Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Brooksie Irene Brawner
1915-2002
McKENZIE - Services for Brooksie Irene Brawner, 87, were at 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 16 at Gallimore Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Phil Cook officiating. Burial was in Everett's Chapel cemetery.
Mrs. Brawner, a retired nurses aid, died on Thursday, September 12 at Oak Manor Health Care Center.
She was born on August 19, 1915 in McKenzie to the late Ferman and Mary Lee Finch Floyd.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Brawner of Willoughby, Ohio; a son, Joe Brawner of Georgetown, Texas; three sisters, Sarah Foster of Memphis, Mildred Page of Paducah, Kentucky and Mary Vaughn of Tiptonville; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Edgar Alton "Eddie" Pratt
1950-2002
ANTIOCH - Mr. Edgar Alton "Eddie" Pruitt, 52, died Saturday, October 19 at his home. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 22 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Rufus Chandler officiating. Interment
followed in the Chapel Hill cemetery.
Mr. Pruitt was born May 27, 1950 to the late Guy Randolph and Mildred Sue Gean Pruitt in Carroll County. He was an employee of the VA Medical Center. A brother, Johnny Pruitt, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta Scott Pruitt; three daughters, Judy Pruitt, Linda Warren and Kimberly Divilbiss, all of Antioch; three sons, Stephen Richards of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Dennis Pruitt and Kendall Pruitt, both of Antioch; one sister, Wanda Kirksey of Huntingdon; two brothers, Don Rex Pruitt of Huntingdon and Gary Pruitt of Georgia and seven grandchildren.
Elizabeth Burroughs
McKENZIE - Mrs. Elizabeth Burroughs died Monday, October 21 at Methodist Hospital of McKenzie. Visitation will be at Brummitt Funeral Home, McKenzie from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. The body will lie in state at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Highland Avenue, McKenzie from 9:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. funeral on October 23. Dr. Robert Prosser, Dr. John David Hall, Rev. Robert Hull and Dr. Tony Janner will officiate the service.
Mrs. Burroughs, the former Alumni Records Clerk at Bethel College, was an ordained elder in the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of McKenzie, where she also taught the Encounter Sunday School Class for many years. Born in Petersburg, she was a graduate of Morgan Preparatory School. She was a member of the Inglenook Book Club, co-founder of the Morning Glory Garden Club and a charter honorary member of Alpha Phi Sigma Sorority at Bethel College. In 1994, she received the Alumni Service Award from Bethel College and in 2001 was, along with her husband, Raymon, the recipient of the Patron of Clergy award from the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. She was honored last spring with the naming of the Elizabeth Burroughs Walkway in the Bethel College Memorial Garden.
Mrs. Burroughs is survived by her daughter, Judith Burroughs Keith, her son-in-law, J. B. Keith and two grandsons, Adam Keith and Micolas Keith. Her husband, Dr. Raymon Burroughs, preceded her in death. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Bethel College or the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home.
Ethel "Mammy" Gray Hampton
1908-2002
McKENZIE - Services for Ethel "Mammy" Gray Hampton, 93, were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 22 at Brummitt Funeral Home with J.D. Abbott and Bro. Dennis Beal officiating. Burial was in Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Hampton, widow of Albert Hampton, died on Sunday, October 20 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
She was born on December 7, 1908 in Holladay to the late Judy Ann Flowers Ellis and John W. Ellis. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Alta Mae Eubanks of McKenzie; two sons, Duel Hampton of McKenzie and Hulon Hampton of Huntingdon; two sisters, Evie Green and Annie Robinson, both of Huntingdon; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
A sister, Lillie Clark and four brothers, Levie Ellis, Roy Ellis, Grover Ellis and Edmond Ellis preceded her in death.
Mary Ethel Jackson
1919-2002
PARIS - Services for Mary Ethel Jackson, 84, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 25 in the LeDon Chapel, Ridgeway Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Merwin and Rev. David Varner officiating. Interment
will be in the New Valley cemetery in Gleason. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 24 and after 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 25.
Mrs. Jackson was the owner and operator of Ethel's Bar for 31 years and a member of the Gleason Baptist Church.
She was born June 6, 1919 in Paris to the late Jessie Ann Helms Dunn and Other H. Dunn. Her husband, Ollie Burl Jackson, who died on January 21, 1974 three sisters, Nora Sway, Idella Summers and Ruby Kirk and three brothers, William Dunn, James Austin Dunn and Thomas Dunn (in infancy) preceded her in death.
Survivors include four nephews and one niece.
Leland Clyde Payton
1928-2002
CAMDEN - Services for Leland Clyde Payton, 74, will be at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 24 at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Speaks cemetery in Louisville, Illinois. The body was cremated.
Mr. Payton, a farmer, died on Thursday, October 11 at his residence.
He was born February 7, 1928 in Clay County, Illinois to the late William Elmer and Sophia Erwib Payton.
He leaves a nephew, Issac Pedigo of Clinton, Illinois.
Frances P. Gee
1922-2002
FULTON, KENTUCKY: Services for Frances P. Gee, 80, formerly of Union City, were held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 18 at Hornbeak Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Michael Farmer officiating. Burial was in Clark cemetery in Hickman County, Kentucky.
Mrs. Gee was a member of the Lake Road Baptist Church in Union City and the VFW Women's Auxilliary in Milan. She was retired from the Milan Army Ammunition Plant in Milan.
She was born on July 14, 1922 in Truman, Arkansas to the late Era Stovall and Oscar Bain. Two brothers and one sister also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Frances R. "Bobbie" Elliott of Crutchfield, Kentucky; two sons, Richard A. Gee of Port Orange, Florida and Ralph S. Gee of Dover; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
James B. "Mickey" Mitchell
1939-2002
CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI: Former Henry Countian James B. "Mickey" Mitchell, 63, died on Thursday, October 10 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was the retired owner and operator of Cast Iron Welding Co. in Henry.
Locally, he leaves a daughter, Bonnie Jodie Waldrup of Henry.
Services were at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 13 at H.S. Smith Funeral Home in Caruthersville. Burial followed in Maple cemetery.
According to information given in "The Commercial Appeal" in Memphis, Mr. Mitchell also leaves one other daughter, Rusty Lynn Deschappell of Clarksville; three sons, James L. Mitchell of Huntingdon, Dennis Ray Mitchell of Lexington and Christopher Bernard Mitchell of Clarksville; one sister, Jean Baxter of Caruthersville and seven grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Etta Lee Henry
1922-2002
GREENFIELD - Services for Mrs. Etta Lee Sexton Henry, 80, were at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 20 at the Curry Funeral Home Chapel in Dyersburg with Brother Barry Capps officiating. Burial was in Newhaven cemetery in Ridgely.
Mrs. Henry, a retired owner/operator of a grocery store, died on Friday, October 18, at her residence. She, widow of Ernest E. Henry, was a member of Sidonia Missionary Baptist Church. One son, Jerry Don Henry, also preceded her in death.
She was born on July 7, 1922 in Decaturville.
Survivors include one daughter, Lois Williams of Jackson, two sons, Dal Henry of McKenzie and Danny Henry of Greenfield; nine grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Anthony John Whyte
1975-2002
BENTON, KENTUCKY: Anthony John Whyte, 27, died at 1:00 a.m., Friday, October 18 at his home. He was a construction worker.
Survivors include his wife, Lucinda Josephine Bivin Whyte, his mother, Bonnie Ann Checchi Caplinger, both of Benton, Kentucky; his father, James M. Caplinger of Bruceton; two stepsons, Justin Lee Wood and Jeremiah Wood, both of Benton; two brothers, Howard Thomas Whyte, III and Bradley Charles Whyte, both of Benton; and three sisters, Loretta Diane Blair of Hollywood, Florida, Meriah Gutterson of Orlando, California and Jessica Raye McGowan of Benton.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 21 at Filbeck Cann & King Funeral Home with Dr. J.T. Parish and Mr. Robert Mitchell officiating. Burial followed in Bondurant cemetery.
Iva Lee Traywick Lankford
1909-2002
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Iva Lee Traywick Lankford, 93, died on Thursday, October 17 at the Methodist Hospital in McKenzie. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m. in the Long Rock United Methodist Church with Dr. Jon Carlock, Dr. Robert Prosser and Steve Todd officiating. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Lankford was born September 28, 1909 in Carroll County to the late Osper and Ader Evans Traywick. She was a retired employee of Publix Shirt Corp. and a member of the Long Rock United Methodist Church. Her husband, Claudie Lankford; two sister, Ollie Neely and Beulah Williams and one brother, Russell Traywick, preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, David Henry Lankford of McKenzie and James Edward Lankford of Huntingdon; two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Lola Dill
1909-2002
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Lola Dill, 93, died on Monday, October 14 at her home. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, October 17 at 2:00 p.m. at the Huntingdon First Baptist Church with Brother Fred Ward and Brother George Hill officiating. Interment
followed at Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Dill was born June 15, 1909 in Carroll County to the late Charlie and Audrey Kee Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Huntingdon First Baptist Church. Her husband, Hurchel Dill, who passed away on October 16, 1981; one daughter, Gracie L. Robinson and a sister, Lorene Townsend, preceded her in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Raymell Arrington of Huntingdon, Betty Norton of Hampton, Georgia and Linda Walker of Florence, Kentucky; two sons, William "Bill" Dill and Roy Gene Dill, both of Huntingdon; one sister, Jewel Woodard of Camden; eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Dr. Jim Williams
1918-2002
MILAN - Dr. Jim Williams, 84, died on Monday, October 21 at the Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Services will be held on Saturday, October 26 at 10:00 a.m. at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan with Dr. Roy Hall officiating. Burial will take place in Mt. Olivet cemetery in McKenzie.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Williams of Tarpon Springs, Florida and Dr. Hillsman Williams of Lewisville, Kentucky; two brothers, Dr. Phillip Williams of Milan and Joe Williams of McKenzie; one sister, Mary Margaret Joyce of Milan and three grandchildren.
