Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Newbern -- Jerry Primrose, 68, maintenance pipe fitter for Goodyear, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Roberts Funeral Home in Kenton with burial in Sunnyside cemetery. Mr. Primrose, the husband of Martha Primrose, also leaves a daughter, Deanna Lynn Primrose Peel; three sisters, Peggy Hutchison of Grand Prairie, Texas, Shelby Jean Kinnemer of Alva, Okla., and Karon J. Smith of Union City, and two brothers, Bobby Primrose and J.D. Primrose, both of Kenton.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Somerville -- Dr. Jesse M. Price, 85, of Georgia, formerly of Somerville, retired pharmacist, former owner of Price's Drug Store and Lakeview Pharmacy and Somerville city alderman for 18 years, died Sunday in Austell, Ga. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Somerville First Baptist Church, where he was a 67-year member and a deacon, with burial in Somerville City cemetery. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II veteran, a member of Methodist Fayette Hospital Advisory Board, a former member of Somerville Lions Club and a graduate of Fayette County High School and the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. Dr. Price, the husband of Hazel Sloan Price, also leaves a son, Dr. Jesse M. Price Jr. of Woodstock, Ga.; a sister, Irene Sanders of Somerville, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Somerville First Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated April 20, 2005]
Clarence Atkins, 66, of Memphis, former employee of Pro-Serve Chemical Co., died Friday at Crestview Healthcare and Nursing Home in Brownsville, Tenn. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at United Community Outreach Worship Center with burial in Union cemetery in Millington. Millington Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Atkins, the widower of Sadie Atkins, leaves a daughter, Veronica Atkins Lewis of Memphis; three sisters, Estella Pugh of Flint, Mich., Lou Alice Merritt of Redford, Mich., and Gwen Atkins Hunter of Memphis; a brother, Everett Atkins of Bartlett, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Betty Jean Bell, 55, of Memphis, homemaker, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Faith Fellowship Church of God in Christ with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. Christian Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Bell, the wife of Earnest Bell III, also leaves two daughters, Trease Bell Moss and Luciana Brown, and a son, Earnest T. Bell IV, all of Memphis; three sisters, Alice Munn Scruggs and Annie Young, both of Memphis, and Gloria Dockery of South Bend, Ind.; two brothers, J.C. Dockery of Memphis and Sylvester Dockery of South Bend, and 12 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Margaret Webb Boshers, 88, of Memphis, retired admissions clerk for St. Joseph Hospital, died Tuesday at Ave Maria Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Jackson Avenue United Methodist Church. Mrs. Boshers, the wife of James A. Boshers for 72 years, also leaves a daughter, Carol Jo Cordell of Bartlett; five sons, William A. Boshers of Madison, Ala., Jerry L. Boshers of Millington, Jimmy B. Boshers of Memphis, Danny P. Boshers of Lynchburg, Tenn., and Wilton Dale Boshers of Collierville; a brother, Elliott Webb of Memphis, eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Willie Lee Branch, 54, of Memphis, truck driver, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Galilee cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves five sisters, Juanita Branch of New York, and Avis Brannon, Natasha Langford, Tara Langford and Leathia Jeter, all of Memphis; two brothers, Richard Lee Branch of Detroit and Jimmie Lee Branch of Memphis, and an aunt who raised him, Fannie Langford.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Esfir Bravver, 79, of Germantown, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Baron Hirsch cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. She was a member of Baron Hirsch Congregation. She leaves a daughter, Sofya Bravver, and a son, Michael Bravver, both of Germantown; a sister, Nina Hertz of Haifa, Israel, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Edward Nathaniel Brown, 56, of Memphis, retired computer operations manager, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at St. Luke Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday in New Park cemetery. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. He was founder of Another Helping Hands and a graduate of Hamilton High School. He leaves a son, Lieben Vincent Brown of Langhorne, Pa.; his mother, Roberta Robinson of Memphis; two sisters, Carolyn Herron of Omaha, Neb., and Deborah Snowden of Waukegan, Ill.; three brothers, Robert T. Brown and Ron Brown, both of Memphis, and Johnny F. Brown of Fairfax, Va., and a grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Mae Nell Stephens Caldwell, 85, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Second Presbyterian Church, where she was a 50-year member, with burial in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Martha Mary Circle and Laurelwood Garden Club. Mrs. Caldwell, the widow of Bob Caldwell, leaves a daughter, Deborah Caldwell of New Orleans. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Second Presbyterian Church Martha Mary Circle.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Judith M. Cooper, 60, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East. She leaves five daughters, Janet Lundrigan and Christine Adams, both of Memphis, Evelyn Jean Carmichael of Alabama, and Wende Lancaster and Carrie Dupree, both of Cordova; four sons, Alan Millen of North Carolina, Kelly Millen of Cordova, and James H. Cooper Jr. and Jonathan Cooper, both of Memphis; a brother, Frank G. Myers of Miami, Fla., 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Peggy Antoinette Esposito, 49, of Memphis, hairstylist for Freida's Hair Salon, died Wednesday at Overton Park Health Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cornerstone Church in Southaven. Mid-South Mortuary has charge. She leaves a son, Shane McKinley of Walls; a sister, Freida Pool of Southaven; a brother, Tommy Esposito of Texas; a caregiver, Peggy Stanley of Bolivar, Tenn., and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Cornerstone Church.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Shirlee Anita Finnie, 64, of Memphis, retired guidance counselor for Memphis City Schools, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Gospel Temple Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. V.H. Bins & Son Mid-South Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Beta Epsilon Omega Chapter, Tennessee Retired Teachers Education Association, National Education Association and Memphis and Shelby County Retired Teachers Associations, and a graduate of Manassas High School. She leaves four caregivers, Julia Doggett Woodard, Danita Woodard Anthony, Brandi Anthony and William Bill Woodard Jr.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Thomas Ervin Fox, 60, of Memphis, entrepreneur and jeweler, died Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Calvary. He leaves two daughters, Tandra Fox of Milwaukee and Karen Phillips of Memphis; a son, Tony Fox; two sisters, Edna M. Taylor and Glinnie Mae Holmes, and two brothers, Robert Fox Jr. and Donald Richardson, all of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Kathleen C. Free, 93, of Eads, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. She was a member of Kirk Christian Church. Mrs. Free, the widow of Luther F. Free, leaves two daughters, Mary Matney of Overland Park, Kan., and Betty J. Thomas of Eads; a son, William R. Free of Collierville, seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Kirk Christian Church.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Mary F. Glover, 57, of Memphis, painter, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at noon today at Bartlett Funeral Home with burial in Glenfield cemetery in New Albany, Miss. Mrs. Glover, the widow of Hugh Allen Glover, leaves a daughter, Michelle Glover of Memphis; a son, Bobby Goodwin of Hernando; a stepdaughter, Debra Ulbright of Marble Falls, Texas; two stepsons, Terry Glover of Bertram, Texas, and Timothy Glover of Texas; her father, Albert Camp of Myrtle, Miss.; four sisters, Marie Elrod of Memphis, Louise Greer of Virginia Beach, Va., Betty Camp of Myrtle and Edna Jones of Texarkana, Texas; four brothers, James Camp of Lincoln, Neb., Roy Camp of Texarkana, Billy Camp of Florida and Charles Camp of Memphis, and 10 stepgrandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Virginia Lorraine Ingram, 88, of Lakeland, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with entombment in Forest Hill Mausoleum East. She was a Lutheran. Mrs. Ingram, the widow of Thomas Ingram, leaves two daughters, Wendy Moll of Lakeland and Sandra I. Hall of Spartanburg, S.C., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Corey Phenell Jefferson, 31, of Memphis, police officer for the City of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon-Westwood with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a Baptist, a graduate of Hillcrest High School and attended State Tech and Shelby State. Mr. Jefferson, the husband of Teresa Jefferson, also leaves two daughters, Taylar Allen and Termaesheia Elliot; two sons, Justin Jefferson and Jaylan Jefferson; his mother, Charlotte Jefferson; his father, J.C. Smith; three brothers, James Corey Smith, Terry Smith and Terriuk Smith; his grandparents, Cossie Donelson and Hubert Jefferson, and his stepgrandfather, John Donelson, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Adock Jones, 76, of Memphis, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jefferson Mortuary in Millington with burial in Union cemetery there. Mr. Jones, the husband of Bertha Allen Jones, also leaves two daughters, Teresa Jones Allen of Millington and Lisa Hancock Butler of Champaign, Ill.; three stepdaughters, Warlene Munerlyn of Millington, and Vera Redic and Cynthia Allen, both of Memphis; a stepson, Carl Allen of Memphis; a sister, Charlene Sneed of Drummonds, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Dereck D. Jones, 27, of Memphis, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Union cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a son, Dereck Dewayne Payne; his mother, Cynthia A. Jones; his father, Marvin Winston; five sisters, Quntonette Jones, Clera Jones, Syntrel Jones, Megan Jones and Nadolyn Winston; five brothers, Travis Jones, Lamunt Jones, Jamell Jones, Evan Jones and Rico Winston, and his grandmother, Annie Jones.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
Halbert Jones, 72, of Memphis, retired inspector for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, died Monday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Vollintine Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. J.O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. He was an Air Force veteran. Mr. Jones, the husband of Phyllis P. Jones, also leaves a daughter, Melva A. Jones of Memphis; two sons, William Phillips of Memphis and Walter Leavy of Chicago; four sisters, Esther Rice, Geraldine McKinney and Evelyn Matthews, all of Memphis, and Memphis Tucker of Kankakee, Ill., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated April 21, 2005]
