Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Rose Marie Clark, 16-year-old daughter of Richard and Jeannie Clark of Millington, junior at Bolton High School, died Saturday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of the women's choir and HOSA at Bolton High School. She also leaves a sister, Amy Clark, and a brother, Richard Clark II, both of Millington, and her grandparents, Gene and Martha Finney and Lydia Clark, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Carrie B. Johnson, 85, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Middle Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Lawrence Johnson Jr., leaves a daughter, Deverne Johnson Howell of Atlanta; two sons, Lawrence Johnson III and Harold Johnson, both of Memphis; a brother, James Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Craig Dean Nowaq, 56, of Memphis, owner of Craig Nowaq's National Artist Attractions, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Woodland Presbyterian Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Family Funeral Care has charge. He was a member of the Jaycees. He leaves his parents, Joe D. and Shirley Nowaq, and a brother, Darryl Nowaq. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Woodland Presbyterian Church or Camp Discovery.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Lyle Dean Polzin, 72, of Memphis, transportation broker, died Sunday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park South Woods. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. Mr. Polzin, the husband of Teresa Crawford Polzin, also leaves a daughter, Melissa Caldwell of Shreveport, La.; a son, Mark Polzin of Houston; two stepdaughters, Melissa Davis of Sanford, N.C., and Kalisa Hyman of Cordova; a stepson, Stephen Hobbs of Nesbit; three sisters, Margueritte Gilbert of Fridley, Minn., Shirley Engel of Lincoln, Neb., and Donna Magedanz of Milbank, S.D.; a brother, Claydon Polzin of Ackley, Iowa, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Balmoral Presbyterian Church chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday night group.
[Death notice dated April 25, 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 Zellmer of Nesbit, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Charles W. Woods, 75, of Memphis, retired investment banker, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Evangelical Church, where he was a member, with burial in Bowman (Ark.) cemetery. Family Funeral Care has charge. He leaves two sons, Charles W. Woods Jr. of Coldwater, Miss., and John L. Woods of Sarah, Miss.; a stepson, Bill Courtney; two half-sisters, Brenda Davis of Brandon, Miss., and Barbara Bear of Dover, Tenn., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Grace Evangelical Church.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Cecil O. Wright, 87, of Memphis, supervisory air traffic control specialist and flight service station chief in Dyersburg, Tenn., Jackson, Tenn., and Nashville for 35 years, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memphis Park. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church. Mr. Wright, the husband of Ruby Wright, also leaves two daughters, Cecilia Conine and Cynthia Elaine McMullin, both of Memphis; a sister, Dorothy Harden of Stanton, Tenn.; a caregiver, Marsha Davis of Memphis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Bolivar -- Rose Taylor, 94, homemaker, died Wednesday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Old Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Middleburg with burial in the church cemetery. Dixie Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. She leaves two daughters, Helen Johnson and Dorothy Jean Patton.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Hansel E. 'Hank' Eldridge, 79, retired from the Air Force after more than 22 years and businessman, died Saturday at Dyersburg Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. He was a deacon at Three Oaks Baptist Church and member of Masonic lodge. Mr. Eldridge, the husband of Sue Eldridge, also leaves two stepdaughters, Katie Czopkiewiez of Chicago and Patricia Vowell of Olive Branch; a sister, Vedia Ramsey of Memphis; two brothers, Carl Eldridge of Lexington and Everette Eldridge of Olive Branch, 12 stepgrandchildren, 31 stepgreat-grandchildren and six stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Grand Junction -- Edward McKinnie, 83, retired factory worker, died Tuesday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Prospect CME Church with burial in the church cemetery. Dixie Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. Mr. McKinnie, the husband of Elise McKinnie, also leaves seven daughters, Dorothy Ann Williams, Loretha Steward, Mary Loccoh, Pearlie Mae McKinnie, Mattie Johnson, Julia McKinnie and Rita Jones; three sons, Robert James McKinnie, Charlie B. McKinnie and Ricky Jones; two sisters, Nellie B. Lockett and Catherine Scott, and several grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Newbern -- Harold 'Buddy' Sadler, 68, welder and retired from Newbern Police Department and Dyer County sheriff's deputy, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. He was an Army veteran and member of Newbern Masonic Lodge 285. Mr. Sadler, the husband of Wanda Evans Sadler, also leaves two daughters, Linda Bardwell and Sandra Rose, both of Newbern; three sisters, Reggie Curvin of Byron, Mich., Margie Everett of Plymouth, Mich., and Juanita Lawson of Tiptonville; a brother, Jerry Salder of Newbern, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 2005]
Somerville -- Betty Ann German Williams, 65, former employee of Salant Manufacturing Co. and Gallaway Nursing Home, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery in Laconia. She was a Protestant. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Jimmy Logan and the wife of Julian O. Williams, also leaves a daughter, Linda Adair of Moscow; four sons, James Logan and Gary Logan, both of Whiteville, and Danny Logan and Jimmy Logan, both of Somerville; three stepdaughters, Nellie Crooms, Sue Williams and Sharon Williams, all of Oxford; five stepsons, Andy Williams of Lakeland, Fla., and Leon Williams, Donnie Williams, Franklin Williams and Ronnie Williams, all of Oxford; six sisters, Judy Phillips of Brownsville, Kay Rutledge of Algonquin, Ill., Peggy Lee of Bells, and Maxine Ferge, Geraldine Maher and Ruth Taylor, all of Somerville; three brothers, John German of Somerville, and Charles German and Roy Neal German, both of Whiteville, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 25, 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 Mount Sinai Church cemetery in Braden, Tenn. 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 26, 2005]
Walter G. Chambliss, 78, of Memphis, retired plant manager for Osmose Inc. and Commercial Chemical Co., died Sunday at Kirby Pines Estates. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World War II Coast Guard veteran, member of Germantown Methodist Church, former Sunday school teacher for St. Luke's methodist Church of 20 years and a scoutmaster. Mr. Chambliss, the husband of Anne Scobey Chambliss for 55 years, also leaves a daughter, Marianne Wilson, and two sons, John S. Chambliss and Walter G. Chambliss Jr., all of Memphis; two brothers, Derrill B. Chambliss of Montgomery, Ala., and Willis W. Chambliss of Bartlett, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated April 26, 2005]
Charles B. 'C-Mac' Faulkner, 35, of Memphis, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Roberts Chapel Church cemetery in Coldwater, Miss. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Helana Faulkner; two sons, Corey Faulkner and DeMarcus Bolton, and his mother, Frankie Faulkner, all of Memphis; five sisters, Shuntae Echols and Andrea Echols, both of Coldwater, and Brinda Davis, Catina Faulkner and Franchesca Faulkner, all of Memphis; a brother, Kenneth Echols of Olive Branch, and his grandfather, Herbert Faulkner of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 26, 2005]
Pearline Brewer Harris, 49, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at True Believers Holiness Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Harris, the wife of Garry Harris, also leaves a daughter, Gabriel Harris; two sons, Lewis Brewer and Marcas Harris; her mother, Ethel Brewer; a sister, Betty Brewer, and a brother, Rev. Kenny Brewer, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 26, 2005]
DeKavian Horton, 3-week-old son of Kimberly Nash and DeRonald Horton of Memphis, died Wednesday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Graveside services will be at noon Thursday at Bell Grove Church cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. He also leaves his grandparents, Lewis Nash, Elise and Danny Johnson, and Ronald Phillips, all of Memphis, and his great-grandmother, Virginia Fields of Somerville, N.Y.
[Death notice dated April 26, 2005]
Roland Valentine Johnson III, 55, of Memphis, former computer specialist for M&W; Auto Supply and Mid-America Auto Parts, died Sunday at Overton Park Health Care Center. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Leaclair Baptist Church, where he was a member. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. He leaves a sister, Judith Johnson, and caregivers, Bob and Anne Blackmon, all of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Leaclair Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated April 26, 2005]
Vicki L. Lawson, 63, of Memphis, retired hairdresser, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bartlett Funeral Home. She leaves a son, Larry Lawson, and a sister, Mary Beth Davidson, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 26, 2005]
