Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Naomi Kendrick, 64, of Memphis, retired domestic worker, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Morning Star cemetery in Walls. Millington Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Kendrick, the widow of John Lee Kendrick, leaves five daughters, Pearlie Kendrick Partee of Jackson, Miss., Flora Johnson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Sharon Kendrick, Sandra Kendrick and Chiquita Kendrick, all of Memphis; three sons, Walter Kendrick, Robert Kendrick and Marvin Kendrick, all of Memphis; two sisters, Dorothy Watts of Paducah, Ky., and Eddie Mae Crocket of Southaven; a half-sister, Earnestine Harris of Memphis; four brothers, J.W. Crockett of Chicago, and Bobby Sam Crockett, Harques Crockett and Melvin Crockett, all of Memphis; a half-brother, Edward Harris of St. Louis, 26 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Dillie Lewis, 104, of Memphis, died Friday in Los Angeles. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Hernando, where she was a member, with burial in Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three daughters, Ida Mae Mosley of Milwaukee, Geraldine Wooten of Memphis and Edna Howell of Los Angeles; five sons, James Lewis and Earl Lewis, both of Los Angeles, and Lamar Lewis, W.G. Lewis and Herman Lewis, all of Milwaukee; a sister, Hathaway Reddens of Memphis, several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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Caryn Linnear, 32, of Memphis, teacher's assistant at Youth Villages, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Golden Gate Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her mother, Donna Griffin of Memphis; two sisters, LaDonna Linnear of Memphis and Gina Linnear-Williams of Chicago; a brother, Carlos Linnear, and her grandmother, Zenobia Horton, both of Chicago.
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Kenneth D. McCommon, 52, of Millington, truck driver for Goodwill, died Monday at Methodist North Hospital. Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. He leaves a daughter, Crystal Spencer of Florida; a son, Eli C. McCommon; his mother, Jean McCommon, and a sister, Kristina McCommon, all of Millington; a brother, David McCommon of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
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Marjorie Crump McMinn, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Graceland Nursing Center. Mass will be said at noon Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. Mrs. McMinn, the widow of George Crump, leaves a daughter, Mary Frances Young, and a son, Richard Crump, both of Memphis, and a grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
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Robert R. Moore, 80, of Memphis, retired from BellSouth after 41 years, died Wednesday at his home. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a former member of Lindenwood Christian Church. Mr. Moore, the husband of Eleanor W. Moore for 57 years, also leaves two daughters, Marcia C. Moore and Robin M. Wachsman, and a son, Brian R. Moore, all of Germantown; a sister, Jewell M. VanLandingham of Del Rio, Texas, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Wings Foundation at West Cancer Clinic or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Dianna Michelle Phillips, 30, of Memphis, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Untykila D. Harris; a son, Martaivious R. Stevenson; her mother, Marilyn Davis, and a brother, Nathaniel Phillips.
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Rosie L. Prescott, 69, of Memphis, retired from Total Petroleum Co., died Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Bread of Life Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Prescott, the widow of Cleveland Prescott, leaves a son, Leroy D. Luellen, and her mother, Earline Williams, both of Memphis; four sisters, Tammie Jones of Memphis, and Verline Sims, Doris Jones and Ernestine Luellen, all of Holly Springs, Miss.; six brothers, Richard Luellen of Memphis, Johnnie Luellen of Detroit, and Joe E. Luellen, Lonnie Luellen, Ronnie Luellen and Melvin Luellen, all of Holly Springs, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Charlie Mae Richmond, 91, of Memphis, boat cleaner for Memphis Queen Riverboat, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Walls Chapel CME Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Richmond, the widow of Douglas Richmond, leaves a stepdaughter, Alberta Dodson of Compton, Calif.; a stepson, Douglas Richmond Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.; a niece who took care of her, Mary Boyland of Memphis, three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, 16 great-great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-great-grandchildren.
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Herbert 'Dutch' Ruetting, 96, of Memphis, retired architectural woodworker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Ruetting, the widower of Mary Alice Ruetting, leaves two daughters, Anna R. Franklin of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Mary K. 'Kay' Simpson of Covington, Tenn.; a son, Robert W. Ruetting of Memphis, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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Willie Singleton, 86, of Millington, retired from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, died Friday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at West Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member of the deacon board, with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary has charge. Mr. Singleton, the husband of Georgia Thomas Singleton, also leaves three stepdaughters, Gloria Treadwell of Atoka, Tenn., Bertha Hayes of Millington and Mildred Springfield of Jackson, Tenn.; a stepson, Ernest Thomas of Atoka; 10 sisters, Bertha Smith of Chicago, Annie Mae Peete of Fort Knox, Ky., Olivia Norwood of Fontana, Calif., Sadie Washington and Florida LeFlore, both of Detroit, Gertrude Freeman and Dorris Epps, both of Memphis, and Bernice Williams, Eunice Hardway and Nancy Rush, all of Millington; seven brothers, Miles Singleton of Atlanta, Alton Singleton of Millington, and Renzo Singleton, Lonnie Earl Singleton, Nathaniel Singleton, Jerry Singleton and Phillip Singleton, all of Chicago, 24 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
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Olevia Sprawling, 72, of Memphis, retired from Sacred Heart League, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at noon Sunday at Divine Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in New Hope cemetery. Henderson Funeral Home in Tunica, Miss., has charge. She leaves four daughters, Gloria Sprawling, Patricia Lamar, Sandra Johnson and Barbara Johnson, all of Memphis; six sons, Michael Sprawling of Springhill, Tenn., and Jonnie Sprawling Jr., Henry Sprawling, Homer Sprawling, Stanley Sprawling and Samuel Sprawling, all of Memphis; five sisters, Lavern Harris, Lucy Hamilton, Inez White, Georgia Avery and Daisy Dotson, all of Memphis; two brothers, Andrew Odum of Lake Cormorant and Robert Odum of Memphis, 30 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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George A. Stewart, 72, of Memphis, retired truck driver, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Annesdale Cherokee Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Miller (Miss.) cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Stewart, the husband of Joyce Ann Brown Stewart, also leaves nine daughters, Jacqueline Stewart of Atlanta, Evelyn Johnson and Martha Washington, both of Moscow, Tenn., Jewel Jones, LaKesha Stewart and Monica Brown, all of Memphis, and Gloria Burrell, Sara Padgett and Sandra Stewart, all of Cincinnati, Ohio; five sons, Frank Stewart of Somerville, George Stewart Jr. of Bolivar, Tenn., Jerry Wright of West Memphis, and Nathaniel L. Walls and George Stewart III, both of Memphis; six sisters, Mary Jackson, Mamie Jackson, Earlene Stewart, Evalene Stewart, Hanah Becton and Sydney Burnett, all of Memphis; six brothers, John Mitchell of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Percy Stewart, Frank Stewart, William Stewart, Donnie Mitchell and William Mitchell, all of Memphis, 29 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
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Bonnie C. Stukenborg, 63, of Jackson, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, real estate secretary, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Hillcrest cemetery in Holly Springs, Miss. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Messick High School. She leaves three sons, Donnie Sellers of Memphis, and Rick Sellers and Charles Stukenborg, both of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; her mother, Martine Baldwin; two sisters, Sandra Kneller of Olive Branch and Vickie Steadman of Birmingham, and four grandchildren.
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Elizabeth McGoldrick 'Betty' Walker, 80, of Cordova, formerly of Memphis, homemaker and former employee of Congressman Dan Kuykendall, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority and Memphis Alcohol Commission, Republican Party volunteer, 1988 Republican National Convention delegate and former president of East Memphis Exchangette Club. Mrs. Walker, the wife of J.P. Walker for 59 years, also leaves a daughter, Lynn Walker Winfrey, and two sons, John P. Walker Jr. and Thomas Michael Walker, all of Memphis; a brother, Robert McGoldrick of Oakland, Tenn., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Wings Cancer Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice.
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Ralph Wallace, 84, of Memphis, pipe finisher, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Lake Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Jericho, Ark., with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He leaves six daughters, Joyce Shelia Muldrew of Texarkana, Ark., Janice Sims of Marion, Ark., Brenda Maxey of Carrollton, Texas, Arlee Gists of Silver Spring, Md., and Emma Cooksey and Carrie Curry, both of Texarkana, Texas; four sons, Kenzie Wallace of Pine Bluff, Ark., Alfred Wallace of Texarkana, Ark., and Ralph Wallace and Paul Wallace, both of Jericho, 39 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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Frank Walls Jr., 95, of Memphis, farmer, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Christ Temple Church of God in Christ in Holly Springs, Miss., with burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery in Red Banks, Miss. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Jubilee Church of God in Christ. Mr. Walls, the husband of Ammar B. Walls, also leaves two daughters, Mable E. Martin of Memphis and Georgia M. Ford of Chicago; two sons, Roosevelt Walls of Red Banks and Frank Walls III of Aurora, Ill.; three sisters, Annie S. Johnson of Chicago, and Fannie M. Walls and Winnie Brooks, both of Red Banks, 11 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
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Roy D. 'Ricky' Watkins, 48, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. He leaves two sisters, Betty Luster and Helen Harden, both of Memphis, and four brothers, Larry A. Watkins of Tacoma, Wash., and Troy Watkins, Willie Watkins and Kaven Watkins, all of Memphis
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Etta J. Williams, 60, of Memphis, retired from UT Bowld Hospital, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Peace Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Angela Williams and Yolonda Williams; two sons, Ray Williams and Tytus Williams; a sister, Ethel Linnear, and two brothers, Gilbert Linnear and Andrew Linnear, all of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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