Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Eddie Lee Harrington, 69, of Memphis, retired from Memphis Metal, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Midtown Church of Christ on Union with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Harrington, the husband of Ruby J. Harrington, also leaves a son, Larry Richmond of Memphis; two sisters, Dru Lee Davis of Winchester, Ky., and Emilie Smith of Memphis, and two brothers, Julius Harrington of Albuquerque, N.M., and Humphrey Harrington Jr. of Winchester.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Roy C. Harris, 67, of Memphis, retired from Fruehauf Trailers, died Thursday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. He was an Army veteran and a member of Cherokee Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Delphia Ellen Hunt, 95, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, Tenn., homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia Baptist Church in Ripley, where she was a member and Sunday school teacher for 64 years, with burial in Edith cemetery there. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mrs. Hunt, the widow of Julian Thomas Hunt, leaves a daughter, Ruth Carol Bailey of Memphis, two grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Bernice Price Jones, 89, of Cordova, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Cordova, where she was a spiritual leader and mother and usher board member, with burial in the church cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Hezekiah Jones, leaves nine daughters, Verlene Cunningham, Annie L. Thomas, Earnestine Taylor and Juanita Jones, all of Cordova, Christine Everett of Nashville, Ruby Thomas and Frances A. Sterling, both of Memphis, Carolyn F. Holmes of Las Vegas and Sandra J. Taylor of Millington; two sons, I.G. Jones of Memphis and Charles R. Jones of Cordova; four sisters, Roxie Armstrong of Detroit, Carrie Reddick of Cordova, Loris Pearson of Ohio and Ivy M. Ray of Los Angeles; three brothers, Farris Price of St. Louis, and Major Price and Acme W. Price Jr., both of University City, Mo., 59 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Audra Lawson, 76, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Mrs. Lawson, the widow of Martin Lawson, leaves a son, Bobby Roberts of Alabama; two sisters, Ruth Slaughter of Red Bay, Ala., and Hazel Odom of Mobile, Ala., and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Frankie R. Luna, 84, of Metairie, La., formerly of Memphis, died Monday at Canon Hospice in Metairie. Graveside services were Friday in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel had charge. She was a member of Munholland United Methodist Church in Metairie. Mrs. Luna was the widow of Thomas L. Luna.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Joe Nathan Macklin, 82, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Jefferson Mortuary in Millington with burial in Galilee cemetery in Brighton. He leaves a caregiver, Pearlie Mae Green of Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Nancy McLaughlin, 58, of Memphis, medical biller, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Alligator, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery. Woolf Funeral Home in Clarksdale, Miss., has charge. Mrs. McLaughlin, the wife of L.C. McLaughlin, also leaves a daughter, Tjuana Comfort-Holmes, and three sons, Johnny Gray, Rev. Will Comfort and Dave Comfort, all of Memphis; five sisters, Daisy Young of St. Louis, and Lee Ester Hicks, Clementine Gray, Dianne Lilly and Maybelline Gray, all of Chicago; four brothers, Joe Gray of Duncan, Miss., John Gray and Samuel Gray, both of Memphis, and Henry Gray of Chicago, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Lance Morton, 28, of Memphis, died May 13 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. Mr. Morton, the husband of Shenitra Morton, also leaves his father, Claude Morton; three sisters, Donna Wilson, Phyllis Morton and Tracie Morton; four brothers, Claude Morton Jr., Victor Morton, Vincent Morton and Andrew Morton, and his grandparents, Z.P. and Mattie Blackmon, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Lillian G. 'Trudy' Newman, 90, of Memphis, retired waitress for Coletta's, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a Catholic. Mrs. Newman, the widow of John Newman, leaves three daughters, Linda Hollis of Memphis, Patricia Pottinger of Tucson, Ariz., and Pamela Andrews of Sacramento, Calif.; a son, Robert Newman of Memphis, seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Alzheimer's Day Care.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Filimon Pintilie, 69, of Ypsilanti, Mich., formerly of Memphis, engineer, died Wednesday at Saint Joseph Mercy Health Center in Washtenaw County, Mich. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mr. Pintilie, the husband of Eleonara Pintilie, also leaves two sons, Marius Pintilie of Bartlett and Calin Pintilie of Arlington, Texas, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Annie Lee Pulliam, 51, of Memphis, died May 12 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home. She leaves a sister, Mattie Bell of Flint, Mich., and a companion with whom she lived, Ronald Phillips.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
James E. Williams, 84, of Memphis, retired supervisor for Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Williams, the husband of Velma L. Williams, also leaves two daughters, Cheryl Ann Williams Hampton of Memphis and Dr. Marsha Rhea Williams of Nashville, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
A.Q. 'Sang' Wilson, 67, of Memphis, retired factory worker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Byhalia, Miss., where he was a deacon board member, with burial in Roberts Chapel cemetery in Coldwater, Miss. Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater has charge. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Listerine Hopper Wilson, also leaves four sisters, Bertha McCoy, Versie Mae Green, Ada Lee Wilson and Willie Mae Tyler, all of Mount Vernon, N.Y., and a brother, Artis Wilson of St. Louis.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Brownsville -- Clifford 'Son' Dinwiddie, 91, rural mail carrier for the Postal Service, died Friday at Crestview Healthcare & Rehab Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Brownsville First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Dinwiddie, the widower of Mabel Ellen Hawkins Dinwiddie, leaves three daughters, Mary Claire Simmons and Nancy Warren, both of Brownsville, and Joyce Flack of Trenton, seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Brownsville First United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Covington -- Steven A. White, 48, gardener, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today in R.H. Munford cemetery. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a sister, Janet Bradham of Savannah, Ga., and four brothers, Jeff White, Danny White and Mark White, all of Covington, and Jesse E. White of Atoka.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Ramer -- Herbert Lee Ramer, 68, timber cutter, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Indian Creek cemetery in Chewalla. He attended Olive Hill Baptist Church. He leaves his mother, Gladys Johnson Ramer of Ramer, and four sisters, Louise Ray, Diane Kesterston and Edith Thacker, all of Ramer, and Kathy Butler of Corinth, Miss.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Savannah -- Lucile Godwin Nesbitt, 87, homemaker, died Thursday at Tri-County Convalescent Home in Adamsville. Services will be at 5 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Piney Grove cemetery in Hardin County. She attended Piney Grove Church of Christ. Mrs. Nesbitt, the widow of Glenn Grimes Nesbitt, leaves a daughter, Doris Hughes of Adamsville; two sons, Jimmy Nesbitt and Charles Nesbitt, both of Savannah, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
Selmer -- Lois Weatherford Frederick, 89, former employee of The Flower Box and Brown Shoe Co., died Thursday at Collierville Health & Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Gravel Hill cemetery in Eastview. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Olivet Presbyterian Church in Savannah. Mrs. Frederick, the widow of J.P. Weatherford and Edward Frederick, leaves two daughters, June Martin of Collierville and Elizabeth Castleman of Alamogordo, N.M.; a son, Larry Weatherford of Collierville; a stepdaughter, Linda Seaton of Savannah; a stepson, Charles Edward Frederick of Freeport, Bahamas, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
[Death notice dated May 21, 2005]
