Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Cedric Donell McWilliams, 46, of Memphis, customer service representative for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, died Wednesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church Mount Olive with burial in Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. McWilliams, the husband of Magdalene McWilliams, also leaves a daughter, Shante McWilliams; four sons, Cedric McWilliams Jr., Dedric McWilliams, Eddie Brown and Ralph Ector Jr.; his mother, Doretha Page McWilliams, and two sisters, Vallie Williams and Maudeen Hayslett, all of Memphis; three brothers, Amos McWilliams Jr. of Philadelphia, Miss., and King McWilliams and Elderd Grady McWilliams, both of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Lavern Miller, 48, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel. She leaves a daughter, Latoyo Miller of Memphis; her parents, Ailene and Lorance Kimble; two brothers, Ricky Kimble and Frankie Miller, and her grandmother, Ruth Kimble.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Ophelia Malone Miller, 68, of Memphis, cook, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Living Waters Church, where she was a mother board and missionary society member, with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery in Millington. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning, Tenn., has charge. Mrs. Miller, the widow of William Henry Miller, leaves two daughters, Patricia Lewis and Anita Onley, and a son, Richard Miller, all of Memphis; seven sisters, Louise Owens of Memphis, and Mattie Sheard, Levern Tousand, Luethel Sparks, Eva Mae Malone, Josie Malone and Ruby Malone, all of Hayti, Mo.; six brothers, Robert Malone of St. Louis, and Calvin Malone, Melvin Malone, Larry Malone, Darrell Malone and Bryant Malone, all of Hayti, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Francis Nash, 73, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 11 a.m. Monday in National cemetery. Mrs. Nash, the widow of James Nash, leaves five sisters, Ruth Williams, Ruby Jean Wells and Dorothy Massey, all of Memphis, and Mary Louise Martin and Marie Sheeter, both of San Diego.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Miles H. Nevin, 49, of Memphis, master and bonsai gardener, died Saturday in Melbourne, Fla. Beach Funeral Home East Chapel in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., has charge. He was a graduate of White Station High School. He leaves a son, Miles H. Nevin of Lorain, Ohio, and two sisters, Wejay Nevin Binkley of Nesbit and Lynn Nevin Wells of Oxford, Miss. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Elizabeth T. Owen, 90, of Memphis, homemaker and retired beautician, died Thursday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a member of Highland Heights Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Owen, the widow of James Wingo Owen, leaves two sons, Milton Lee Owen of Collierville and Robert Sidney Owen of Atlanta, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Highland Heights Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
William Abe Pappenheimer, 96, of Memphis, retired civil engineer, died Monday at Kirby Pines Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Kirby Pines Manor with burial in Temple Israel cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a 32nd degree and Scottish Rite Mason, a graduate of Mississippi State University and a member of Temple Israel and Mississippi State University Hall of Fame. Mr. Pappenheimer, the widower of Janice Jacobs Pappenheimer, leaves a grandchild.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Rev. Charles James Patterson Jr., 72, of Memphis, minister and pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church on Parkway, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Rev. Patterson, the husband of Curlie Patterson, also leaves five daughters, Carolyn R. Reed of Atlanta, and Joyce Patterson Berkley, Karen Patterson Terrell, Toni Patterson Nash and Tracye L. Patterson, all of Memphis; two sons, Derrick Wayne Patterson and Kelvin Gerard Patterson; his stepmother, Essie Patterson, and a sister, Ladell Patterson Locke, all of Memphis; three brothers, Ernest Patterson of Memphis, and Roosevelt Patterson and Clevelt Patterson, both of Lansing, Mich.; two stepsisters, Sharon A. Franklin and Corine Giordna, and three stepbrothers, Dermond Pope, Gerald Pope and Derald Pope, all of Memphis, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Rev. Billy T. Poole, 82, of Union City, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired minister, died Wednesday in Union City. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memorial Park. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a graduate of Humboldt (Tenn.) High School, a 32nd degree Mason and a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Rev. Poole, the widower of Mamie L. Poole, leaves three daughters, Janice C. Poole of Miamisburg, Ohio, Ann Cheatman of Union City and Beth Cooper of Perris, Calif.; a son, Larry T. Poole of Mason, Ohio; a sister, Evelyn Pleasants of Memphis; two brothers, A.D. Poole of Texas and Edwin Poole of Memphis, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a church of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Yolanda D. Riley-Savage, 36, of Memphis, U.S. District Court case manager, died Monday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Berean Missionary Baptist Church, where she was choir director, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Mrs. Riley-Savage, the wife of Hardy D. Savage III, also leaves a daughter, Sidney Jannea Savage, and two sons, Jarvis Glen Brooks and Tristan D. Savage, all of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Ziris Alexandria Savage of Havelock, N.C.; a sister, Jeannette Buchanan of Olive Branch, and a brother, DeWayne Betts of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
John Ashley Rogers Jr., 85, of Memphis, retired housing inspector, died Monday in Memphis. Snow Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Rogers, the widower of Lucille Rogers, leaves two caregivers, John Gary and Trennie Williams of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Alice Shangraw Schadt, 92, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Allen Morgan Health Center. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Les Passees, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Women's Exchange, Memphis Symphony League, Arawata Garden Club, Salvation Army Auxiliary, Summit Club and Memphis Country Club and former president of Le Bonheur Inc. Mrs. Schadt, the widow of Charles Frederick Schadt, leaves two sons, Charles Frederick Schadt Jr. and Stephen Cortis Schadt, both of Memphis, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Club Inc., Second Presbyterian Church, Trezevant Manor Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Ysleta L. Sherman, 85, of Memphis, homemaker, former teacher and former employee of Aircraft Construction Co. in California, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mrs. Sherman, the widow of Homer Maurice Sherman, leaves two daughters, Bonnie Stone of Horn Lake and Connie Cheek of Atlanta; three sisters, Flora Dean Warden and Thelma Lafevers, both of Tishomingo, Okla., and Bonnie Maxwell of Amarillo, Texas, five grandchildren and a great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Philip C. Smith, 76, of Memphis, retired Navy chief petty officer and retired from the Corps of Engineers, died Sunday at his daughter's home in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran. Mr. Smith, the husband of Linda J. Smith, also leaves a daughter, Debra L. Jackson of Memphis; a son, Billy E. Lee of Dover, Tenn., six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Leslie Raymond Stallings, 28, of Memphis, died Wednesday at his home. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Lindenwood Christian Church. Mr. Stallings, the husband of Christy Pritchett Stallings, also leaves a son, Parker Raymond Stallings; his father, Danny Stallings; his mother and stepfather, Gaye and Jim Price; two sisters, Laura Price and Danna Stallings; a brother, Brendan Stallings, and his grandmother, Larue Maxine Stallings, all of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Lindenwood Christian Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Sadie Mae Swift, 85, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Swift, the widow of Dewey Swift, leaves three daughters, Marzine Pegues of Memphis, and Jessie Mae Jones and Louise Trotter, both of Detroit; five sons, William Bridgeman of Phoenix, Andrew Bridgeman and Dewey Swift Jr., both of Memphis, Kent Swift of Los Angeles and Robert Swift of Dallas, 20 grandchildren and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Luther Lee Walker, 47, of Memphis, truck driver for the City of Memphis, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church One in Piperton, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery there. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. Mr. Walker, the husband of Patricia Walker, also leaves four daughters, LaToya Walker of Cordova, Shannon Walker and Arneatha Walker, both of Memphis, and LaTanyia Walker of Collierville; a son, Luther Dontae Walker of Collierville; his father, James Davis of Memphis; seven sisters, Barbara Davis, Diane Davis, Connie Davis, Margaret Williams, Kay Scott and Virginia Blackwell, all of Memphis, and Marie Folden of Cincinnati, and three brothers, Paul Davis, Roosevelt Walker and Melvin Davis, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
George L. Wallace, 77, of Memphis, retired laborer, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel. He leaves two daughters, Christine Allison of Memphis and Tammy Morrison of Millington; a son, Timmy Wallace of Dayton, Ohio, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Jessie Mae Williams, 98, of Memphis, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Southern Funeral Home with burial in Paradise Gardens in Edmondson, Ark. She was an usher board member of Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ. She leaves two daughters, Shirley Savage and Erma Malone, both of Memphis; a sister, Pearlie Lasley of Corinth, Miss., six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
Roy E. Williams, 77, of Collierville, retired accountant for Weil Brothers Cotton after 50 years, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Grace Evangelical Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Forest Hill Funeral Home South has charge. He was a Korean War Army veteran and a member of Whitehaven Methodist Church. Mr. Williams, the husband of Betty S. Williams, also leaves a daughter, Sarah Gail Allen of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; a son, Roy E. Williams Jr. of Collierville, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated February 25, 2005]
