Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Paul D. Harris
Union Carbide retiree
Paul D. Harris, 76, of Sweetwater, died Monday, Sept. 29, 1997, in Sweetwater.
Mr. Harris had retired after 37 years of employment with Union Carbide Nuclear Division in Oak Ridge.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church of Sweetwater.
Mr. Harris is survived by his wife, Bonnie F. Burnette Harris; two daughters, Betty Lance and her husband, Claude, and Mary Sue Hicks and her husband, Bill, all of Sweetwater; three grandchildren, Heather Lance and Brian R. Hicks, both of Sweetwater, and Dr. Scott Lance of Lexington, Ky.; one great-grandson, Devon R. Hicks of Sweetwater; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the chapel of Kyker Funeral Home in Sweetwater with the Rev. Gerald Atkins officiating.
Burial will follow at Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park. Members of Sweetwater's Post No. 5156 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct military rites.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, Sept. 30, at the funeral home.
Pauline Byrge
Moore's Chapel member
Pauline Brummitt Byrge, 80, of Oliver Springs, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at her home.
Mrs. Byrge was a member of Moore's Chapel Baptist Church.
She was born in Kingston on Aug. 20, 1917, and was the daughter of Tom and Minnie Parks Brummitt. She had been a resident of Oliver Springs for 41 years.
Mrs. Byrge is survived by her husband, Cecil Byrge; three daughters, Jewel Lively and her husband, Carl, of Oliver Springs, Virginia Johnson and her husband, Bill, of Claxton, and Linda Lively and her husband, Larry, of Harriman; and by six sons, Paul Byrge, George Byrge and his wife, Shirley, James Byrge and his wife, Sandra, and Lonnie Byrge and his wife, Nancy, all of Oliver Springs, and Bobby Byrge and his wife, Judy, and Tommy Byrge and his wife, Rachel, all of Clinton.
She is also survived by a sister, Mary Galloway of Oliver Springs; a brother, Floyd Brummitt of Oak Ridge; and 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 8 tonight, Sept. 30, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Tom Byrge officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Anderson Memorial Gardens, Oliver Springs Highway, Clinton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Bertha Ann Miles
Retired restaurant cook
Bertha Ann Carson Miles, 69, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, Sept. 15, 1997, at Briarcliff Health Care Center.
Mrs. Miles was a retired cook from the former Oak Terrace Restaurant in Oak Ridge.
She was a member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the Elks Atomic Temple No. 960. She enjoyed fishing, the family said.
She was born March 10, 1928, in Hamilton, Miss., the daughter of Jim Carson and Estella Troupe Carson, now deceased.
She was the widow of Frank Miles.
Mrs. Miles is survived by a son, James E. Troupe and his wife, Tammy, of Oak Ridge; a stepson, Frank Roper of Oak Ridge; two aunts, Florence Woods of Los Angeles, Calif., and Arquilla Wallace of Aberdine, Miss.; an uncle, James Troupe of Memphis; four cousins, Bessie Mims and her husband, Early, Dorothy Troupe, Emma Troupe and Carolyn Troupe, all of Oak Ridge; and by several other relatives.
Mary Clark and Lois Burum were considered her best friends, and Hattie Washington was a special friend.
A brother, Johnnie Carson, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary with the Rev. Dozier McKinnon and the Rev. James Kirkland officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the mortuary.
Dr. David Campbell Lane
Retired neurosurgeon, senator
Dr. David Campbell Lane, 70, of Oak Ridge and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died Monday, Sept. 15, 1997, in a hospital in Costa Rica.
Dr. Lane, a neurosurgeon, had retired from his practice in Fort Lauderdale and still maintained a home in Oak Ridge.
He was originally from Medford, Mass., the eldest son of Thomas and Jean Lane, longtime Oak Ridgers who are now deceased. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, where he also lettered and was captain of the swimming team. He had been an active alumnus since that time.
Dr. Lane completed postgraduate work at the University of Wisconsin and the University of London Neurological Institute.
During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific, and in later years held the rank of colonel in the Reserve.
He was elected to the Florida Senate in 1967 and was re-elected to several terms. Dr. Lane was considered by many in his field to be a pioneer in the reform of medical malpractice insurance. While in the Florida legislature, he served as minority whip from 1970 to 1972.
Dr. Lane was affiliated with the boards of directors of both the American and the International Congress of Neurosurgery, the American Cancer Society, the United Cerebral Palsy Board, the Mental Health Association, the International Oceanographic Foundation and the National Rehabilitation Association. He served on the advisory board for Nova University and had other affiliations as well. Dr. Lane was also on the teaching staff at the University of Miami in Florida.
His leisure interests included racing sports cars, sailing, scuba diving, piloting his airplane and skiing. In recent years, he was a race horse breeder and an avid world traveler.
Dr. Lane is survived by three children, Brett Mullikin Lane of Fort Lauderdale, Helen Lane Wolfe and her husband, David Wolfe, and David C. Lane Jr. and his wife, Kristin Lane, all of Orlando, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Joshua Brett Lane, Alexander Thomas Wolfe and Zachary Evan Wolfe.
He is also survived by two sisters, Mary Seifert of Clearwater, Fla., and Charlotte L. Parker and her husband, Leon Parker, of Oak Ridge; three brothers, Thomas E. Lane and his wife, Lorraine Lane, of Clarksville, Donald W. Lane and his wife, Joan Lane, of Oak Ridge, and Stephen A. Lane and his wife, Karen Lane, of Cockeysville, Md.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are being handled by McCarty-Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. A service for family members will be held.
The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 21, at the home of Donald Lane at 132 Heritage Drive.
Lowell McKinley Foust
Retired ORNL truck driver
Lowell Foust, 77, of Kingston, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 17, 1997, at his home.
Mr. Foust retired June 1, 1985, from Martin Marietta Energy Systems. He worked as a truck driver in the Plant and Equipment Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He had begun employment with Union Carbide Nuclear Division on April 7, 1948.
He was a member of Teamsters Union Local No. 519 and a member of Island Ford Baptist Church in Lake City.
Mr. Foust was born in the former Coal Creek community of Lake City on March 18, 1920, the son of Sebra Foust and Ellen Holder Foust, now deceased. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
His hobby was small engine repair, the family said.
He was the widower of Lillian Nance Foust.
Mr. Foust is survived by a daughter, Linda McKamey and her husband, Harold, of Kingston; a son, Bill Foust and his wife, Rhonda, of Nashville; a sister, Avernell Heatherly and her husband, Herbert, of Jefferson City; and three brothers, Dr. Elmer Foust and his wife, Amry, of Georgia, Carl Foust of California, Kenneth Foust and his wife, Dorothy, of Clinton.
A brother, Sebra Foust Jr., died earlier.
The funeral will be at 8:30 tonight, Sept. 18, in the chapel of McCarty-Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Ambrose and the Rev. Dewey Brown officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Effie Gill Pitts
First Presbyterian member
Effie Gill Pitts, 89, of Oak Ridge, died Wednesday, July 1, 1998, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mrs. Pitts was active at First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge.
She was born in Reading, England, on Feb. 17, 1909. She married
Richard Pitts of Fayetteville, Tenn., and came to the United States in 1946 as a war bride.
Mrs. Pitts is survived by a daughter, Susan Holsopple and her husband, James; a brother, Cyril Gill and his wife, Phyllis, of England; and by five nieces and two nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park with the Rev. Dwyn Mounger officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, July 2, at McCarty-Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home.
Lenore D. Kite
Michigan resident
Lenore D. Kite, 91, a resident of Plymouth, Mich., who formerly lived in Anderson County, died Saturday, March 28, 1998, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The funeral was held Tuesday, March 31, in the chapel of Schrader-Howell Funeral Home in Plymouth with the Rev. Richard Bont officiating.
Burial was at Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Clinton Township, Mich.
The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to Arbor Hospice, 2366 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48107.
George A. Windle Jr.
Concord resident
George A. Windle Jr., 72, of Concord, died Wednesday evening, Jan. 7, 1998, at Farragut Health Care Center.
Mr. Windle is survived by his wife, Gena Jackson Windle; two daughters, Jane Long and her husband, Barry, of New Boston, Mich., and Nancy Windle of Lawrenceville, Ga.; and one son, George A. Windle III and his wife, Donna, of Concord.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, in the chapel of Click Funeral Home in Lenoir City with the Rev. Bernard Courtney officiating.
Burial will be at Roberson cemetery with the Rev. Bob Mize officiating. Full military honors will be conducted by the Tennessee Defense Force 304th Infantry Battalion.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, Jan. 9, at the funeral home.
Marjorie Daume Sealand
Retired registered nurse
Marjorie Daume Sealand, 76, of Oak Ridge, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mrs. Sealand had lived in Oak Ridge since 1954. She retired in 1972 as a registered nurse at Oak Ridge Hospital, now Methodist Medical Center. She had previously worked as a nurse for Union Carbide Nuclear Division at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
She was born in Linn County, Brookfield, Mo., on Dec. 23, 1921, the daughter of William Adam and Leta Brumagin Daume. She was a 1943 graduate of the Washington University School of Nursing.
From 1943 to 1947, she served in the Army Nurses Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. At the time of her military discharge, she had attained the rank of captain.
Mrs. Sealand was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. She enjoyed craft work, her family said, especially making items in pottery and working with pewter. She had recently begun making porcelain dishware.
She is survived by her husband, Orlen M. Sealand; two daughters, Ann Elizabeth Ansell and her husband, Loren L., of Baton Rouge, La., and Leta Sealand Halwas and her husband, Richard, of Medford; two sons, William Daume Sealand and his wife, Carolyn, of King George, Va., and Orlen M. Sealand Jr. and his wife, Sandra, of Alpharetta, Ga.; and a sister-in-law, Jean Daume of Naples, Fla.
Mrs. Sealand is also survived by eight grandchildren, Mack, Danika and Elizabeth Sealand, all of Crossville, Karen and Cynthia Ansell, both of Baton Rouge, and Justin, Michael and Jacob Sealand, all of Alpharetta.
A brother, William B. Daume, died earlier.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. Burial will be at Anderson Memorial Gardens, Oliver Springs Highway, Clinton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, Jan. 5, in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary. A Rosary service will begin at 8.
The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, 1200 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37916.
