Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Ripley -- Margaret Ella McGlothin, 85, homemaker, died Friday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Mount Pleasant cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. McGlothin, the widow of Oscar McGlothin, leaves two daughters, Linda Allison of Munford and Barbara Sanders of Dyersburg; two sisters, Betty Yount of Bartlett and Francis Emery of Arkansas; a brother, Robert Womack of New Jersey, and seven grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 17, 2005]
Savannah -- John D. Lard, 59, woodworker for Paris Manufacturing gun factory, died Friday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home with burial in White's Creek cemetery. Mr. Lard, the husband of Frances Lard, also leaves three sisters, Betty Tilly of Savannah, and Loucille Highland and Pauline Stults, both of Waterloo, Ala., and three brothers, James Lard, Charles Lard and Hollis Lard, all of Waterloo.
[Death notice dated April 17, 2005]
Somerville -- Norman Kenneth Wright, 83, formerly of Memphis, retired from Samuelson, Leon and Santi Ice Cream Co., died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Somerville Church of Christ. Mr. Wright, the husband of Margie Wright for 57 years, also leaves two daughters, Deborah Watson of Memphis and Kimberly Wright of Somerville; three sons, Ronald Wright of Somerville, Michael Wright of Huntsville, Ala., and Ricky Wright, eight grandchildren and a great-grandson. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Memphis School of Preaching.
[Death notice dated April 17, 2005]
Helen Grace Bonner, 90, of Memphis, riveter for Fisher Body during World War II and retired switchboard operator for Bale Chevrolet in Little Rock, died Saturday at Saint Francis Nursing Home. Mass will be said at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catholic Church in Bartlett, where she was a communicant, with burial in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens in Collegeville, Ark. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Sandra Pless of Mount Vernon, Texas, and Gloria Strayhorn of Memphis; a son, Albert Bonner of Charlotte, N.C.; a sister, Marjorie Hardy of Memphis, seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Larsenia Brady Cain, 98, of Memphis, retired Memphis and Shelby County Schools teacher after 43 years, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Tuesday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. She was a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. Mrs. Cain, the widow of George W. Cain, leaves two sisters, Mary Tunstall and Rosealie Powell, both of Memphis; two brothers, Ben Brady Jr. and Clifford Brady, both of Cordova, a grandson who took care of her, Roy Hoskins of Las Vegas, and two great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Lorse Lee Johnson Harris, 91, of Memphis, retired cosmetologist, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace Nazarene Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the mother's board at Memphis Pentecostal Assembly Church. Mrs. Harris, the widow of Leslie O. Harris, leaves four daughters, Ethel L. Tillis of Portland, Ore., and Mary J. Wilson, Micheale A. Dodson and Hester Ola Johnson Moore, all of Memphis; five sons, Eugene S. Johnson of Madison, Wis., Michael A. Johnson of San Diego, and Royal James Johnson, Jerry Myles Johnson and Ollie Kirk Johnson, all of Memphis, 58 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Mary Duncan Lawrence, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. today at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, where she was former president of the altar society and former lay director of Women's Cursillo, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a volunteer at Saint Francis Hospital. Mrs. Lawrence, the widow of Robert T. Lawrence Jr., leaves a daughter, Susan Lawrence Harris of Memphis; two sons, Robert Cayce Lawrence of Memphis and John Duncan Lawrence of Germantown; two sisters, Gladys Childress of Walnut, Miss., and Amy DeArmey of Memphis; a brother, James Duncan of Memphis, and 10 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Autism Center at King's Daughters School in Columbia, Tenn.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Betty Layman, 68, of Millington, homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery in Munford. Mrs. Layman, the widow of Steve Layman, leaves three daughters, Debra Anne Layman Coston of Millington, Bettie Renee Layman Borders of Rockmart, Ga., and Cynthia Kay Layman Stroud of Atoka, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Jane Elizabeth Wells McKee, 83, of Memphis, retired executive secretary for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, died Saturday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a Methodist. Mrs. McKee was the wife of John H. McKee for 60 years.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Cultrina Scott, 35, of St. Louis, formerly of Memphis, employee of Sam's Club and beautician, died Wednesday in St. Louis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Mount Sinai Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Taylor Scott and Gernica Holliman, and her father, Thomas Collins, all of St. Louis; her mother and stepfather, Pamela Scott and Robert Chambers of Memphis; three sisters, Rashauna Chambers of Memphis, and Candace Henry and Helen McGhee, both of St. Louis; three brothers, Lee Angelo Scott of Memphis, Cortney Hughes of St. Louis and Tywan Collin of Mississippi; her grandmothers, Hattie Williams of Memphis and Rose Peeks of Gary, Ind., and her great-grandmother, Annie F. Scott of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Mable Ellen Shute, 94, of Germantown, retired from J.C. Penney, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Covenant Baptist Church and Memphis Art League. Mrs. Shute, the widow of Elihue S. Shute, leaves two daughters, Carolyn Ann Kyle of Germantown and Barbara Joan Daherty of Memphis; a sister, Bertha Crowell of Birmingham; a brother, Rev. James Schumate of Tchula, Miss., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Covenant Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Joan M. Story, 78, of Bartlett, retired clerical manager for Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court, died Saturday at Select Specialty Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. She was a former Parent-Teacher Association president. Mrs. Story, the widow of Frank 'Gene' Story, leaves two sons, Mark Story of Bartlett and Kim Story of Burbank, Calif., three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association or Central North Church.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Mattie Blanch Tanner, 80, of Memphis, homemaker and preschool teacher for Briarcrest School, died Saturday at Bright Glade Convalescent Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was a member of Leawood Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Brenda Sunny Caldwell of Germantown; a son, Kenneth L. Tanner of Atlanta; a sister, Maveline Kirk of Memphis, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Memphis Union Mission.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Tommie Lee Terrell, 60, of Memphis, security officer for Roberts Co., died Tuesday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mount Nebo Baptist Church with burial in New Park Memorial Gardens. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two sons, Hershel Ware and Jual Ware; his father, George Terrell; five sisters, Pearlie Thomas, Bertha Bonner, Dorothy Richmond, Barbara Reese and Earnestine Jones, and three brothers, Sammie Terrell, Cornealious Terrell and James Terrell, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Mabel Clair Waits, 94, of Memphis, caretaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Salem Presbyterian Church cemetery in Atoka, Tenn. She was a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Mrs. Waits, the widow of Homer Joseph Waits, leaves a daughter, Dorris Hollahan of Centennial, Colo.; two sons, Richard Waits of Memphis and James Hamby of Miami Springs, Fla., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Brownsville -- Jonetta Lovett Fargarson, 72, formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Brownsville Baptist Church. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Fargarson, the wife of Robert M. Fargarson, also leaves three daughters, Kim Fargarson of Brownsville, Dabney Fargarson Scott of St. Augustine, Fla., and Angel Fargarson Snider of Germantown; two sons, Robert M. Fargarson Jr. of Brownsville and Michael B. Fargarson of Birmingham, and 13 grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Bible Study Fellowship, Brownsville Baptist Church Mission, Love Worth Finding or Bellevue Baptist Church Missions in Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Covington -- Thelma Gross Maxwell, 88, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery there. She was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church in Brighton. Mrs. Maxwell, the widow of John Maxwell, leaves a daughter, Norma Jean Dawson of Brighton; a son, John Dalton Maxwell of Olive Branch; a foster son, Richard Banks of Bartlett, six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Crump -- Patsy Gillham, 63, homemaker, died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Crump cemetery. She attended Adamsville Pentecostal Church.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Newbern -- Lea Ila Parnell, 87, retired beautician, died Saturday at Dyer Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove cemetery. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star for 50 years. Mrs. Parnell, the widow of William T. Parnell, leaves three sons, Thomas Parnell, William Parnell and Ronnie Parnell, all of Newbern, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Poplar Grove cemetery fund.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
Ripley -- Jessie May Craig, 93, homemaker, died Saturday at Lauderdale Community Living Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Marys Chapel cemetery. Mrs. Craig, the widow of Odean Craig, leaves a daughter, Janice C. Craig, and a son, Louis Craig, both of Ripley, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 18, 2005]
