Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Marjorie B. Caummisar, 82, of Germantown, homemaker, died Friday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Church of the Holy Spirit, where she was a communicant, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Caummisar, the wife of Earl S. Caummisar for 63 years, also leaves three daughters, Kathleen Caummisar Carter of Granby, Colo., Madeline Caummisar Nunn of Memphis and Caroline Caummisar Morgan of Orlando, Fla.; two sons, Earl Stanley Caummisar Jr. of Germantown and Richard Clark Caummisar of Amarillo, Texas; a brother, John Whitman Bell of Louisville, Ky., three grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Monastery of St. Clare or Church of the Holy Spirit.
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Don Sing Chiu, 70, of Cordova, retired merchant, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood. Mrs. Chiu, the widow of Weng Leon Chiu, leaves a daughter, Mary C. Chan, and three brothers, Man On Lum, Ngon Cheung Lam and John Yick Lam, all of Cordova, and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Chinese Baptist Church.
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Charlie 'Shotgun' Gipson, 24, of Memphis, employee of Technicolor Distribution Co., died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery there. Millington Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Gracie Gipson, and his father, Roger Austin Jr., both of Memphis; three sisters, Kristie Gipson and Jennifer Young, both of Memphis, and Demetris Brown of Robinsonville, Miss.; a brother, Derrick Gipson of Memphis, and his grandfather, Cleveland Gipson of Tutwiler, Miss.
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Ross Granderson, 96, retired farmer and maintenance engineer for Shelby County Board of Education, died Wednesday at AmeriCare Health Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Greater Bush Grove Baptist Church, where he was an usher board member, with burial in Griffin cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mr. Granderson, the husband of Marvnie Granderson, also leaves five daughters, Roberta Nance of Atlanta, Florence Wilson of Somerville, Myrtle Stallion of Milwaukee, Janice Boyd of Arlington and Rosa Eddings of Memphis; seven sons, Herbert Granderson of Riverside, Calif., James Granderson of St. Louis, Robert Granderson of Bartlett, Lawrence Granderson of Memphis, Jeffrey Granderson and Alfred Granderson, both of Milwaukee, and Ross Granderson of Arlington; a sister, Clara Gragg of Ann Arbor, Mich., 47 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
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Marcus Dewayne Gross, 41, of Memphis, employee of Lenny's Sandwich Shop, died Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He was a Baptist. He leaves a son, Marquis Cole; his mother, Goldie Brown; three sisters, Anita Faye Hulon, Katyna Bradley and Neeka Bradley, and his grandmother, Ollie M. Brown, all of Memphis.
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Gloria Jean Hayes, 55, of Memphis, employee of the University of Tennessee, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Greater Prospect Baptist Church on College with burial in Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, LaTonya Hayes Dodson, and a son, Jeffery Hayes, both of Memphis; her mother, Prince Ella Hayes; eight sisters, Josephine Leatherwood, Georgia Ann Hayes, Teresa Hayes, Carla Echols, Lisa Hayes, Angie Clemmons and Dawn Hayes, all of Memphis, and Linda Scott of Denver; six brothers, George Hayes, Robert E. Hayes and Timmie Hayes, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., Roosevelt Hayes of Sacramento, Calif., and Michael Hayes and Darren Hayes, both of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
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Donna F. Irwin, 80, of Germantown, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Germantown United Methodist Church. Mrs. Irwin, the widow of Robert E. Irwin, leaves a daughter, Vicki Brown of Germantown; a son, Tim Irwin of Collierville; a sister, Maxine Churney of Indianapolis, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Germantown United Methodist Church.
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Walter Edward 'Sonny' Jenkins, 60, of Memphis, formerly of Holly Springs, Miss., construction worker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Calvin Chapel United Methodist Church in Holly Springs, where he was a member and class leader, with burial in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home in Holly Springs has charge. He leaves two daughters, Sheila Marie Jenkins and LaToya Renee Jenkins, and two sons, Walter Edward Jenkins Jr. and Corey DeMario Jenkins, all of Memphis; a stepson, Robert Suggs, and a brother, Austin Jenkins, both of Holly Springs, and four grandchildren.
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Michael Stacey Patton, 48, medical equipment sales representative and retired Navy veteran, died and was found Thursday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Veterans cemetery in Little Rock. Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home in Brinkley, Ark., has charge. He leaves three daughters, Amanda Ray Cook of Palestine, Ark., Elizabeth Ann Patton of Forrest City, Ark., and Stacey Larson of Wendell, N.C.; his mother, Ramona Ray Patton of Little Rock; two brothers, Ralph Patton of Little Rock and Gary Ray Patton of Bartlesville, Okla., and five grandchildren.
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Laura J. Payne, 61, of Memphis, retired machine operator for Kellogg's, died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Lake Cormorant with burial in the church cemetery there. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. Mrs. Payne, the widow of Frank Payne, leaves her stepmother, Fannie Rice; five sisters, Lucy M. Lee, Dorothy Johnson, Yolanda Griffin, Nona Logan and Linda Green, and two brothers, Adrain Rice and Ted Smith, all of Memphis, 3 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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Clara Mae Ramage, 86, of Millington, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of American Legion Post 67 Auxiliary in Brighton. Mrs. Ramage, the widow of Harry C. Ramage, leaves three daughters, Barbara A. Smith of Munford, and M. Louise Roberts and Gloria J. Wash, both of Memphis; four sons, Donald E. Ramage, Robert C. Ramage and C. Fred Ramage, all of Drummonds, and Donny R. Ramage of Lakeland, 26 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
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Flora E. Ramsey, 82, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at her grandson's home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of Leaclair Baptist Church. Mrs. Ramsey, the widow of William T. Ramsey, leaves a daughter, Ellen L. Peck of Memphis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Naomi Shannon Smith, 98, of Memphis, retired private home nurse, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at St. Jude Baptist Church, where she was a member and an usher, with burial in Union cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Smith, the widow of Isaac Smith, leaves a sister, Margaret Hayes of Pasadena, Calif., and a grandchild.
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Mildred J. Ursery, 80, of Bartlett, homemaker, died Wednesday at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Ursery, the widow of James W. Ursery Jr., leaves a brother, Hugh L. Judge of Leeds, Ala., and a caregiver, Sheila Funderburke.
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Brownsville -- David Lee Jones, 50, of Humboldt, formerly of Brownsville, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rawls Funeral Home with burial in New Hope cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Anjeanette Wilkerson of Nashville; three sisters, Constance George of Raleigh, N.C., Willie Jean Campbell of Marysville, Calif., and Yvonne West of Chicago; three brothers, Samuel Jones of Brownsville, Charles Jones of Milwaukee and James Jones of Marysville, and a grandchild.
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Counce -- Hannah Lee Littlejohn, 77, homemaker, died Wednesday at Tri-County Convalescent Home in Adamsville. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Center Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah has charge. Mrs. Littlejohn, the widow of Hubert F. Littlejohn, leaves a son, Larry Littlejohn of Counce; a sister, Patricia McGee of Michie; two brothers, Gene McCain of Shiloh and Edward McCain of Clarksville, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Covington -- Stevie A. Martin, 46, laborer, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Greater St. John Baptist Church with burial in Townsend cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his mother, Mary S. Martin of Covington; a sister, Barbara Mosley of St. Charles, Ill.; five brothers, John Martin of Illinois, Melvin Brown of Chicago, Herbert Brown of San Bernardino, Calif., Robert Martin of Nashville and Kenneth Martin of Dyersburg, and his grandmother, Willie Sue Holland of Covington.
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Drummonds -- Naaman Blaydes Billings, 93, carpenter, died Thursday at Collierville Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove cemetery. He was a member of Poplar Grove Assembly of God. Mr. Billings, the widower of Dorothy Burford Billings, leaves four daughters, Inez McGinnis of Nashville, Veda Robison of Covington, Donna Rose of Burlison and Barbara J. Low of Collierville; two sons, Douglas Billings of Covington and James L. Billings of Drummonds, 19 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
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Dyersburg -- Maxine F. Cross, 89, homemaker, died Friday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Fairview cemetery. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Cross, the widow of Rev. Dr. Ernest C. Cross, leaves a daughter, Joyce Chandler Partee of Jackson; two sons, Tommy Cross of Dyersburg and Paul Cross of Arlington; a sister; a brother, seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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