Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
John Lankford
John Harry 'Lefty' Lankford of Belton, S.C., died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, at his home.
Graveside services will be held today at 1 p.m. in the Lankford family cemetery in Fort Payne.
Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, Belton, S.C.
Bonnie Mathis
Bonnie Fowler Mathis, formerly of Chattanooga, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, in Pacoima, Calif. She was 55.
She was a graduate of Howard High School.
Local survivors include her sisters, Betty Mayes, Barbara Smith, Belinda Johnson and Bernice Davis.
Services will be Tuesday in California.
This announcement is a courtesy of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Edward McEvoy
Edward McEvoy of Soddy-Daisy died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, at his home. He was 64.
Arrangements will be announced by Crombie-Pinkard Funeral Home.
Ruth Mowery
Ruth H. Mowery of Goodlettsville, Tenn., died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, in a Nashville hospital. She was 84.
She was the pianist and organist at Hillview Baptist Church in Goodlettsville and the widow of Glenn C. Mowery.
Survivors include her sons, Charles A. Mowery, White's Creek, Tenn., and Robert C. Mowery, Cleveland; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be today at 11 a.m. at Cole & Garrett Funeral Home in Goodlettsville with the Rev. Hiram Lemay and the Rev. Larry Miller officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hillview Baptist Church Building Fund, 1268 Springfield Highway, Goodlettsville, TN 37072.
Lillian Nations
Lillian Ann Nations of Rossville, died Thursday, Jan, 21, 1999, at her home. She was 50.
Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Lonnie Goins and the Rev. William O'Neal officiating.
Burial will be in Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park.
Joseph Paris
Joseph Paris died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, in a local nursing home.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Robin Pearce
Robin Lenea Pearce died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, at her home. She was 35.
Services will be today at 1 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, Battlefield Parkway, with the Rev. Sam Sharp officiating.
Burial will be in Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park.
Paul Phillips
Paul Edwin Phillips of Rossville died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, in a local hospital. He was 83.
Arrangements will be announced by the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
Sarah Rhodes
Sarah 'Jeep' Rhodes died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999, in Huntsville, Ala.
Arrangements will be announced by Crombie-Pinkard Funeral Home.
Joan Sawyer
Joan A. Sawyer died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, in a local hospital. She was 49.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Grace Simmons
Grace Hays Burgess Simmons of Birmingham, Ala., formerly of Chattanooga, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, at Harpeth Terrace Nursing Center in Franklin, Tenn. She was 89.
Mrs. Simmons was the widow of William Simmons, a member of the Church of Christ and was retired from Sears.
Survivors include one son, Robert Simmons, Franklin; two daughters, Jeanne Evans, and Lou Anne Simmons, both of Birmingham; one sister, Dorothy Snee, Chattanooga; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Adamsville Church of Christ in Birmingham.
Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery.
Arrangements are by Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Birmingham.
Barbara Suttles
Barbara L. Suttles died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, in a local hospital.
Survivors include one daughter, Latasha Jones; her mother, Edna Drake; her father, R.H. Drake; five sisters, Emma Mapp, Patricia Newson, Louise Thurman, Jacqueline Hutchens, and Tammy Jones; three brothers, James, Charles and Kerry Jones; and one granddaughter.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. William H. Ryan officiating.
Burial will be in Forest Hills cemetery.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Linda Taylor
Linda Estelle Taylor died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, at her home.
Arrangements will be announced by W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home.
Percy Todd
Percy E. 'Chip' Todd of Cypress, Texas, formerly of Apison, Tenn., died Sunday, Jan. 17, 1999, in a Houston hospital. He was 43.
Memorial services will be held today at 11 a.m. in Plowman cemetery with the Rev. William C. Poister officiating.
Following the service the family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of Apison United Methodist Church.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road.
Eula Wooten
Eula H. Wooten died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, in a local hospital. She was 74.
The Athens, Ala., native had lived most of her life in Chattanooga.
She was a member of Hickory Valley Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include her husband, Charles F. Wooten; two daughters, Sandra Light and Angie Johnson, both of Rossville; two sons, David Wooten, Chattanooga, and Frank Wooten, Winder, Ga.; two sisters, Mildred Overstreet and Doris Poff, both of Athens, Ala.; one brother, Alvin Hagermaker, Hixson; one granddaughter and three great-granddaughters.
Services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Hickory Valley Church of God of Prophecy with pastor Duke Stone officiating.
Burial will be Monday in Chattanooga National cemetery.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 8 p.m. at the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Lankford Wright
Lankford Wright of Soddy-Daisy died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, in a local hospital. He was 76.
Services will be today at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Forgey officiating.
Burial will be in Varner cemetery in Soddy-Daisy.
Arrangements are by Williamson & Sons Funeral Home.
