Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Doris Mae Green, 83, of Memphis, retired from Goldsmith's, died Saturday at St. Peter Villa. Services were Monday at Open Door Bible Church, where she was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Roller Family Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Green, the widow of Clarence Lee Green, leaves a son, William Green of Memphis, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Open Door Bible Church.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Monroe Lewis Jr., 49, of Memphis, former laborer for Coca-Cola Bottling Co., died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Bellevue Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. He leaves three daughters, Erica Lewis of Memphis, and Cynethia Lewis and Avery Lewis, both of Detroit; a son, Monroe Lewis III; his father, Monroe Lewis; five sisters, Debra Lewis Herron, Sherry Lewis, Carla Lewis, Angela Fossett and Carolyn Fossett; two brothers, Steve Lewis and Ronnie Lewis, and his grandmother, Ola Mae Crews, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Charles Edward 'C.J.' Moore Jr., 23, of Memphis, student at the University of Memphis, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery in Lucy. Victory Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Zion Temple Baptist Church. He leaves his father, Charles Edward Moore; his mother, Chestine V. Walker; a brother, Kevin D. Brooks, and three stepbrothers, Devenless Walker Jr., Alvin Amos and Trimaine Bonds, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Roland Miles Sachenbacher, 81, of Memphis, plumber, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and a Catholic. Mr. Sachenbacher, the widower of Roslyn Regina Sachenbacher, leaves six daughters, June Giles of Friendswood, Texas, Susan Ferrell of Cleveland, Texas, Regina Norwood and Sandra Holloway, both of Memphis, and Mary Key and Caroline Kunkle, both of Olive Branch; five sons, Frank Sachenbacher of Cordova, Roland Miles Sachenbacher Jr. and Robert Sachenbacher, both of Memphis, and Joe Sachenbacher and Michael Sachenbacher, both of Bartlett; a sister, Frances Campbell of Bartlett, 34 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Wilbur J. 'Bill' Schmal, 91, of Memphis, formerly of Miami, Fla., retired handicapper at Flagel Park in Miami and Southland Park in West Memphis, died Monday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. He leaves a niece, Joann R. Meegan of Memphis, and nephew, Bob Funderlic of Carey, N.C., both of whom helped take care of him.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Hosea F. Scott, 32, of Memphis, salesman, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Highland Heights Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Union cemetery. Family Mortuary has charge. He leaves his mother, Marilyn Roberts, and his adoptive mother, Helen Scott, both of Memphis; four sisters, Sandra Brown of Fort Worth, Texas, and Delores White, Sharon Coleman and Deloia Scott, all of Memphis; eight brothers, Carlos Roberts, Alex Scott Jr., James Scott, Clifford Scott, Edelphus Scott, Anthony Scott, Jerome Scott and Vernon Scott, and his grandmother, Helen Scott, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Mattie Mae Shack, 45, of Memphis, Memphis Veterans Medical Center transportation employee, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Thursday at Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. E.H. Ford Mortuary has charge. Mrs. Shack, the wife of Eddie Shack, also leaves two daughters, Heather Mae Shack and Jasmine Dominica Shack, both of Memphis; her father, Walter Haire of Vardaman, Miss.; four sisters, Rockie Nelson of Marionville, Mo., Carol Smith of Houston, Miss., and Emma Haire and Twilene Tutors, both of Calhoun City, Miss., and three brothers, Walter Haire Jr. of Vardaman, and Joe Haire and David Haire, both of Houlka, Miss.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Robert Leslie Sink, 79, of Lakeland, instructor at Millington Naval Air Station, and retired from the Navy and vice president of FAB Inc., died Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mr. Sink, the husband of Jean Sink, also leaves three stepdaughters, Janet Butler of Pittsburg, Pa., Judy Cobb of Jackson, Tenn., and Jane Lutey of Cordova, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Ollie 'Pete' Smith, 63, of Memphis, dock worker for Ryder/PIE Trucking Co., died Thursday at his home. services will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 11 a.m. Thursday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Smith, the husband of Rosemary Smith, also leaves three daughters, Vivian Smith and Mavis Smith, both of Memphis, and Caronda Porterfield of Anchorage, Alaska; a son, Elton Smith, and his mother, Mattie Rone, both of Memphis; his father and stepmother, Clarence and Clara Jamison of Olive Branch; six sisters, Lorine Smith, Dorothy A. Smith, Rachel Jamison, Delois Hodges, Faye Taylor and Phyllis Hillard, all of Memphis; two brothers, Clarence Jamison Jr. of Memphis and Grady Jamison of Olive Branch, and seven grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Leon Stevens, 81, of Memphis, retired laborer for John Burns Construction Co., died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Southern Funeral Home with burial at 12:30 p.m. in National cemetery. Mr. Stevens, the husband of Renita Stevens, also leaves five daughters, Doretha Stevens of Nashville, and Shameca Stevens, Roxanne Stevens, Estella Stevens and Doris Stevens, all of Memphis; four sons, Leon Stevens Jr., Jimmy Howard, Beryl Stevens and Malone Stevens, and a sister, Rozener Matthews, all of Memphis, 25 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Mary S. Vickery, 85, of Memphis, retired Memphis City Schools teacher, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Byhalia (Miss.) cemetery. She was a member of Evergreen Presbyterian Church. She leaves a son, John Vickery of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Evergreen Presbyterian Church.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Howard Lee Whitted, 89, of Memphis, retired inspector for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. after 36 years, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer, Tenn., with burial in Lake Hill Memorial Gardens in Bethel Springs, Tenn. He was a Baptist. Mr. Whitted, the widower of Iva P. Whitted, leaves two daughers, Peggy Wynn of Lakeland and Patricia Whitted of Memphis; a sister, Laura Browder of Counce, Tenn., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Jessica Ann Willhite, 19, of Collierville, student at Mississippi State University, died Sunday in Quitman, Miss. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Incarnation Catholic Church, where she was a communicant. Collierville Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Collierville High School and Youth Leadership Collierville, former member of Collierville High School tennis team, listed in "Who's Who Among American High School Students" and co-editor of the yearbook. She leaves her parents, Randy and Mary Ann Willhite of Collierville; two brothers, Brian Willhite of Collierville and Rodney Willhite of Olive Branch; her grandparents, Noble and Peggy Willhite of Independence, Miss., and Joseph Venziano of Sacramento, Calif., and her great-grandmother, Grace Lou Cunningham of Independence.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Marilyn Kay Williams, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a graduate of Memphis Technical High School, and member of Decatur Trinity Christian Church in Bartlett and Graceland Christian Church in Southaven. Mrs. Williams, the wife of Fred J. Higgins, also leaves two daughters, Carole William Chase of Olive Branch and Elizabeth Kay Carpenter of Vandalia, Ill.; two sons, David Louis Williams of Cordova and Stephen Lee Williams of Como, Miss.; three brothers, Bill Bailey, Joe Bailey and Jim Bailey, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Decatur Trinity Christian Church.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Bolivar -- Cassie Hannis, 92, homemaker, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in Walnut Grove cemetery. She was a Bible study teacher and choir member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Hannis, the widow of Robert C. Hannis, leaves a daughter, Brenda Pulse of Bolivar; a sister, Marie Brown of Abington, Va., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Anna Mae 'Aunt Anna' Watson, 87, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Dyersburg Christian Center with burial in Old Newbern Cemetry. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. She was a member of Jones Street Church of Christ in Newbern. Mrs. Watson, the widow of Melvin Watson, leaves two granddaughters who took care of her, Teresa Smith and Pamela Collins, both of Dyersburg, three other grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Savannah -- Wilma Jean Briley, 72, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Nixon First Pentecostal Church, where she was a member, with burial in Wesley's Chapel cemetery in Hardin County. Shackelford Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Hardin County Skills. She leaves seven sisters, Reba Clayton of Scranton, Pa., Johnnie Hendon of Memphis, and Mildred Worley, Shirley Worley, Virginia Barham, Donna Austin and Margie Fowler, all of Savannah, and four brothers, L.D. Briley of Crump, and Tommy Briley, Danny Briley and Maxie Briley, all of Savannah.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Somerville -- Homer Smith, 88, retired from International Harvester in Memphis, farmer and cattleman, died Sunday at Jackson Meadows Retirement Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Whiteville, where he was a deacon, with burial in Mount Moriah cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran, and former member of Mount Moriah cemetery Association Board and Fayette County Quarterly Court. Mr. Smith, the widower of Lillie Virginia Davis Smith, leaves two daughters, Madge Chamness of Greenville, N.C., and Robbie D. Rodgers of Medina; a son, Dwight Smith of Somerville, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mount Moriah cemetery Association or the American Cancer Society Fayette County chapter.
[Death notice dated March 22, 2005]
Mary Joyce Davis Armstrong, 60, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Munford Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was a member of Munford First Assembly of God. Mrs. Armstrong, the wife of Billy O. Armstrong, also leaves three sons, Billy Joe Armstrong and Brian Keith Armstrong, both of Memphis, and Bobby D. Armstrong of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; a sister, Sharon Mae Moody of Lakeland; four brothers, Raymond William Davis of Byhalia, Miss., Sidney Paul Davis and Timothy Wayne Davis, both of Atoka, and Matthew Clarence Davis of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Marshall 'Big Marshall' Ayers, 43, of Memphis, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. He was a member of Independent Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Ayers, the husband of Patricia Ware Ayers, also leaves three daughters, Keshia Malone, Sandricks Ayers and April Ayers; his mother, Mary Smith Ayers, and a sister Mary Alice Moore, all of Memphis; three brothers, Paul Ayers and Vincent Parrish, both of Memphis, and Eddie Ayers Jr. of Nashville, and a grandchild.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
