Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Elroy Donelson, 53, of Eads, carpenter, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Wright's Missionary Baptist Church in Fisherville with burial in Farewell cemetery there. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. He was a member of Morning View Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Laquita Donelson, and three sons, Eldridge Donelson, Errico Donelson and Alex Donelson, all of Memphis; his parents, Sulphia and Yular C. Donelson of Eads; two sisters, Royce Butler and Sandra Donelson, both of Memphis; nine brothers, Brown Lee Donelson, Douglas Donelson and DeWayne Donelson, all of Eads, Daniel Donelson, Houston Ray Murray, Robert Murray and Gary Boswell, all of Memphis, Johnny Murray of Grand Junction, Tenn., and Larry Word of Atlanta, and 13 grandchildren.
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Gladys Dortch, 97, of Memphis, retired boxmaker for East Tex Box Co., died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Parkway Gardens Presbyterian Church with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Dortch, the widow of William Dortch, leaves a sister, Edna D. Young of Memphis.
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Betty Josephine Hagan, 52, of Memphis, employee of Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, died Tuesday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Austin Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Kimya Michelle Austin and Darnell Renee Hagan; her mother, Myrtle Hagan; two sisters, Gloria J. Cole and Barbara A. Seats, and four brothers, Leroy Hagan, Joseph Hagan Jr., Robert Hagan and Durelle Hagan, all of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
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Ruby Jackson Hanks, 80, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Arlington cemetery. She was a member of National Avenue Baptist Church and Women of the Moose. Mrs. Hanks, the wife of H.W. Hanks for 62 years, also leaves two daughters, Linda Hannah of Eads and Beverly Burrow of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Bobbie Gene Harris, 73, of Memphis, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephen Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two sons, Wendell Ray Harris of Houston and E.T. Harris of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
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Walter H. 'Buddy' Hathcock, 76, of Heber Springs, Ark., formerly of Memphis, retired from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office after 25 years, died Tuesday at Baptist Health Medical Center-Heber Springs. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a Marine Corps veteran, a member of Heber Springs First United Methodist Church, former president of the Fraternal Order of Police, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Grand Lodge of Tennessee. Mr. Hathcock, the husband of Carolyn Childs Hathcock, also leaves a daughter, Holly Cooper of Mandeville, La., and a granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Heber Springs First United Methodist Church.
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John Richard 'J.R.' Hood, 69, of Arlington, service director for Chevy and Buick, died Monday at his home. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a member of Central Baptist Church in North Carolina. Mr. Hood, the husband of Sandy Hood for 38 years, also leaves three daughters, Kimberly Perry of Arlington, Robin Lynn Hood of Cary, N.C., and Teresa Baldwin of Richmond, Va.; a son, John Richard Hood Jr. of Petersburg, Va.; a brother, Charles Hood of Valdosta, Ga., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Dorothy H. Johnson, 70, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial at 9 a.m. Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was a member of Golden United Methodist Church and Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Hubert Johnson, leaves a daughter, Pamela Dale Utley of Jackson, Tenn.; a son, Hubert Johnson Jr.; three sisters, Alice Langford, Dora Etta Jones and E. Devern Jones, and a brother, Paul E. Holmes, all of Memphis, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Grace H. Johnson, 90, of Memphis, retired from Standard Welders Supply Co. after 20 years, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in National cemetery. She was a member of Broadmoor Baptist Church. Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Jules W. Johnson, leaves two daughters, Linda Owen of Milan, Tenn., and Carol Mosow of Nashville, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
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William L. Jones, 85, of Memphis, retired from the old Defense Depot, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Brown Baptist Church in Southaven with burial in Zion cemetery 13 in Byhalia, Miss. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Jones, the husband of Katie Jones, also leaves two grandchildren.
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Brenda Joy Joyner, 43, manager of environmental service for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church. E.H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. She leaves a daughter, Tomika Joyner; a son, Garry Shaw II; her mother, Icylee Cunningham, and her father, Mack Conrad, all of Memphis; eight sisters, Dovie Crawford, Sherry Martin, Frances Joyner, Barbara Williams and Delois Williams, all of Memphis, Luease Parker of Kennesaw, Ga., Mary Clarke of Rockford, Ind., and Brenda Ann Curry of Atlanta; two brothers, Eric Conrad and Murvin Walker, both of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Minnie Maris, 91, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. S.W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Maris, the widow of R.A. Maris, leaves a daughter, Kathryn Allen of St. Louis.
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Charles Edward Williams Odom, 50, of Memphis, mixer for Burk-Hall Paint Co., died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church in Olive Branch with burial in the church cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mr. Odom, the husband of Lillie Mae Odom, also leaves a stepdaughter, Stephanie McNeil; three stepsons, Anthony McNeil and Willie McNeil, both of Memphis, and Kevin McNeil of Atlanta; his stepmother, Mary E. Odom, and a sister, Barbara Burkley, both of Nesbit; two brothers, Edward Carl Odom of Coldwater, Miss., and Dellmark Odom of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Lorie Ann Paul, 32, of Millington, emergency medical technician, died Tuesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. Mrs. Paul, the wife of Randy Paul, also leaves a daughter, Kayla Paul, and a son, Bryan Paul, both of Millington, and her parents, Susan and Calvin Cowan of Hattiesburg, Miss.
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Glenda A. Pugh, 68, of Memphis, retired from Memphis and Shelby County Schools, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater Bush Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Lakeland, where she was a member, with burial in Griffin cemetery there. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. Mrs. Pugh, the wife of Eugene Pugh, also leaves a son, Lionel Pugh of Memphis, and two sisters, Gloria Adams of Freeport, N.Y., and Maxine Campbell of Memphis.
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Floyd 'Bunny' Robinson, 69, of Memphis, retired roofer, died March 9 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John AME Church with burial in Union cemetery in Millington. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. He leaves four sisters, Elizabeth Mungen of Memphis, Beatrice Coburn of Chicago, Annie Robinson of Detroit and Vera Lane of South Bend, Ind., and five grandchildren.
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Maxine Roper Rigg, 85, of Memphis, retired from the City of Memphis, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Eastside Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She leaves three sons, Emmett Russell Rigg Jr. of Helena, Ala., and Larry Wayne Rigg and Gregory Rigg, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or a charity of the donor's choice.
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Annie Pearl Robinson, 78, of Detroit, formerly of Memphis, died March 9 in Detroit. Services will be at noon Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Hernando with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four daughters, Loraine Wren of Flint, Mich., Michelle Chessman of Detroit, and Wilma Robinson and Debra D. Robinson, both of Memphis; three sons, Stanley Stigall of Memphis, John Robinson of Flint and Thomas Robinson of Hernando; seven sisters, Louise Hurt and Katie Carter, both of Memphis, Rebecca Guy, Laura Burton and Jeanette Smith, all of Detroit, and Mattie Mistres and Lora Coleman, both of Flint; three brothers, Ray Allen of Memphis, and Johnny B. Allen and Herman T. Allen, both of Detroit, and several grandchildren.
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Mary Florence Seymoure, 84, of Memphis, file clerk for the Health Department, died Tuesday at Allenbrooke Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Prayer House of Deliverance Church with burial in New Park cemetery. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Seymoure, the wife of Henry James Seymoure, also leaves three daughters, Angela Seymoure, Angeline Mahone and Pauline Seymoure; a stepdaughter, Gloria Brooks, and a stepson, Robert James Seymoure, all of Memphis, nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
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Toni Renee Sharp, 47, of Memphis, employee of FedEx, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. She was a member of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves her mother, Teresa Sharp, and a sister, Linda Sharp, both of Memphis, and a brother, Darren Sharp of Cordova.
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