Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
E. Lenora Beasley, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill cemetery East. She was a member of Evangel Baptist Church. Mrs. Beasley, the widow of James M. Beasley, leaves three daughters, Joyce Daseler of Millington, and Jamie Brown and Marylyn Beasley, both of Memphis; two sisters, Kate Griffin of Okolona, Miss., and Louise West of Tupelo, Miss.; a brother, Jerry Ellis of Okolona, three grandsons and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to English Language Institute China.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Isai Tyrieke Berry, 2-month-old son of Roosevelt Ross III and April Lynn Berry of Memphis, died Thursday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Jefferson Mortuary in Millington with burial in Union cemetery there. He also leaves his grandparents, Deardra Thomas and Kevin Berry, both of Memphis, and his great-grandparents, Virginia Berry of Millington, and Edwin and Alice Ferrerria of Chatham, Mass.
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Flossie Mae Browley, 83, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Browley, the widow of Elbert Browley, leaves eight daughters, Flossie M. Hudson, Alta Hayes, Mary Brown, Dorothy Jones, Gloria Baxter, Earline Browley, Erma Branch and Janet Johnson, and three sons, Joseph Browley, James Browley and Edward Browley, all of Memphis; a brother, George Perryman of Chicago, 31 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Mabel Parker Crocker, 88, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Oakland, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Highland Street Church of Christ. Mrs. Crocker, the widow of Alfred William Crocker, leaves a daughter, Shirley Lane of Oakland; a son, William Earl Crocker of Bellingham, Wash.; two sisters, Lessie Eakins of Indianapolis and Mary Collier of Paducah, Ky., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Harding Academy.
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Emmie Louise Gaston, 72, of Memphis, former employee of Chicago Public Schools, died April 26 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Taylor Chapel Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gaston, the widow of Robert Lee Gaston, leaves a daughter, Annette Gaston, and two sons, Curtis Lee Wells and Robert Lee Gaston Jr., all of Memphis, and 11 grandchildren.
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William N. Hatcher, 24, of Millington, Baskin Robbins employee, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge. Mr. Hatcher, the husband of Janet M. Flaugher, also leaves two daughters, Alicia Rene Flaugher of Atoka and Cassidy Brooke Hatcher of Millington; a son, William Nash Hatcher Jr. of Atoka; his mother, Teresa Clark of Lisman, Ala.; his father, Billy Hatcher of Atoka; four sisters, Christine Hatcher of Portland, Ore., Diana Spradlin of Mississippi, and Trista Johnson and Jamie Johnson, both of Atoka; four brothers, Matthew Hatcher of Randolph, Tenn., and David Hatcher, Frank Hatcher and Robert Johnson, all of Atoka, and his grandparents, Franklin Hatcher of Milan, Tenn., and Katherine Hamilton of Olive Branch.
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Willett Joiner, 53, of Memphis, private duty nurse, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pentecostal Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of South Side High School. Mrs. Joiner, the widow of John W. Joiner, leaves two daughters, Cherita Hopper and Christal Joiner, and her mother, Loretha Turner, all of Memphis; six sisters, Margaret Rayford and Geraldine Rayford, both of Byhalia, Miss., and Christine Thomas, Savannah Norman, Mary Ella Turner and Frances Harper, all of Memphis; four brothers, R.B. Harper of Memphis, Cleveland Harper of Byhalia, and James Turner and Blair Harper, both of Collierville, and her grandmother, Willie Norman of Byhalia.
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Shirley C. Keel, 69, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park South Woods. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Keel, the wife of Thomas E. Keel for 47 years, also leaves four sons, Thomas E. Keel Jr. of Memphis, and James E. Keel, Gary E. Keel and Jody D. Keel, all of Olive Branch; two sisters, Janie Maddox of Memphis and Janette Clay of Somerville; two brothers, Gary Clay of Southaven and Philip Clay of Memphis, and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society.
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Lucille Langham, 91, of Maryville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, died Sunday at Asbury Place in Maryville. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge. She was a member of Holmes Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Langham, the widow of Robert Otho Langham, leaves a son, Robert E. Langham of Maryville, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Rosetta Young Patterson, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grant's Funeral Home in Tunica, Miss., with burial in Grant's cemetery there. Mrs. Patterson, the wife of Rev. Aaron Brandon, also leaves five daughters, Jettie M. Madden of Kansas City, Reather P. Smith, Bobbie A. Bowdery and Lisa L. Patterson, all of Memphis, and Ruby McCracken; 12 sons, J.B. Patterson of Miami, Clisby Patterson and Leo Patterson, both of Kansas City, and Otis Patterson, Payton Patterson Jr., Letroy Patterson, Louis Patterson, Joe Patterson, Melvin Patterson, Bruce Patterson, Steven Patterson and O.G. Patterson, all of Memphis; two sisters, Flossie Milen of Memphis and Jessie Jones of Kansas City; a brother, Edgar Young, and numerous grandchildren.
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Ivan E. Pihl, 75, of Cordova, retired CEO of Reelfoot Packing Co., died Sunday at his home. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. today at St. Louis Catholic Church with burial in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mr. Pihl, the widower of Joan Hayes Pihl and the husband of Bobbie P. Pihl, also leaves two daughters, Connie Pihl Bartels of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Cathy Pihl Dohmen of Cordova; four stepdaughters, Allyson Bishop of Lexington, Ky., LeAnne Lovelady of Prattville, Ala., JoBeth Harman of Nashville and Cathy Barnett of Martin, Tenn.; two sisters, Dorothy Brosdahl and Karen Duff, both of Thornton, Iowa, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
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Birdie Pugh, 89, of Memphis, retired domestic worker, died Friday at Delta Medical Center. Services will be at noon Thursday at Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where she was an usher and choir member, with burial in the church cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pugh, the widow of Charlie Pugh, leaves three sons, Robert Pugh of Denver, Eddie Pugh of Fontana, Calif., and Charles Pugh of Los Angeles, 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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Acquiria Lashae Ralston, 8-year-old daughter of LasonJa McKinnie and Vonnell Ralston of Memphis, student at Bruce Elementary School, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Lake Grove Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She also leaves three sisters, Shunmetris McKinnie, Lakesia McKinnie and Acquirius Ralston; her grandparents, Margaret Ralston and Melvin Giles, and her great-grandmothers, Odessa McKinnie and Allie Giles, all of Memphis.
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Betty J. Reasons, 69, of Bartlett, retired tax examiner for the Internal Revenue Service, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Salem Presbyterian cemetery in Alamo, Tenn. She was a member of East Frayser Church of Christ. Mrs. Reasons, the widow of Tommy Gene Reasons, leaves four daughters, Terry Garner of Cookeville, Tenn., Jan Pipkin of Rowlett, Texas, Patricia Bartlett of Mesquite, Texas, and Cathy Golden of Chesterfield, Mo.; a son, Tommy Gene Reasons Jr. of Bartlett; three brothers, Rev. Charles Timberlake of Covington, Bill Timberlake of Mesa, Ariz., and Buster Ray Timberlake of Thibodaux, La., 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Juvenile Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated May 3, 2005]
Annie Bell Rodgers, 79, of Memphis, retired kitchen supervisor for Shelby County Hospital, died Friday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Princeton Avenue Baptist Church with burial at 1 p.m. in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Rodgers, the widow of Tommie Rodgers, leaves two sons, Tommie Rodgers Jr. of Memphis and Curtis Harris of Jackson, Tenn.; a sister, Marie Croome of Jackson, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Edward C. Seay, 93, of Memphis, retired from the Postal Service in Chicago, died Saturday at U.S. Veterans Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in National cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of Parkway Garden Presbyterian Church. Mr. Seay, the widower of Helen Seay, leaves a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Prudent of Memphis, four stepgrandchildren, seven stepgreat-grandchildren and five stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
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Maxine Seay, 67, of Chicago, formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died April 24 at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Victory Funeral Home with burial in Bush Grove Missionary Baptist Church cemetery. She was a member of the mother's board at New Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Seay, the widow of Willie F. Seay, leaves five daughters, Hannah Seay of Racine, Wis., Gwendolyn Seay of Memphis, and Alberta Henderson, Doris Seay and Veronica Parker, all of Chicago; seven sons, Willie Flangan of Memphis, and Cecil Seay, Freddie Seay, Joseph Seay, Tyrone Seay, Michael Seay and Samuel Seay, all of Chicago; two sisters, Alice Mitchell of St. Louis and Esther Smith of Chicago, 40 grandchildren and 66 great-grandchildren.
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Jessie James Smith, 84, of Memphis, retired from Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., died Friday at his home. Services will be at noon Friday at Whitestone Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Smith, the husband of Derotha Smith, also leaves two daughters, Nancy Smith of Chicago and Debra Wallace of Memphis; two sons, Jessie Smith Jr. and Keith Smith, both of Memphis; three stepdaughters, Dorothy Jenkins of Maryland Heights, Md., and Betty Wallace and Bobbie Wallace, both of Memphis; a stepson, Robert Wallace of Pennsylvania, 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
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Iva Stewart, 84, of Memphis, former employee of United Cab Co., died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Vollintine Baptist Church, where she was church secretary for 56 years, with burial in New Park cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Stewart, the widow of Hosea Stewart, leaves an aunt who took care of her, Mamie Pearl Anderson of Memphis.
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