Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Mildred McKinney, 82, of Memphis, retired from Memphis City Schools, died March 16 at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Believers In Faith Church with burial in New Zion cemetery in Moscow. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. McKinney, the widow of James McKinney, leaves two daughters, Webbie Cox and Shirley Faulkner, both of Memphis; three sisters, Arizona Robinson and Portie Ann Franklin, both of Memphis, and Phenora Myree of Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, James Franklin and Lawrence Franklin, both of Memphis, Dempsey Franklin of Dayton and Alton Franklin of Germantown, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Connie Iris Taylor McNeal, 58, of Memphis, retired coin collector for BellSouth, died Sunday at Primacy Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Services will be at noon Saturday at Christ Missionary Baptist Church with burial Tuesday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. She was a member of Evangelist Baptist Church and BellSouth S.W.A.T. Team. Mrs. McNeal, the wife of Luther McNeal, also leaves her mother, Cletice Taylor of Knoxville, and three brothers, Johnnie Taylor of Bean Station, Tenn., Kirby Taylor of California and Bruce Taylor of Knoxville.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Diane Miller, 47, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. She was a Baptist. She leaves a daughter, LaTrese A. Miller, and a son, Sonny Miller, both of Memphis; two sisters, Bobbie Fulton of Memphis and Melissa Slaughter of Chicago; a brother, Robert Miller of Moreno Valley, Calif., and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Brice Moore, 55, of Bartlett, former salesman and PakMail owner, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bartlett Baptist Church on Kirby-Whitten, where he was a deacon, with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. Mr. Moore, the husband of Pam Moore, also leaves a son, Christopher Moore of Arlington; three sisters, Johnnie Hood and Alma Sanders, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Shirley Matson of Avoca, N.Y.; three brothers, Joe Rhoden and Charles Rhoden, both of Atlanta, and Nathan Moore of Mesa, Ariz., and two granddaughters. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Briarwood Baptist Church Mission Fund, SHOR Ministries, Mid-America Baptist Seminary or Bartlett Baptist Church Benevolence Fund.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Johnny L. 'Jackie' Moore, 51, of Memphis, decorator, died Saturday at Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson, Ark. He was a member of the Church of God in Christ. He leaves a sister, Joyce Conner of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Odessa H. Moore, 95, of Memphis, retired teacher for Panola County School System, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a mother board and hymnal choir member and secretary of Sunday School Class Seven, with burial in Hollywood cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Moore, the widow of Tyler Moore, leaves a son, James Moore of Memphis; a brother, James Killingsworth of Oakland, Calif., nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Howell 'Don' Moncier, 79, of Millington, former chief of Police and alderman for the City of Millington, died Monday at Millington Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Millington First Baptist Church and a former member of Millington Masonic Lodge. Mr. Moncier, the husband of LaRue Moncier for 52 years, also leaves three daughters, Diane Landsee of Millington, Betty Dolan of Louin, Miss., and Donna Sledd of Michie, Tenn.; two sisters, Elva Howell of Millington and Alline Harrell of Bells, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Steven Nickleberry, 24, of Memphis, died March 16 in Memphis. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. He leaves a son, Steven Nickleberry Jr.; his parents, Diana and Stanley Nickleberry; two brothers, Stanley Nickleberry and Shannon Nickleberry, and his grandparents, Margaret Furlowe and Elmo Nickleberry, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Frankie Nodal, 90, of Memphis, bookkeeper and co-owner of Texaco Gas Station, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home. She was a member of Central Gardens Historic District. Mrs. Nodal, the widow of Milton Nodal, leaves two sisters, Vernice Martindale of Walnut, Miss., and Lee-Earl McMillin of Memphis, and four brothers, Howard Cutberth, Charlie Cutberth and Bud Cutberth, all of Walnut, and Russell Cutberth of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
James LaVenice Olree Jr., 92, of Memphis, retired district manager for Press Scimitar after 39 years, died Sunday at Regency Hospital in Covington, La. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He was a member of McLemore Christian Church. Mr. Olree, the widower of Naomi Ruth Olree, leaves a daughter, Wylodine Yvonne Rogers of Covington, La.; a son, James LaRoy Olree of McKenzie, Tenn., four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Boys and Girls Town of America or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Melvine Palmer, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen AOH Church with burial in Union cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Spiritual Union Baptist Church. Mrs. Palmer, the widow of James Palmer, leaves two daughters, Victoria Palmer and Susie Palmer Jackson; a son, Sampson Palmer; two sisters, Mary Ann Dean and Debra Lynn Pryor, and two brothers, Lomax Dean Jr. and Johnny Pryor, all of Memphis, 22 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Willie Mae Pearce, 74, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Mount Nebo Baptist Church, where she was an usher board member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pearce, the widow of Willie Thomas Pearce, leaves a daughter, Doris Jean Pearce Pointer of Memphis, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Myron B. Pelkey, 93, of Cordova, plant engineer for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. He was an Episcopalian. Mr. Pelkey, the husband of Grace Boler Pelkey, also leaves a daughter, Marilyn Free, and a son, Myron Pelkey Jr., both of Memphis, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Angie Lee Perry, 76, of Memphis, retired domestic worker, died Saturday at Select Specialty Hospital. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Rock of Ages CME Church, where she was a member of Willing Workers, stewardess board and senior choir and president of the Missionary Society, with burial in Magnolia United Methodist Church cemetery in Enterprise, Miss. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Perry, the widow of William Perry, leaves a son, Charlie G. Jones, and a stepdaughter, Patricia Perry, both of Memphis; two sisters, Mildred Simmons of Enterprise and Patsy Jones of Chicago; two brothers, James Jones of Chicago and Frankie Lee Jones of Enterprise, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Elizabeth Isabel Russell, 92, of Memphis, retired nursing assistant, died Monday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Collins Chapel CME Church, where she was a stewardess board member, with burial at 9 a.m. March 30 in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. T.H. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Shelby County Democratic Club. Mrs. Russell, the widow of Edward H. Russell, leaves two daughters, Jean R. Hamilton of Memphis and Michelle I. Brooks of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; a son, Carl Reginald Russell of Memphis; a brother, William Jefferson Isabel of Port St. Lucie, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Helen Irene Schell, 80, of Memphis, former executive for Ely Walker Co., died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Whitehaven United Methodist Church, where she was a member. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She leaves a brother, Rev. Edwin A. Schell of Baltimore. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Whitehaven United Methodist Church.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Freddie Lee Scott, 45, of Memphis, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Friday at Travelers Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Warren, Tenn., where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran and a graduate of Southside High School. He leaves a son, Frederick Scott, and his father, Joe L. Scott, both of Memphis; four sisters, Carolyn Scott Duncan and Jacqueline Shaw, both of Memphis, Cynthia Davis of Milwaukee and Helen Hayes of Charlotte, N.C.; three brothers, Joe L. Scott Jr. and Derrick Scott, both of Memphis, and Jordan Boyd of Charlotte, and his grandmother, Ester Roberta Woodridge of Somerville.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Ethel Shows, 86, of Memphis, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Snow Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Josephine Woodson of Memphis.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Doris Smith, 71, of Memphis, retired nurse for Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died Sunday at her home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Billie Giesel of Evansville, Ind. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
Edward Smith Jr., 55, of Memphis, formerly of Indianola, Miss., office janitor, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Indianola with burial in Riverside Memorial Gardens there. Byas Funeral Home in Indianola has charge. He leaves a daughter, Felisa Hopson of Minnesota; four sisters, Ola Bell Echols of Indianola, Catherine Thomas of Miami, and Cora Miller and Verlene Patterson, both of Memphis; two brothers, James Smith of Indianola and Sylvester Smith of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated March 23, 2005]
