Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Sue Alford Williams, 62, of Eads, retired Internal Revenue Service clerk, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East. She attended Millsaps College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, and was a member of Biloxi United Methodist Church. Mrs. Williams, the wife of Kenneth Williams, also leaves a daughter, Lynn Gwinn of Northborough, Mass.; a son, William Reinboltz of Fitchburg, Mass., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Diabetes Foundation or American Kidney Foundation.
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Lynwood Carl Young, 54, of Memphis, former lumber worker, died Tuesday at his home. Snow Funeral Home has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran. He leaves a brother, Russell Young of Memphis.
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Atoka -- Eloise Ann Thomas, 46, of Trenton, formerly of Atoka, nurse's aide, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark AME Church in Munford with burial in St. John cemetery. Millington Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Thomas, the wife of Jimmy Thomas, also leaves three daughters, Cantrell Lemons of Humboldt, and Elaine Smalls and Tiffany Alexander, both of Millington; her mother, Donnie Mae Lemons of Drummonds; seven sisters, Teresa Lemons of Humboldt, Evon Dowell and April Lemons, both of Drummonds, and Vicki Dowell, Nancy Williams, Olivia Lemons and Tiffany Lemons, all of Atoka; four brothers, James A. Fleming of Covington, Sidney Lemons of Atoka, Marvin Fleming of Drummonds and Kip Fleming of Jackson, and six grandchildren.
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Bethel Springs -- Glenn Ivan Chisamore Jr., 83, former employee of Robertson Paper Co. in Bellows Falls, Vt., for 32 years, died Tuesday at McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at New Salem cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Chisamore, the husband of Ruth M. Chisamore, also leaves a daughter, Ruth Goodell of Bethel Springs; a son, Theodore J. Chisamore of Vermont, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Covington -- John Norman Ashe, 55, retired quality control inspector for Spartan Construction Co., died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Indian Creek cemetery in Brighton. He was a member of New Salem Methodist Church. He leaves two sons, Lawson Ashe and Samual Ashe, both of Gonzales, La.; his parents, Marshall and Sue Ashe of Millington, and a sister, Marsha Stovall of Mobile, Ala. The family requests that any memorials be sent to New Salem Methodist Church or Mid-South Transplant Association in Memphis.
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Dyersburg -- Ruth Maxine Preslar, 82, homemaker, died Wednesday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Bogota Baptist Church. Mrs. Preslar, the widow of Herbert 'Jiggs' Preslar, leaves two daughters, Brenda Shawver of Newbern and Martha Ann Decker of San Antonio, Texas; two sons, Gerald Preslar and Terry Preslar, and two brothers, Stoy Slaughter and J.Z. Slaughter, all of Dyersburg, 10 grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
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Halls -- Carolyn Bentley, 61, retired teacher, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Halls First Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Gates cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mrs. Bentley, the wife of Kenneth Bentley, also leaves a daughter, Amy Bentley Lamborn of New York City; a son, Mark Bentley of Halls; two sisters, Delane Gilliland of Ripley and Ann Bingham of Indiana; two brothers, Benny Hugh Moore of Ripley and Franklin Moore of California, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Halls First Baptist Church.
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Savannah -- Tommy Jack Franks, 58, City of Savannah Street Department employee, died Tuesday at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hermon cemetery. He was a member of Bible Baptist Church. He leaves a sister, Barbara Ann Shubert of Savannah, and four brothers, Joe Lee Franks of Mishawaka, Ind., Willard Franks of Adamsville, and Bobby Gene Franks and Odie Clarence Franks, both of Savannah.
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Savannah -- Lizzie Frazier Stricklin, 97, homemaker, died Wednesday at Savannah Health Care. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Neill cemetery. She was a member of Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church and volunteer for Hardin County Senior Citizens for 25 years. Mrs. Stricklin, the widow of Bud Stricklin, leaves a daughter, Frances Johnson of Savannah, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Somerville -- George L. Armour, 72, truck driver, died Sunday at NHC Healthcare. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Alexander Baptist Church cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and honorary police officer. Mr. Armour, the husband of Louise Armour, also leaves six daughters, Lucy Cunningham of Cleveland, Ohio, and Betty Chearis, Carolyn Chearis, Lawanta Chearis, Cheryl Adams and Tarsha McNeal, all of Somerville; nine sons, Wallace Woodland of Cleveland, Nathaniel Chearis and Mitchell Chearis, both of Memphis, and George Hester, Larry Chearis, David Chearis, Paul Chearis, Quince Armour and Andrea Armour, all of Somerville; five sisters, Barbara Woods of Memphis, Brenda Brittman of Rossville, and Ann Matthews, Faye Seaberry and Mattie Mae Ingram, all of Somerville; a brother, Lepoleon Seaberry of Texas, 32 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
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Somerville -- Darlene Mooney Powers, 47, formerly of Memphis, former manager for Added Dimensions Ladies Shop and beauty shop receptionist, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Peebles Fayette Funeral Home with burial in Morris Chapel cemetery. She was a graduate of Frayser High School and member of Morris Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Powers, the wife of Steven D. Powers, also leaves a daughter, Stacie Le Tarver of Holcomb, Miss.; a son, Steven Kent Powers of Honolulu; a brother, Rosser Eugene Mooney of Somerville, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Morris Chapel Baptist Church.
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Stantonville -- Harold D. Raines, 69, purchaser, died Tuesday at his sister's home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Stantonville cemetery. He was an Army veteran, a Methodist, former member of South Chicago Heights (Ill.) volunteer fire department, and member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Moose Lodge. He leaves two daughters, Annette Raines of South Chicago Heights and Jacqueline Lagraf of Crete, Ill.; a sister, Joyce Price of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Elizabeth Allford, 95, of Memphis, retired registered nurse, died Friday at DeSoto Healthcare. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a member of Union Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Allford, the widow of Venable Wells and Joseph Allford, leaves a son, Joseph Allford Jr. of Charlotte, N.C; a niece who took care of her, Lee Ann Cox of Lake Cormorant, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union Avenue Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated April 17, 2005]
Blaise'ja Dorja'e Atkins, daughter of Anne Swinney and Richard Atkins of Memphis, was stillborn Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in New Park cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Bartlett Chapel has charge. She also leaves a sister, Areale Wilson of Memphis, and her grandparents, L.J. Swinney of Memphis, and Marilyn Atkins and Simmule Dunn, both of New Orleans.
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Katie Nelson Bell, 81, of Germantown, homemaker and former owner of The Stitchery Shoppe for 15 years, died Saturday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Mullins Methodist Church. Mrs. Bell, the wife of Thomas W. Bell for 60 years, also leaves a son, Thomas W. Bell Jr. of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mullins Methodist Church.
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Thomas Burnett, 56, of Memphis, construction worker, died Wednesday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church with burial in Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. He leaves his mother, Iodel Burnett Grey of Eads; three sisters, Earlene Burnett Fitzgerald, Dorothy Hill and Florence Blevins Bibbs, all of Memphis, and five brothers, Earl Burnett Jr., Anderson Grey and Dennis Grey, all of Memphis, and Charles Burnett and Calvin Grey, both of Fayette County.
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Joan Nellie Haddad Daniel, 71, of Memphis, retired teacher for St. Mary's School, died Friday at Overton Park Health Care Center. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. She was an Episcopalian, graduate of Sophie Newcomb College and attended University of Memphis. She leaves a daughter, Anne Alexis Pons of Paris, France; a son, Coldwell 'Khyber' Daniel IV of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Lanny 'Big Lanny Robinson' Fields, 56, of Memphis, maintenance worker for Memphis Housing Authority, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon April 23 at Berean Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Fields, the husband of Sandra Campbell Fields, also leaves a daughter, Remel Blakley Fields, and a son, Lanny D. Fields, both of Memphis; three stepdaughters, Arlessia J. Davis and Crystal L. Boyd, both of Memphis, and Veronica G. Davis of Little Rock; his mother, Dorothy Williams Fields of Memphis; three sisters, Beverly Wilson of Arkansas, Karen Puryear of Memphis and Francine Fields of Baltimore; four brothers, Larry Robinson, Kenneth Fields and Kirk Fields, all of Memphis, and Keith Robinson of Olive Branch, and 10 grandchildren.
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H.C. Fryar Jr., 77, of Memphis, retired from Shelby County Schools, died Friday in Oakland, Tenn. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He was a Korean War Marine Corps veteran and member of Whitehaven Lodge 599, Knight Templar of York Rite, KCCH of Scottish Rite and Al Chymia Shrine Temple. Mr. Fryar, the widower of Elizabeth Lee Fryar, leaves a son, Thomas Curtis Fryar of Memphis, and seven grandchildren.
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Derrick DeWayne Hollins, 27, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Victory Funeral Home has charge. He was a graduate of the Shrine School. He leaves a stepsister, Brandy Williams; a stepbrother, Shante Williams, and his father, Terry Lynn Dodson, all of Memphis; his mother, Ptosha Yvonne Hollins of St. Louis; his grandparents, Dorothy McCreight-Hollins of Memphis and Percy Lee Hollins of St. Louis, and his stepgrandmother, Edna Hollins of St. Louis.
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