Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Donald W. Kerns, 72, of Bald Knob, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired Marine Corps master gunnery sergeant and justice of the peace for White County (Ark.) Quorum Court, died Wednesday at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He was a Korean War and Vietnam War veteran and a 20-year volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Kerns, the husband of Margarette S. Kerns for 54 years, also leaves four daughters, Donna Kerns and Pamela Finney, both of Memphis, Tracy Hopper of Batesville, Miss., and Jill Lawson of Bald Knob; a son, John F. Kerns of Austria; his mother, Sarah Kerns of Mount Morris, Pa.; two sisters, Jean Renner and Linda Short, both of Pennsylvania; two brothers, Raymond Kerns and George Kerns, both of Utah, 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Alma Moore, 38, of Memphis, cashier for Kroger, died Saturday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church on Church Road with burial in Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Church of God in Christ. Mrs. Moore, the wife of Reginald Moore, also leaves two sons, Reginald Moore Jr. and Isaiha Moore; three sisters, Gloria Griffin, Sherron Thompson and Stephanie Hill, and a brother, Charles Hill, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Dorothy Mae Noel, 51, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Teresa Noel, and a son, Victor Love, and three brothers, Earl Hassell Jr., Earnest Noel and James Lee Noel, all of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Wilburn Joe Owens, 66, of Millington, retired truck driver for Shelby County Highway Department, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Casey Funeral Home in Henderson, Tenn., with burial in Refuge cemetery in McNairy County, Tenn. He was a member of Rosemark Pentecostal Church. Mr. Owens, the husband of Chere Ledesma Owens, also leaves four sisters, Ernestine Minor of Olive Branch, Imagene Owens and Mary Hazelgrove, both of Memphis, and Bobbie Ware of Atoka, and three brothers, Fred Owens Jr. of Bethel Springs, Tenn., James Wade Owens of Saginaw, Mich., and Jerry Wayne Maness of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Edward 'Frog' Porter, 57, of Memphis, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mr. Porter, the husband of Glenda Porter, also leaves three daughters, Pamela Requel Porter and Michelle Cobbs, both of Memphis, and Robin Lynette Porter of Texas; three sons, Kevin Edward Porter Jr., Eric Elandus Porter and Roosevelt Cobbs, and his father, Lee Russell Porter, all of Memphis; six sisters, Charlene Wright, Sylvia Porter, Lois Johnson, Diane Ambrose and Deborah Harrison, all of Memphis, and Shirley Howard of Lexington, Ky.; four brothers, Grady Harrison, Willie Harrison, Robin Harrison and Willie Maurice Porter, all of Memphis, and 12 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Evellina Scott Thomas, 57, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Norris Church of Christ with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. Mrs. Thomas, the widow of Roosevelt Thomas, leaves three daughters, Teresa Young and Evelyn Holly, both of Memphis, and Trena Brown of Holcomb, Miss.; two sons, Christopher Jones of Seattle and Roland Jones III of Memphis; her mother, Mary Jackson, and a sister, Clara Jackson, both of Milwaukee, and two brothers, David Jackson and Eugene Jackson, both of Nashville.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Luther Curtis Thompson Jr., 41, of Memphis, purchasing clerk for Shelby County Sheriff's Department, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Community of Faith Christian Church with burial in Union cemetery in Millington. Thompson's Mortuary in Ripley, Tenn., has charge. He leaves his mother, J. Annettee Thompson, and a sister, Taunya Thompson, both of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Clarence D. Tucker, 83, of Memphis, retired barber, died Wednesday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Bellevue Baptist Church on Crockett with burial in Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Tucker, the husband of Glossie Tucker, also leaves three sons, James C. Tucker and Clarence D. Tucker Jr., both of Memphis, and Lawrence D. Tucker of New York; a sister, Ora Lee Medley of Memphis, three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Mamie E. West, 88, of Memphis, retired operator for BellSouth, died April 22 at Atrium of Memphis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be at 12:30 p.m. today at New Salem cemetery in Mason Hall, Tenn. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She leaves a brother, David West of Paducah, Ky.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Annie Kelley Williamson, 45, of Memphis, nursing assistant, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home with burial in Shelby County cemetery. She was a graduate of Fayette Ware High School. Mrs. Williamson, the wife of Oscar Williamson, also leaves four sisters, Jeanette Gant and Edna Kelley, both of Memphis, Linda Dowell of Cookeville, Tenn., and Pamela White of Richmond, Ky., and two brothers, Jessie Kelley and Billy Kelley, both of Somerville.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Covington -- Helen Frances Tobias DeMarco, 72, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Covington Memorial Gardens. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. DeMarco, the widow of John DeMarco, leaves a son, James L. Busby of Gallaway; five sisters, Mildred Caldwell of Memphis, Sue Jones and Dorothy A. Hall, both of Atoka, Katherine B. Conner of Brighton and Ethel Marie Johnston of Topeka, Kan.; three brothers, James M. Tobias of Waterford, Miss., George M. Tobias of Batesville, Miss., and Joe B. Tobias of Millington, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Henning -- Aubrey Webb Jr., 54, teacher and coach for Ripley Middle School, died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ripley Middle School Gymnasium. Yarbrough Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mr. Webb, the husband of Pam Webb, also leaves a daughter, Selena Stephenson of Las Vegas; two sons, Graham Webb of Twentynine Palms, Calif., and Jordan Webb of Henning, and three sisters, Josephine M. Jones of Ripley, Dorothy J. Welker of Memphis and Camille Graeler of Pittsburgh, Pa. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Mason -- Barbara Jean Jones Randle, 49, manager and data clerk for Fayette County Board of Education for 25 years, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Fredonia Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Greater Fredonia cemetery. Palmer Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Randle, the wife of Willie Randle Jr., also leaves four sons, Marcus Randle and Willie Junior Randle, both of Mason, and Marlon Fleming and Nicholas Randle, both of Tampa, Fla.; her father, Rev. Jim Thomas Jones of Grand Junction; seven sisters, Shirley Ann Jones of Washington, Brenda Williams of Moscow, Juanita Randle of Kansas City, Mo., Dynethia Hills of Somerville, Betty Burchett of Mason, and Jacqueline Harris and Sonya Harris, both of Memphis; six brothers, Calvin Harris, Sam Jones, Victor Harris and Keith Harris, all of Memphis, Alfred Jones of Mason and Carl Jones of Somerville, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Michie -- Mary Etta Carpenter, 90, retired teacher for McNairy County School System and owner of Carpenter Shopping Center, died Thursday at Dogwood Plantation in Corinth, Miss. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at McPeters Funeral Home in Corinth with burial in Forrest Memorial Park cemetery there. She was a member of Michie First Baptist Church. Mrs. Carpenter, the wife of Charles D. Carpenter, also leaves a son, Charles D. Carpenter Jr. of Savannah; a brother, Wiley Carpenter of Hattiesburg, Miss., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Somerville -- Clinton Dickerson, 62, of Los Angeles, formerly of Somerville, employee of American Airlines, died April 21 in Los Angeles. Services will be at noon Saturday at Fayette Ware High School in Somerville with burial in McCulley cemetery in Oakland. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home has charge. He leaves four sisters, Lizzie D. Brown, Rosa M. Dickerson, Cherlie K. Ewell and Barbara Pirtle, and five brothers, James Dickerson, Curtis Dickerson, Johnnie L. Dickerson, Robert A. Dickerson and Gary P. Dickerson, all of Somerville.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Somerville -- Buford Hayse Plunk, 60, retired long-distance truck driver for Phillips Mail Contractors of Memphis after 27 years, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Fayette County Memorial Park cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran and a Protestant. Mr. Plunk, the husband of Linda Carol Bobbitt Plunk, also leaves a daughter, Betty Sue Hardee of Hayden, Ala.; a son, Terance Starnes of Oakland; six sisters, Laverne Watson of Nashville, Blondell Powers of Southaven, Miss., Minnie Davis and Dorothy Redden, both of Henderson, Allie Henry of Bethel Springs and Mary Jane Plunk of Finger; four brothers, Henry Plunk of Jacksonville, Ark., Dewayne Plunk of Crossville, and David Plunk and M.E. Plunk, both of Finger, six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Stanton -- Charlie O. Elrod, 75, retired machine operator, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Chestnut Grove cemetery. He was a Baptist. Mr. Elrod, the husband of Gladys M. Fisher Elrod, also leaves two daughters, Barbara Ann Jackson of Brownsville and Norma Hand of Bells; a son, Walter Martin, and two brothers, Albert Elrod and Edward Elrod, all of Brownsville, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Crestview Healthcare and Rehab Center.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Toone -- Gene Farrell Terry, 68, foreman for Lucerne for 20 years, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Woodville cemetery in Bethel Springs. He was a member of Toone Baptist Church. He leaves four daughters, Susan Stack and Teresa Coats, both of Jackson, Shirl Sanders of Henderson and Gina Powers of Middleton; a son, Tony Terry of Jackson; a sister, Shearon Waldrop of Selmer; a brother, Don Terry of Toone, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 29, 2005]
Patricia Armstrong, 60, of Memphis, clerk for the Postal Service, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Graveside services will be at noon today at New Park cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. She leaves four sisters, Helen Armstrong, Magnolia Armstrong and Coralean Luellen, all of Memphis, and Rosa Smiley of Chicago, and two brothers, Harald Armstrong of Memphis and Daniel Armstrong of Chicago.
[Death notice dated April 30, 2005]
