Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Felipe Loera Valencia, 25, of McMinnville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, nursery worker, died Sunday in Midway, Ala. Services were Wednesday at Memphis International Church with burial in Mexico. Mid-South Mortuary had charge. Mr. Valencia, the husband of Marisol Bocanegra Martinez, also leaves four sisters, and three brothers.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Humberto Loera Valencia, 23, of McMinnville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, nursery worker, died Sunday in Midway, Ala. Services were Wednesday at Memphis International Church with burial in Mexico. Mid-South Mortuary had charge. He leaves his parents, Fidel Loera Morales and Cristinal Valencia; four sisters, and three brothers.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Ruben Alvarez Valencia, 17, of McMinnville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, nursery worker, died Sunday in Midway, Ala. Services were Wednesday at Memphis International Church with burial in Mexico. Mid-South Mortuary had charge. He leaves his parents, Poblo Yan'ez and Veronica Morales; three sisters, and nine brothers.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Isaac Willie Ward Jr., 33, of Knoxville, formerly of Memphis, employee of Temporary Services, died Saturday in Knoxville. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in New Park cemetery. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Ward, the husband of Tracey E. Meade Ward of Memphis, also leaves his mother, Ruby L. Green; two sisters, Lajuana Robinson and Girleane Young, and a brother, Rozelle Green, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
George E. Williams, 73, of Memphis, employee of Williams-Sonoma, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. Monday in New Park cemetery. Mr. Williams, the husband of Eva Williams, also leaves two daughters, Gwen Edwards of Washington and Bernett Retreage of Chicago; a son, Rither E. Williams of Memphis; a sister, Annie M. Henderson of Louisiana, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Brownsville -- Frank Lee Jelks, 74, employee of Livingston Furniture Store, died Monday at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Refuge Temple Holiness Church with burial in Chapel Hill cemetery. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning has charge. Mr. Jelks, the husband of Beulah Williams Jelks, also leaves seven daughters, Sadie Cooper, Martha Terry, Mary Clark, Brenda Jackson, Beverly Smith, Deborah Simmons and Gwendolyn Jones, all of Brownsville; five sons, Timothy Jelks of Jackson, Darrell Jelks of Milan, and Johnny Jelks, Marvin Jelks and Billy Jelks, all of Brownsville; a brother, L. C. Jelks of Brownsville, 30 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Cynthia Bargery Benthal, 59, former employee of Wal-Mart Deli, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a 25-year member of Friday Night Mixed Bowling League. Mrs. Benthal, the wife of Jesse Benthal, also leaves two sons, Jesse Marcus Benthal Jr. of Newbern and James Ernest Benthal of Dyersburg; four sisters, Judy Childress of Bogota, Geneva Maulden of Ridgely, Paulette McCullough of Newbern and Sara Ann Steineker of St. Louis; four brothers, Harold Bargery of Las Vegas, Ernest Bargery of Dyersburg, Barry Bargery of Munford and Gene Bargery of St. Louis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Dyersburg -- Robert Harold Pilgrim, 73, plumber, farmer and merchant, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. He was an Army veteran, a member of Springhill Baptist Church and Blue Cap Gospel Singing and secretary of Training Union Class. Mr. Pilgrim, the husband of Frances Navita Ann Turner Pilgrim, also leaves two daughters, Gail Cross of Dyersburg and Sue Williams of Olive Branch, Miss.; a son, Danny Pilgrim, and his stepmother, Margie Pilgrim Reagor, both of Dyersburg, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to NAMI.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Michie -- Nora Banks Heath, 82, van driver for RSVP, died Tuesday at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with burial in Pebble Hill cemetery in McNairy County. She attended Lebanon Methodist Church and was a member of Green Thumb Program and Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Mrs. Heath, the widow of Rubel Heath, leaves four daughters, Clois Jeter and Leavon Weaver, both of Savannah, Wilma Jeanette Robbins of Kenosha, Wis., and Darlene Collins of Jackson; a son, Gordon Heath of Michie; a sister, Tina Lipford of Springdale, Ark.; a brother, Frank B. Banks Jr. of Lafe, Ark., eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Saulsbury -- Ed Lane, 78, retired manager for Chrysler Corp. after 27 years, died Tuesday at Bolivar General Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Saulsbury cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. He leaves three sons, Edgar C. Lane Jr. of Panama City, Fla., Henry Bradford Lane of Raleigh, N.C., and Michael Stephen Lane of Canton, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Karen Sue O'Grady of Huber Heights, Ohio; three sisters, Nancy Ellen Hull of Winchester, Ky., Opal Stewart of Dry Ridge, Ky., and Alma Thornton of Memphis; five brothers, William Robert Lane of Lexington, Ky., George Lane, Don Lane and Victor Lane, all of Kentucky, and Onlie Clay Lane of Louisville, Ky., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Somerville -- Johnny Newsom Sweeton, 78, retired heavy equipment operator after 47 years, died Wednesday at Methodist Fayette Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home with burial in Liberty cemetery in Laconia. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Mr. Sweeton, the husband of Lena Mae Anthony Sweeton for 54 years, also leaves three daughters, Joan German and Brenda German, both of Somerville, and Helen Shields of Hickory Valley; two sons, John Sweeton of Pocahontas and Rickey Sweeton of Somerville; three sisters, Edna Jo Sweeton and Frances Anthony, both of Somerville, and Mildred Manley of Laconia, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Liberty cemetery Association.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Stanton -- Ezell Taylor Boyd, 85, died Thursday at Covington Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Douglass Chapel CME Church with burial in Dancyville CME Church cemetery. Rawls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Boyd, the wife of Martro Boyd, also leaves three daughters, Winnie Brown of Atlanta, Aliceteen Greer of Memphis and Marie Middlebrook of Detroit; a son, James Boyd of Cleveland, Ohio; two stepsons, Gaston Boyd and Herbert Boyd, both of Gary, Ind.; a brother, George Taylor of Atlanta, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 13, 2005]
Tommie L. Bartozzi, 78, of Memphis, retired hair stylist at Warren Hair Salon, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Bartozzi, the widow of Frank G. Bartozzi, leaves a daughter, Teresa Downey of Collierville; a son, Frank Bartozzi of Germantown; a sister, Irene Epps of Teasdale, Miss., four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Central Church.
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
Gene Spencer Bollinger, 79, of Little Rock, formerly of Memphis, retired heavy-equipment operator, died Tuesday at Hospice Home Care Inpatient Center. Services will be at noon today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was World War II veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Bollinger, the widower of Rena Bollinger, leaves a son, Tom Bollinger of Milford, Ohio; a sister, Betty Bollinger of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to American Lung Association.
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
Cleveland Debose Jr., 63, of Memphis, security officer, died Wednesday at Whitehaven Community Care. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel with burial in Rainey cemetery in Tunica. He leaves a daughter, Cindy Debose of Chicago; a son, Maurice Perkins of Mississippi; three sisters, Lola Debose of Tunica and Emma Debose and Annie Pearl Debose, both of Memphis; a brother, Clinton Debose of Tunica, and four grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
Mildred Walls Dennis, 79, of St. Peter Villa, retired from Memphis City Schools, died Wednesday at Methodist University Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Greenview cemetery in Nesbit. J.E. Herndon Funeral Home Golden Cross Chapel has charge. She leaves a daughter, Bessie McBride of Memphis, three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
Gloria D. Duncan, 44, of Memphis, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lord Tabernacle with burial in Bethlehem cemetery in Moscow, Tenn. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves five brothers, Clifton Randolph and Harry Duncan, both of Moscow, Terry Duncan of Corinth, Texas, and Darrell Duncan and Carlos Duncan, both of Memphis, and her grandmother, Fannie Duncan of Byhalia, Miss..
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
Cory Horton, 35, of Collierville, coach for St. George Episcopal High School swim team and owner of Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m Sunday at St. George Episcopal School in Collierville. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mr. Horton, the husband of Terie Box, leaves two sisters, Jill Carpenter of Dallas and Ginn Cheatham of Columbus, Ga., and a brother, Kirby Horton of Franklin, Tenn.
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
Alva C. Hughes, 91, of Southaven, retired clerk from Memphis, Light, Gas and Water Division, died Thursday at DeSoto Health Care in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Park. She was a member of Rugby Hills Baptist Church in Memphis. Mrs. Hughes, the widow of Harold Hughes, leaves a niece and nephew who cared for her, Dorothy Price and Billy Barnes.
[Death notice dated May 14, 2005]
