Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Debra R. Simpson, 53, of Memphis, bookkeeper for Lamm Corp., died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. She leaves a son, Jay 'Earl' Simpson of Memphis; her father, J.E. Rowland Jr. of Decherd, Tenn.; a sister, Judy Coleman of Memphis, and her fiance, T.W. Matheson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Christopher R. Weaver, 48, of Bartlett, computer analyst, died Thursday at his home. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Friday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, where he was a member. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Weaver, the husband of Jacki Weaver, also leaves three daughters, Joci Weaver of Memphis, and Cassie Weaver and Christina Weaver, both of Bartlett; a son, Joshua Weaver of Bartlett; his father, Robert A. Weaver; a sister, Holly Meckley of Tallahassee, Fla.; two brothers, Scott Weaver of Hanover, Pa., and Cory Weaver of Philadelphia, and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church or Wings at West Cancer Clinic.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Covington -- Emmett Goodman, 83, retired Tipton County Schools teacher and employee of Barlow Funeral Home, died Thursday at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Avery Chapel CME Church, where he was a trustee, choir member and steward board member, and former Sunday school superintendent, with burial in Avery Chapel cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, graduate of Tennessee State University, 32nd degree Mason and Tipton County Retired Teachers' Association. He leaves two nieces who helped take care of him, Mae G. Taylor of Cordova and Melita Albritton of Covington.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Don Leewane Ables, 55, factory worker, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Mr. Ables, the husband of Cheryl Ables, also leaves his mother, Vena Lou Powers of Halls; four sisters, Ruth Barton of Mason Hall, Darlene Richards of Halls, and Tammy Burns and Linda Milligan, both of Dyersburg, and two brothers, William Andrew Powers of Halls and Wayne Powers of Poplar Bluff, Mo.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Janice Ruth Grist, 79, retired secretary for National Gypsun Co., died Friday at her home. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Dyersburg Women's Club and National Secretaries Association. Mrs. Grist, the widow of William James Grist, leaves a brother, Donald Timmerman of Dyersburg.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Gates -- Aaron Reece, 57, trucker, died Wednesday at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Services were Saturday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Gates cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Tina Elmore, and a son, Steven Reece, both of Alamo; four sisters, Nancy Rose and Opal Robertson, both of Gates, Vernice Scott of Brighton and Dolly Cole of Perryton, Texas; a brother, Larry Reece of Dyersburg, and five grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Hickory Valley -- Tom Walton Jr., 61, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Junction with burial in the church cemetery. Dixie Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. Mr. Walton, the husband of Hattie Turner Walton, also leaves two daughters, Tommie Lou Walton and Beverly Ann McBride; two sons, Tommy Ray Walton and Alex Walton; six stepdaughters, Elizabeth Woods, Sarah Woods, Monica Woods, Lois Polk, Joyce Turner and Tiffany Champion; two stepsons, Lorenzo Champion and Gregory Champion; four sisters, Willie Mae Rucker, Katie Lee Jones, Lucille Morgan and Blanche Jackson; a brother, Andy Walton, and 28 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Munford -- Jack C. VanDouser, 71, retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant after 20 years, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Lighthouse Assembly of God with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery. Munford Funeral Home has charge. Mr. VanDouser, the husband of Velma Cullum VanDouser, also leaves two daughters, Jackie Boswell and Nicole VanDouser, both of Munford; two sons, Steve VanDouser of Munford and Rev. Tim VanDouser of Millington; two sisters, Joyce VanDouser Schwab of Washington and Linda VanDouser Williams of Munford; three brothers, Bubba VanDouser of Ohio, and Ricky Lott and Ray Lott, both of Randolph, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Newbern -- Dennis Alsup, 49, died Friday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Alsup, the husband of Lydia Alsup, also leaves three daughters, Wendy Semarau of Woodridge, Ill., and Amber Alsup and Lindsey Alsup, both of Newbern; a son, Jesse McDonald of Wheeling, Ill.; his father, Wayne Alsup of Lake Station, Ind.; a sister, Brenda Smith of Hammond, Ind.; three brothers, Kenneth Alsup of California, and David Alsup and Dean Alsup, both of Lockport, Ill., and a grandson.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Savannah -- J.C. Spears, 76, truck driver, died Friday at Hardin County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Crump cemetery. He was a member of National Guard and American Legion, and attended Northside Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Donna Spears of Savannah; three sons, Kenneth Spears of Savannah, Billy Hardee of Memphis and Sammy Spears of Munford; two sisters, Jewel Barnett of Memphis and Cora Marie Coleman of Savannah, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Somerville -- Dorris Derrington Stott, 88, formerly of Cordova, retired dietitian for Madison County Medical Center in Canton, Miss., Holmes Community College and Millsaps College in Jackson after 30 years, died May 28 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Somerville City cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Stott, the widow of William Ray Stott, leaves a daughter, Patsy Ray Stott McClain of Jackson, Miss.; a sister, O'Berlin Derrington Tisdale of Daytona Beach, Fla.; a brother, Bruce Porter Derrington of Fort Myers, Fla., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hospice Ministries of Ridgeland or Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson.
[Death notice dated June 5, 2005]
Edward E. Atkinson, 79, of Memphis, retired lieutenant for the Memphis Police Department and retired Army chief warrant officer, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was a member of Park Avenue Masonic Lodge 362, Scottish American Military Society and Military Order of World Wars. Mr. Atkinson, the husband of Frankie Atkinson for 58 years, also leaves four daughters, Laura Dornan of Louisville, Ohio, Carol Carlson of Denver, Donna Hopper of Olive Branch and Sylvia Greene of Germantown; a sister, Betty Coy of Portage, Ind., four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Curtis Bates, 72, of Memphis, cook for Midland Foods, died Monday at Court Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Elmwood. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Bates, the husband of Bessie M. Bates, also leaves a sister, Fanny Osby of Kansas City, Mo., and four brothers, Roy Bates and Floyd Bates, both of Kansas City, Richard Bates of Gary, Ind., and Emmitt Bates of Dayton, Ohio.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Willie B. Branch, 87, of Eads, retired bus driver for Shelby County Schools, died June 1 at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Holy City Church of God in Christ on James with burial at 11 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Branch, the husband of Fannie Branch, also leaves 13 daughters, Johnnie R. Branch, LaSharon R. Branch and Cheryl A. Branch, all of Chicago, and Sonya R. Hearn, Rachelle Hayes, LaShay Sharp, Kimberly Abalos, Porshe L. Branch, Bobbie P. Bowen, Joyce A. Nava, Lisa R. Hart, Marcie L. Amaro and Renonia J. Bruce, all of Memphis; three sons, Houston Ray Branch of Memphis, Darryl W. Branch of Atlanta and Alvin Anderson of Naples, Fla., 41 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Patrick Bumpus, 53, of Memphis, self-employed custodian, died May 31 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 6 p,m. today at St. Andrew AME Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist and a member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis. Mr. Bumpus, the husband of Sharon Bumpus, also leaves three daughters, LaTara Bumpus Hill of Memphis, Patricia Bumpus of Sacramento, Calif., and Bryanna Bumpus of Coldwater, Miss.; three sons, Warren Bumpus of Texas, Patrick Bumpus of Sacramento and P.J. Bumpus of Memphis; his parents, Willie Mae and Rev. Samuel W. Bumpus; three sisters, Mary Jean Price, Dorothy Moore and JoAnne Peake, and two brothers, Samuel Bumpus Jr. and Harold Bumpus, all of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Earl Burnett Jr., 65, of Memphis, construction worker, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon today at Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Cordova with burial in the church cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. He leaves his mother, Iodel Burnett Grey of Eads; three sisters, Earlene Burnett-Fitzgerald, Dorothy Hill and Florence Blevins Bibbs, all of Memphis, and four brothers, Charles Burnett, Anderson Grey and Callin Grey, all of Fayette County, and Dennis Grey of Memphis.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Lovera Casone, 89, of Ward, Ark., formerly of Memphis, died Sunday at Cabot (Ark.) Manor Nursing Center. A memorial mass will be said at 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Germantown. Cabot Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Casone, the widow of John Louis Casone, leaves two daughters, Margaret Tucker of Tunica, Miss., and Annette Mantia of West Palm Beach, Fla., and two sons, John Casone of Williamsburg, Va., and Frank Casone of Tunica.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Jan Williams Cazares, 49, of Memphis, died Saturday at her home. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Stephanee Adams of Mesa, Ariz.; a sister, Teresa Bailey of Tupelo, Miss., and a companion with whom she lived, Bart Gann.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
Walter Lee 'Jason' Davis, 62, of Memphis, retired chef, died Saturday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Memorial services will be at noon Friday at N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home following burial at 9 a.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Tanya Davis of Chicago; two sons, Paul W. Facen and Walter Davis Jr., both of Memphis; eight sisters, Shirley Davis McKinstry, Evelyn Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Gloria Davis, Worley M. Davis and Linda Jolly, all of Memphis, Mary E. Mitchell of Alabama and Carolyn Farabee of Detroit; six brothers, James Davis, Paul Farabee and Gerald Davis, all of Memphis, William Jolly and Fred Davis, both of St. Louis, and Samuel Farabee of Nashville, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 8, 2005]
