Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
BERNARD GILLIOM, 87, of Memphis, retired laborer, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. James CME Church in Millington, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Millington Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Gilliom, the widower of Martha Gilliom, leaves three daughters, Landress Gilliom of Pensacola, Fla., Valerie Gilliom of Memphis and Wanda Gilliom of Richmond, Va.; 10 sons, Bernard Gilliom Jr., Ellis Gilliom, Larry Gilliom and Floyd Gilliom, all of Philadelphia, Pa., Charles Gilliom of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., William Gilliom of Richmond, and Jackie Gilliom, Kalvin Gilliom, Ronald Gilliom and Dwan Gilliom, all of Memphis, 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
LINDA CONWAY GORDAN, 37, of Deerfield, Fla., formerly of West Memphis, manager of Boston Food Market in Florida, died of pneumonia April 9 at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Green River Church of God in Christ in Anthonyville, Ark., with burial in Paradise Memorial Gardens cemetery in Edmondson, Ark. Will Acklin & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gordan, the wife of Alphonso Gordan, also leaves a daughter, Laquita Conway; two sons, Shannon Earl Conway and Phillip Nathan Conway; her mother, Katherleen Wilson; three sisters, Carolyn Reuben Parham, Doris Kelvin Conway and Betty `J. B.' Basemoore; six brothers, Jeffery Wilson, Donnie Andrews, Charles Mosley, Eric Easley, Samuel Conway and Rickey Conway; a grandmother, Hattie B. Mosley, and a grandchild.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
EDMOND G. GREENE, 82, of Nashville, formerly of Memphis, retired owner of Greene Nursery & Landscape, died Tuesday at his home after a stroke. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Air Corps veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Greene, the husband of Katherine Greene, also leaves two daughters, Edwina Greene Lott of Grenada, Miss., and Beverly Greene Wetmore of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Dean Tindall of Jackson, Miss., Dessie Jefcoats of Winona, Miss., Clyde Lee Thomas of Grenada and Mattie Tucker of Poplar Creek, Miss.; three brothers, David C. Greene of Memphis, and Rev. James Greene and D. A. Greene, both of Poplar Creek, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
NORMAN LEONARD HINSON, 73, of Covington, Tenn., retired laborer for Reelfoot Lumber Co., died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Townsend cemetery there. He was a Navy veteran. Mr. Hinson, the husband of Elizabeth Cross Hinson, also leaves three daughters, Pam Baskin, Wanda Pruitt and Barbara Davis, all of Covington; a son, James Leonard Hinson of Chicago; two sisters, Ruby Gray of Union City, Tenn., and Dorothy Hinson of Elizabeth, Tenn.; a brother, Billy Ray Wilson of Union City, Tenn., 20 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
ELDER ALEXANDER JACKSON JR., 49, of Memphis, chief therapist at Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died of heart failure Tuesday in Memphis. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of World Overcomers Outreach Ministry on Holmes Road. Mr. Jackson leaves his mother, Christean Jackson of Pensacola, Fla.; his father, Alexander Jackson of Biloxi, Miss.; two sisters, Janice Jackson and Kathy Rodgers, both of Pensacola, and three brothers, Kenneth Jackson of Pensacola, and Jeffrey Jackson and Minister Ronald Jackson, both of Memphis.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
JOEL RODNEY LESTER, 65, of Memphis, formerly of Clarksdale, Miss., retired Clarksdale policeman, died of heart failure Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at National Funeral Home in Clarksdale with burial in Oakridge cemetery. He was a Navy veteran and a member of James Road Baptist Church of Memphis and Paralyzed Veterans Association. Mr. Lester, the husband of Shirley Ann Jones Lester, also leaves a daughter, Jennifer Henson of Norfolk, Va.; three sons, Steve Willis of Clarksdale, Stephen Lester of Jonesboro, Ark., and Joel Lester Jr. of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Delia Collins of Atoka, Tenn.; three stepsons, Tommie Jones and Robert Jones, both of Atoka, and Jesse Jones of Memphis; two sisters, Mae Weeks of Memphis and Betty Abraham of Clarksdale; three brothers, William R. Lester of Jonesboro, Gerald Lester of Memphis and Wayne `Buddy' Lester of Jackson, Miss., and 16 grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
CLARA JANE MARSH, 85, of Cordova, homemaker, died of complications from intestinal cancer Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bellevue Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. Family Funeral Care has charge. She was a part of The Gleaners and The Keen-agers at the church. Mrs. Marsh, the widow of Carnice I. Marsh, leaves a daughter, Barbara Siderius of Kalispell, Mont.; a son, Wayne Marsh of Memphis, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Gideons International or Bellevue Baptist Church.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
DOROTHY EDDINS PERRY, 90, of Memphis, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Hospital Germantown. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Springdale United Methodist Church, where she taught children's Sunday school for 39 years. She also was a member of United Methodist Women and the Alumni Council at the former Southwestern at Memphis. Mrs. Perry, the widow of Frank Malcolm Perry, leaves three daughters, Anita Barlow and Virginia Armagost, both of Memphis, and Anne Ramer of Atlanta, and eight grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke's United Methodist Church.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
MANCH PHILLIPS, 74, of 3544 Strauss Court, owner of Manch Guard Service, died of cancer Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Cummings Street Missionary Baptist Church with burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday in New Park cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. Phillips leaves a daughter, Janice Cunningham; a son, Marvin Phillips; two sisters, Bessie Isby and Elizabeth Stepney, and three brothers, Charlie Phillips, Andrew Phillips and Elder Jimmy Phillips, all of Memphis, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
IZELEE POPLAR, 69, of Memphis, formerly of Grand Junction, Tenn., died of heart failure Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Junction, Tenn. He leaves a daughter, Elma J. Williams of Memphis; a son, James Smith of Grand Junction; two stepdaughters, Ruby Young of Memphis and Willie S. Poplar of Grand Junction; two sisters, Queen Ester Mason of Michigan City, Miss., and Georgette Mason of Chicago; three brothers, Oscar H. Poplar of Memphis, Roosevelt Poplar and Odell Poplar of Los Angeles, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
