda Henson Thompson of Memphis; a son, Dexter Henson of Houston; a sister, Shirley Swauncy Cherry of Memphis; four brothers, Moses Swauncy Jr., Douglas Swauncy and Dennis Jerome, all of Memphis, and Sherman Swauncy of Moreno Valley, Calif., and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Emma Lucille Myers, 91, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at AmeriCare Health Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Brown Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Calvary Memorial Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Myers, the widow of Leslie Myers, leaves a daughter, Barbara Myers-Farmer of Memphis; five sons, John Myers and Lewis Myers, both of Memphis, Leslie Myers and Clarence Myers, both of Delaware, and Walter Myers of Florida, and 19 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Bettie Jean Pugues, 67, of Memphis, homemaker, died March 31 at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Princeton Avenue Baptist Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist Church. Mrs. Pugues, the widow of Alvin Buckner, leaves four daughters, Emma Pugues, Ruby Buckner, Delorise Rivers and Tabatha Boykins, and four sons, Anthony Pugues, Alvin Pugues, Tommie Pugues and Antonio Pugues, all of Memphis; three sisters, Joyce Adams of Peoria, Ill., and Sarah Guffin and Annie Wesby, both of Memphis; two brothers, Freddie Calhoun and Charles Calhoun, both of Memphis, 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Clarence W. Robinson, 77, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Historic First Baptist Beale, where she was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Jeweline R. Crenshaw of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Mary Lue Taylor, 95, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Olivet Fellowship Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a former 72-year member of Olivet Baptist Church, where she was a member of May Fellowship, Missionary Society and Mother of the Year, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Amicae Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Mrs. Taylor, the widow of Eddie Taylor, leaves two daughters, Eddie Mae Williams and Mae Thelma Wheeler, both of Memphis; a son, Dequincy Taylor of Las Vegas, 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Freddie Lee Walker, 85, of Memphis, flood control employee for the City of Memphis, died March 31 at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Rossville, where he was a 70-year member, with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Walker, the husband of Fannie Walker, also leaves a daughter, Angela Bell, and a son, Freddie Lee Walker Jr., both of Memphis; three stepdaughters, Jewel Williamson and Peacher Grandberry, both of Memphis, and Sheila Yancey of Detroit; four stepsons, Charles Jones, Leon Yancey and Jessie Yancey, all of Memphis, and Jerry Yancey of Detroit, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Hazel Louise Williams, 88, of Memphis, domestic worker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Joyner Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Ernest Williams, leaves a sister, Allie Bell Adair, and a niece who helped care for her, Laverne Cathey, both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Leo Yancey, 46, of Memphis, utility worker for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Rossville with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Fannie Walker of Memphis; three sisters, Jewell Williamson and Peacher Grandberry, both of Memphis, and Sheila Yancey of Detroit; four brothers, Charles Jones, Leon Yancey and Jessie Yancey, all of Memphis, and Jerry Yancey of Detroit; a stepsister, Angela Bell, and a stepbrother, Freddie Lee Walker Jr., both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Pauline 'Polly' Yates, 93, of Memphis, retired saleswoman for Goldsmith's, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Strnad of Jackson, Tenn.; a son, George Yates of Idaho, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Bethel Springs -- Thelma M. Robinson, 92, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Moore's Schoolhouse cemetery there. She attended Moore's Schoolhouse Baptist Church. Mrs. Robinson, the widow of Vester W. Robinson, leaves three sons, Glenn N. Robinson and James L. Robinson, both of Bethel Springs, and Gerald W. Robinson of Peoria, Ill., 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Brownsville -- Johnnie Mae Taylor, 96, died Saturday at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with burial in Rosenwald cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Taylor, the widow of Morgan Taylor, leaves a daughter, Johnie Mae Stephens of Detroit, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Brownsville -- Mildred Ann Nixon Tyus, 47, administrative assistant for Rawls Funeral Home, died Friday at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Mercer Baptist Church with burial in Mercer cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Megan Payton and Cordie Payton, and two sisters, Ella Jarrett and Ruby Taylor, all of Brownsville, and four brothers, Johnny Nixon, Melvin Nixon and Bobby Nixon, all of Brownsville, and Alex Nixon of Decatur, Ill.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Covington -- Frank Milton Tremmel, 75, retired certified public accountant for Tipton County Bank and host of Garden Hints on KBJ News, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Covington First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Smyrna Baptist Church cemetery in Burlison. Covington Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Tremmel, the husband of Eugenia Evans Tremmel, also leaves two granddaughters and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Dimple Arnold Flatt, 94, retired from Dyersburg Fabrics, died Monday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She was a member of East Dyersburg Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Flatt, the widow of Burlie Flatt, leaves a daughter, Edith Flatt of Dyersburg; a son, Richard Alton Flatt of Columbia; a sister, Juanita Hastings of Newbern, three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to East Dyersburg Pentecostal Church Building Fund or Tupelo (Miss.) Children's Mansion.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Hornsby -- James E. Honey, 68, maintenance worker for Bemis Mills for 29 years, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services were Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Walnut Grove cemetery there. He was a Baptist. Mr. Honey, the husband of Oma Sanders Honey for 47 years, also leaves a daughter, Martha Honey Rowland of Jack's Creek; four sons, Jerry Honey and Steve Honey, both of Hornsby, Robert Honey of Pinson and Eddie Honey of Medon; three sisters, Rita Kendrick of Spring Creek, Judy Brooks of Medon and Robbie Cooper of Jackson; five brothers, Harvey Lee Honey of Atoka, Bubba Collins, Sammy Collins and Ricky Collins, all of Toone, and W.C. Collins of Jackson, and nine grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Savannah -- Eleanor Lorraine Robinson, 79, homemaker, died Tuesday at Hardin Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Neill cemetery in Hardin County. Mrs. Robinson, the widow of Howard Dale Robinson, leaves three daughters, Mary Medina and Crystal Dobson, both of Savannah, and Antoinette David of Cordova; a son, Micheal Dale Robinson of Savannah, 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Somerville -- Geraldine Logan Wilkerson, 60, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Melrose cemetery in Whiteville. She attended Faith Church of God. Mrs. Wilkerson, the widow of Edward Jerome Wilkerson, leaves two daughters, Carolyn Jordan and Shelia Logan, both of Somerville; a sister, Bessie Manley of Bolivar, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 7, 2005]
Dr. Frank S. Allen, 84, physician and surgeon, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Baptist Church of Memphis, where he was a deacon and missionary, with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a graduate of Memphis State University and University of Tennessee Medical School, a fellow in the American College of Surgery and a member of Memphis and Shelby County Medical Societies, Memphis Surgical Society and the American Medical Society. Dr. Allen, the husband of Eula Mae Allen, also leaves two daughters, Anita Allen Black and Patricia Allen Bertogna; three sons, Frank Sutton Allen Jr., James Edward Allen and Michael Darryl Allen, and a stepdaughter, Charlene Linxwiler Bedingfield, all of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Second Baptist Church of Memphis or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 8, 2005]
