Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Lillian A. Hopper, 87, of Memphis and Cordova, retired from Orgill Brothers after 36 years, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Bartlett Chapel with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and former president of the Lydia Class. She leaves a sister, Bertha Goldsmith of Cordova. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Lydia Class at Bellevue Baptist Church.
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Charles Lee Isabell Jr., 37, of Memphis, died April 9 at The Med. Services will be at noon Monday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in Shelby County cemetery. Mr. Isabell, the husband of Laculia Isabell of Colorado, also leaves a son, Terrell Davis; two sisters, Ollie Isabell and Martha Isabell, and four brothers, Andrew Isabell, James Isabell, Lamont Isabell and Tony Isabell, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Roberta and Dave Willie Isabell of Tunica.
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Dolby L. Johnson, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Appling Wood Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of National Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Corman Johnson, leaves two daughters, Martha Huffstetler of Bartlett and Carmen Hendricks of Lawrenceville, Ga., seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
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Edna Jones, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Joe Jones, leaves a daughter, Gladys Boyland of Memphis, three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
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Marsha Ann Keel, 56, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She leaves a daughter, Vaquel Williams; a son, Richard Williams, and a sister, Paula Todd, all of Memphis; a brother, William Keel Jr., eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Mary Lawrence, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where she was president of the altar society and former lay director of Women's Cursillo, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a volunteer at Saint Francis Hospital. Mrs. Lawrence, the widow of Robert T. Lawrence Jr., leaves a daughter, Susan Lawrence of Memphis; two sons, Robert Cayce Lawrence of Memphis and John Duncan Lawrence of Germantown; two sisters, Gladys Childress of Walnut, Miss., and Amy DeArmey of Memphis; a brother, James Duncan of Memphis, and 10 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Autism Center at King's Daughters School in Columbia, Tenn.
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Lois Black Polk, 48, of Collierville, formerly of Jasper, Ala., died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Collins Burke Funeral Home in Jasper with burial in Oak Hill cemetery there. Mrs. Polk, the wife of Jeff Polk, also leaves her mother, Virginia Black of Vestavia, Ala., and two brothers, Richard Black of Jasper and Dan Black of Montgomery, Ala. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Big Oak Ranch or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Jim Read, 57, of Memphis, sales representative, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Read, the husband of Aurora Read, also leaves a daughter, Brooke Read; a son, Wesley Read, and his mother, Daisy Read, all of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke's United Methodist Church.
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Louise Sampson, 68, of Memphis, retired cook for Valley Foods, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church on South Parkway, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Sampson, the widow of James Sampson, leaves seven daughters, Emma Tate, Phyllis Newsom, Angela Sampson, Mary Sampson, Viki Sampson, Marsha Sampson and Jamie Sampson; a son, George Turner; three sisters, Ann Perkins of Chicago, and Diane Brown and Mamie Davis, both of Memphis; two brothers, MacArthur Coleman and Theodis Coleman, both of Memphis, 23 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Cultrina Scott, 35, of St. Louis, formerly of Memphis, employee of Sam's Club and beautician, died Wednesday in St. Louis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at New Mount Sinai Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Taylor Scott and Gernica Holliman, and her father, Thomas Collins, all of St. Louis; her mother and stepfather, Pamela Scott and Robert Chambers of Memphis; three sisters, Rashauna Chambers of Memphis, and Candace Henry and Helen McGhee, both of St. Louis; three brothers, Lee Angelo Scott of Memphis, Cortney Hughes of St. Louis and Tywan Collin of Mississippi; her grandmothers, Hattie Williams of Memphis and Rose Peeks of Gary, Ind., and her great-grandmother, Annie F. Scott of Memphis.
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Georgia Lee Sherrod, 90, of Memphis, retired from Waterways Marine, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Mount Gilliam Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three daughters, Evelyn Gage Love of Atlanta, Mary Elizabeth Conner of Cleveland, Ohio, and Margaret Sherrod-Brady of Nashville, 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
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Mary Rice Simmons, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, where she was a member for 50 years, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a former board member of an Alzheimer's Adult Day Service and organized Alzheimer's Auxiliary. Mrs. Simmons, the widow of William C. Simmons, leaves a daughter, Becky Morris of Houston; two sons, J.C. Simmons of Germantown and David Simmons of Godfrey, Ill., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Adult Day Service.
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Paul Allen Wortham, 77, of Millington, owner of Wortham Grading Co., died Friday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Big Creek cemetery. Mr. Wortham, the husband of Shirley Carlisle Wortham, also leaves two sisters, Jeanne Golenbiowski of Leesburg, Fla., and Mary Ann Moore of Jacksonville, Fla.; a brother, Mark 'Bud' Wortham of Atoka, and a grandson whom he raised, Mack Allen Wortham.
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Covington -- Vessie Billings Millican, 98, formerly of Gilt Edge, homemaker, died Friday in Covington. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. She was a member of Gilt Edge Church of Christ. Mrs. Millican, the widow of Marvin 'Bo' Millican, leaves three daughters, Eloise Millican Posey of Covington, Gladys Millican Walker of Atoka and Carolyn Millican Melvin of Kennesaw, Ga.; a brother, N.R. Billings of Drummonds, 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
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Covington -- Ronnie Thomas Odom, 49, of Knoxville, formerly of Covington, died Friday at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Knoxville. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Walton cemetery. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two sisters, Rebecca Louise Hymer of Huntsville, Ala., and Marsha Ann Bergstrom of Covington, and a brother, David Benjamin Odom of Burlison.
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Dyersburg -- William 'Buddy' Colburn, 64, retired meat cutter for Kroger, died Saturday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. He was a member of Springhill Baptist Church, former karate instructor and former member of the National Guard. He leaves a daughter, Melissa Carol Autry, and a son, William Brad Colburn, both of Newbern; three sisters, Margaret Walston of Pilot Oak, Ky., Shirley Crews of Clinton, Ky., and Judy Baswell of Waverly; two brothers, Andrew Colburn of Dallas and Charles Ray Colburn of Decatur, and six grandchildren.
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Gates -- Tina Jo Foster Cole, 44, formerly of Miston, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Bethesda Methodist Church in Halls. Mrs. Cole, the widow of Cordell Cole, leaves a daughter, Angela Santos of Gates; two sons, Leon Brimm of Nashville and Eric Cole of Gates; her father, Clifford Foster of Miston, and three brothers, James A. Foster of Nashville, Shannon D. Burnett of Friendship and Timothy D. Burnett of Fowlkes.
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Middleton -- Henry Clay Lamberth, 96, employee of Southern Railroad for 22 years, died Saturday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home Middleton Chapel with burial in Ebenezer cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. He was a member of Middleton First Baptist Church. Mr. Lamberth, the widower of Vinnie Mae Lamberth, leaves two sons, Carl Edward Lamberth of Memphis and James Allen Lamberth of Selmer, nine grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Middleton First Baptist Church.
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Newbern -- James 'Tim' Butler, 41, construction worker, died Friday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Independent Free Holiness Church, where he was a member, with burial in Fairview cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Butler, the husband of Karena Kramer Butler of Millsfield, also leaves a daughter, Tara Butler; a son, James Kramer, and his father, David Butler, all of Millsfield; his mother, Evelyn Butler of Newbern; three sisters, Debbie Reasons of Newbern, Jodie Hawks of Trimble and Sandi Greer of Millsfield, and three brothers, Mark Butler of Bogota, and Gary Butler and Raymond Butler, both of Chicago.
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Oakland -- Victor Lee Hubbard, 57, truck driver, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East in Memphis with burial in Mount Tabor cemetery in Pittsboro, Miss. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Martha Taber of Bartlett; three sons, Cody Hubbard of Memphis, Jason Hubbard of Arlington and Jeffrey Hubbard of Mississippi; a sister, Bonnie Clark of Memphis; two brothers, Kenneth Hubbard of Memphis and Glyne Hubbard of Hickory Valley, and nine grandchildren.
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