Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Christy Jackson, 35, of Memphis, homemaker, died April 8 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Snow Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She leaves two daughters, Shannon Jackson and Shundra Jackson, both of Memphis; her father, James Jackson of Coahoma, Miss., and a companion with whom she lived, Michael Donahue.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Dereck D. Jones, 27, of Memphis, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a son, Derrick Dewayne Payne; his mother, Cynthia A. Jones; his father, Marvin Winston; five sisters, Quntonette Jones, Clera Jones, Syntrel Jones, Megan Jones and Nadolyn Winston; five brothers, Travis Jones, Lamunt Jones, Jamell Jones, Evan Jones and Rico Winston, and his grandmother, Annie Jones.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
John Vincent Jones, 57, of Collierville, plumber for Krag Co., investment broker and lapidary artisan, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Cryptside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Mausoleum. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a former president of Memphis Archeological & Geological Society. Mr. Jones, the husband of Doris Jones, also leaves a daughter, Carol Crews of Memphis; a son, John Vincent Jones Jr. of Montana; his mother, Wanda Jones of Memphis, and a brother, Jay Steven Jones of Olive Branch. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Scleroderma Foundation.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
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, Vanessa Jordan Grant 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.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Jean H. Lewis, 64, of Memphis, retired teacher for Georgian Hills Junior High School, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Peace Lutheran Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Memphis Education Association and Tennessee Education Association. She leaves a daughter, Ava Woody of Memphis; three sisters, Florida White of Boston, and Marjorie Lenton and Mary Penny, both of Memphis; three brothers, Joe Lewis of New York City, Jessie Lewis of Memphis and William Lewis of Batesville, Miss., and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Everlina Loyd, 57, of Memphis, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Castalia Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. Mrs. Loyd, the widow of Eddie Loyd, leaves a daughter, Sharon A. Shorter, and two sons, Martin Loyd and Alvin Loyd, all of Memphis; four sisters, Ethelyn Smith and Valerie Briggs, both of Memphis, and Dorothy Wells and Betty Wells, both of Chicago; a brother, Samuel Wells of Memphis, 13 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
George Moore Jr., 40, of Memphis, master tailor for Juna's Alterations, died Friday at Methodist North Hospital. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Berean Baptist Church on Raines. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves four sisters, Gertha Lewis, Elizabeth Collins, Linda Myers and Cheryl Moore, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Eula Parker, 101, of Memphis, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Jayess, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. She leaves a daughter, Berteal Jackson of Memphis; a son, Ralph Haynes of New Orleans, 20 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Jewel Ray Phillips, 77, of Memphis, retired certified automotive technician, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Phillips, the husband of Ruth Marie Phillips for 55 years, also leaves two daughters, Rena Phillips Chandler and Donna Kay Phillips, both of Memphis; two sons, Jewel Ray Phillips Jr. and John Franklin Phillips, both of Olive Branch; two sisters, Pauline Bradley of Oxford, Miss., and Norma Wilson of Nebraska, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Anita Rogers Stamps, 54, of Memphis, property manager for Dave Derman Co., died Monday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Stamps, the wife of Danny Stamps for 36 years, also leaves a daughter, Ashley Daniel of Southaven; a son, Brett Stamps of Memphis; her mother, Mary Hall Rogers, and a sister, Annette Dungan, both of Charleston, Miss., and a grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Youth for Christ.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Alonzo L. Tate, 51, of Memphis, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Restoration Ministries in Marion with burial in Marion Memorial cemetery. Mr. Tate, the husband of Alcoria Tate, also leaves three daughters, Tami Davis and Lesley Tate-Farmer, both of Memphis, and Erica King of Chicago; four sisters, Katherin Green of Turrell, Ark., Linda Tyson and Carolyn Tate, both of Chicago, and Carlotta Miller of West Memphis; two brothers, Willie Tate of Turrell and Elvin Tate of Marion, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Georgia L. Taylor, 93, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, where she attended, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Taylor, the widow of Troy Taylor, leaves a daughter, Doris Taylor of Memphis; two sisters, Mary C. Johnson of Chattanooga and Lillie Mae Wise of Akron, Ohio; a brother, Howard Long of Corinth, Miss., four grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Jean Winningham Thurston, 85, of La Follette, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, former teacher for Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday in La Follette. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Middle Creek United Methodist Church in Sevierville, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery there. Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville has charge. She was a literacy program volunteer, a docent for Brooks Museum and a graduate of Central High School in Knoxville and the University of Tennessee. Mrs. Thurston, the widow of James B. Thurston, leaves three daughters, Becky Robinson, Kay Finch and Linda Thurston; a son, James H. Thurston; a sister, Evelyn Jeffers, four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to National Center for Family Literacy.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Ruby Walker, 74, of Memphis, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She leaves four sisters, Christine Woods, Jessie Lou Coleman and Dorothy Jacks, all of Chicago, and Deloise Knox of Newport, Ark., and three brothers, James Walls of Memphis, Charlie Walls Jr. of Chicago and David Joe Walls of Wichita Falls, Texas.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Jewel Victoria Washington, 79, of Memphis, retired dietitian for Methodist Hospitals, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Early Grove Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three sons, James Washington of Dayton, Ohio, Terry Washington of Madison, Wis., and Ricky Washington of Memphis; two brothers, Stan Smith of Dayton and Billy Smith of Booneville, Miss., six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Charlie Williams, 73, of Memphis, retired construction worker, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Rosie Williams McKinney of Illinois; a son, Charlie Williams Jr. of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Likely, and two stepsons, Ray Likely and George Likely Jr., all of Grand Rapids, Mich., 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Doxie 'D.C.' Young Jr., 44, of Memphis, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. Mr. Young, the husband of Annie Young, also leaves two sons, Andre Mackay and Patrick Wade, both of Memphis; a sister, Emma McGhee of St. Louis; six brothers, Emmit Loggins of Kilmichael, Miss., Donnell Russell, Jasper Young and H.L. Young, all of Memphis, James Thomas of Meridian, Miss., and John Wesley Young of Italy, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
H. Floyd Young, 75, of Memphis, retired employee benefits manager, died Sunday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of the Holy Communion, where he was a lay eucharistic minister. Mid-South Mortuary has charge. He was a Korean War Army veteran, a member of Brotherhood of St. Andrew and a scout leader. He leaves a daughter, Sarah K. Shimelanis of New York City; two sons, Robert L. Scott Young of Pace, Fla., and Eric Larson Young of North Hollywood, Calif., and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Burlison -- Mary Jane Kenney, 64, waitress for Gilt Edge Cafe, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Covington Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia Gardens. She was a member of Fellowship Bible Church and Helping Hands. Mrs. Kenney, the widow of James C. Kenney, leaves three sons, Roger A. Kenney of Burlison, Patrick J. Kenney of Grosse Pointe, Mich., and James C. Kenney of Harrison Township, Mich.; a brother, Emmet J. Gendernelle of Sterling Heights, Mich., and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Helping Hands.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Newbern -- Roy Parrish, 92, of Bells, formerly of Newbern, retired farmer, died Monday at Bells Assisted Living Facility. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in McCorkle cemetery. Mr. Parrish was the husband of Ruby Parrish for 71 years. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
