Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Eleanor Foulke Young, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hickory Withe (Tenn.) First Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial at 2 p.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mrs. Young, the widow of Lee A. Young, leaves two daughters, Leanore Arnold of Memphis and Jessica Pitner of Durham, N.C.; a son, Ellis Young of Oklahoma City; a brother, Edward Kent of St. Augustine, Fla., five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hickory Withe First Baptist Church Organ Fund or Hemophilia Society of Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Bolivar -- James B. Dillard, 63, retired from Harmon Automotive after 30 years, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Ebenezer cemetery in Toone. He was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Dillard, the husband of Judy E. Dillard for 41 years, also leaves a daughter, Debbie Naylor of Silerton; a son, William Thomas Dillard of Chattanooga; a sister, Birdie Jones King of Bolivar; two brothers, Thomas Dillard of Toone and Burton Dillard of Bolivar, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Brighton -- Rubye Sherrill Taylor, 70, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist Church in Atoka with burial in the church cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home in Covington has charge. Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Lee Taylor, also leaves seven daughters, Joyce Hardy, Katherine Taylor and Sandra Maben, all of Covington, Judy Mosley-Taylor and Carla Tuchalski, both of Milwaukee, Patricia Taylor of Orlando, Fla. and Latisha Nash of Brighton; four sons, Frank Taylor and Floyd Taylor, both of Milwaukee, and David Taylor and Willie Taylor, both of Brighton; three sisters, Beaulah Lark of Memphis, Rosie L. Jones of Brighton and Viola Taylor of Lansing, Mich.; two brothers, Johnnie Sherrill of Brighton and Robert Sherrill of Chicago, 26 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Brownsville -- Betsy Thornton Lane Battle, 85, homemaker, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Tabernacle United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Battle, the widow of Harman Lane and Joe Battle, leaves a daughter, Linda Farmer of Memphis, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Tabernacle United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Brownsville -- Jessie Mae Hopson, 87, died Saturday at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rawls Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. She was a member of Clover Garden CME Church in Fayette County. Mrs. Hopson, the widow of Steve Hopson, leaves a daughter, Willie Mae Crews of Brownsville; four sisters, Luvina Shepard of Somerville, Lucy Mae Moring of Stanton, Cora Johnson of Bells and Emma Johnson of Brownsville; four brothers, Edward Johnson, Emmitte Johnson and Booker T. Johnson, all of Memphis, and James Johnson of Milwaukee, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Brownsville -- Lucille Overton Mann, 91, of Farmerville, La., formerly of Brownsville, died Tuesday in Farmerville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Mann, the widow of Thomas B. Mann, leaves a daughter, Carole Fish of Farmerville, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Elmo Holmes, 85, retired accountant for Tupperware, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fowlkes Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, with burial in Fairview cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. He was an organizer of the Dyersburg Saddle Club. Mr. Holmes, the husband of Juanita Wright Holmes, also leaves a daughter, Donna Shipley of Dyersburg; a son, Elmo Lynn Holmes of Henning; two sisters, Vassie McDaniel of Memphis and Fern Nash of Friendship, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
La Grange -- Fannie Spinks, 93, homemaker, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at New Bethel Church of God in Christ in Bolivar with burial in La Grange cemetery. Mabone Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. She leaves two nieces who helped care for her, Helen McNeil of Memphis and Rosie V. Morrow of La Grange.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Ramer -- James Beuard Plunk, 82, retired carpenter, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in Ramer City cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of International Laborers Union. Mr. Plunk, the widower of Dorothy Mae Johnson Plunk, leaves two sisters, Beadie Floyd and Irma Huggins, and a brother, Arbie Plunk, all of Selmer.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Toone -- David Franklin Nuckolls, 92, farmer, died Wednesday at Bolivar General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Cearley cemetery in Toone. He was a World War II Army veteran, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, a deacon at Toone Baptist Church, a member of Hardeman County Co-Op Board, ASCS Committee and Hardeman County Library Board and former president of Hardeman County Farm Bureau. Mr. Nuckolls, the husband of Moetta Evans Nuckolls for 64 years, also leaves a daughter, Vicki N. Berkau of Smithfield, N.C.; a son, Dan F. Nuckolls of Toone, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Toone Baptist Church or the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated May 6, 2005]
Tyria Adair, 4-year-old son of Teresa Adair and Robert Smith of Memphis, died Wednesday at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He also leaves four sisters, Yolanda Adair, Ashley Adair, Amber Adair and Zayla Adair, and three brothers, Christopher Adair, Brian Adair and Zachary Adair, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Willie Adair Jr., 88, of Memphis, retired from Southern Equipment Co., died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Tuesday at Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, where he was a member and an usher, with burial in Bethlehem cemetery in Fayette County. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Adair, the husband of Alice M. Adair, also leaves three daughters, Francis A. Woods and Anne A. Lindsey, both of Memphis, and Mary A. McKenzie of Overland Park, Kan.; four sons, Herbert U. Adair, Gene E. Summers and Herman R. Adair, all of Memphis, and Eddie Adair of Urbana, Ill.; a sister, Catherine Owens of Chicago, 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Eula Earlene Barnes, 85, of Bartlett, died Thursday at Ave Maria Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. Mrs. Barnes, the widow of Lee D. Barnes, leaves a stepson, David Barnes of Burlison; a sister, Edith Leach of Weiner, Ark.; a brother, E.J. Vangilder of Rector, Ark., and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Morine Young Blair, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Bright Glade Convalescent Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of St. Stephen's United Methodist Church, where she was a member of Love Notes and Chancel Choir. Mrs. Blair, the widow of Lloyd Fred Blair, leaves a daughter, Anne Williams, and a son, Danny Blair, both of Memphis; two sisters, Jane Stacks of Henderson, Tenn., and Geraldine Lazzar of Turlock, Calif.; a brother, Dennis Young of Henderson, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Stephen's United Methodist Church, the American Cancer Society or Love Unlimited.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Florence Elizabeth Bradley, 90, of Rosemark, died Thursday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Rosemark First Presbyterian Church, where she was a member and deacon emeritus, with burial in Rosemark cemetery. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. Mrs. Bradley, the widow of Dr. James Bradley, leaves three daughters, Babs Bradley Meyer of Littleton, Colo., Carole Bradley Donnald of Rosemark and Hilda Bradley Webb of Cordova, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Rosemark First Presbyterian Church.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Margaret Floyd Brown, 84, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at noon Thursday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church on Pillow. Mrs. Brown, the wife of William Henry Brown, also leaves two daughters, Charlone Vann and Martha Roddy, both of Memphis; a sister, Lucille Robinson of Sheffield, Ala.; two brothers, John Youngblood and Clarence Youngblood, both of Lima, Ohio, 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Dathal C. Crile, 77, of Memphis, retired lab technician for Ball Glass Co., died Thursday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Crile, the widow of Kenneth R. Crile, leaves two daughters, Pam Kirby of Brighton and Deborah Chalos of Memphis; a sister, Joyce Kelso of Memphis; a brother, Clyde Richardson of Arlington, Texas, seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Laura Messinger Epstein, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Baptist Restorative Care Hospital. Services were Friday at Sam Abraham Chapel with burial in Baron Hirsch cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors had charge. She was a member of Baron Hirsch Synagogue. Mrs. Epstein, the widow of Jacob Carl Epstein, leaves a daughter, Donna E. Smith of Memphis; a son, Larry D. Epstein of Bartlett; two brothers, Jurdon Messinger and Bernard Messinger, both of Memphis, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
Frank Ford McCalman, 62, of Memphis, died Thursday at Primacy Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Stephenson Chapel cemetery. He was a Navy veteran, a Mason and a member of OK Houck Lodge. Mr. McCalman, the husband of Olivia W. McCalman for 31 years, also leaves three sisters, Helen Dobbs of Olive Branch, Shirley Groves of Booker, Texas, and Betty Worfford of Waverly, Tenn.; a brother, Buford McCalman of Memphis, and two grandsons. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 7, 2005]
