Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Bobby G. Brown
1940-2006
HUNTINGDON - Bobby G. Brown, 65, died Saturday, February 4, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon with Brother Bryan Oakes officiating. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, February 8, at Dilday Funeral Home East Room.
Mr. Brown was born March 2, 1940, in Smyrna. He was self-employed and a member of the Hilldale Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his father, Gray Brown.
He is survived by his mother, Beatrice Roberts of Huntingdon; a daughter, Cynthia Conti of South Plainfield, New Jersey; a son, Robert Brown of South Amboy, New Jersey; three sisters, Sue Moody of Huntingdon; Pat Azlin of New Albany, Mississippi; and Janice Porter of Union City; two brothers, David Brown and John Brown, both of Tupelo, Mississippi; and two grandchildren.
Mary Ellen Woodard
BUENA VISTA - Funeral services for Mary Ellen Woodward, 77, were at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 10 at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Daniel officiating. Burial was in Prospect cemetery in Hollow Rock.
Ms. Woodard, a retired bookkeeper for the Bank of Huntingdon, died Monday, October 8 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon of heart disease.
She was born October 23, 1923 near Buena Vista to the late John D. and Minnie Wyatt Woodard. She was a member of Prospect Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Blount.
She is survived by several cousins.
Lester F. Pate
HUNTINGDON - Mr. Lester F. Pate, 90, died Sunday, October 14 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of injuries he received in an automobile accident. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, October 16 at the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Rufus Chandler officiating. Interment
followed in Hampton cemetery.
Mr. Pate was born September 14, 1911 in Kentucky. He was a retired janitor, a Baptist, a member of the Masons and Eastern Star. He was preceded in death by a son, Dennis Wayne Pate.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Pate and one son, Raymond Leo Pate of Huntingdon.
Kimberly Dawn Hayes Autrey
CEDAR GROVE - Services for Mrs. Kimberly Dawn Hayes Autrey, 34, were at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 11 at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan. Burial was in the Pratt cemetery near Milan.
Mrs. Autrey died Monday, October 8 at her residence.
She was a graduate of Milan High School and a member of Trinity Christian Center near Gibson.
Survivors include her husband Joe Autrey; two sons, Nick Allen and Derrick Allen, both of Milan; two stepsons, Mark Autrey and James Autrey, both of Jackson; her parents, Eddie and Cheryl Western Hayes of Bradford; a brother, Tim Hayes of Milan; two sisters, Tammy Ayers of Trimble and Jamie Blackburn of Phoenix, Arizona; two grandmothers, Madge Beal of Gibson and Jewell Hayes of Milan and three stepchildren.
Jewel W. McAdams
MEDART: Services for Jewel W. McAdams who died Tuesday, October 9 at the Dilday Funeral Home in her hometown of Huntingdon. Burial was in Chapel Hill Methodist Church near Huntingdon. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Alzheimer's Program through the Wakulla County Senior Center in Crawfordville, Florida.
Mrs. McAdams was born in Huntingdon on November 3, 1907. She was the oldest of five children of Otha B. and Estelle Conyers Wilcox. She attended Bethel College and became a school teacher. For many years, she lived in Memphis. After her husband, Johnnie D. McAdams, died, she returned to Huntingdon to continue teaching and retired in 1973. She was a long-term member of Chapel Hill Methodist Church in Huntingdon. For the last twelve years she lived in Florida, coming to Wakulla County from Orlando in 1995.
She is survived by a daugher, Pat Ashley of Panacea, Florida; a brother, James Wilcox of Hollow Rock; a sister, Nelle Presson of Trezevant; two grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.
Maudie Thelma Smith
CEDAR GROVE - Mrs. Maudie Thelma Smith, 88, died Thursday, October 11 at the Life Care Center in Bruceton. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, October 13 at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church with Brother John Holcomb officiated. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was born December 10, 1912 to the late Robert Andrew and Lula Virginia Gaskins McAlexander in Carroll County. She was a homemaker and member of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Romie Smith, who died in 1982; two brothers, Thurman Andrew McAlexander and Howard M. McAlexander.
She is survived by two daughters, Jennie Sue Simpson of Parsons and Ruth Ann Scott of Bruceton; two sisters, Mary Sowell and Murline Westover; one brother, Frank McAlexander, all of Lavinia; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Cleo P. Noles
BRUCETON - Mr. Cleo P. Noles, 84, died Saturday, October 13 at Life Care Center in Bruceton. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, October 16 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Hillman Walker officiating. Interment
followed in the McAuley cemetery.
Mr. Noles, the son of the late William Arthur and Minnie Lee Selph Noles, was born August 29, 1917 in Benton County. He was a World War II army veteran and a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He was a carpenter and millwright. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lela Mae Noles, who died in 1994.
He is survived by two daughters, Jennie L. Mauldin of Cantonment, Florida and Pamela J. Hamilton of Cumberland City; one sister, Rachel Douglas of Camden and three grandchildren.
Yolanda Pittman Campbell
TRENTON: Mrs. Yolanda Pittman Campbell, 30, formerly of Huntingdon, died Saturday, October 13 at the Gibson County Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Monday, October 15 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Andy Williams officiating. Interment
followed in the Humbles cemetery.
Mrs. Campbell was born August 11, 1971 in Mississippi. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by her husband, Donald Campbell; one daughter, Noel Williams and two sons, Bryan Jackson and Kyle Jackson, all of Trenton; her mother, Bonnie Brotherton, all of Huntingdon; her father, Roger Morrow of Chicago, Illinois; two sisters, Crystal Orr of Huntingdon and Lisa Taylor of Jackson; one brother, Jason Orr of Huntingdon; two grandmothers, Louise Pittman of Batesville, Mississippi and Deliah Halford of Trenton.
Edith Turner Martin
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Edith Turner Martin, 88, died Thursday, October 11 at Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, October 13 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Dennis Abernathy officiating. Interment
followed in Bethlehem cemetery.
Mrs. Martin was born April 14, 1913 to the late Walter David and Ruth Pruitt Turner in Carroll County. She was the retired owner of the Princess Garden Nursery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by two cousins.
Dorothy Sue Harris Sullivan
McKENZIE - Mrs. Dorothy Sue Harris Sullivan, 54, died Monday, October 8 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, October 11 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wayne Burton officiating. Interment
followed in Shiloh cemetery.
Mrs. Sullivan was born September 30, 1947 to the late O. T. and Johnetta Abbott Harris in Carroll County. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Daniel Ray Sullivan.
She is survived by her husband, Earl Sullivan; two daughters, Barbara Edwards of Cedar Grove and Shannon Clendennin of McKenzie; one son, Terry Sullivan of McKenzie; one sister, Jo Watson of Huntingdon; three brothers, Bobby Harris of McKenzie and Ricky Harris and Jimmy Harris, both of Huntingdon; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
Sammy Robinson
HUNTINGDON - Mrs. Sammy Robinson, 91, died Thursday, October 11 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, October 13 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Wayne Burton officiating. Interment
followed in Hopewell cemetery near Lavinia.
Mrs. Robinson was born December 26, 1909 to the late Stonewall Jackson and Carrie Lee Roland Coleman in Carroll County. She was a retired employee of Henry I. Siegel. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Earl Robinson, who died in July, 1986; a brother, Lewis Coleman; two sisters, Sara Barker and Lorene Hudgins and a grandson, Raymond Boyd.
She is survived by four daughters, Carolyn Fletcher, Betty Biggart, Annie Bradfield, all of Huntingdon and Peggy McIver of Camden; ten grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren and ten great-great-grandchildren.
Jerlene Whitehead Riley
BRUCETON - Services for Jerlene Whitehead Riley, 78, were held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 29 at Bruceton Church of Christ with Ted Gentile officiating. Burial was at Chalk Hill near Camden.
Mrs. Riley, a retired seamstress for HIS Co. Inc., died Monday, November 26 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of a brain hemorrhage. She was a member of the Bruceton Church of Christ.
Her husband, Albert Riley, preceded her in death.
She was born June 2, 1923 in Cedar Creek to the late William Clinton Cotham and Forence Lydia Thompson Cotham.
Survivors include five daughters, Alice Whitehead King of Nashville, Rosa Wilson of Powell, Sue Riley Wine of Poland (TN), Brenda Riley Pinson of Hollow Rock and Betty Ezell Kufman of Hermitage; three sons, Tim Riley of Snellville, Georgia, Clay Riley of Springville and Jimmy Ezell of Hermitage; two sisters, Evelyn Seymour and Maggie Hall, both of Sharon; two brothers, Bud Cotham and Orla Cotham, both of Sharon; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to J. C. Choate World Evangelism, P.O. Box 72, Winona, MS 38967 or Knoxville Christian School, 11549 Snyder Rd., Knoxville TN 37932.
Bruceton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Thelma Derryberry Roudanbush
MARTIN - Services for Thelma Derryberry Roudanbush, 84, were at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 29 at Murphy Funeral Home. Burial followed at Martin County Memorial Gardens in Martin.
Mrs. Roudanbush, who managed the Western Auto Store in Martin with her husband< Mr. Leonard Roudenbush (who preceded her in death), died Tuesday, November 27 at Van Ayer Manor Nursing Home. A son, David Roudenbush, also preceded her in death.
She was born in Weakley County to the late William Derryberry and Myrtie Radford Derryberry.
Survivors include a daughter, Elaine Chadwick of Martin and a sister, Lavern Morrissett of Huntingdon.
Mack Baker
GLEASON - Services for Mack Baker, 64, were held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 29 at Gallimore Funeral Home. Burial followed in Hopewell cemetery.
Mr. Baker died Tuesday, November 27 at Methodist Volunteer Hospital of heart failure.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Baker; a daughter, Sandy King; a son, Randy Baker; three sisters and six brothers.
Lois Jordan Nance
BRUCETON - Services for Lois Jordan Nance, 83, were at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 1 at Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Arzell Douglas officiating. Burial was in Benton County Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Nance, a housewife, died Wednesday, November 28 at her residence of heart disease.
She was born on November 13, 1918 in Benton County to the late Willie Western Jordan and Elvie Myrtle Melton Jordan.
Survivors include her husband, James N. Nance; a daughter, Sandra Wilson of Bruceton; a son, Travis Nance of Bruceton; a sister, Cleo Medlin of Bruceton; a brother, Raymond C. Jordan of Bruceton; five grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Bruceton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
