Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
The family will receive friends today from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Alexander Clements
Alexander Lee Clements of Rossville died Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, at his home. He was 5.
Survivors include his parents, Jason Lee Clements and Lisa Fairbanks Clements; one brother, Jacob Clements, Rossville; paternal grandparents, Edward and Kila Gasaway, Rossville; maternal grandparents, Bobby and Voula Fairbanks, Chattanooga, and Sheryl Fitzgerald, Ooltewah; paternal grandfather David Clements, Rossville; paternal great-grandmother, Jewell Dyer, East Ridge; maternal great-grandparents Eugene H. and Edna Fairbanks, Ooltewah; and maternal great-great-grandmother, Marie Hobby, Atlanta.
Funeral arrangements will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home on Battlefield Parkway in Fort Oglethorpe with the Rev. Terry Harris officiating.
The family will receive friends today from noon to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Harry Copeland
Harry Edward Copeland of Rossville died Friday, Jan. 15, 1999, in an area hospital.
Funeral services will be today at 11 a.m. at the Heritage Funeral Home on Battlefield Parkway in Fort Oglethorpe with the Rev. Don Givens and the Rev. Daniel Reynolds officiating.
Burial will be in Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park.
John Dalton
John B. Dalton of Rossville died Friday, Jan. 15, 1999, in an area hospital. He was 83.
Funeral services will be today at 11 a.m. in the J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home in Chickamauga.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens East.
Charles Davis
Charles Houston 'Buddy' Davis, a native of Rossville and most recently of Weirsdale, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, in Leesburg, Fla. He was 59.
He was a Baptist.
Survivors include three sisters, Mary Chambers, Weirsdale, Fla., Barbara Bryson, Chattanooga, and Johnnie Sue Davis, Lady Lake, Fla.; one brother, James Davis, Chattanooga.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Forest Hill cemetery in Weirsdale, Fla.
The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Page-Theus-Blanchard Funeral Home in Leesburg, Fla.
Local arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel.
Leo Grant
Leo W. Grant Jr., of Red Bank died Sunday, Jan. 17, 1999, in an area hospital. He was 70.
He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School and had practiced law in Athens County, Tenn.
He served in World War II and the Korean War in the United States Army, where he received the Purple Heart and advanced to the rank of captain.
He was a Baptist.
Survivors include two daughters, April Ingle, Chattanooga, and Cleo Dyer, Miami; four sisters, Florence Trevor, Charlotte, N.C., Althea Underwood, Melbourne, Fla., Cleo Pace, Las Vegas, and Anne Grant, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Memorial Park in Oak Ridge with the Rev. Larry K. Dipbole officiating.
The family will receive friends Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Lane Funeral Home, Coulter Chapel.
Margaret Hill
Margaret Hill died Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999, in a local nursing home.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Ozy Johnson
Ozy Johnson died Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999. She was 97.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Walton officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
The family will receive friends after noon today at Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home, Avondale Chapel.
Darrell Kernea
Darrell 'DeDe' Rodney Kernea of Rossville died Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, at an area hospital. He was 33.
He was a lifelong resident of the North Georgia-Chattanooga area, and he was a former employee of Galaxy Carpet Mills.
Survivors include his parents, Clyde and Delores Kernea, Rossville; one sister, Karen Carpenter, Chattanooga; and one brother, Dewayne Kernea, Rossville.
Services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home in Fort Oglethorpe.
Burial will be in the Chickamauga City cemetery.
The family will receive friends today at the funeral home.
William Kreis
William Joseph 'Joe' Kreis of East Ridge died Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999, in a local hospital. He was 69.
Graveside services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chattanooga National cemetery.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Clarence Little
Clarence David Little of Chickamauga, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, at an area hospital. He was 69.
Survivors include two sons, Billy Joe Little, Chickamauga, and David Little, Kingston, Okla.; three sisters, Lula Mae Neal, and Helen McBee, Fla., and Syble Hedden, Cleveland, Tenn.; three brothers, Oscar Little, Fackler, Ala., Leon Elliott, Skyline, Ala.; Jesse Elliott, Winchester, Tenn.; and five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be today at 2 p.m. CST at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson, Ala., with the Rev. James Johnson officiating.
Burial will be at Inglis cemetery in Stevenson.
Carrie McCalla
Carrie Mae McCalla died Friday, Jan. 15, 1999, in an area health care facility. She was 80.
Funeral services will be today at 2 p.m. at Turner Funeral Home, Dodds Avenue Chapel, with the Rev. Kelton Williams and the Rev. Alan Russell officiating.
Burial will be in the Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery in Ringgold, Ga.
Maxine McDonald
Maxine Moore McDonald, a lifelong resident of Rossville, died Friday Jan. 15, 1999, at her home. She was 68.
Funeral services will be today at 2 p.m. at W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home in Fort Oglethorpe, with the Rev. Luke McKay and the Rev. Duane Mills officiating.
Burial will be at Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park mausoleum.
The family will receive friends today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
R.J. McGill
Rogers Jess 'R.J.' McGill Jr. of East Lake died Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999, at his home. He was 75.
Burial will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Chattanooga National cemetery.
Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel.
Maxine Melton
Maxine Patrick Melton of Chesterfield Township, Mich., and formerly of Fort Oglethorpe died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, in Detroit. She was 69.
She was a native of McMinnville, Tenn., and had resided in Fort Oglethorpe prior to moving to Michigan.
Funeral services will be today at 10 a.m. at the W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home in Fort Oglethorpe with the Rev. G.L. Patrick officiating
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.
Bernice Munford
Bernice Munford died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, in an area health care facility. She was 86.
She was a member of Thompkin Chapel A.M.E. Church and was formerly employed by Lou Center's Star Store.
Services will be held Tuesday at noon at Taylor Funeral Home with the Rev. Tucker officiating.
Burial will be in the Chattanooga National cemetery.
