Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Marquerite “Jenny” Tillman Brake, 76, of Unionville, died Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Mrs. Brake was a native of Nashville and a daughter of the late Johnny and Rosetta Rusher Tillman.
Survivors include daughters Mrs. Lynn Oxley Hall of Unionville; and Mrs. Teresa DiCicco of Brownstown, Michigan; sons Dewey Brake of Garden City, Michigan; Michael Brake of Unionville; and Eddie Brake of Unionville.
She was a homemaker. Mrs. Brake was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Leverette who died earlier this year.
Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill
Charles Warner Sanford, 82, of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Mr. Sanford was a native of Williamson County and was a retired farmer. He was a son of the late Lucille Warner Sanford and Granville T. Sanford, Sr. He was preceded in death by a son, James G. Sanford and by his brother, Thomas R. Sanford.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pauline J. Sanford of College Grove; sons Charles B. Sanford of Nolensville; and John W. Sanford of College Grove; daughter Karen L. Hatcher of the Flat Creek Community; brother Granville T. Sanford, Jr. of Nolensville; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill
Mary Hall Lee, 91, of Eagleville died Thursday, December 23, 2004.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Vernon and Evie Lee Pate Hall. She was a member of the Eagleville Church of Christ and a Stanley Home Products unit manager.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Thomas Lee.
Survivors include daughter Gail Thomas of Nashville, brothers H.V. (Lottie) Hall of Eagleville and Bill (Alene) Hall of Shelbyville; sisters Anna Logue and Lola Carvalho, both of Murfreesboro, and Helen Brown of Oak Ridge; grandchildren Timothy Wayne Thomas, Tammy Lee Scott and Teresa Gail Smith; and great-grandchildren Joshua Benjamin Thomas, Lauren Denise Scott, Bethany Paige Smith and Emilee Nicole Scott.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro
Ronald Gentry Adams, 54, of Unionville died at his residence Thursday, December, 23, 2004. He was preceded in death by his parents, the late James Elam and Gertrude Bell Adams.
He is survived by his wife, Julieta Reca'na Adams; son Jeffrey Adams of Murfreesboro; daughters Tammy Adams of Murfreesboro and Desiree' Blanks and son-in-law Rusty of Smyrna; sister Diane Gilbert and brother-in-law Ray of Cross Plains, Tennessee; grandchildren Ashley, Tiffany, Brittney, Austin and James.
Mr. Adams was a native of Rutherford County, but lived in Bedford County for the past three years. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran.
Jennings and Ayers, Murfreesboro
Mary Jane Neal Mullins, 68, died Tuesday, December 21, 2004, at Adams Place. A native of Nashville, she was the daughter of the late James P. and Elsie Rychen Neal.
She is survived by husband Charles Thomas Mullins Sr., who was a former minister of Kingwood Heights Church of Christ for 25 years and presently is minister of Eagleville Church of Christ; son and daughter-in-law Charles (Chuck) and Karen Mullins, of Murfreesboro; daughter and son-in-law Susan and Jeff Smiley, of Brentwood; sister Sue Pirtle and her husband Bill Pirtle, of Mt. Juliet; grandchildren Amy and Katie Mullins, of Murfreesboro, Murphy, Griffin and Brennan Smiley, of Brentwood.
She was a member of Kingwood Heights Church of Christ.
She was a graduate of Donelson High School and was a 1957 graduate of David Lipscomb University. She taught school in Nashville at Tom Joy and Una elementary schools, in Giles County and Charlotte, N.C.
She was a first-grade teacher at Middle Tennessee Christian School for 20 years before retirement in 1997.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro
Maude G. Reeves, 79, of the Jackson Ridge community, Rockvale, died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at her residence. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late O. L. "Doc" and Sue Rieves Gee. She was preceded in death by brothers Lucas Gee and Jim Gee and a sister, Alma Gee.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Reeves, of Rockvale; sisters Frances Waller of Brentwood and Ola Boone, of Noblesville, Ind.; sister-in-law Elma Ruth McBee Gee, of Centerline, Mich.; nieces Becky Choate of Warren, Mich., Patricia Gillette of Orchard Lake, Mich., Vicki Copeland of Noblesville, Ind., nephews Bobby Gee of Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dwight Gee of Nashville and Brian Boone of Fresno, Calif.
A graduate of Rockvale High School and Draughon's Business College, she was retired from Federal Civil Service. She was a member of the former Jackson Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Jennings and Ayers, Murfreesboro
Erica Lynn Shores, 29, of Murfreesboro, died Wed., December 15, 2004.
A native of Milwaukee, Wis., she was the daughter of Gale and Sandi Raibolt Robbins, both of Rockvale. In addition to her parents, she is survived by daughter Rachel Christine Shores, of Murfreesboro; brother Michael and Katy Bonoho Robbins, of Smyrna; fiancé Stephen Simmons, of Murfreesboro; grandmothers Lillian Raibolt, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Isabelle Robbins, of Cincinnati, Ohio; several aunts and uncles.
She was an employee of Middle Tennessee Mats.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro
Thelma Herrod McElroy, 88, of Lascassas, died Saturday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Wylie David and Ruth Kane Craddock Herrod.
She is survived by daughters Patsy (Frank) Morris, of Lascassas, Judy (Pettus) Read, of Rockvale, and Sandra (Terry) Parks, of Murfreesboro; brothers John Herrod, of Murfreesboro, and Wylie Herrod, of Antioch; sisters Sara Davenport, of Lascassas, Ella Mae Mai, of Idaho; grandchildren Will Morris, Katie Parks, Shane Read, Nina Read and Meredith Parks; great-grandchild Avery Morris.
Mrs. McElroy was a member of the Lascassas Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Keele McElroy, who died in 1991.
Woodfin Chapel, Murfreesboro
Carrie Lillian Smythia Toombs, age 82, of Arrington, died December 3, 2004, at her residence.
She was the daughter of the late John Arthur and Grace Harris Smythia. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Toombs; brother Paschal Smythia; grandchild, Jessie Leo Duncan.
She is survived by a daughter, Grace (Larry) Duncan of Arrington; grandchild, Lynn (Ricky) Fann; great-grandchildren, Shannon and Josh Fann.
A native of Rutherford County, she was a homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of Lock’s Methodist Church.
Jennings & Ayers, Murfreesboro
