Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Virginia Richards Massie, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, where she was a communicant, with burial in Edgewood cemetery in Trenton, Ky. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mrs. Massie was graduated from the University of Tennessee in oral hygiene. She was a member of the Red Cross motor pool during World War II and a volunteer for Lenten lunches at St. Peter Catholic Church and the Fontaine House. Mrs. Massie, the widow of Owen D. Massie Jr., leaves a daughter, Camille Darnall Massie of Sante Fe, N.M.; three sons, William G. 'Bill' Dance of Eads, Charles Garrott Massie of Memphis and Owen Carter Massie of Clarksville, Tenn., 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Elmer Lee Mayes, 79, of Memphis, retired chef for the Naval Hospital in Millington and Marriott Hotel, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Oak Spring Baptist Church in Millington, where he was a member, with burial in the Oak Spring cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary has charge. Mr. Mayes, the husband of Ethel Jones Mayes, also leaves two daughters, Carolyn Norris and Sharon Henderson, and a son, Elmer Lee Mays Jr., all of Memphis; a sister, Lue Hall of Millington; a brother, Albert Bell of Hopewell, Va., seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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John H. Rice Jr., 77, of Memphis, retired maintenance manager for Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He was a deacon and Senior Choir member of Union Avenue Baptist Church and a member of the Broken Heart Club. Mr. Rice, the widower of Marjorie Miller Rice and Lorine Ella Rice, leaves a sister, Elizabeth Buie of California. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union Avenue Baptist Church Building Fund.
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Johnny Tate, 97, of Memphis, retired from Collierville Sanitation Department, died May 20 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Stinson Community Church with burial in Charity Garden cemetery in Rossville. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. He leaves 10 daughters, Pearlean Shaw, Jean Shaw, Dessie B. Tate, Shirley A. Thomas, Mary L. Tate and Lucy M. Tate, all of Memphis, Linda K. Franklin of Augusta, Ga., Barbara Edgeston of Jackson, Tenn., Margaret Tate of Collierville and Cheryl D. Moore of Oklahoma City; seven sons, John H. Tate of Chicago, Eddie Lee Tate, Tommy Lee Tate, Timothy T. Tate and Johnny Tate Jr., all of Memphis, Ricky Tate of Collierville and Roger Tate of New York; eight sisters, Pearlie Lee Turan of Grand Junction, Tenn., Everlean Johnson, Annie B. Smith and Elsie Ryans, all of Collierville, Mary J. Locke, Aline Jones and Iola Conley, all of Memphis, and Ludella Colson of Oak Park, Mich., 55 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
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Ben Wilson Williamson Jr., 83, of Knoxville, formerly of Memphis, lawyer and senior partner of O'Neil Parker and Williamson in Knoxville, died Tuesday in Knoxville. Services were Thursday at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, where he was a member, with burial in Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel in Knoxville had charge. He was a World War II Army Air Force veteran, a graduate of the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee College of Law and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations, American Board of Trial Advocates and American Trial Lawyers Association. Mr Williamson, the husband of Martha Jenkins Williamson, also leaves a daughter, Martha Williamson Myhre of Knoxville; a son, Ben Wilson Williamson III of Morristown, Tenn.; a sister, Beverly Williamson Maury of Memphis, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Young Life Knoxville.
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Atoka -- Carolyn Maureen Fuller, 70, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood cemetery in Brownsville. She was a member of Fellowship Bible Church. Mrs. Fuller, the wife of William E. Fuller, also leaves a daughter, Vicky Benson; a son, Jimmy Fuller, and a foster daughter, Anita Grivet, all of Atoka; two sisters, Ann Mize of Memphis and Dot Blackburn of Asheville, N.C.; three brothers, Paul Mize, Melvin Mize and Jimmy Mize, all of Stanton, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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Atoka -- Adrienne Dayle Phillips, 24, student, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Joint services with her son will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Mrs. Phillips, the wife of Brian Kevin Phillips, also leaves her daughter and stepdaughter, Chloe Rae Watson and Mykenzie Lynn Phillips, both of Atoka; her mother, Dawna Sanders, and her father, Raymond Barnett, both of Memphis; a brother, Christopher Daniel Barnett of Memphis; a half-sister, Sabrina Lowry of Atoka; a half-brother, Shane Coates of Covington, and her grandparents, Mary F. and Emmett L. Barnett of Southaven and Doris and Bill Williams of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union Planters Bank Adrienne Phillips Memorial Fund.
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Atoka -- Tanner Cole Phillips, infant son of Brian Kevin Phillips, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Joint services with his mother will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He also leaves two sisters, Chloe Rae Watson and Mykenzie Lynn Phillips, both of Atoka; his grandparents, Dawna and Scott Sanders, Raymond and Debbie Barnett, Mary and Leon Giglio and Dorothy and Lemuel Phillips. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Union Planters Bank Adrienne Phillips Memorial Fund.
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Bolivar -- Ida F. Watkins, 65, retired health technician, died Monday in Hardeman County. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Greater Springfield Baptist Church with burial in Bolivar Community cemetery. Dixie Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her parents, Cora and Willie Watkins; two daughters, Renee Marshall of Jackson and Deidra Woods of Bolivar; six sisters, Elsie Bowden and Gola Jean Reaves, both of Bolivar, Shirley Bolden of Middleton, Faye Watkins and Vicki Greer, both of Nashville, and Carmelita Perry of Knoxville; a brother, Willie Watkins of Bolivar and several grandchildren.
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Macon -- Johnnie L. Franklin, 67, employee of Memphis Furniture Co., died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. James Church of God in Christ in Bolivar with burial in Bethlehem cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He leaves three daughters, Eldria Berry of Altamonte Springs, Fla., Sandra K. Franklin of Macon and Clara Franklin of Memphis; three sons, Tony C. Franklin of Rossville, and Keith Franklin and John Franklin, both of Macon; five sisters, Parthenia Watkins, Clara Mae Norman and Bobbie Jean Jones, all of Memphis, Verlin Bernice Patrick of Collierville and Eldria Boyd of Rossville, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Oakland -- Darrell Dewayne Joyner, 23, cook, died May 20 in Oakland. Services will be at noon Saturday at Nollie Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in McCulley cemetery. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He leaves a daughter, Alliyah Joyner, and a son, Laquinta Joyner, both of Williston; his mother, Shirley M. Kirkwood of Oakland; two sisters, Cheryl Pollar and Christine Kirkwood, and six brothers, David Joyner, Marcus Joyner, Darneld Kirkwood and Adam Kirkwood, all of Oakland, Eric Joyner of Minnesota and Tyrone Joyner of Memphis.
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Ripley -- Louise Houston, 61, of St. Louis, formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died Monday at St. Mary Hospital in St. Louis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Reliable Funeral Home in St. Louis with burial in Lake Charles Memorial Park cemetery there. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has local charge. She leaves three daughters, Regina Johnson, Yolanda Johnson and Jennifer Houston, all of St. Louis; three sisters, Nancy Lewis of Henning, and Mary Johnson and Lizzie Whitley, both of Brownsville; a brother, Tex Houston of Henning, and two grandchildren.
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Ripley -- Iona Mae Roberson, 65, employee of Lauderdale Garment Manufacturing, died Monday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Morning Star Baptist Church, where she was a choir member, with burial in Canfield cemetery. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. Mrs. Roberson, the wife of Raymond Roberson, also leaves a daughter, Barbara Bynum of Brownsville; a son, David Morgan of Copperas Cove, Texas; two sisters, Sadie Barnes of Long Beach, Calif., and Earla Galloway of Cleveland, Ohio; two brothers, Ocie Hutchison of Mason and Jessie Hutchison of Long Beach, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Ripley -- Corilla 'Mickey' Rucker, 50, homemaker, died May 19 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Pilgrims Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Henning, where she was an usher and choir member, with burial in Bluff cemetery there. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. Mrs. Rucker, the widow of John Rucker, leaves two sons, Micheal Rucker and Mario Rucker, and her mother, Delong 'Honey' Miller, all of Ripley; four sisters, Teresa Rogers, Nancy Rogers and Corrine Miller, all of Ripley, and Norvella Miller of Henning; six brothers, Ronald Winbush, Darry Miller, John Miller, Robert Miller and Bryant Miller, all of Ripley, and Emmett Miller of Henning, and six grandchildren.
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Rossville -- Anderson Winton, 65, of Chicago, formerly of Rossville, employee of Hertz Rental Co. for 40 years, died May 19 at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Frazier CME Church in Athens, Ala., with burial in the church cemetery there. Peoples Funeral Home in Athens has charge. He was a member of Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church and a graduate of Fayette County Training School. Mr. Winton, the husband of Juanita Winton, also leaves a sister, Gracie Harvey of Rossville, and two brothers, Willie James Winton of Gary, Ind., and Charles Bowling of Collierville.
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Savannah -- Richard M. Sherman, 79, retired Air Force veteran, carpenter and salesman for Southgate Supply, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Mount Hermon cemetery in Hardin County. He attended Savannah First United Methodist Church. Mr. Sherman, the widower of Sarah Stricklin Sherman, leaves a son, Richard M. Sherman Jr. of Harrah, Okla.; two sisters, Alice Castillia of Phoenix and Beverly Sherman of Fulton, N.Y., five grandchildren and a great-grandchildren.
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Savannah -- Debra G. Terry, 44, homemaker, died Tuesday at Hardin Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Pyburn cemetery in Hardin County. Mrs. Terry, the wife of Jerry Terry, also leaves a daughter, Jennifer Joyner, and a son, Jeremy W. Terry, both of Corinth, Miss.; a stepdaughter, Jenny Terry, and two stepsons, Jeremy D. Terry and Matthew Terry, all of Savannah; his mother, Faye Carmack; two sisters, Linda Hood and Rebecca Morelock, and a brother, Charles F. Rushing, all of Corinth, and two grandchildren.
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Somerville -- Hattie Mae Jones, 69, homemaker, died May 19 at Methodist Fayette Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Traveler's Rest Missionary Baptist Church Two in Laconia with burial in the church cemetery. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jones, the widow of Jimmy Lee Jones, leaves a daughter, Lois Rogers of Brownsville; three sons, Jimmy Lee Jones Jr. and Edward Lee Jones, both of Williston, and Jesse Lee Jones of Somerville; a brother, Johnny Murphy of Somerville, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Somerville -- Garfield Ragland, 49, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Clover Garden CME Church in Whiteville with burial in the church cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home in Brownsville has charge. He leaves two sisters, Mary Alice Ragland of Champaign, Ill., and Mary Hensley of Rossville; three brothers, Rayfield Ragland and Willie Ragland, both of East St. Louis, Ill., and Larry Ragland of Nashville; his foster mother, Elizabeth Morton of Somerville; two foster sisters, Margret Morton of Brownsville and Loretta Fleet of Whiteville, and five foster brothers, Willie Morton and Willie C. Morton, both of Brownsville, Walter Morton of Memphis, David Morton of Somerville and Dennis Morton of Brinkley, Ark.
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