Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Florence M. 'Peggy' Smith, 96, of Memphis, retired secretary for Helen of Memphis, died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Catholic Church with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Ray Smith, leaves two stepdaughters, Marcella Walker of Collierville and Donna Pruyne of Cherry Hill, N.J.; a stepson, Billy J. Smith of Memphis; a brother, Daniel Prater of Toledo, Ohio, and nine grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Emmanuel Lee Sterling, 77, of Memphis, retired chef for Wilson World Hotel, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Harvest Church of God in Christ with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Sterling, the husband of Jessie Moody Sterling, also leaves two daughters, Betty Jo Brown and Brenda J. Sterling, and a son, Emmanuel Sterling Jr., all of Jackson, Miss.; two stepsons, Michael Moody of Memphis and Andre Moody of Atlanta; two sisters, Willie V. Kelly and Fa Doshia Jamison, both of Jackson; two brothers, L.C. Sterling and Jessie Sterling Jr., both of Benton Harbor, Mich., eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Wallace Thompson, 46, of Memphis, janitorial worker, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Shelby County cemetery. Mr. Thompson, the husband of Janie Patterson Thompson, also leaves a sister, Mary Alice Thompson, and six brothers, James Thompson, Larry Thompson, Leroy Thompson Jr., Willie Edward Thompson and Dennis Thompson, all of Memphis, and Lidale Thompson of Phoenix.
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Elizabeth Wheatley, 85, of Memphis, retired from Cook & Love Shoes, died Monday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Broadmoor Baptist Church and Young at Heart. Mrs. Wheatley, the widow of Alvin Wheatley, leaves a son, Thomas Wheatley of Memphis; two caregivers, her granddaughter, Kim Sullivan, and her granddaughter's husband, Patrick Sullivan, another grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
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Mary Evelyn White, 44, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She leaves a daughter, Marquitis Brown; two sons, Latarius Sawyer and Elton Sawyer, and her parents, Hattie and Nathaniel Conway, all of Memphis; two sisters, Louida Griffin of Bartlett and Mable Tate of Memphis; a brother, Nathaniel Conway Jr. of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
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George Edward Wilson Jr., 51, of Memphis, died Monday at AmeriCare Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He was a member of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Mary and Charles Green of Memphis; four sisters, Charlene Green-Price, Lillian Green and Linda Harris, all of Memphis, and Rochelle Green-Turner of Jacksonville, Fla., and two brothers, Howard Wilson and Charles E. Green, both of Memphis.
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Thomas E. Wilson, 76, of Fulton, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired director of emergency services for the City of Memphis, died Tuesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Broadway Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Kirby Woods Baptist Church and Gideons International. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Betty Wilson, also leaves two daughters, Vicki Shipley of Munford and Mindy Rutherford of Rolling Fork, Miss.; a son, Thomas E. Wilson Jr. of Southaven; a brother, James Wilson of Memphis, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Gideons International.
[Death notice dated May 11, 2005]
Lee Earl Wooley, 90, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Tippah Memorial Gardens in Ripley, Miss. McBride Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Wooley, the widow of Leroy Wooley, leaves a son, Wayne Wooley, and two brothers, Charles Richardson and Arlen Richardson, all of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Atoka -- Charles R. Beddard, 49, lineman and electrician, died Monday in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Family Funeral Care with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a Vietnam War Navy veteran and a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 474 and Crosspointe Baptist Church in Millington. He leaves two sons, David Beddard and Jonathan Beddard, both of Greensboro, N.C.; his mother, Ann E. Brent of Memphis; his father, David Beddard of Virginia Beach, Va.; seven sisters, Barbara King of Jacksonville, N.C., Marcia C. Duffy of Covington, Arlene E. Mooney of Atoka, Alisa L. Rhoades of Gulfport, Miss., Sharron L. Brent of Memphis, Martha Paul of Ohio and Carol Rose of Japan; five brothers, William O. Beddard of Miami, Michael T. Brent of Memphis, David Beddard of Arizona, Richard Beddard of Virginia Beach and Tom Kilbride of New Jersey, and a grandchild.
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Atoka -- Hunter Allen Hughes, 10-year-old son of Tanya Rena Knight Hughes of Atoka and Billy Ray Hughes of Whiteville, student at Austin Peay Elementary School, died Saturday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Hood cemetery in Warren. He played baseball for Munford Dixie Youth. He also leaves four sisters, Chelsea Hughes, Megan New, Kaci New and Amy New, all of Whiteville; five brothers, Michael Hughes, Travis Hughes and Dalton Hughes, all of Atoka, and Stephen New and Jacob Hughes, both of Whiteville, his stepmother, Jennifer Hughes of Whiteville, and his grandparents, Carolyn and Joe Hughes of Whiteville and Agnes and Donald Tucker of Munford.
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Dyersburg -- Houston Council, 70, retired hair stylist, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. He was a Korean War Navy veteran and a member of Southside Baptist Church. Mr. Council, the widower of Dora Council, leaves two sisters, Dean Cobb of Memphis and Kaye Riley of Bartlett.
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Dyersburg -- William David Pike Jr., 43, former park naturalist for Reelfoot Lake, died Monday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Finley Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and a former Sunday school teacher, with burial in Fairview cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin. Mr. Pike, the widower of Pamela Loines Pike, leaves a daughter, Nancy Pike; a son, Will Pike, and his parents, LaMeryl and Bill Pike, all of Dyersburg; two sisters, Lisa Willems of Colorado Springs and Teresa Heathcott of Dyersburg, and a brother, Joe Pike of Vonore. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Finley Baptist Church.
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Morris Chapel -- Marvin Clayton Castile, 53, truck driver, died Monday at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Milledgeville cemetery. He was an Army veteran and a member of House of Mercy Church. Mr. Castile, the husband of Janice Kaye Hamm Castile, also leaves three daughters, Tonya Kaye Ashe of Stantonville, and Tracey Lynn Finley and Melissa May Castile, both of Morris Chapel; a sister, Jettie Sue Koonce of Munford; two brothers, David Castile of Adamsville and William Castile of Killen, Ala., and four grandchildren.
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Savannah -- Dennis Wayne Bain, 36, cook, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at New Life United Pentecostal Church, where he was a member, with burial in Mount Hermon cemetery in Hardin County. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Lacie Diane Bain; a son, Canaan Matthew Bain, and his father and stepmother, Dennis C. and Carolyn Bain, all of Savannah; a stepsister, Melissa Koons of Portland; a stepbrother, Michael Brumley of Stantonville, and his grandfather, Hollis Bain of Savannah.
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Daisy McDonough Alexander, 90, of Memphis, retired from Sanders Drug Store, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Canale Funeral Directors with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She was a member of Forest Hill Church of Christ. Mrs. Alexander, the widow of James E. McDonough and Redus J. Alexander, leaves two daughters, Nancy McDonough Price and Sandra McDonough Popp, both of Memphis; a son, William E. McDonough of Sikeston, Mo., 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
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George Franklin Avant, 63, of Memphis, retired from Coca-Cola Bottling Co., died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tyro-Independent Missionary Baptist Church in Tyro, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Violet Collins and Alisha Harvey, and a son, Marco Sanders, all of Memphis; nine sisters, Mattie Robinson and Ola Robinson, both of Sardis, Miss., Lestine Avant, Corine Watson and Ethel Jones, all of Tyro, Erma Jean Avant, Joyce Avant and Juanita Clay, all of Senatobia, Robbie L. Burton of Malden, Mo., and Robbie Fitts of Memphis; five brothers, G.W. Avant of Senatobia, and Henry Avant, Robert Avant, Herbert Avant and Melvin Avant, all of Tyro, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Ventrel Baker Jr., 1-day-old son of Liquitita Baker and Ventrel Baker of Memphis, died Monday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at New Park cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. He also leaves two sisters, Daijone Dillard and Dikiyah Dillard, and a brother, Dominic Dillard Jr., all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Betty and L.J. Swiney Jr., Versie Baker and Oliver Seay Jr.
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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 First Baptist Church Lauderdale, where she was a member, with burial in Shady Grove cemetery in Tunica, Miss. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. 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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Muriel Turner Berkenstock, 95, of Memphis, formerly of Pennsylvania, Illinois and Nashville, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at United Church of Christ in Spring City, Pa., with burial in St. Vincent's United Church of Christ cemetery there. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of Advent Presbyterian Church and a graduate of Syracuse University. Mrs. Berkenstock, the widow of Howard Roy Berkenstock, leaves three sons, H. Roy Berkenstock of Collierville, James Turner Berkenstock of Evanston, Ill., and Gary Ford Berkenstock of Des Plaines, Ill., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Advent Presbyterian Church.
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