Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Clinton Campbell, 58, of Memphis, truck driver, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ the Rock Metro Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Campbell, the husband of Bobbye S. Campbell, also leaves three daughters, Sharon Phillips, Sabrina Campbell and Taletha Campbell, and two sons, Corey D. Campbell and Eddie Phillips, all of Memphis; a sister, Ethel Marie Carrol of Kankakee, Ill.; seven brothers, Alfred Campbell, Jessie Campbell, Eric Walter, Deadrick Campbell, Cornel Campbell Jr., Willie Webb and Liberarchie Campbell, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Frank C. Criss, 48, of Memphis, forklift operator for Toys 'R' Us warehouse, died Friday at Overton Park Health Care Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at Monumental Baptist Church with burial at 11 a.m. Friday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Criss, the husband of Sarah Ann Criss, also leaves a daughter, Perpetual Criss; two sons, Jyule D. Criss and Pertrell Criss; a stepdaughter, Tammy Moss, and four stepsons, Kevin Morgan, Antonio Morgan, Carlos Morgan and Darnell Morgan, all of Memphis; three sisters, Clara James of Memphis, Hazel Gates of Chicago and Juawanna King of Las Vegas; a brother, James Criss of San Diego, and 10 grandchildren.
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Gerona Cromartie, 86, of Memphis, formerly of Charlotte, N.C., retired licensed practical nurse, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Olivet Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Beatties Ford Memorial Gardens in Charlotte. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Cromartie, the widow of Jenkins Cromartie, leaves a daughter, Hildred Hooper of Memphis; a son, Jarvis Cromartie, and a sister, Louis Avery, both of Fayetteville, N.C.; a son-in-law who took care of her, Henry Hooper of Memphis, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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James A. 'Popeye' Elliott, 76, of Memphis, driver for Gordons Trucking, died Thursday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at New Mount Sinai Baptist Church. J.E. Herndon Funeral Home Golden Cross Chapel has charge. He leaves three daughters, Shirley Gordon, Leatha Elliott and Motosha Elliott, all of Memphis; five sons, James Elliott Jr. of St. Louis, and David Elliott, Michael Elliott, Vincent Elliott and Marcus Elliott, all of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Delois Woods of Chicago; a sister, May Liggins of Flint, Mich., 31 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
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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. today 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 daughters, Julie Wilmoth of Oakland, Tenn., and Lindsey Elliott of Cordova; his mother, Mary Ruth Cash Elliott of Memphis; three sisters, Karen Ann Edwards of Olive Branch, and Janice Kay Elliott and Tamara Jo Lewis, both of Memphis; a brother, James Lynn Elliott of Hernando, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Collierville Animal Shelter.
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Michael Wilson Farrish, 49, of Memphis, died Saturday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Bartlett Funeral Home with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. He leaves his mother, Ann L. Stewart of Olive Branch; a sister, Ann Young of Bartlett, and a brother, James E. Farrish of Atoka, Tenn.
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David 'Bryan' Gordon, 23, of Eads, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park South Woods. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Douglas and Maureen Gordon; a sister, Nikki Gordon; a brother, Barry Gordon, and his grandparents, Mary and D.D. Gordon Jr., and Albert Wolf, all of Eads. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Voice of the Retarded Inc. in Rolling Meadows, Ill.
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Charles William Harris, 79, of Memphis, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Monumental Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a brother, Cleo Harris of Memphis.
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Paulette Fay Hobbs, 50, of Memphis, day care teacher, died April 26 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Jackson Avenue Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her father, James Joyner of Chicago; two sisters, Ruthie Joyner and Tracey Joyner, both of Memphis, and three brothers, Gonzla Joyner of Atlanta, and Terry Johnson and Anthony Joyner, both of Memphis.
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Naomi Teresa Iraldo, 71, of Memphis, retired nurse, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Angelus Funeral Home in Los Angeles with burial in Inglewood (Calif.) Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Iraldo, the widow of Armando Paul Iraldo Jr., leaves a daughter, Theresa Lone of Memphis; two sons, Armando P. Iraldo III of Lynwood, Calif., and Joseph M. Iraldo of Los Angeles; two sisters, Nobie Cook of Lancaster, Calif., and Patricia Raphel of Pasadena, Calif., 14 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.
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Otha Lee 'Big O' Jones, 51, of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Barton, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mr. Jones, the husband of Christine Jones, also leaves four stepdaughters, Renior Banks, Charlene Cook, Ardelia Cook and Mary Ann Kelly, all of Memphis; a stepson, Charles Cook of Bolivar, Tenn.; his mother, Hattie Bell Jones, and three sisters, Laura Mae Jones, Hattie Mae Jones and Clara Bell Jones, all of Collierville; four brothers, Walter Frank and Willie Brooks Jones, both of Collierville, and James L. Jones and Curtis Davis Jones, both of Memphis, 20 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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James P. Morgan, 61, of Memphis, former employee of Department of Veterans Affairs and retired from the Army, died Friday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at St. Paul CME Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mr. Morgan, the husband of Jerlean Morgan, also leaves two sons, Rodney Morgan of Louisville, Ky., and James Jarvis Morgan of Memphis; eight sisters, Vernice Gordon Moore of Chicago, Portia Zellars of Charleston, Mo., Muriel Frierson of Jackson, Miss., Jacqueline Latson of Ashdown, Ark., Shirley Parks and Geraldine Shipp, both of Memphis, and Joyce Floyd and Thelma Smith, both of Walls; three brothers, Joe Claude Morgan of Walls, and William L. Redditte and Roy L. Morgan, both of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
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Charles P. O'Connel, 82, of Cordova, retired from Sheetmetal Union Local 4, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a World War II veteran, juvenile court probation officer and member of Leawood East Baptist Church. Mr. O'Connel, the husband of Priscilla O'Connel, also leaves a daughter, Cindy Walker, and two sons, Cary O'Connel and Butch Keith, all of Memphis; a brother, Walter Pulley of Zellwood, Fla., seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Leawood East Baptist Church.
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Ronald F. Pettit Jr., 64, of Memphis, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Washington, Pa. He was a member of Billiard Congress of America. Mr. Pettit, the husband of Toni Pettit, also leaves three daughters, Renee Morton of Spokane, Wash., Amber Maugham of Marble Falls, Texas, and Alexandria Christian of Memphis; three sons, Ronald Pettit of Chino, Calif., and Andrew Christian and Adam Christian, both of Memphis; four sisters, Nancy Livingston of Ironton, Ohio, Judy Juergens of Weston, Mo., Peggy Wilson of Washington, Pa., and Susan Owens of Waxahachie, Texas; a brother, Robert Pettit of Missoula, Mont., and 13 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Billiard Congress of American Educational Foundation.
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Willie Ragland, 56, of Memphis, construction worker, died Saturday at Atrium of Memphis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Family Mortuary with burial in Union cemetery. Mr. Ragland, the husband of Amy Sanders Ragland, also leaves a daughter, Ebony Ragland, and a son, Andre Ragland, both of Memphis; four sisters, Emily Jones of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mary A. Shaw, Mattie Ragland and Annie Jones, all of Memphis; a brother, James Ragsdale of Memphis, and a grandchild.
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Arnold Lee Reed, 50, of Memphis, retired from the Postal Service, died Friday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, where he was a member of usher board No. 1, Brothers for Christ, No. 4 Men's Sunday school class and male chorus, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and member of Disabled American Veterans. Mr. Reed, the husband of Teri L. Reed, also leaves three daughters, Kenetria L. Williams, Mioshi L. Reed and DeTrice F. Reed; two sons, Arnold Lee Reed Jr. and Arnold Charles Reed; his mother, Geraldine Reed, and six sisters, Andrea Dockery, Charlotte Pryor, Rosalyn Reed, Gail Reed, Charita Reed and Pearl Towery, all of Memphis; two brothers, Maurice Reed of Memphis and Leon Reed of Arcadia, Fla., and a grandchild.
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Mary Louise Mangum Ryals, 90, of Millington, homemaker, died Monday at Millington Healthcare Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. Mrs. Ryals, the widow of Sanford T. Ryals, leaves two daughters, Mary E. Landry of Millington and Sandra J. Mills of Hickory Flat, Tenn.; a sister, Reba Vernor of West Memphis; a brother, Bill Mangum of Dexter, Mo., six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
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Stephen B. Scott, 60, of Memphis, University of Tennessee campus police lieutenant and retired from the Shelby County Sheriff's Department, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Broadmoor Baptist Church with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He was a Vietnam War Navy veteran and member of Independent Order of Oddfellows. Mr. Scott, the husband of Virginia Faye Scott, also leaves a daughter, Carolyn M. Lapka, and a son, Robert C. Scott, both of Memphis; a sister, Mary Nell Burnett of Houston, and a brother, Donald R. Scott of Memphis.
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Sidney Short, 61, of Scotch Plains, N.J., formerly of Memphis, desktop publisher, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Krowicki Gorny Memorial Home in Clark, N.J. He leaves a sister, Joan Phyllis Wigginton of Savannah, Tenn.; two brothers, Charles Richard Short of Corinth, Miss., and Larry Short of Germantown, and a companion with whom he lived, Carl Orr. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick, N.J.
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