Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Rosa Lee Roberson
Rosa Lee Roberson, 77, of Algood, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Roberson was born
in Clay County, Tennessee on September 21, 1923 to Wade and Dona Dailey Goolsby.
She was a member of Cookeville Church of God.
Roberson was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by one son, Paul Roberson; her parents; one sister Lizzie Dee Carmack; three brothers, Earl, Fred, and Lawrence Goolsby.
She is survived by her husband, Curtis Roberson of Algood; two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald David and Jan Roberson and Curtis Jr. and Janice Roberson, all of Cookeville; two daughters, Coletje Dean Roberson of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Patricia Lamb Hoffman of Columbia, S.C.; six brothers, Malcolm Goolsby of Gainesboro, Ed Mitchell Goolsby of Carthage, Leland and Benton Goolsby, both of Cookeville, Elmer Goolsby of Bloomington, Indiana, and Ralph Goolsby of Celina; one sister, Earlene Pennington of Celina.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Whitson Funeral Home in Cookeville, and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at Cookeville Church of God.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m.l, Friday, March 2, 2001 at Cookeville Church of God, 719 S. Jefferson Avenue. Burial will be in Sand Springs Cemetery. Bro. Ken Stephens will officiate.
Whitson Funeral Home of Cookeville in charge of arrangements.
Eva Pauline Hitchcock Watson
Eva Pauline Hitchcock Watson, 80, of Temperance, Michigan and formerly of Sparta, passed away Monday, February 26, 2001 in Toledo, Ohio.
Watson was born
on April 25, 1920 to Samuel and Susan Nash Hitchcock in Sparta, Tennessee.
She was a homemaker.
Watson was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Thomas Watson; her son, Charles Thomas Watson, one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Nash, six brothers, Albert, Luther, James, Andrew, Frank and Sterling Hitchcock; three sisters, Velma, Verlie and twin sister Irene.
She is survived by three daughters, Alma Eisenmann of Missouri, Shirley McFarland of Nashville, and Virginia Sandberg of California; one son, Sam Watson; three brothers, Rev. Cleve Hitchcock of Sparta, Eugene and Howard Hitchcock, both of Cookeville; three sisters, Nola Ramsey of Sparta, and May Jager and Virgie Clyde, both of Cookeville; 16 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends from 1:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at Whitson Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2001, at Whitson Funeral Home in Cookeville. Burial will follow at the Dry Valley Cemetery
in Putnam County. Bro. Cleve Hitchcock will officiate.
Whitson Funeral Home of Cookeville in charge of arrangements.
Alice Irene Strickland Meadows
Alice Irene Strickland Meadows, 80, of Sparta, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2001, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Meadows was born
September 1, 1920, in West Virginia, to Georgia and Addie Williams Strickland.
She was a homemaker.
Meadows was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Lee Meadows.
Survivors include three daughters, Ann Phillips of Sparta, Helen Hastings of Spencer, and Judy Bumbalough of Sparta; three sons, George W. (Bud) Meadows, Tim Meadows, and Tom Meadows all of Sparta; one sister, Jean Pack of Boyd, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday, February 27, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in New Bon Air Cemetery. Glen Hargroves and Kenneth Peters officiated.
Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
John David Eller
John David Eller, 31, of White County, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at White County Hospital Community Hospital.
Eller was born
February 27, 1970, in Sparta, Tennessee, to Thomas and Mary Usrey Eller.
He was employed at Sparta Electric and Water Department.
Survivors include his wife, Lee Ann Hickey Eller of Sparta; his parents; one brother, Todd Eller of Sparta; grandmother, Ruby Usrey of Sparta; great grandmother Veda Gore, of Sparta.
Family will receive visitors at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2001 at Hunter Funeral Home. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 6, 2001, at Hunter Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery
on Highway 84. Bobby Collier will officiate.
Hunter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Julie Ann Carr (Judy) Young
Julie Ann Carr (Judy) Young, 48, of Sparta, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2001, at White County Community Hospital.
Young was born
July 31, 1952, in Sparta, to William Ed and Betty Jean Rice Carr.
She was a housewife.
Young was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Gene Carr and Robert Glen (Bobby) Carr.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry W. Young of Sparta; one daughter and son-in-law, Matt and Sherry Young of Sparta; mother, Betty Jean Carr of Sparta; two sisters, Mary Austin of Crossville and Teresa Hargis of Sparta; two brothers, Sam Carr and Doug Carr both of Sparta; mother-in-law, Daisy Young of Sparta; and four grandchildren, Bruce Young, Brandon Young, Jonissa Stewart, and Amber Stewart.
Services were held Wednesday, April 4, 2001, at 1 p.m. at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Corinth Cemetery. Fate Wilson and Doug Benningfield officiated.
Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Donna Rittenberry Vaughn
Donna Rittenberry Vaughn, 80, of Cookeville, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2001, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Vaughn was born
December 14, 1920, in Putnam County, to Willie Robert and Mary Lee Welch.
She was retired from the Dietary Department of Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Vaughn was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Marie Dixon and Ruby Hembree.
Survivors include her husband, Sam Vaughn of Cookeville; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Mary Sue and Louis Rasera of New Jersey, Faye and Jim Ashley, Kaye and Billy Dubree, Janie and Larry Cunningham, and Patsy Allen all of Cookeville; three sons and daughters-in-law, J.B. and Petty Rittenberry and Phillip and Brenda Rittenberry all of Cookeville and Sam Vaughn, Jr. and Barbara Vaughn of Brentwood; one sister, Bonnie Anderson of Cookeville, 18 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.
Services will be held Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 12 noon at the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home with burial in Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home in Cookeville is in charge of arrangements.
