Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
LaVerne Reeves Bostick, 88, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of St. Luke's Methodist Church for 50 years. Mrs. Bostick, the widow of Olen E. Bostick, leaves a daughter, Claudia Hellman of Albemarle, N.C.; a son, Olen E. Bostick Jr. of Germantown, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke's Methodist Church.
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Mae Brazier, 76, of Memphis, retired from Zayre's, died Saturday at Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of New Life Baptist Church. Mrs. Brazier, the widow of Albert Brazier, leaves a daughter, Sarah Ruth Brazier of Moscow, Tenn.; two sons, Charles Albert Brazier of Memphis and Jerry Lee Brazier of Moscow; and a grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Salvation Army.
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Thomas Gary Elliott, 54, of Collierville, owner of Elliott Tile & Marble, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., with burial in the church cemetery. Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield, Ky., has charge. Mr. Elliott, the husband of Laura Hadley Elliott, also leaves two stepdaughters, Julie Wilmoth of Oakland, Tenn., and Lindsey Elliott of Cordova; his mother, Mary Ruth Cash Elliott of Memphis; three sisters, Karen All Edwards of Olive Branch, and Janice Kay Elliott and Tamra Jo Lewis, both of Memphis; a brother, James Lynn Elliott of Hernando, and two grandchildren.
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William J. Fritsch, 81, of Cordova, retired manager of manufacturing for International Telephone and Telegraph after 43 years, died April 29 at Select Specialty Hospital. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran, member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Good Friends Club, former member of Lions Club and communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Mr. Fritsch, the husband of Helen Fritsch for 56 years, also leaves a daughter, Barbara Fritsch of Cordova. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Jessie Humphrey, 55, of Memphis, construction worker, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Humphrey, the husband of Francis Humphrey, also leaves two sons, Jessie Humphrey Jr. and Jejuan Humphrey; his stepfather, George Liddell; three sisters, Georgia M. Peggs, Danease V. Liddell and Rose M. Calhoun, and three brothers, Norris Humphrey, Carl Liddell and Curtis Liddell, all of Memphis, and a grandchild.
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William Arlo Huston, 76, of Bartlett, truck salesman for Tri-State Mack for 55 years, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a Korean War veteran, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1965, and member of Lakeland Lions Club and Arlington Methodist Church. Mr. Huston, the husband of Mary Catherine Coleman Huston, also leaves two daughters, Gale Kellum and Lisa Hays, and a son, Dale Huston, all of Bartlett, and seven grandchildren.
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William F. Lumpkins, 80, of Eads, retired driver for Greyhound Bus Lines and Roadway Express, died Sunday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Casey Funeral Home in Henderson, Tenn., with burial in Unity cemetery in Chester County, Tenn. He was a member of Fisherville First Baptist Church. Mr. Lumpkins was the husband of Mary Nell Wallace Lumpkins for 54 years. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Fisherville First Baptist Church or Gideons International.
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Willie Mae Perkins, 87, of Memphis, retired from the board of education, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Keel Avenue Baptist Church, where she was a choir member, with burial in Union cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Perkins, the widow of Link Perkins, leaves a daughter, Clotee Jones of Memphis; six sons, Link Perkins Jr. and Adtheodore Perkins, both of Chicago, and Willie James Perkins, Alfonzo Perkins, Kenneth Ray Perkins and Kevin Perkins, all of Memphis; four sisters, Irene McCoy of Philadelphia, Pa., Estella Davis of Flint, Mich., and Ludella Boyd and Dorothy Mason, both of Memphis; a brother, Clarence Allen of Chicago, 29 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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Ruth James Shepherd, 95, of Memphis, retired nurse, died Saturday at St. Peter Villa Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. Graveside services will be at noon Tuesday at Shiloh cemetery in Oxford, Miss. Roller Family Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mrs. Shepherd, the widow of Buron T. Shepherd, leaves a daughter, Martha J. Donovan, and a son, George James, both of Memphis; two sisters, Pauline Cooper of Memphis and Dorothy James of Collierville, six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the American Heart Association.
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Annie Mae Sherfield, 72, of Memphis, retired Shelby County Schools teacher, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 2 p.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mrs. Sherfield, the wife of Jessie Sherfield, also leaves a daughter, Veronica Sherfield Castillo of Memphis; two sons, George Wesley Guy of Memphis and Jesse Sherfield of Atlanta; five sisters, Ida Lue Miller of Nashville, JoElla Wade of Smyrna, Tenn., Embra Evon Smith of Pomona, Calif., Gayzola Porter of Christiana, Tenn., and Kathron Odessa Pruitt of Stone Mountain, Ga.; a brother, John Wesley Smith Jr. of Shelbyville, Tenn., and seven grandchildren.
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Brownsville -- Willie Mae Pugh, 86, died Wednesday at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lower Salem Baptist Church, where she was secretary, Sunday school teacher, and member of mother's board and choir, with burial in Rosenwald cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pugh, the widow of Jodie Pugh, leaves two sisters, Annie B. Springfield of Brownsville and Callie Taylor of Detroit, and a brother, Henry Johnson of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Morris Chapel -- Dora Dean Butler, 72, homemaker, died Sunday at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Erwin cemetery. She was a member of Crump First Baptist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Butler, the wife of Bobby Gene Butler, also leaves a daughter, Donna Jackson of Morris Chapel; a son, Chris Butler of Savannah, and a grandchild.
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Newbern -- Ruth Ray, 81, retired from Dyersburg Fabrics, died Saturday at her home. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. She was a Pentecostal. Mrs. Ray, the widow of Travis Edward Ray, leaves a daughter, Linda Williams of Newbern; a sister, Catherine Preslar, and a brother, L.D. Hilliard, both of Dyersburg, and a granddaughter.
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Savannah -- Judy McDowell Sparks, 42, homemaker, died Saturday at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Love Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, where she was a member, with burial in Memory Gardens. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Sparks, the wife of Sammy Sparks, also leaves a daughter, Karen Sparks, and a son, Sammy Sparks Jr., both of Savannah; three sisters, Brenda Yancey of Beloit, Wis., Bobbie Beal of Lexington and Joyce Ellison of Chattanooga; four brothers, Joe Yancey of Chicago, Donald Long of Lexington, and Michael Yancey and Pete Yancey, both of Beloit, and two grandchildren.
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Savannah -- Wayne White Jr., 61, sawmill worker and truck driver, died Saturday at Hardin County General Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in White's Creek cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Debra Stricklin, and two sons, Randy White and Scotty White, all of Savannah; three sisters, Ann Smith of Michie, and Barbara Borden and Sandra McAdams, both of Savannah, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Cellastein 'Mudear' Banks, 65, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Shady Grove cemetery in Tunica, Miss. She was a member of First Baptist Church Lauderdale. Mrs. Banks, the wife of Woodrow Banks, also leaves five daughters, Stella Louise Nickson, Delouis Banks, Sandra D. Taylor, Deborah Augusta and Dianne Phillips, and three sons, Terry L. Banks, Milton L. Banks and Jimmy T. Banks, all of Memphis; her stepmother, Nettie Adail of East St. Louis, Ill.; four sisters, Betty Roddy of Memphis, Teresa Adail of St. Louis, and Christine Pearson and Rose Heard, both of East St. Louis; four brothers, David Adail of Indianapolis, and Terry Adail Jr., Tyrone Adail and Arron Adail, all of St. Louis, 24 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Willard Owen Boals, 87, of Memphis, retired from Perry & Crawford Inc., died Sunday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World War II Army veteran, member of Aldersgate Methodist Church, and a Mason. Mr. Boals, the husband of Frances Ellen Boals for 65 years, also leaves a daughter, Patsy Allen of Memphis; a son, Owen Boals Jr. of Hillsboro, Tenn.; a sister, Irene Dietrich of Boone, N.C., nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Ruthie Briggs, 71, of Memphis, cook, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Friday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Briggs, the widow of Willie Briggs, leaves a daughter, Tina Briggs Scott of Memphis; a son, Willie Briggs Jr. of Norfolk, Va.; two sisters, Magnolia Shaw of Fayetteville, N.C., and Evertee Ferguson of Wilson, N.C., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Patricia Morison Brooks, 81, of Memphis, actress, author and docent, died April 24 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Elmwood. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dixon Gallery & Gardens and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Mrs. Brooks, the widow of Hamilton Brooks, leaves a brother, James Morison of Los Angeles. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Mary's Episcopal Church or Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
[Death notice dated May 10, 2005]
