Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Myrtle V. Crick, 92, of Memphis, homemaker and retired from Goldsmith's, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Elmwood. She was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church and a former member of Temple Baptist Church. Mrs. Crick, the widow of Charles Brandon Crick, leaves two daughters, Sylvia Crick Garrett and Nancy Crick Campbell, both of Memphis, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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George W. Dichtel, 75, of Memphis, master electrician for 50 years, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care. He was founder of Mid-South Electrical Industries Association and the first recipient of the MSEIA lifetime achievement award. Mr. Dichtel, the husband of Iris Dichtel, also leaves three daughters, Carol Elkins of Lexington, Ky., Cathy Watson of Little Rock and Kim Sawyer of Atlanta; three sons, Chris Dichtel of San Francisco, Richard Dichtel of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Randy Dichtel of Nashville; a stepson, Michael Carmony of Memphis; three sisters, Rosane Pera, Laurine Dichtel and Mary Carolyn Esterman, and a brother, Frank Dichtel, all of Memphis, and seven grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
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Easter Ellison, 104, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at St. Peter Villa. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a niece who helped care for her, Angela McPherson of Memphis.
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Louise D. Ford, 87, of Memphis, retired assistant for Clark & Clark Construction, died Monday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park. Family Funeral Care has charge. She was a Baptist. She leaves a son, Gary Wyatt Ford, and a sister, Mary Elizabeth Johnstone, both of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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Mary Opal Hendricks, 99, of Memphis, formerly of California, retired legal secretary, died Thursday at Allen Morgan Health Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. John's Episcopal Church with burial in New Elm Ridge Lawn cemetery in Grass Valley, Calif. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a former president of Grass Valley Business & Professional Women's Club and N.C.L.S.A., a charter member of Nevada County Legal Secretaries Association, former Nevada County grand jury chairman and the first woman director of Nevada County Fair Board. Mrs. Hendricks was the widow of Bill Hendricks. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. John's Episcopal Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
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Elizabeth Brooks Hooker, 87, of Memphis, retired administrative secretary to the dean of student life at the University of Memphis, died Tuesday at Applingwood Health Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Eudora Baptist Church and Dixie Rose Society and a national rose judge. Mrs. Hooker, the widow of Earl Hooker, leaves two daughters, Judy Guttery of Germantown and Lynda Hughey of Collierville; a brother, Robert H. Brooks of Florence, Miss., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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Thelma Jones, 77, of Memphis, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a mother board member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Irma Self of Memphis; two sisters, Mariah Holmes of Memphis and Josephine Maple of Yazoo City, Miss.; three brothers, Willie Maple of Southfield, Mich., and Clifton Maple and James Maple, both of Detroit, five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
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Ethel Key, 76, of Collierville, retired presser for Martin Cleaners, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Stinson Community Church, where she was mother board president, with burial in Charity Garden cemetery in Rossville. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge 116. Mrs. Key, the wife of Derell Key, also leaves her stepfather, William Doyle of Rossville; seven sisters, Bertha Boyd, Mary Beason and Clara Cheers, all of Memphis, Alberta Patrick of Byhalia, Miss., Mandy Jones of Collierville, and Ida Jackson and Martha Cannon, both of Rossville, and four brothers, Pink Hurdle and Frank Wilson, both of Memphis, John W. Doyle of Rossville and Jeremiah Wilson of Milwaukee.
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Harriett Alice Lindsey, 83, of Memphis, died Thursday at Graceland Nursing Center. Services will be at noon Friday at Norris Avenue Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in National cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Lindsey, the widow of Mose Lindsey, leaves two nieces who helped care for her, Mary McGhee and Deborah Moore.
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Chiquita Darleen Morris, 47, of Germantown, educator for the University of Memphis, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Germantown Church of Christ, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. She was a member of Leadership Germantown and Learning Disabilities Association. She leaves her parents, Vivian and Curtis Morris of Germantown, and a brother, Curtis L. Morris Jr. of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
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Sallie Catron Morris, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at noon Friday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was an usher board member of Greater Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Morris, the widow of Perry Morris, leaves two nieces, Bettye Jo Maclin of Millington and Lovell Catron of Memphis, and a nephew, John Catron of Memphis, all of whom helped care for her.
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Teresa Oursler, 47, of Memphis, homemaker, died Feb. 3 in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pleasant Grove cemetery in Jonesboro, Ark. Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro has charge. She was a graduate of Central High School. She leaves two daughters, Jennifer Oursler and Natalie Oursler, both of Memphis; two sisters, Debra Pranger of Fayetteville, Ark., and Sondra Wheaton of Memphis; a brother, Michael Wheaton of Memphis, and her grandmother, Edna Wheaton of Jonesboro. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis Humane Society or Shelby County Humane Society.
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Turner Boyd 'Bud' Parham, 75, of Millington, retired maintenance worker for Shelby County Support Systems, died Monday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. He was a member of Millington Church of Christ. He leaves five sons, Carey Parham, Sid Parham, Clifford Parham, Charlie Parham and Ricky Parham, all of Millington; four sisters, Betty Rhodes of Henning, Tenn., Peggy McBroom of Millington, Evelyn Jennings of Memphis and Alinda Moorer of Sevierville, Tenn., nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Millington Church of Christ.
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James Pointer, 83, of Memphis, retired from Nat Buring Packing Co., died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Open Door Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Pointer, the husband of Beatrice H. Pointer, also leaves three sons, James C. Pointer Jr., Michael Pointer and Andre Pointer; five stepdaughters, Helen Taylor, Gwendolyn Miles, Joyce Watkins, Brenda Taylor and Ruby Kent, and three stepsons, John Baldwin, Robert Taylor and William Taylor, all of Memphis, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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William Maurice Powell, 59, of Memphis, engineer, died Monday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at South Side Church of Christ, where she was a member, with burial at 11 a.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was an Air Force veteran and a graduate of Father Bertrand Catholic High School. He leaves three sons, Martin Thomas Powell, Jonathan Scott Powell and Maurice Powell; four sisters, Laura Austin Kinchelow, Grace Austin Meacham, Margaret Powell Beasley and Phyllis Powell Taylor, and a brother, Jerome C. Powell, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
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Robert Prewitt, 50, employee of G&C; Cleaning Services, died Saturday in Nashville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. He leaves a daughter, Dominique Prewitt, and two sons, Robert Prewitt III and Cedric Jones, all of Memphis; four sisters, Brenda Reid of Temple Hills, Md., and Bonny Rodgers, Shirley Pruitt and Gail Hughes, all of Memphis; a brother, Darryl Pruitt of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Frank Rivera, 85, of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mr. Rivera, the widower of Thelma Rivera, leaves five daughters, Rosie Foote of Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Daisy Sims, Olivia Pagella, Nina Nabors and Damaris Epps, all of Memphis; two sons, Thomas Rivera of Memphis and Paul Rivera of Red Bay, Ala.; a stepdaughter, Georgia Moore of Enid, Miss.; a stepson, Roy Taylor of Tullahoma, Tenn.; five sisters, Mickie Clouse of Michigan, Winnie Amaya of Flint, Mich., Jane McDougal of Memphis, Helen Vasquez of Homestead, Fla., and Christine Seruantes of Oakland; a brother, Senon Alvarado of Memphis, 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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Ralph Whitmore Robinett, 96, of Memphis, retired railway expressman after 38 years, died Feb. 2 at Kirby Pines Manor. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a 50-year Mason and a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. Mr. Robinett, the widower of June Phillips Robinett, leaves a daughter Roberta Rier of Medford, Ore.; a son, Philip Robinett of Memphis, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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Eugene Albert Roper, 84, of Germantown, retired from radio and television broadcasting and retired from Shelby County government, died Tuesday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Canale Funeral Directors. He was a World War II Army veteran and a Catholic. Mr. Roper, the husband of Estelle Brassil Roper, also leaves three daughters, Anne Roper of Dublin, Ireland, Margaret R. Trainor of Germantown and Erin Roper of Memphis; four sons, Neil A. Roper and Brian Roper, both of Memphis, Timothy Roper of Chatham, Mass., and Kevin Roper of Germantown, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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John Louis Sellars, 52, of Memphis, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church on T.M. Henderson with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Sellars, the husband of Martha Sellars, also leaves two daughters, Shamika Howard and Shalanda Golden, and a son, Kimmy Howard, all of Memphis; three stepdaughters, Venessa Slater and Bernice Nelson, both of Memphis, and Pamela Golden of Milwaukee; a stepson, Charles Golden of Memphis; eight sisters, Velma Pirtle, Brenda McKinnie, Lillie Bowers and Thelma Cox, all of Memphis, Mary Miller of Antioch, Tenn., Lois Allen and Frances Morrow, both of Somerville, Tenn., and Leberta Walton of Milwaukee; five brothers, Arthur Sellars and Thomas Sellars, both of Memphis, Arvester Sellars Jr. of Nashville, Leon Allen of Somerville, and Jessie Douglass of Jacksonville, Fla., and eight grandchildren.
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