Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Abe D. Mims Jr., 76, of Memphis, retired mechanic for Kimberly-Clark, died Wednesday at Methodist Fayette Hospital in Somerville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was a Korean War Army veteran, a Mason, a Shriner and attended Bellevue Baptist Church. Mr. Mims, the husband of Marcelle Mims for 51 years, also leaves a daughter, Darla Kohlruss of North Bend, Wash.; a son, Darrell Mims of Eads; three sisters, Loretta Crutchfield of Brownsville, Tenn., Mildred Wiley of Fort Smith, Ark., and Glenda Green of Eads, three grandchildren and a stepgrandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Bellevue Baptist Church.
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Leroy Myers, 78, of Memphis, retired from the Postal Service, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Matthew's Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. He was the husband of Georgia Myers.
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Diane Phillip, 50, of Memphis, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Union cemetery. She leaves two daughters, Kassandra Kirk and Jo Ann Washington, and five sisters, Magnolia Phillip, Debra Phillip, Lillie Phillip, Emma Barron and Nena Smith, all of Memphis, and nine grandchildren.
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Ethel M. Prewitt, 81, of Memphis, retired cook for Memphis City Schools, died Tuesday at Bright Glade Convalescent Center. Services will be at noon Tuesday at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church on Parkway with burial in National cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Christ Baptist Church. Mrs. Prewitt, the widow of James Charles Prewitt, leaves a daughter, Evelyn Prewitt-Davis; four sons, George Thompson, Ronnie Thompson, Curtis Prewitt and Jerome Prewitt, and a brother, Leon Payne, all of Memphis, 16 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
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Jerry Reese, 46, of Memphis, forklift operator for KLM Logistics, died Monday at his home. Services will be at noon Monday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Oakhill cemetery in Hernando. He was a member of Oakhill Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Tiffany Reese; his mother, Robbie Beauregard, and four sisters, Tisha M. Beauregard, Janice Beauregard, Angelik Beauregard and Joanne Cleveland, all of Memphis.
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Melvin L. Rice, 35, of Arlington, police officer for Memphis Police Department, died Saturday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Azusa Ministries, where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Gulf War veteran. Mr. Rice, the husband of Devita T. Rice, also leaves a son, Kevin Carlton Lavence Rice of Oceanside, Calif.; his mother, Shirley Rice; two sisters, Tamala Middleton and Kennitha Gill, and two brothers, Checliss Rice and Melvin Rice Jr., all of Memphis.
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Clarence W. Robinson, 77, of Memphis, died Wednesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Historic First Baptist Beale, where he was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday at West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a sister, Jeweline R. Crenshaw of Memphis.
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Sam L. 'Papa' Salvaggio, 68, of Memphis, retired purchasing agent for Advanced Plumbing Co., died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a Navy veteran, a communicant of St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett and a member of the Moose Lodge. Mr. Salvaggio, the husband of Joann Salvaggio, also leaves two daughters, Cynthia Marie Davis and Tammy Lee Kelly, both of Bartlett; a son, Jeffrey Joe Salvaggio of Memphis; three sisters, Bernice RePossi of Somerville, Angeline Smith of Logansville, Ga., and Anntonette Nicholson of Winter Haven, Fla.; three brothers, Jerome Salvaggio of Cordova, and Frank Salvaggio and Vince Salvaggio, both of Memphis, and six grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
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Malochi Smith Jr., 53, of Duncanville, Texas, formerly of Memphis, sales agent for American Airlines, died Saturday in Dallas. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Sardis Baptist Church in Germantown. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. He was a graduate of Melrose High School and a former member of New Era Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters; two sons; a sister, Shirley Smith of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
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Claud W. 'MaGoo' Sterling, 49, of Memphis, caregiver, died Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel. Mr. Sterling, the husband of Louise Sterling, also leaves a daughter, Athena Sterling Granger; a son, Claud Sterling Jr.; a stepdaughter, Kisha Williams; a stepson, Reginald Williams, and his mother, Lillian Jones, all of Memphis; three sisters, Bettie Boykin and Evelyn Jones, both of Memphis, and Majeeda Ali of Atlanta, and four grandchildren.
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Mary L.J. Thomas, 59, of Memphis, teacher for Double Tree Elementary School, died Thursday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel has charge. She leaves a sister, Alma Wiggins of St. Louis, and two brothers, Alfred Jackson Jr. and Samuel Jackson, both of Memphis.
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Edna Mae Walker, 93, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at Court Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at noon Saturday at S.W. Qualls Funeral Home with burial in New Park cemetery. She was an usher and missionary at New Allen AME Church. Mrs. Walker, the widow of I.C. Walker, leaves three daughters, Nora Bailey of Memphis, Anita Jackson of Atlanta and Jacquelyn Jackson of Las Vegas; two sons, Wardell Jackson of Florence, S.C., and Andrew Jackson of California, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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Emma Watkins, 63, of Memphis, retired from Methodist Hospitals, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pearly Gates Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a choir and usher board member, with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Watkins, the wife of Allen W. Watkins, also leaves three daughters, Vivian Trywick, Sheila Sanders and Teresa Watkins, and four sons, Quinton Watkins, Cassius Watkins, Regerald Watkins and Sewanee Watkins, all of Memphis; four sisters, Rosie Watkins of Sevierville, Tenn., Ola Jenkins of Stanton, and Ruby Pirtle and Lauila Pruitt, both of Brownsville, Tenn.; five brothers, Johnny Bufford and L.C. Gibbs, both of St. Louis, Jay B. Bufford and William Earl Bufford, both of Memphis, and Jimmy Bufford of Somerville, 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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Adamsville -- Greg Franklin, 53, formerly of Lexington, N.C., truck driver, died Monday at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home Adamsville Chapel with burial in Forest Hill Memorial Park cemetery in Lexington. Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah has charge. He was a Navy veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Franklin, the husband of Shelly Franklin, also leaves a daughter, Ginger Franklin of Corinth, Miss.; a son, Gregory W. Franklin Jr. of Raleigh, N.C.; a sister, Barbara Chimino of Florida; a brother, Charle Monroe Franklin of Lexington, and two grandchildren.
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Brownsville -- Odie Clark, 58, manager of Foster Adult Group Home in Detroit, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Currie's Funeral Home in Henning with burial in Springhill cemetery in Ripley. He leaves two daughters, Ruthie Clark and Adrian Clark, both of Elyria, Ohio; five sisters, Elizabeth D. Brown of Brownsville, Eddie Sue Maclin, McKay Harris and Queen Jones, all of Detroit, and Blossie Wright of Elyria; a brother, Dalton Clark of Detroit, and four grandchildren.
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Covington -- Murray Leo Zenar, 69, farm equipment merchant, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery in Munford. He was a member of Munford Baptist Church. Mr. Zenar, the husband of Nell Flynn Zenar, also leaves two sons, Murray L. Zenar Jr. of Munford and James Zenar of Covington; a stepdaughter, Deborah Lynn Sanders of Burlison; a stepson, Kenneth Baskin of McKenzie; three sisters, Louise Dungy and Sue Wallace, both of Brighton, and Ina Mae Strevel of Covington; two brothers, Leon Zenar of Munford and Billy Zenar of Brighton, six stepgrandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
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Dyersburg -- Charles Jennings, 53, construction worker, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services has charge. He leaves a daughter, Stacy Jennings of Halls; eight sisters, Rozella Jennings and Clester King, both of Dyersburg, Joan Swift of California, Jessie Moody, Hosae Holloway, Ruthie McClain and Diane Jennings, all of Milwaukee, and Rosealnd Jennings Allen of Madison, Wis.; a brother, Joe Jennings of Madison, and four grandchildren.
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Morris Chapel -- Luke Bridges, 18, student, died Wednesday at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Milledgeville cemetery. He attended Bethlehem United Methodist Church. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Linda Kay and Joe T. Crouch of Morris Chapel; his father and stepmother, Mike and Barbara June Bridges of Enville; a sister, Suzanne Milam of Huntingdon; a brother, Phillip Bridges of Savannah; four stepsisters, Deborah Crouch-Timmons and Kimberly Crouch Settle, both of Nashville, and Katie Boone and Laura Boone, and a stepbrother, Derrick Boone, all of Scotts Hill, and his grandparents, Dorothy and H.D. Bridges of Milledgeville.
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Ramer -- Carl Edward Kirk, 61, died Wednesday at McNairy Regional Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer with burial in White Oak cemetery in Ramer. Mr. Kirk, the husband of Doris Kirk, also leaves a daughter, Christy Kirk of Jackson; a son, Randy Kirk of Ramer, and five sisters, Marie Lambert, Lucille King, Naomi Roberts and Leilla Ervin, all of Selmer, and Betty Rickman of Ramer.
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Ripley -- Virgie Lucille Jackson, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Marantha Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jackson, the widow of James Alford Jackson, leaves four daughters, Linda Mavis of Oakland, Neb., Brenda Hand of Oklahoma City, Lunida Holland of Memphis and Sandra Rorie of Ripley; four sons, Bobby E. Jackson of Eads, James Delton Jackson and Rickey Jackson, both of Ripley, and John W. Jackson of Florence, Ala., 18 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
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