Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Stephen Sturdivant Jr., the son of Claudett Hollins of Memphis and Stephen Sturdivant of West Memphis, died at birth April 26 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. He also leaves two sisters, Qautaunoya Giles of Memphis and Shardee Sturdivant of West Memphis, and his grandparents, Annie Hollins of Memphis, and Jessie Sturdivant and Ida Sturdivant, both of Detroit.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Teddy J. Tatum, 68, of Bartlett, retired Memphis firefighter after 23 years, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was an Army veteran, a Mason, and member of Ellendale Baptist Church and International Association of Firefighters. Mr. Tatum, the husband of Katherine Scott Tatum for 45 years, also leaves a daughter, Vicky Lynn Stroud of Bartlett; a sister, Betty Ann Watson of Memphis, and a granddaughter.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Wendell Turner, 75, of Memphis, retired truck driver, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Robinhood Lane Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in National cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Turner, the husband of Jacqueline Turner, also leaves four daughters, Barbara Green of Richland, Wash., Anita Green of Kennewick, Wash., Yvette Williams of Atlanta and Ladawn Bowers of Memphis; a son, Kenneth Turner, and two sisters, Hattie Alexander and Earline Terry, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Atoka --John P. Carey, 61, retired pipe fitter for Automatic Heating & Service Co., died Sunday at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East there. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church. Mr. Carey, the husband of Gwen F. Carey for 38 years, also leaves a son, John P. Carey Jr. of Covington; three sisters, Earlene Emling of Michigan, Judy Strong of Roscoe, Ill., and Peggy Carey of Honolulu, Hawaii; two brothers, Robert Carey of Harrisburg, Ark., and Danny Carey of Marked Tree, Ark., and two granddaughters. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Bethel Springs -- Myrtle L. Kunkes, 69, billing clerk, died April 25 at Magnolia Regional Healthcare. Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer has charge. She leaves two daughters, Pamela Hernandez of Bethel Springs and Cynthia O'Brien of Crestwood, Ill.; two sons, John Kunkes and Lawrence W. Kunkes Jr., both of Las Vegas, and 12 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Covington -- Lois Pickens Miller, 99, retired elementary school teacher, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher for 70 years and member of WMU, with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Miller, the widow of John Ashley Miller, leaves two daughters, Laura Hall and Mary Alice Pinner, and a son, Bill Miller, all of Covington, eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Baptist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Covington -- Annie Lee Roach, 94, homemaker, died Sunday at Covington Care. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. She was a member of Covington Assembly of God. Mrs. Roach, the widow of Earnest Roach, leaves three daughters, Helen Cunningham of Memphis, and Martha Billings and Cindy Lindsey, both of Covington; a son, Danny Roach of Covington; three sisters, Mary Max of Covington, and Hazel Jackson and Alma Bryson, both of Brighton; a brother, L.B. 'Buddy' Glass of Burlison, eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Grand Junction -- Wilford Lockett, 65, of Chicago, formerly of Grand Junction, retired from Campbell Soup Co. and the YMCA, died Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in Samuel Chapel Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Ashland, Miss. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home in Memphis has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. Mr. Lockett, the widower of Shirley J. Lockett, leaves a son, Calvin Lockett of Memphis; his mother, Jannie B. Lockett of Grand Junction; two sisters, Bobbie B. Murden of Memphis and Estelle Bridges of Chicago, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Munford -- Ruby Simmons Craig, 88, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. She was a Sunday school secretary at Poplar Grove Assembly of God. Mrs. Craig, the widow of Exford Craig, leaves three daughters, Linda Kay Chapman, Carolyn Berford and Ruth Ann Adkison, and four sons, Vernon Eugene Craig, Wallace 'Bubba' Craig, Eddie Lynn Craig and Larry Joe Craig, all of Munford, 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Ripley -- Frankie Marie Richardson Boles, 65, retired owner of Frankie's in Blytheville, Ark., died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Marys Chapel cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Marys Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Boles, the wife of Ken Boles for 45 years, also leaves a son, Jimmy Boles of Millington; five sisters, Judy Davis of Jonesboro, Bettie McDaniel and Gearldean Simpson, both of Gosnell, Ark., and Virgie Barrentine and Pat Sumers, both of Blytheville, Ark.; two brothers, Jerry Richardson of Gosnell and Rick Richardson of West Plains, Mo., and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Saulsbury -- David Harrison Wilson Jr., 89, formerly of Memphis, retired sales representative for Gray-Bar Electric, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum there. He was a World War II Army veteran, graduate of Messick High School in Memphis and member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Wilson was the husband of Maidie Wilson.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Savannah -- Mary D. Jones, 69, homemaker, died Sunday at Savannah Health Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Crump cemetery. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Dalton E. Jones, leaves two sisters, Jewell Barnett of Memphis and Cora Marie Coleman of Savannah, and a brother, J.C. Spears of Savannah.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Aline Freeman Anderson, 84, of Eads, retired from Ave Maria Home, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Gray's Creek Missionary Baptist Church, where she was an usher board and choir member, with burial in the church cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mrs. Anderson, the widow of Willie B. Anderson, leaves three daughters, Barbara Jones-Pinson and Delores A. Hampton, both of Memphis, and Aline Michell French of Cordova; three sons, Willie B. Anderson Jr. and Charles Edward Anderson, both of Eads, and Roy Clifford Anderson of Memphis, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
James Edwards Cole, 73, of Memphis, sales representative for NAPA Auto Parts, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Broad, where he was a member, with burial in Kings Hill cemetery in Covington. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Velma Denise Cole of Cordova; three sons, James E. Cole Jr. of Joliet, Ill., and Wilbur Cole and Darwin Cole, both of Memphis; two sisters, Louise Fayne of Memphis and Shirley A. McClelland of Milwaukee; four brothers, Ernest McClelland Jr. of Fayetteville, N.C., John W. McClelland of Olive Branch, Melvin McClelland of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Seneather T. McClelland of Milwaukee, and 11 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
Nora May Moore Crill, 85, of Bartlett, church organist, music teacher and adult education teacher for West Tennessee and West Kentucky schools, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Paul United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Crill, the wife of Rev. Bruce A. Crill for 62 years, also leaves a daughter, Judith Crill Belote of Bartlett; a son, Kendall Alton Crill of Peachtree City, Ga., five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
Emmie Louise Gaston, 72, of Memphis, former employee of Chicago Public Schools, died April 26 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon today at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. Mrs. Gaston, the widow of Robert Lee Gaston, leaves a daughter, Annette Gaston, and two sons, Curtis Lee Wells and Robert Lee Gaston Jr., all of Memphis, and 11 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
Mae A. Hardaway, 64, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Paradise Baptist Church with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Snow Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hardaway, the widow of Dempsey Hardaway, leaves seven daughters, Gail Hardaway Burns, Felecia Hardaway, Rosalyn Hardaway, Gina Hardaway, Rhonda Hill and Karen Hardaway, all of Memphis, and Mandy Hardaway of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two sons, Dempsey Hardaway Jr. and Anthony Hardaway; her mother, Edna Hollowell, and two sisters, Valeria Nettles and Syma Collins, all of Memphis; two brothers, Alex Hollowell III of Morrow, Ga., and Delano Hollowell of Memphis, 19 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
Ella Harris, 94, of Memphis, died Thursday at Court Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater St. Thomas Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Harris, the widow of Johnnie B. Harris, leaves a daughter, Charlie Mae Walker of Memphis, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
Janet E. Johnson Harris, 54, of Memphis, guidance counselor for Oakhaven High School, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Friday at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a former musician for Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church and Walker Memorial Christian Church. Mrs. Harris, the wife of Johnny B. Harris, also leaves a daughter, Jessica Marshae Harris of Memphis; a son, Keven Harris of San Antonio, Texas; a stepdaughter, Aundrea Harris, and a sister, Sharon J. Watson, both of Memphis; three brothers, Harvey Johnson of Memphis, Ray Johnson of Chicago and Gaylon Johnson of Houston, and three stepgrandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 4, 2005]
