Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Bertha Jeanes, 89, of Memphis, retired from Firestone after 30 years, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Coleman Family Chapel in Corinth, Miss., with burial in Lone Oak Baptist Church cemetery. She was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church. Mrs. Jeanes, the widow of Dave Jeanes, leaves two sons, A.P. Crum and Odell Crum, both of Memphis; a sister, Vera Rogers of Corinth, and three grandchildren.
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Marcie Ann Jester, 78, of Memphis, retired secretary for First Unity Church after 30 years, died Monday at Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Unity Church, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. Mrs. Jester, the widow of Horace L. Jester, leaves a stepdaughter, Patty Billingsley of Oklahoma City; a caregiver, Lloyd E. Jordan of Memphis, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Unity Church.
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Sam Eddie Jordan, 78, of Memphis, retired from E.I. DuPont Co., died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Cane Creek Baptist Church on Elvis Presley, where he was a deacon board, trustee board and choir member and Sunday school superintendent, with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Jordan, the husband of Alene Shotwell Jordan, also leaves six daughters, Ernestine Banks, Irma J. Porter, Evangeline McGowan, Venessa Jordan and Elaine Samuels, all of Memphis, and Jacqueline Jordan Richardson of Milwaukee; four sons, Samuel Jordan, Horace P. Jordan, Kenneth Jordan and Marcus Jordan, all of Memphis; a sister, Pearline Maxwell Jordan of Chicago; two brothers, Charles Lee Jordan of Crystal Springs, Miss., and Willie Jordan of Jackson, Miss., 21 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
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Rev. David Lee, 54, of Memphis, employee of Laidlaw and associate pastor of New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, died Saturday in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Rev. Lee, the husband of Constance Lee, also leaves three daughters, Regina Goodwin, Latasha Price and Devia Lee, all of Memphis; two sons, David Lee Jr. of Memphis and Scott Franklin of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two sisters, Gladys Herron of Nashville and Ann Hightower of Chicago; two brothers, Louis Lee of Chicago and Eddie James Lee of Atlanta, and 12 grandchildren.
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Frances McNamara, 79, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. Mrs. McNamara, the wife of John McNamara, also leaves a son, Steve Moerman of Orlando, Fla.; two sisters, Ann Hudson of Las Vegas and Betty Quinn of Texarkana, Texas, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Kidney Foundation.
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Abdullah 'George Eli Wright' Mumin, 62, of Memphis, died April 7 at AmeriCare Health Care Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. today at R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home. Mr. Mumin, the widower of Lois Johnson Wright, leaves two daughters, Kimberly Wright Turner of Memphis and Barbara Wright of Nashville; a son, George Eli Wright Jr. of Memphis, and a sister, Annie Jean Wright of Detroit.
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Orange Lee Over, 57, of Memphis, died Thursday at Gallaway Nursing Center. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran and a member of the Church of God in Christ. He leaves a brother, Robert Tyson Jr. of Nashville.
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James B. Phelps, 66, of Heber Springs, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired policeman for Memphis Police Department and real estate salesman for Brock and Associates Real Estate and Heber Springs Realty, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Heber Springs First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Cleburne County Memorial Gardens in Heber Springs. Olmstead Funeral Home in Heber Springs has charge. Mr. Phelps, the husband of Sandra Phelps, also leaves three daughters, Mary Cook of Bartlett, Judy Britton of Heber Springs and Lea Ann Phelps of Nashville; a stepson, Jeff King of Nashville; a sister, Vivian DeCosta of Cocoa Beach, Fla., and five grandchildren.
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Marvin L. Pledger, 85, of Millington, retired truck driver for Central Soya, died Sunday at his home. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. William's Catholic Church, where he was a communicant, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Knights of Columbus St. Williams Council 6321. Mr. Pledger, the husband of Mae Pledger, also leaves a daughter, Karen M. Croenne of Millington, and two grandsons. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Disabled American Veterans.
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Ruth B. Ray, 78, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. She was a member of Georgian Hills Baptist Church. Mrs. Ray, the widow of James T. Ray, leaves a daughter, Jamie Saylor of Memphis; a son, James T. Ray Jr. of Como, Miss.; a brother, Louis Bomar Jr. of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
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Dewey Rhoades, 83, of Memphis, retired from Stewart Sandwiches, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Leaclair Baptist Church. Mr. Rhoades, the widower of Ruby Shadoin Rhoades, leaves a daughter, Ruth Ann Stanley of Massachusetts; a son, Richard Sidney Rhoades of Memphis; two sisters, Erma Brooks of New Madrid, Mo., and Virginia Smothers of Dexter, Mo.; a brother, Kenneth Rhoades of Belleview, Mo., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Forestine Rivers, 67, of Memphis, retired cafeteria worker for Memphis City Schools, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater Middle Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Jan Couch and Bonita Slaughter; three sons, Michael Rivers, Earol Rivers and Keith Rivers; a sister, Dorothy Sanders, and a brother, Arthur Rivers Jr., all of Memphis, 18 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
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Walter Lee Rogers, 82, of Memphis, former employee of Albert Cook Plumbing, died Wednesday at Atrium of Memphis Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Kingdom Baptist Church on Triggs with burial in Union cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Vivian Rogers and Virginia Peterson, and four sons, Roy Rogers, Carl Rogers Walter Rogers Jr. and Tony Rogers, all of Memphis; a sister, Ernestine Rogers of Dayton, Ohio; a brother, Larry Rogers of Milwaukee, and several grandchildren.
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Pearlie Mae Sandlin, 64, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Sandlin, the widow of Joe Sandlin Jr., leaves four daughters, Theretha Sandlin, Judia Polk, Queen Lockett and Bobbie Tenort, and five sons, James Williamson, Joseph Williamson, Andre Sandlin, Jessie Sandlin and William Sandlin, all of Memphis; three brothers, Arthur Williamson Jr., Robert Henry Williamson and Charlie Williamson, all of Detroit, 25 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Melvin Scott, 81, of Memphis, retired from the Postal Service, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Beulah Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Retired Mail Handlers Association. Mr. Scott, the husband of Hattie Marie Bowles Scott, also leaves two daughters, Anita S. Smith and Marilyn Vaughn, and three sisters, Bernice Pernell, Mildred Lewis and Lula Leonard, all of Memphis; a brother, James Scott Jr. of Kansas City, Kan., six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Opal Upton Siler, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home in Jackson, Tenn., with burial in Maple Springs cemetery near Mercer, Tenn. She was a member of Mercer Baptist Church. Mrs. Siler, the widow of Richard Roy Siler, leaves two sons, William L. Siler of Germantown and Manley Siler of St. George Island, Fla.; a sister, Freeda Johnson of Jackson; four brothers, Alvin West Upton of West Covina, Calif., Bobby Upton of Nashville, Charles Upton of Jackson and Lee Upton of Denmark, Tenn., two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Daryl A. 'Tony' Smith, 47, of Memphis, maintenance worker for the Board of Education, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memphis Memory Gardens. Family Funeral Care has charge. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Winnie P. and Harold Nantz, and a sister, Jennifer Derbas, all of Memphis.
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Jewel E. Speight, 83, of Memphis, retired executive director of YWCA Sarah Brown Branch, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Boeingshire with burial in Elmwood. T.H. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, The Links, Bluff City Medical Auxiliary, Smart Set, NAACP, the Sophistocates and the YWCA. Mrs. Speight, the widow of Dr. W.O. Speight Jr., leaves a son, Rashad Sharif of Memphis, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Mabel Clair Waits, 94, of Memphis, caretaker for Home Healthcare, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Salem Presbyterian Church cemetery in Atoka. She was a 27-year member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints First Ward. Mrs. Waits, the widow of Homer Joseph Waits, leaves a daughter, Dorris Hollahan of Colorado; two sons, Richard Waits of Memphis and James Hamby of Miami Springs, Fla., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Clara Petro Walsh, 87, of Memphis, retired from DIPEC, died Sunday at Millington Healthcare. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church. Mrs. Walsh, the widow of Timothy Robert Walsh, leaves a daughter, Sharon Walsh Cox of Millington; a sister, Gladys Bryan of Grover City, Calif.; two brothers, Donald Petro of Orlando, Fla., and Herb Petro of Miami, two grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church.
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