Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Walter B. McClerkin
1942-2003
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Walter B. McClerkin, 61, passed away Sunday, December 6 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 10 at 2:00 p.m. at the St. Paul Baptist Church with Pastor Charles Coplin officiating. Interment
will follow in the church cemetery.
Mr. McClerkin was born February 23, 1942 in Carroll County to the late Arlander and Anna Pearl Hurt McClerkin. He was a member of the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. He was also preceded in death by one sister, Anna Jean McClerkin and one brother, Bobby Lee McClerkin.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Shirley Webb McClerkin; two daughters, Diane McClerkin of Jackson and Janelle McClerkin of Huntingdon; two sons, Jeff McClerkin of Nashville and Eric McClerkin of Huntingdon; one stepson, James Holland Webb of Atlanta, Georgia; four sisters, Charlotte Hunt of Nashville, Connie McClerkin of McKenzie, Linda Reames of Nashville and Wanda McClerkin of Huntingdon; two brothers, Alvin McClerkin and Roscoe McClerkin, both of Huntingdon; and several aunts, nieces and nephews.
Annie Virgie Dunlap
1916-2003
McKENZIE - Services for Annie Virgie Dunlap, 87, were on Saturday, December 6 at the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in McKenzie. Burial was in Seminary cemetery in the Pillowville Community.
Mrs. Dunlap, widow of Leamor Erroll Dunlap, died on Thursday, December 4 at West Tennessee Transitional Center in Jackson.
She was born on November 30, 1916 in McKenzie to the late Bessie Jones Grooms and Rubin Wright Grooms. She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Kingdom Hall, McKenzie.
Survivors include a daughter Janice Chandler of McKenzie; four grandchildren Kim (Matt) Chapman, Billie (Gwen) Dunlap, Eddie (Brenda) Dunlap and Dena (Stacey) Trammell and ten great-grandchildren Noah Chapman, Jeanna Dunlap, Cara Dunlap, Dylan Dunlap, Megan Dunlap, Morgan Dunlap, Clint Trammell, Kristen Trammell , Casey and Zachery.
She was preceded in death by a son, Billy Grooms Dunlap.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Audrey Odell Gateley
1923-2003
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Audrey Odell Gateley, 80, passed away Monday, December 1 at the Tennessee Christian Medical Center in Madison. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, December 4 at 1:00 p.m. at Twin Oaks Church of Christ with Br. David Morrison officiating. Interment
followed in the Twin Oaks Community cemetery.
Mrs. Gateley was born October 13, 1923 in Benton County to the late William and Lonie Barker Pafford. She was a homemaker and a member of the Twin Oaks Church of Christ. She was also preceded in death by her husband Othel Gateley and one granddaughter, Kay Driver Gentry.
Survivors include one daughter, Teresa Driver of Madison; one sister, Bessie Ladd of Union City and one granddaughter.
Charles Wendell Glover
1927-2003
McKENZIE - Services for Charles Wendell Glover, 76, were at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 29 at Cedar Avenue Chapel of McKenzie Funeral Home with the Revs. Jim Robinson and Jerry Gallimore officiating. Burial was in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Glover, a retired truck driver for Fruehauf Driveway, died Wednesday, November 26 at McKenzie Regional Hospital.
He was born May 8, 1927 in Tullahoma to the late Ethel Toms Glover and John Glover. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Henry and a World War II U.S. Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Glover; two sons, David Glover of Normandy and Charles Glover, Jr. of Gainesboro; five sisters, Sue Holston of California, Paulette Hamilton of Hermitage, Ann Thomas and Lillian Hill, both of Smyrna and Clarbow Ricker of Tullahoma; a brother, Dennis Glover of Tullahoma; eleven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two stepsons, Richard Jones and Michael Jones and one sister, Nancy Ray.
Thomas Edward 'Hammer' Harris
1939-2003
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Thomas Edward 'Hammer' Harris, 64, died on Wednesday, December 3 at his home. Memorial services were held on Friday, December 5 at 3:00 p.m. at the Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Ed Fisher officiating.
Mr. Harris was born on May 11, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late John Frederick and Elizabeth Rolland Harris. He was a seaman. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy Harris.
Survivors include a daughter, Toni Tremblay of Royal Palm, Florida; one son, Phillip Harris of Baltimore, Maryland; one brother, Freddy Harris of Houston, Texas; one sister, Betty Coolahan of Huntingdon; and two grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Elroy Hudgins Sr.
Elroy Hudgins Sr. died Monday, November 24 at a hospital in Loma Linda, California hospital from complications of a long illness. Funeral mass was at 10 a.m. Friday, December 5 at Montecito Mortuary.
Mr. Hudgins was born in Carroll County on March 18, 1938. He lived in Colton, California for 38 years. He retired from ROHR Industries in 1994.
He was a veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria Hudgins of Colton; a son, Roy Hudgins Jr. of San Bono, California; a daughter, Debbie Guajardo of Oceano, California; five sisters, two brothers; 7 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Richard Tucker
1941-2003
ATWOOD - Mr. Richard Tucker, 62, died on Sunday, December 7 at the Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 9 at 1:00 p.m. at the Pleasant Hill cemetery in Henderson County.
Mr. Tucker, the son of the late Joseph Levi and Betty Juanita Smith Tucker, was born on May 13, 1941 in Decatur County. He was a retired factory worker and retired from the National Guard. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Leigh Slott.
Survivors include one daughter, Regina Bridgett Tucker of Lexington; a brother, Robert Dwayne Tucker of Lexington; one son-in-law, Michael Slott and two grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
John Thomas Walsh
1920-2003
CLARKSBURG - Mr. John Thomas Walsh, 83, died on Monday, December 1 at the Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Walsh was born April 11, 1920 in Lavinia to the late Ben and Dora Johnson Walsh. He was a horse trainer for Dr. Sergio Salazar.
Survivors include a daughter, Dottie Routh of Hartselle, Alabama and one son, William T. Walsh of Reddick, Florida.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Walter Scott Spears, Jr.
1930-2003
PARIS - Graveside services for Walter Scott Spears, Jr., 73, will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 10 in Memory cemetery in Paris.
Mr. Spears died on Sunday, December 7 at Henry County Medical Center.
He was born January 11, 1930 in Decatur, Illinois to the late Walter Scott Spears, Sr. and Leona Mae Thorton Spears. He married
Betty Becker, who survives in 1947. Mr. Spears was a former salesman and served as acting plant manager for Threestar Plating Co. in McKenzie in 2002. He was also an U.S. Army veteran. He moved to Paris in 1959.
Mr. Spears was instrumental in helping McKenzie land the industries American Lantern, Del-Met and Plumley. He was also a former plant manager for Champion Plastics in Henry.
Additional survivors include three sons, Alan Spears of Sparta, Robert Spears of McKenzie and Brian Spears of Athens; a daughter, Catherine Brown of Riceville; a sister, June Trusner and a brother, Bobby Spears, both of Decatur, Illinois; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.
Willodean Williams Butler
1929-2003
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Willodean Williams Butler, 74, died on Monday, December 8 at the Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 10 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church with Bro. Paul Merwin officiating. Interment
will follow in the McAuley cemetery.
Mrs. Butler was born September 11, 1929 in Carroll County to the late Curtis Parker and Ala Bama Bell Williams. She was an employee of the Brown Shoe Company, a member of the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church and the Buena Vista Home Demonstration Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bulas Butler; two sisters, Dessie French and Gaynell Bush and two brothers, J.G. Williams and Elbert Williams.
Survivors include three daughters, Janice Sullivan of Bruceton, Peggy Howell of Huntingdon, and Karen Butler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; three sons, Ray Butler of Bruceton, Dennis Butler of Cedar Grove and Randy Butler of Gallatin; three brothers, Eugene Williams, Buford Williams, both of Hollow Rock and Kenneth Williams of Hopewell, Virginia; two sisters, Helen McFadden of Atoka and Eunice Gersdorf of Glenview, Illinois; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Clyde Finas Wilson
1923-2003
MANSFIELD - Clyde Finas Wilson, 80, died on Tuesday, December 2 at Henry County Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted at Bethlehem Baptist Church at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 4 with Jerry Gallimore and Jim Robinson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He was a member and deacon of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Mr. Wilson was born October 16, 1923 in Trezevant to the late Sidney S. and Verder Elizabeth Walker Wilson. He was married
on October 24, 1942 to the former Sylvia Mairine Arrington, who died September 27, 1998.
He was a self-employed Jersey dairy farmer and an honorary member of the Future Farmers of America.
Mr. Wilson was recognized as Henry County's Mister Dairy Farmer. He had a registered Jersey operation and the biggest farm in West Tennessee. His herd won so many trophies and ribbons that when he expanded his milking parlor, awards decorated the entire top floor.
Always eager to show others around his farm, he was host to several University of Tennessee Extension field days in subjects like forage production, milk parlor efficiency and solar-powered grain drying.
Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Allen of Henry and Sue Garner of Mansfield; two sons, Finas Wilson and James Wilson, both of Mansfield; one brother, E.C. Wilson of Jackson, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by a brother, Cecil Wilson and a sister, Roza Wilson Argo.
Charles David Johnson
1926-2003
PARIS - Graveside services for Charles David Johnson, 76, were at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at the Mt. Zion cemetery in Buchanan with Bro. David Alan Jackson officiating.
Mr. Johnson, a retired farmer in the Buchanan community, died Thursday, March 27 at Life Care Center in Bruceton.
He was born September 6, 1926 in Buchanan to the late John Henry Johnson and Vera Mable Willoughby Johnson.
Survivors include three daughters, Tressia Barksdale of McKenzie, Brenda Valentine of Puryear and Liessa Beecham of Mansfield; a son, Johnny Johnson of Springville; six grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and a special friend, Stella Jackson.
A son, Charles Earl Johnson, and three brothers, Wallace Earl Johnson, Ivan Johnson and Herman Johnson also preceded him in death.
