Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Stanton -- Shirley Jean Lee Claybon, 71, teacher's assistant, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home in Brownsville has charge. Mrs. Claybon, the wife of John Claybon, also leaves a daughter, Phyllis Clark of Stanton; seven sisters, Yvonne Dotson and Bessie Dotson, both of Memphis, Kay F. Warr, Betty A. Lee and Connie Lee, all of Stanton, Beverly Dickerson of Brownsville and Mary Lee of Detroit; five brothers, Marvin Lee and Richard Lee, both of Stanton, and Raymond Lee, James Lee and Charles Lee, all of Memphis, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Whiteville -- Martha Lucille Cox, 57, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Bolivar Memorial cemetery. She was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church. Mrs. Cox, the wife of David Cox for 40 years, also leaves a son, Steve Cox of Whiteville, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 27, 2005]
Norma F. Austin, 83, of West Point, Miss., formerly of Memphis, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Miss. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Zion cemetery in Obion County, Tenn. Family Funeral Care has charge. She was a member of New Hope Christian Church, Senior Saints and Frayser-Raleigh Senior Citizens Center, where she was director of the drama theater group. Mrs. Austin, the widow of Malcolm R. Austin, leaves a daughter, Mona Given of West Point; two sisters, Faye Chesser of Blytheville, Ark., and Nellie Murphy of Riverdale, Md., two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Mattie Mae Barker, 65, of Memphis, retired nursing assistant for Shelby County Health Care Center, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at noon Monday at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church on U.S. 64 with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. She leaves three daughters, Sandra Taylor of Orange County, Calif., and Theresa Tatum and Jontina Mitchell, both of Memphis; a son, Morris Barker of Memphis; three sisters, Mildred Cross of Bartlett, and Mary Brown and Bernice Tolbert, both of Memphis; a brother, Thomas Cooper of Bartlett, and 11 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Virginia Jeanne 'Poppie' Campbell, 77, of Cordova, homemaker, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Campbell, the wife of William Campbell, also leaves a daughter, Debbie Chriswell of Cordova; a son, Bill Campbell, and two brothers, Henry Haarala and James Haarala, all of Minneapolis, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Carline E. Dumas, 96, of Cordova, retired bank teller, died Thursday at Appling Wood Health Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at McPeters Funeral Home in Corinth, Miss., with burial in Forrest Memorial Park there. She was a member of Corinth First Baptist Church, attended Bartlett Hills Baptist Church, former president of Corinth BPW Club and former member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Dumas, the widow of Boyce Dumas, leaves a son, Wallis Dumas of Cordova; a brother, George Moore of Fulton, Ky., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Norveen Echols, 64, of Memphis, retired from ETW Trucking Co., died Wednesday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Lashonda F. Echols; a son, Dwayne Echols; three stepdaughters, Shirley Wilchie, Madelyn Clayton and Norvella Young, and a stepson, Johnnie Clayton, all of Memphis; two sisters, Beatrice Echols of New York and Clara Wilson of Memphis, and a brother, Cecil Echols of Wilkinsville, Tenn.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Al H. Gabel, 74, of Memphis, retired manager for J.C Penney after 43 years, died May 20 at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. He was a Korean War Army veteran, and member of Christ the King Lutheran Church and American Legion. Mr. Gabel, the widower of Laurel Gabel, leaves four daughters, Cheryl Linski of Bartlett, Carla Raney of Libertyville, Ill., Cindy Gabel of Memphis and Caryn Lerna of Cordova; a son, Douglas Gabel of East Amherst, N.Y.; a brother, Dale Gabel of Sioux Falls, S.D., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Susan Elaine Giambelluca, 50, of Collierville, former cafeteria cashier for Shelby County Schools, died Friday at her home. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Collierville Funeral Home. Mrs. Giambelluca, the wife of Raymond Gene Giambelluca, also leaves a daughter, Rhoberta Rae Orsland of Memphis; two sons, Jeffrey Allen Giambelluca of Collierville and Justin Michael Giambelluca of Martin, Tenn.; two sisters, Sherryl Anderson of Jamestown, N.Y., and Sandra Eckman of Frewsburg, N.Y., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to West Clinic or Wings Foundation.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Lera C. Gladney, 85, of Arkoma, Okla., formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday in Arkoma. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at National cemetery. Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith, Ark., has charge. Mrs. Gladney, the widow of Robert Gladney, leaves two daughters, Brenda Erp of Tulsa, Okla., and Dixie Buice of Atlanta; a son, Robert G. Gladney of Memphis; a sister, Jimmie Poe of Cape Girardeau, Mo., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Emma Goennersdorf, 90, of Memphis, retired podiatrist, died Friday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East. She leaves two daughters, Heidi Riddle of Memphis and Gerta Goennersdorf of Germany; a son, Rudolph Goennersdorf of Germany, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Mary Eunice Harrell, 88, of Brandon, Miss., formerly of Memphis, retired Shelby County Schools teacher, died Wednesday at Brandon Court Nursing Home in Brandon. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Arlington City cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Shelby County Historical Society and Shelby County Teachers Association. Mrs. Harrell, the widow of Joseph Burton Harrell, leaves a daughter, Virginia Willard Harrell of Brandon.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Mary Ella Bentley Hicks, 80, of Memphis, retired licensed practical nurse, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Greater Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Wednesday in National cemetery. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. She was a graduate of Manassas High School and a member of the Nurse's Club. Mrs. Hicks, the widow of Alonzo M. Hicks, also leaves three daughters, Eleanor Henderson and Margaret V. Hicks, both of Memphis, and Valeria Parker of Illinois; a son, Alonzo M. Hicks Jr. of Alexandria, Va., and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Jerry Rainey, 46, of Memphis, died Wednesday in Memphis. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Union Missionary Baptist Church with burial June 6 in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mr. Rainey, the husband of Sibyl Haywood Rainey, also leaves two daughters, Shauncina T. Rainey and Jerrica Rainey, and three brothers, Leo Hines, Alfred Rainey and Ray Rainey.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Teresa Ann Rogers, 41, of Memphis, medical assistant, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Olivet Fellowship Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She leaves four daughters, Rochell Rogers, Rachel Rogers, Renita Rogers and Serita Rogers; two sons, Frank Rogers and Eathan Rogers; her mother, Annie Rogers, and her father, James Jackson Jr., all of Memphis; four sisters, Angie Fenicchia and Debra Malone, both of Mississippi, and Betty Thompson and Allison McClain, both of Memphis; six brothers, Sidney Jackson of Mississippi, and Nathan Rogers, Melvin Rogers, James Rogers, Shem Jackson and Kenny Davis, all of Memphis; her grandmother, Freddie Jackson of Olive Branch, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Marguerite K. Seale, 84, of Cordova, formerly of Charleston, Miss., retired cost accountant for Dixie Wax Paper Co., died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial at 2 p.m. in Charleston cemetery. She was a member of Audubon Park Baptist Church and Bridge Club. Mrs. Seale, the wife of William T. Seale for 65 years, also leaves a sister, Aline Harris of Charleston. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Audubon Park Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Jean Bensinger Sebulsky, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Temple Israel cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a board member of Memphis Jewish Home, MIFA Meals on Wheels and member of Jewish Women International. Mrs. Sebulsky, the widow of D. Melvin Olswanger and Eugene Sebulsky, leaves a daughter, Millie Olswanger Sebulsky Sernovitz of Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee; a son, Alan Melton Sebulsky of Lake Forest, Ill.; two stepdaughters, Bobbie Gordon Miller of Boca Raton, Fla., and Cookie Graber Olswanger of Memphis, 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to MIFA or Jewish Women International.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Conway Terriell Street, 81, of Bartlett, retired from Bemis Bag Co., died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services were Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. Street, the husband of Elois Johnson Street, also leaves a daughter, Sherry Anderson of Memphis; a son, Terry Street of Sewanee, Tenn.; a sister, Sylvia Salts of Tupelo, Miss., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Independent Presbyterian Church Senior Ministry.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
Atoka -- Melvin Beaford Tolbird, 67, crane operator, died Wednesday in Lakeland, Fla. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at River of Life Assembly of God in Munford, where he was a member, with burial in Rogers cemetery. Munford Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and a member of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 369. Mr. Tolbird, the husband of Barbara Ann Burns Tolbird for 44 years, also leaves three daughters, Deborah Lynn Tolbird Dawson of Millington, and Andrea Jean Tolbird Dubois and Kristel Leann Tolbird, both of Atoka; two sons, Melvin Ray Tolbird of Whiteboro, Texas, and Randy Alan Tolbird of Atoka; his father, William Douglas Tolbird of Oak Grove, La.; three sisters, Lois Virginia Tolbird Mann of Crossett, Ark., Nelly Ruth Tolbird Odom and Sally Ann Tolbird Cooper, both of Oak Grove, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 29, 2005]
