Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Stanley L. 'Dirty Red' Farmer, 57, of Memphis, self employed carpenter, died May 6 at home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. He leaves a daughter, Margaret Farmer; a son, Bryant L. Farmer; his mother and stepfather, Mary F. and Horace Mackey; three sisters, Sallye C. Farmer, Sherri Lewis and Frances Davis, all of Memphis; three brothers, Eddie Coker of Baltimore and Harvey Coker and Louis Haynes, all of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
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Andrew James Kelsey, 60, of Southaven, truck driver, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Austin Missionary Baptist Church in Cockrum, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Andrea Campbell of Chicago, and five grandchildren.
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Allean B. Labon, 59, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. May 21 at Second Eudora Baptist Church in Hernando with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Labon, the wife of Roy Lee Labon, also leaves a daughter, Annie Logwood of Tunica, Miss.; two sons, David Labon and Travis Greer, and four brothers, David Burt Jr., Andrew Shorter, Richard Shorter and Porter Shorter, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Lottie Mae Lowery, 79, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a former member of Southland Baptist Church. Mrs. Lowery, the wife of Coleman 'Pete' Lowery, also leaves a daughter, Pam McCain of Southaven; two sons, Galen Lowery of Memphis and Ronald David Lowery of Highland Springs, Va.; a brother, Terry Brantley of Clinton, Miss., three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer Foundation.
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John L. Maclin Jr., 50, of Memphis, airplane mechanic, died May 7 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Norris Road Church of Christ with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. He was a Korean War Navy veteran. He leaves three sons, John Maclin III, Jason and Joseph Maclin, all of Seattle; his mother, Lelia Smith Maclin, and a sister, Gwendolyn Maclin Shephard, both of Memphis; a brother, Stephen Hines of Denver, and an aunt who raised him and cared for him, Eula Caruthers.
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Carolyn McCommon, 65, of Bartlett, retired from the University of Tennessee Dental College after 32 years, died Friday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Schoolfield Baptist Church for 25 years. Mrs. McCommon, the wife of Elton McCommon for 42 years, also leaves two daughters, Sheila Bone of Bartlett and Marsha Bibb of Covington; a son, Jimmy Davis of Bartlett; a sister, Juanita Williams of Hernando, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Heart Association or Breast Cancer Association.
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Alfred Lee McConnell, 57, of Memphis, former employee of Memphis Housing Authority, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. Mr. McConnell, the husband of Sherry McConnell, also leaves seven daughters, Valarie Branch, Kenya Johnson, Tonja Johnson, Angela Bolton, Christy Johnson, Debra Minor and Sherry Minor; a son, Daryl McConnell, and three sisters, Ella Walker, Mary Ann Thompson and Myrtle Sims, all of Memphis; six brothers, Charles McConnell, Alvin McConnell, Benard McConnell, Eric McConnell and Leo Joshua, all of Memphis, and Riley McConnell of California, 21 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
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Norman Ray Miller, 79, of Memphis, retired supervisor for Cleo Wrap, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Mid-South Mortuary Service has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran. He leaves two sons, Mike Miller and Ricky Miller; a sister, Hildred Miller of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Hayden Kace Perkins, infant son of Courtney Hilton and Trey Perkins of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bartlett Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens cemetery. He also leaves a brother, Ethan Perkins of Memphis, and his grandparents, Debbie and Doug Hilton of Arlington and Julie and Bill Mize of Memphis.
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Ruth K. Pickens, 82, of Nesbit, retired teacher from Horn Lake High School, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She was a graduate of Blue Mountain (Miss.) College, a member of Carriage Hills Baptist Church, Sunday school teacher for 50 years, secretary to Tennessee State Commander of Ex-POW's. Mrs. Pickens, the wife of Olin R. Pickens, also leaves two sons, Larry K. Pickens of Memphis and David E. Pickens of Hendersonville, Tenn.; a brother, Jimmy Kent of New Hope, Ala., and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Cancer Society.
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John E. Pirtle, 86, of Memphis, retired from REA Express, died Thursday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a member of Cherokee Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran, serving in the 7th Armored Division in the European Theatre. Mr. Pirtle, the husband of Dorothy Pirtle for 29 years, also leaves two sons, Mike Pirtle of Olive Branch and Don Pirtle of Walls; a stepson, Rod Wallace of Houston; a sister, Nerene Marcom of Memphis, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Izora K. Stewart, 85, of Memphis, died Thursday at Memphis Health Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bountiful Blessings Church of God in Christ, where she was on the Mother Board, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two nieces who cared for her, Clemontine Edingbourgh and Allie Mone Dean, and a brother, Rev. Master Rembert, all of Memphis.
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Tyrone B.T. Tate, 19, of Memphis, former employee of Krystal, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Wednesday at St. Andrew AME Church, where he was a member, with burial in Galilee cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Jeanette Tate and Larry Odell Cradler; a sister, Felecia Tate; four brothers, Larry Tate, Kenneth Tate, Anthony Tate and Carpell Jackson; his foster parents, Jeanette and Anthony Cradler, and his grandmother, Dorothy Wilson, all of Memphis.
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Mathery R. Telford, 80, of Water Valley, Miss., died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Water Valley with burial in the church cemetery. She leaves two daughters, Maggie Caldwell of Water Valley and Ollie Dowsing of Memphis; four sons, Ezra Hall and Jerry Telford of Water Valley, Oscar Telford and Richard Telford of San Antonio, 26 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Lamarr Thomas Jr., 62, of Memphis, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at N. H. Owens & Son with burial at 2 p.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Erika Canales-Redding of Houston and Maria F. Thomas of Memphis; two sons, Isaac Lamarr Thomas of Indianapolis and Lamarr Thomas III of Detroit; his mother, Ona Mae Thomas of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
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David Van Winfield, 81, of Cordova, retired from BellSouth, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church, an ordained Baptist minister and a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Winfield, the husband of Kathleen R. Winfield, also leaves three sons, Larry Winfield of Birmingham, Ala., Donny Winfield of Oakland, Tenn., and Phillip Winfield of Des Moines, Iowa, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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BROWNSVILLE -- Frank Lee Jelks, 74, laborer at Livingston Furniture Store, died Monday at Haywood Park Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Refuge Temple Holiness Church, where he was a member, with burial in Chapel Hill cemetery. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. He was also a minister of the Christian Board, a member of the trustee board and choir, and a Sunday school teacher. Mr. Jelks, the husband of Beulah Williams Jelks, also leaves seven daughters, Sadie Cooper, Martha Terry, Mary Clark, Brenda Jackson, Beverly Smith, Deborah Simmons and Gwendolyn Jones, all of Brownsville; five sons, Timothy Jelks of Jackson, Darrell Jelks of Milan, and Johnny Jelks, Marvin Jelks and Billy Jelks, all of Brownsville; a brother, L.C. Jelks of Brownsville, 30 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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Covington -- Letha Bell Jackson, 77, homemaker, died Thursday at Covington Care Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Covington Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia Gardens cemetery. Mrs. Jackson, the widow of Roy C. Jackson, leaves two daughters, Juanita McIntosh of Covington and Carolyn Ann Thompson of Cordova; a son, Stanley Eugene Smith of Redway, Calif.; a sister, Lela Greenwood of Covington and James Maxey of Munford, Tenn., nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
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Dyer -- Geneva Lillie Crawford, 86, retired financial secretary for Dyersburg First United Methodist Church for 33 years, died Thursday at Bailey Park Community Living Center in Humboldt. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with burial in Yorkville (Tenn.) cemetery. She was a member of Dyer United Methodist Church. She leaves a sister, Reba Crawford of Humboldt.
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