Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
William L. Jones, 85, of Memphis, retired from the old Defense Depot, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Brown Baptist Church in Southaven with burial in Zion cemetery 13 in Memphis. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Jones, the husband of Katie Jones, also leaves two grandchildren.
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Jerry Randall King, 76, of Union City, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired from Union City government and former employee of the old Defense Depot, died Wednesday at Union City Manor. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Johnson Grove cemetery in South Fulton, Tenn. Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, Ky., has charge. He was a Korean War Navy veteran and a member of Johnson Grove Baptist Church in South Fulton. Mr. King, the widower of Betty King, leaves three daughters, Shirley Robertson of Paris, Tenn., Deborah Ricklefs of Vancouver, Wash., and Vickie Halleron of Brighton; a son, David King of Memphis; two sisters, Mozell Ross and Eloise Finch, both of South Fulton, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
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Ute Friedrich King, 61, of Memphis, retired City of Memphis zookeeper, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a member of Idlewild Neighborhood Association. Mrs. King, the wife of Thomas King for 15 years, also leaves two daughters, Linda Badgett Sipes of Horn Lake and Dietke Badgett Stogner of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; her mother, Annie Friedrich of Offenburg, Germany; a sister, Ulrike Friedrich of Switzerland; a brother, Thomas Fischer of Germany, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Wings Cancer Foundation.
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Harvey E. Kolb, 81, of Memphis, a Krystal manager and a Memphis Veterans Medical Center administrator, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. Kolb, the husband of Juanita Kolb for 36 years, also leaves two daughters, Carol D. Schmuck of Memphis and Cathy Jacks of Mississippi; four sons, James E. Morris, Thomas Kolb and Gary Kolb, all of Memphis, and Thomas E. Morris, of Paris, Tenn.; a sister, Marietta Dial of Atoka; two brothers, William Kolb of Mississippi and David Kolb of Memphis, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
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Dr. Alan Mandell, 62, of Memphis and Eugene, Ore., ophthalmologist, died Monday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Canale Funeral Directors with burial in Temple Israel cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Melissa M. Paul of South Miami, Fla., and Meagan Mandell of Eugene; a son, Douglas Mandell of San Francisco, and a granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Carrie Mae McMillan, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at St. Peter Villa. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Calvary. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Barbara King of Memphis and Virginia McMillan of Anchorage, Alaska; a son, Clark J. McMillan, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Estella K. Shears, 69, of Memphis, retired custodial worker for Memphis City Schools, died March 11 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Millington Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New First Baptist Church. Mrs. Shears, the wife of Armstead Shears, also leaves three sons, Armstead Shears Jr., Sam Shears and John Shears; two sisters, Josephine Stallings and Linda Burks, and a brother, McArthur Kendrick, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Terri L. Strickland, 51, of Memphis, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at True Liberty Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a son, Freedom Baptiste Strickland of Memphis; her mother, Celestine Strickland of Harvey, Ill.; two sisters, Frankie Williams of Longmont, Colo., and Roberta Clark of Markham, Ill., and three brothers, Robert Perry and Tony Strickland, both of Harvey, and Wendell Strickland of Lisle, Ill.
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Gordon Franklin Sullivan, 87, of Memphis, retired foreman for Holiday Painting Co., died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Waller Funeral Home in Oxford has charge. Mr. Sullivan, the widower of Bettye Yates Sullivan, leaves three daughters, Sylvia Novack of Elberta, Ala., Betty Livingston of Olive Branch and Patti Scott of Oxford; a son, David Sullivan of Sardis, Miss., nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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Janet Brooks Taylor, 55, of Memphis, nurse, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon today at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Calvary. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She leaves two daughters, Becky Brooks and Elicia Gary, and a stepdaughter, Twanisha Taylor, all of Memphis; a sister, Kathie Fuller of Jackson, Tenn.; a brother, Bilbert Brooks of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
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Bertha Rea Bond Walker, 83, of Memphis, retired teacher for Memphis and Shelby County schools, died Tuesday at Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Lucy, where she was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in National cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. Mrs. Walker, the widow of Joe Hunter and William Walker, leaves three stepdaughters, Laura Walker Mitchell of Los Angeles, and Wilhelmina Walker Patton and Delois Walker Luellen, both of Memphis; four stepsons, George Walker, William Walker Jr. and Robert Lee Walker, all of Los Angeles, and Eddie Walker of Brinkley, Ark.; a sister, Martha Bond Harris; two brothers, Comodius Bond and Charles Bond, and a nephew who helped care for her, Gregory L. Harris, all of Memphis, 13 stepgrandchildren and 19 stepgreat-grandchildren.
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Terry Anthony '2C' Wilson, 36, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Yarbrough Chapel cemetery in Holly Springs, Miss. He was a member of Thessalionas Baptist Church. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Patricia Mondie Wilson of Nashville, also leaves a daughter, Rachel Wilson of Nashville; two sons, Terry Anthony Wilson Jr. of Nashville and Anthony Terrell Wilson of Memphis; his mother, Willie B. Franklin of Memphis; his father, Bradie Barksdale of Milwaukee; three sisters, Sherron Wilson, Princella Wilson Howard and Carla Wilson, all of Memphis; two brothers, Jackie Wilson of Memphis and Carlton Dion Hiler of Nashville; five stepsisters; four stepbrothers, and his grandmother, Susie Stinson of Holly Springs.
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Roger Dean Witt, 49, of Germantown, formerly of Hernando, self-employed trucker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be today at Garden of Memories in Lufkin, Texas. Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home of Hernando has charge. He was a Baptist. He leaves a daughter, Brandi Jeannene Witt of Alabama; a son, Roger Dale Witt II of California, and two brothers, James E. Witt of Allen, Texas, and Gary Duwayne Witt of Amarillo, Texas.
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Atoka -- Authur Clinton Barron, 86, farmer, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Rogers cemetery in Atoka. He was a member of Munford Baptist Church. Mr. Barron, the husband of Effie Mae Rogers Barron for 50 years, also leaves a sister, Earlene Barron, and a brother, Shelby Barron, both of Memphis.
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Bethel Springs -- Welton Milford, 80, sawmill worker, died Wednesday at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Lake Hill Memorial Gardens in Bethel Springs. He was a World War II Army veteran. He leaves three sisters, Faye Owen of Eads, Mary Ruth Pickett of Oakland and Vickie Whitaker of Atlanta, and a brother, Jim MIlford of Memphis.
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Bolivar -- George Walter Phenton Avent, 85, retired maintenance supervisor for International Shoe Co. and farmer, died Tuesday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Middleburg cemetery near Hickory Valley. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Bemis Church of Christ and the Farm Bureau. Mr. Avent, the husband of Helen Darby Avent of Jackson, also leaves six daughters, Emily Hammons of Bolivar, Elizabeth McCommon of Collierville, Hazel Aldrich of Ketchikan, Alaska, Hester Cardenas of Beech Bluff, Georgia Phillip of Germantown and Elane Haino of Waipahu, Hawaii; two sons, Bill Avent of Columbia and Ricky Avent of Bolivar; a stepdaughter, Susan Reeves of Collierville; three stepsons, Ron Darby and Thomas Shoe, both of Jackson, and Larry Shoe of Fayetteville, Ark.; three sisters, Margaret Vincent of Nashville, Bernice Sandy of Corinth and Emma Louise Sain of Bolivar; two brothers, Jim Avent of Whiteville and Benny Avent of Michie, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Jackson Christian School.
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Bolivar -- Oma Lee Blankenship, 87, homemaker and seamstress, died Wednesday at West Tennessee Transitional Care in Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial at 3 p.m. in Downey cemetery in Hohenwald. She was a member of the Loaves & Fishes Program at Bolivar First Baptist Church. Mrs. Blankenship, the widow of V.E. Blankenship, leaves a son, Ron Blankenship of Hornsby; two sisters, Edith Pope of Lawrenceburg and Jean Pirchett of Lexington, and a brother, Howard Hardin of La Mesa, Calif. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Bolivar First Baptist Church Homebound Ministry.
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Brownsville -- Gertrude Lee, 102, died March 11 at Covington Manor. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Paul Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Lee, the widow of Jack Lee, leaves seven grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 43 great-great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-great-grandchildren.
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Covington -- Ann 'Nancy' Bradshaw, 70, retired production worker for Delfield Corp., died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Covington Funeral Home with burial in Shiloh cemetery. Mrs. Bradshaw, the wife of Keefer Bradshaw, also leaves a daughter, Lisa Thompson of Bristol, Va.; two brothers, Thomas Watson of Dublin, Ireland, and Noel Watson of Covington, and four grandchildren.
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Covington -- Inez Lilly Gray Clement, 78, of Pensacola, Fla., formerly of Covington, retired hospital housekeeper, died March 4 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Covington Funeral Home. She leaves two daughters, Shirley Glover of Covington and Donnie Lann of Pensacola, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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