Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Gale Graham, 56, of Memphis, employee of Career Pro Staffing, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Central Church. Mrs. Graham, the wife of Don Graham, also leaves a daughter, Jennifer Glambrocco of Costa Mesa, Calif.; a son, Randy Moss of Memphis; two sisters, Peggy Phipps of Germantown and Susan Sigler of Cordova, and a brother, Bobby Walton of Hernando. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Mary C. Hagy, 36, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Shelby County cemetery. She leaves a brother, Matthew Hagy of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
O. Sup Hong, 87, of Germantown, farmer, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Mr. Hong, the widower of Kyung Pal Hong, leaves three daughters, Ki Sun Cruz of Collierville, and Sun Ja Yim and Won Shin Kim, both of Germantown; two sons, Jai K. Hong of Germantown and Jai Son Hong of Texas, 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Louise Howe, 80, of Trumann, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired from DuPont Corp. and Kimberly-Clark in Memphis, died Thursday in Shreveport, La. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with burial in Nettleton cemetery in Jonesboro, Ark. She was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church in Trumann. Mrs. Howe, the widow of Ralph Howe, leaves a son, Rick Chaffin of Memphis; a sister, Caroline Boydstun; a brother, Bill Sanders, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Darrius Diamond Jenkins, infant son of Sonya D. Shields and Darriel Jenkins, died Tuesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Royal Chapel CME Church cemetery. J.E. Herndon Funeral Home Golden Cross Chapel has charge. He also leaves two sisters, Chasity Coleman and Arriel Coleman, both of Memphis, and his grandparents, Pearline Shields, Sharon Coleman, John Williams and Darryl Goodwin.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Dora S. Jones, 92, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Friday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jones, the widow of John Wesley Jones, leaves a son, Ernest Jones.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Loraine Butler Jones, 63, of Memphis, retired saleswoman, died April 14 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. Services will be at noon today at Union Grove Baptist Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Victory Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three daughters, Jacqueline Richardson of Dallas, LaCrisha Butler of Washington and Jennifer Butler of Memphis; four sisters, Jewel Warner, Shirley Butler, Joyce Butler and Charlene Butler, all of Memphis; two brothers, Gary Butler of Monticello, Miss., and J.D. Butler of Natchez, Miss., and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Junel Knox, 68, of Collierville, homemaker, died Wednesday at Collierville Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at New Stinson Community Church in Rossville, where she was a member, with burial in Charity Garden cemetery there. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. She leaves a sister, Clara Key, and a caregiver, Marjorie Knox, both of Rossville.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Jesse 'Tutle' Mallory, 60, of Memphis, died April 14 at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He was a Baptist. Mr. Mallory, the husband of Charlene Mallory, also leaves two stepsons, James Hendrick and Charles Hendrick, and a sister, Rosie M. Donaldson, all of Memphis, and 10 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Mary Sue Maxwell, 84, of Memphis, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Highland Heights United Methodist Church and Christ Church Presbyterian and a graduate of South Side High School. Mrs. Maxwell, the widow of Hugh E. Maxwell, leaves a daughter, Susan Abbinante of Cincinnati; a son, Hugh Maxwell Jr. of Birmingham, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Memphis Botanic Garden or Memphis Public Library and Information Center.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Erna Schneider, 80, of Memphis, former seamstress and former teacher in Germany, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in New Bethlehem cemetery in Nesbit. Mrs. Schneider, the wife of Erich A. Schneider, also leaves two sons, George Schneider of Lexington, S.C., and Helmuth Schneider of Nesbit, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Essie Bell Spencer, 69, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of World Overcomers Outreach Ministries. Mrs. Spencer, the widow of Walter Spencer, leaves a daughter, Estella Prescott of Memphis; two sisters, Marian Jones and Bessie Yancey, both of Collierville; a son-in-law who helped care for her, Michael Prescott of Memphis, three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Charles Edward Summers, 55, of Memphis, driver for T.C.W. Trucking Co., died Wednesday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Grove CME cemetery in Hernando. He leaves two sons, Cedric Tate and Charles Summers Jr., and his mother, Virlette Summers, all of Memphis; five sisters, Alice Reed and Sondra Summers, both of Memphis, Teresa Shorter of Horn Lake, Thilitha Summers of Houston and Ethel J. Robinson of Chicago, and four brothers, Roy C. Summers, Kennedy Summers and Harvey Summers III, all of Memphis, and Jerry Mosby of Hernando.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Bolivar -- Doris C. Bishop, 82, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Bolivar Memorial cemetery. She was a member of Bolivar First Baptist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Mrs. Bishop, the widow of Harry M. Bishop, leaves a daughter, Harriet B. Price of Memphis; a son, Eddie Bishop of Olive Branch, Miss., four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Veterans of Foreign Wars or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Brownsville -- Jimmie Lee Foster, 52, employee of Jefferson Manufacturing Co. in Humboldt, died April 14 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Antioch Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. Mr. Foster, the husband of Theresa Pirtle Foster, also leaves four daughters, Neressia Foster, Kamisha Foster, Chiquita Foster and Jaquita Pullum, all of Tennessee; his father, Charlie Lee Foster of Brownsville; four sisters, Nancy Simmons of Dyersburg, and Norma Jean Harris, Lois Wright and Barbara Douglas, all of Union City; a brother, Charles Lee Foster Jr. of Brownsville, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Ripley -- Brenda Latham Menchaca, 54, nurse, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Mary's Chapel cemetery. Mrs. Menchaca, the wife of Steve Menchaca of San Angelo, Texas, also leaves two sons, James Latham of Ripley and Mike Latham of Memphis; three brothers, Lanny Ray Flora of Fort Collins, Colo., Charles Wayne Flora of White Oak, Texas, and William Harold Flora of Gardendale, Texas, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Ripley -- Julie Taylor, 69, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services were Friday at Calvary Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Ripley Memorial Gardens. Garner Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Bill Taylor, also leaves five daughters, Debbie Maxwell of Murfreesboro, Gina Ortiz of Loxahatchee, Fla., Lisa Harmon of Jonesboro, Ga., Angie Knoell of Hazel Green, Ala., and Renita Danas of Atlanta; two sons, William Taylor Jr. of Lewisburg and Matthew Taylor of Ripley; her mother, Flora Mae Baker of Clarksville; a sister, Mary Sawyer of Woodlawn; a brother, Tom Baker of Jonesboro, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Ripley -- Robert Elliot 'Bubba' Tucker, 20, laborer, died April 15 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Forerunner Baptist Church with burial in Mount Pleasant Church cemetery in Gates. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. He leaves his mother, Constavel Tucker; two sisters, Elaine Tucker and Shirley Tucker; three brothers, Alfred Tucker, Scott Tucker and Steve Tucker, and his grandmother, Irene Shaw, all of Ripley.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Rossville -- Nora B. Lewis, 77, retired developmental technician for Arlington Developmental Hospital, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. today at Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Macon Church cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mrs. Lewis, the widow of Albert S. Lewis, leaves four daughters, Mollie Lewis Screen of Riverdale, Ga., Augusta Watson and Tina L. Butler, both of Memphis, and Irisha Massey of Zion, Ill.; three sons, Amos Lewis, William Lewis and Arealus Williams, all of Memphis; three sisters, Mollie Hall of Chicago, and Carrie Parrott and Fannie Gilchrease, both of Memphis; a brother, Carl Lee Brooks of Rossville, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
Somerville -- Agnes Simmons Oates, 84, retired co-owner of Oates Hardware, Grocery and Laundromat in Oakland, died Thursday at Appling Wood Health Care Center in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Oakland cemetery. She was a member of Oakland Presbyterian Church and a graduate of Fayette County High School. Mrs. Oates, the widow of Morris Y. Oates, leaves a daughter, Sandra L. Bane of Arlington; a son, Ronald M. Oates of Cordova, and two grandsons. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Oakland Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 23, 2005]
