Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Lorenzo Banks III, 37, of Memphis, died April 17 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ with burial in Elmwood. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Donna and Lorenzo Banks Jr.; a sister, Nakisa Ann Banks; a brother, Melvin Turnage Jr., and his grandmother, Jennie E. Banks, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Clark Billingsley Jr., 80, of Memphis, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at True Church House of Prayer to All Nations, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. Mr. Billingsley, the widower of Essie B. Billingsley, leaves five daughters, Blanch Robinson of Cleveland, Ohio, Opal Nelson, Rosie Goodman and Minnie Gale, all of Memphis, and Estella William-Calloway; two sisters, Ann Ophelia Harper of Mason, Tenn., and Beatrice Reed of Memphis, 17 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
John F. Church III, 48, of Memphis, restaurant manager for Belmont Grill and student teacher for Chimney Rock Elementary School, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Lutheran Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Colonial Park United Methodist Church. Mr. Church, the husband of Jennifer Church, also leaves a son, Jordan Church of Memphis; a sister, Suzanne Dearen of Collierville, and two brothers, Tom Church of Memphis and Jim Church of Germantown. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Christ the King Lutheran School or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Frances Geraldine Craig, 71, of Knoxville, formerly of Memphis, died Friday at Serene Manor in Knoxville. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She leaves her mother, Eva Collins, and a brother, Joseph Collins, both of Celina, Texas.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Josie Lee Garmon, 59, of Memphis, private duty nurse, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at New Life Holiness Church with burial in Heavenly Rest cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Garmon, the widow of Frank Garmon, leaves three daughters, Gwendolyn M. Wiseman of Memphis, Sharron Denise Garmon of St. Louis and Kathy Ann Mosley of Millington; two sisters, Dorothy Mae Coleman of Memphis and Loriane Garmon, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Ann R. Hackleman, 94, of Memphis, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a Pink Lady for Methodist Healthcare for 46 years and was president of Methodist Hospital Auxiliary. She had served as president of the district United Methodist Women. Mrs. Hackleman, the widow of Willard Hackleman, leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Sturdivant of Cordova; two sons, William Hackleman of Houston and Richard Hackleman of Grand Junction, Tenn., five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Methodist Hospital Auxiliary or Trinity United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Sandra L. Hutchinson, 59, of Memphis, legal assistant, died Friday at Wesley Highland Manor. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. She was a Humane Society volunteer. She leaves a son, Brandon J. Hutchinson of Memphis; a sister, Karen Bailey of Jackson, Tenn., and a brother, Frank Shelton of Georgia.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Irene Kitchens, 84, of Bartlett, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bartlett Funeral Home. Mrs. Kitchens, the wife of Robert L. Kitchens, also leaves a daughter, Wanda Barnes of Michigan City, Miss.; a son, Rhobbie Nowlin of Hartsville, S.C.; a stepdaughter, Pamela C. Dallas of Collierville; a stepson, Wesley E. Kitchens of West Memphis, eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Methodist Hospice.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Vester Griffin Lindley, 79, of Tupelo, formerly of Memphis, retired from Action Industries and Baptist Memorial Hospital, died Friday in Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Union Christian Assembly in Plantersville, Miss., with burial in Union cemetery. McNeece-Morris Funeral Home in Fulton, Miss., has charge. Mrs. Lindley, the widow of James M. Lindley, leaves a daughter, Judy Gail McCarty of Arlington; three sons, Jerry Wayne Edlemon of Amory, Miss., Michael Edlemon of Tupelo and Jackie Dwight Edlemon of Palmetto, Miss., a sister, Dessie Edlemon of Illinois, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Mark Joseph Long, 48, of Memphis, died Friday at his home. Family Funeral Care has charge. Mr. Long, the husband of Darlene Adams Long, also leaves a daughter, Katie Long, and a son, Michael Long, both of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Diana Bridges of Golden, Miss.; a stepson, Shawn Adams of Collierville; a sister, Linda Long Carrier of California; a brother, James R. Long of Cordova, and two stepgrandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Heart Association or Alzheimer's Association.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Marie C. Louis, 77, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Pecan Co., died Thursday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church-Westwood, where she was a member of the Mothers Board and Gospel Family Choir, with burial in New Park cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Louis, the wife of James Louis, also leaves a daughter, Anita Louis of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Willie Lee McKinley, 79, of Memphis, retired warehouse worker for Kroger, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial at 1 p.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mr. McKinley, the husband of Sandra G. McKinley, also leaves four daughters, Virgie Culpepper, Sandra McKinley, Nicole McKinley and Cheryl McKinley, and six sons, Jimmie McKinley, Jerry McKinley, Zachery McKinley, Ralph McKinley, Tyrone McKinley and Mann McKinley, all of Memphis; a brother, T.J. Ray of Grand Rapids, Mich., 27 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Charles D. Ozbirn, 73, of Collierville, retired vice president of Delta Foremost Chemical Co., died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of National Association of Credit Management and Southwind Church of Christ. Mr. Ozbirn, the husband of Joy Ozbirn for 52 years, also leaves two daughters, Leslie Sandifer of Collierville and Susan Miller of Germantown, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Southwind Church of Christ, Asbury United Methodist Church or Salvation Army.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Clifford S. Padgett, 80, of Cordova, retired from Southern Railroad, died Wednesday at Memphis Jewish Home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Collierville First Baptist Church. Mr. Padgett, the widower of Mary Elizabeth Padgett, leaves two sons, Keith Padgett of San Antonio, Texas, and Larry Padgett of Memphis; a stepdaughter, JoAnn Wilson of Arlington, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Joe L. Patterson, 90, of Memphis, retired mechanic, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church with burial in Calvary. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mr. Patterson, the husband of Rosetta Patterson, also leaves two daughters of Jackson, Miss., three daughters of Memphis, and five sons, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Arline Spinner, 86, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a Catholic. Mrs. Spinner, the widow of Frank E. Spinner, leaves a daughter, Susan Green of Cordova; a son, Charlie Smith of Portland, Ore.; a brother, T.G. Temples Jr. of Mexia, Texas, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
William Andrew Townsend, 85, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Greater Kansas Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Union Hill cemetery in Atoka. Millington Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Louise Madison of Memphis and Lorece Johnson of Chicago; a son, Bobby Joe Townsend of Holly Springs, Miss., 10 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Covington -- Casey Lee Adams, 82, farmer, died Monday at Covington Manor Nursing Home. Services were Saturday at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church with burial in St. John cemetery in Atoka. Palmer Funeral Home in Mason has charge. He was a former member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Atoka. Mr. Adams, the widower of Jesse Mae Lemons-Adams, leaves a son, David Adams of Covington; two sisters, Eunice Lee of Covington and Annie B. Richardson of Memphis; two brothers, Bonnie Junior Alston of Mason and Charles Alston of Detroit, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Ripley -- Mary Helen Duvall Gean, 85, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and member of Women's Missionary Union, with burial in Grace cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gean, the widow of Rev. Vernon Gean, leaves two brothers, Russell Duvall and Wesley Duvall, both of Ripley.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Rogers Spring -- Johnny B. Townsend, 49, roofer, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home Middleton Chapel with burial in Rogers Spring cemetery. Shackelford Funeral in Bolivar has charge. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He leaves his father, Vester Townsend; two sisters, Helen Manley and Brenda Townsend, and a brother, Mark Townsend, all of Rogers Spring.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Savannah -- Margaret Elizabeth Wilkerson Clarke, 66, retired nurse, died Friday at Hardin County General Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hermon cemetery. She attended Morris Chapel Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Debbie Jones and Dianna White, both of Savannah; four brothers, James W. Wilkerson of Bartlett, Sammy E. Wilkerson of Whiteville, and Billy C. Wilkerson and Wayne R. Wilkerson, both of Savannah, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
Savannah -- William Hurley Miller, 73, retired truck driver, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Mars Hill cemetery in McNairy County. He was an Air Force veteran, and member of Mount Hermon Baptist Church and Bethel Grove Masonic Lodge. Mr. Miller, the husband of Bettye Miller, also leaves two sisters, Mary Faye DePriest of Adamsville and Erma Jean Pipkin of Scotts Hill.
[Death notice dated April 24, 2005]
