Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Savannah -- Paul Holland Little, 69, former employee of Praxis, Eddie's Superfoods and Aqua Glass for 21 years and retired from the Navy after 20 years, died Saturday at Hardin County General Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Neill cemetery. Mr. Little, the husband of Cathy DeShazier Little, also leaves three daughters, Cathy Little of California, and Christy Vanessa Shelly and Vanessa Marie McGowan, both of Savannah, and seven grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 12, 2005]
William A. 'Hambone' Blakeley, 73, of Memphis, manager for Columbian Life Insurance, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Metropolitan Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist. Mr. Blakeley, the husband of Rosie Blakeley, also leaves two daughters, Twanna Young and Lea White-Caradine; two sons, William A. Blakeley Jr. and Charles Blakeley, and two brothers, Brydel Blakeley and Ben Blakeley, all of Memphis, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Tressie P. Curtis, 87, of Memphis, retired from U.S. Tobacco Co. in Chicago, died Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial at 9 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Curtis, the widow of Edgar Curtis, leaves two sisters, Emma Hendricks and Judy Liggins, both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Daniel Louis Taylor Davis, 29, of Memphis, employee of All In A Day Temporary Services, died Monday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cummings Street Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two sons, Justin Davis and Deonte Davis; his mother, Lucille Taylor; five sisters, Felicia Taylor, Teresa Davis, Lenoria Davis, Annie Davis and Wyonia Davis, and six brothers, David Taylor, Robert Taylor, Houston Taylor, Calvin Taylor, Larry Davis and Carl Lee Davis Jr., all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Hurley Ford, 78, of Memphis, contractor painter and retired maintenance supervisor at Awrey's Bakery in Detroit after 40 years, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Norris Road Church of Christ, where he was a Sunday school teacher and deacon, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. He was an Army veteran and steward for UAW. Mr. Ford, the husband of Sadie Mae Ford, also leaves two daughters, Cynthia Gaines and Hurlstein Lyles, both of Detroit; a sister, Aline Keys of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Eddie Lawrence Frazier, 64, of Memphis, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holmes Road Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Frazier, the husband of Ella M. Frazier, also leaves two daughters, Lois Frazier LeBrazidee of San Diego and Lisa Jarmon of Los Angeles; five sons, Eric Frazier of Riverdale, Calif., Redge Frazier of San Bernardino, Calif., Chris Frazier of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Perry Frazier and Rodney Frazier, both of Vacaville, Calif.; six sisters, Charlene Johnson of St. Louis, Jernice Farsee of Milwaukee, Shirley Mitchell of California, and Mary Frances Walton, Patricia Henson and Wanda Dorsey, all of Memphis; four brothers, Carl Farsee of Milwaukee, and Isaiah Farsee, Jerry Parks and Randy Parks, all of Memphis, and 10 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Maurice R. Goff, 81, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and instructor at William R. Moore School of Technology, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a Navy veteran and member of Cherry Road Baptist Church. Mr. Goff, the husband of Margaret Goff for 58 years, also leaves two daughters, Rhonda Thielemier of Memphis and Linda Nobles of Collierville; a son, Brent Goff of Memphis; a brother, Fritz Goff of Little Rock, four grandchildren and a great-grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Pauline Granberry, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. She was a member of Princeton Avenue Baptist Church. She leaves four daughters, Anita Cornes, Paulette D. Granberry, Vanessa E. Williams and Ruth M. Granberry, and three sons, Edward D. Seltzer, Richard P. Granberry and Albert C. Granberry, all of Memphis; a sister, Marie Seltzer of Jackson, Miss., 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Carrie L. Harrison, 81, of Memphis, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Greater New Salem Baptist Church, where she was a member of the mother's board, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Harrison, the widow of A.J. Harrison, leaves five daughters, Hattie Adams of Chicago, and Margaret Smith, Carolyn Harrison, Annette Harrison and Theresa Harrison, all of Memphis; three sons, J.W. Harrison of Memphis, Robert Harrison of Los Angeles and Edward Harrison of Spokane, Wash.; a sister, Catherine Joy Jordan of Columbus, Miss., and three brothers, Jesse Webb of Columbus, and Eddie Webb and John Webb, both of Chicago, 18 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Eddie Howard, 65, of Memphis, retired welder, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Walls with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Howard, the husband of Mary Howard, also leaves two daughters, Shelia Howard and Jacquelyn Howard, and two sons, Felix Howard and Kenneth Howard, all of Memphis; five sisters, Mae Porter of California, Martha Alexander of Blytheville, Ark., and Mattie Smith, Ruby Lytle and Evil May Howard, all of Memphis; four brothers, Samuel Howard Jr., Percy Howard, Melvin Howard and Bobby Ray Howard, all of Memphis, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Julia Mae Hudson, 56, of Memphis, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Shalonda Hudson; two sons, Harold Hudson and Alfonzo Hudson, and two sisters, Susie Eason and Carol Johnson, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Lucille James, 67, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Grace Christian Fellowship Church with burial at 11 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mrs. James, the wife of J.W. James, also leaves six daughters, Glenda Coburn, Barbara Guy, Betty Moore, Louise Huntsman, Mary Williams and JoAnn James, all of Memphis; three sons, James E. James, David James of Memphis and John H. James of Olive Branch; a stepson, Roger Clark of Memphis; four brothers, George Blount of Jackson, Miss., and Willie Blount, Clarence Blount and Aubrey Blount, all of Chicago, 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Mary Elizebeth Angel Jennings, 75, of Memphis, pastor of Greater Bethlehem Temple Holiness Church, died Sunday at her son's home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Restoration Revival Temple on Shelby Drive with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in National cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Jennings, the widow of Thomas Jennings, also leaves seven daughters, Carolyn Washington, Brenda Jennings Jackson, Michell Jennings Brown, Maritha Jennings, Cynthia Jennings Hampton, Veriteena Jennings and Verite Melanie Jennings Maple; four sons, Thomas Jennings Jr., Samuel David Jennings, Tony Roche Jennings and Lawrence Andre Jennings; four sisters, Nettie Coleman, Gloria Taylor, Nelline Lipsey and Marian Jenkins, and a brother, Rev. Melvin Louis Taylor, all of Memphis, 42 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Bill Lee, 53, of Memphis, sheet metal journeyman, died Monday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch. He was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Mr. Lee, the husband of Elaine Brooks Lee, also leaves a son, Neil Lee; his mother, Dorothy Black Lee, and a sister, Beth Lee, all of Memphis, and two brothers, John Lee and Terry Lee, both of Mississippi. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Etter L. Lurks, 88, of Memphis, retired Memphis City Schools cook, died Monday at Overton Park Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Lurks, the widow of Sam Lurks, leaves a daughter, Ikrimah Sabalillah-Fleming; a sister, Ollie B. Mason, and two brothers, David Dansberry and Eddie Lee Dansberry, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Shirley 'John Wayne' Mabone Jr., 45, of Memphis, died April 5 at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Thomas Chapel Baptist Church in Rossville, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. He leaves his father, Shirley Mabone of Memphis; four sisters, Annie Hunt of Lakeland, and Patricia Mabone, Margaret Mabone and Amedigial Holladay, all of Memphis, and a brother, John Mabone of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
James Robert Mangum, 84, of Memphis, retired truck driver, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a founding member and director of South Memphis Male Chorus. Mr. Mangum, the husband of Janie Mangum, also leaves four daughters, Delores Mangum, Patricia Mangum-Harris, Linda Mangum-Taylor and Janie A. Mangum, all of Memphis; two sons, James Robert Mangum Jr. of Washington, and Tommy Mangum of Memphis; three sisters, Robbie Sykes of Chicago, and Verna Jones and Julia Ward, both of Memphis, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Thelma McCrary, 98, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Chelsea, where she was a member, with burial in Vaiden (Miss.) cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. McCrary, the widow of Clarence McCrary, leaves two daughters, Dorisa McCrary and Barbara Donoho, and son, Kenneth C. McCrary, all of Memphis; a sister, Elmira Cathy of Chicago, 10 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Ella Louise Gray McMillion, 41, of Memphis, died Thursday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Marianna (Ark.) Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. McMillion, the wife of Tommie E. McMillion, also leaves a daughter, Porsha Gray; three sons, Marcus Gilliam, Aradale Gray and Michael Gray Jr.; her mother, Ella W. Gilliam; five sisters, Ruby Hodges, Gloria Webb, Barbara Holland, Sherilena Banks and Mary Clark; a brother, Rev. Larry Gilliam, all of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
Edward D. Miller, 44, of Memphis, welder for MS Carriers, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cummings Street Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He was a Mason. He leaves a daughter, Danielle Miller, and a son, Anthony Walls, both of Greenville, Miss.; his mother, Lillie Mae Gillespie of Nashville, and three sisters, Pamela Miller of Houston, and Rhonda Miller and Angela Miller, both of Nashville.
[Death notice dated April 13, 2005]
