Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Jeanne R. Lathem, 74, of Memphis, retired registered nurse after 42 years and former employee of Mid South Foundation for Health, died Sunday at her home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church, where she was a member. Bartlett Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Lathem, the wife of Sam Lathem, also leaves a son, Gregg Lathem of Germantown, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association or Guide Dogs for the Blind.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Dennis A. Lomando, 58, of Cordova, aircraft mechanic for FedEx, died Tuesday at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. Forest Hill Funeral Home East has charge. Mr. Lomando, the husband of Margaret Lomando for 35 years, also leaves two daughters, Janielle N. Peterson of Dade City, Fla., and D. Suzanne Lomando of Hernando; his mother, Violet Lomando, and two brothers, Bill Lomando and Rick Lomando, all of Miami, and a granddaughter.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Barbara Janette Mason, 67, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Mason, the widow of Robert G. Mason, leaves two daughters, Geri Lockhart of Cordova and Robbie Mason Scarbrough of Memphis; a son, Danny Mason, and a sister, Mary Frances Swell, both of Memphis, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Craig W. Mosby, 47, of Memphis, painter and construction worker, died Sunday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church with burial in New Park Memorial Gardens. Snow Funeral Home has charge. He leaves four daughters, Denise LaShaun Jackson, Markee A. Bush, Felecia Y. Robinson and Takeisha D. Johnson; two sons, Cornelius Wendell Mosby and Craig A. Johnson, and his mother, Theresa Mosby, all of Memphis; six sisters, Linda Parker, Valda Bates and NaDebra Cole, all of Memphis, and Cardisha Orr, Nekeita Milan and NatDebra Lyons, all of Como, Miss.; four brothers, Gregory Mosby, Darryl Mosby, Nathaniel Mosby III and Lorne Williams, and his fiancee, Cynthia Davis, all of Memphis, and 13 grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Andrew John Nanick, 84, of Memphis, retired from New Jersey Transit Authority, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Roller Family Funeral Home. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Knights of Columbus. Mr. Nanick, the husband of Florence Nanick, also leaves a daughter, Gail Powell of Bartlett; a son, Thomas Andrew Nanick of South Seaside Park, N.J., and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Paula E. Palmer, 65, retired lieutenant colonel and chief nurse for the Tennessee Air National Guard and former nurse practitioner and associate chief nurse for Memphis Veterans Medical Center, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Judy Palmer Nutter of Hot Springs, Ark., and a brother, K.B. Palmer of Hernando. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Gwendolyn Phillips, 57, of Memphis, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Southern Funeral Home with burial in Paradise Gardens in Edmondson, Ark. She leaves two sons, Christopher White of Memphis and Kevin Phillips of Seattle; a stepdaughter, Tiffany White, and three stepsons, Gerald White, Fredrick White and Keith White, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Avar S. Pipkin, 99, of Memphis, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., former day care owner, died Monday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Parkway Garden Presbyterian Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pipkin, the widow of George Pipkin, leaves a daughter, Doris Hurd, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Rosie Lee Relliford, 73, of Memphis, retired from White Rose Laundry, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at El-Shaddai Christian Church on Semmes with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves three daughters, Delois Relliford of Memphis, Brenda Relliford McCray of Lithonia, Ga., and Marie Annettee Windom of Danville, Ill.; four sons, Willie E. Briggs and Lowell Briggs, both of Danville, Rev. La'don Relliford of Memphis and Rev. Curlie Relliford of Olive Branch; two sisters, Melvin Duncan and Annienois Lewis, both of Memphis, 26 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Christine Ruffin, 88, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Temple Church of God in Christ with burial in New Park cemetery. Gillespie Funeral Home in Olive Branch has charge. Mrs. Ruffin, the widow of Moses Ruffin, leaves a daughter, Wonnie Lee Mosley of Memphis, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Mae Ola Scott, 91, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Snow Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Scott, the wife of Henry Scott, also leaves a son, Cleveland Scott; a stepdaughter, Margaret Fisher, both of Memphis; two stepsons, Henry Lee Scott of Ottawa, Ill., and Arnell Scott of Chicago; a daughter-in-law who helped care for her, Treneatra Scott of Memphis, 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Gene Paul 'Sonny' Summerall Jr., 48, of Memphis, electrician, died Tuesday at Methodist North Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. Mr. Summerall, the husband of LeAnn Summerall for 24 years, also leaves three daughters, Brandy Summerall, Valerie Armour and Dana Summerall, and his parents, Barbara and Travis Dexter, all of Memphis; a sister, Lisa Woods of Southaven; four brothers, Don Summerall, Eric Dexter, Robert Summerall and Steven Summerall, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Johnny Tate, 79, of Memphis, retired from Collierville Sanitation Department, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Stinson Community Church with burial in Charity Garden cemetery in Rossville. H.C. Jett Funeral Home in Collierville has charge. He leaves 10 daughters, Pearlean Shaw, Jean Shaw, Dessie B. Tate, Shirley A. Thomas, Mary L. Tate and Lucy M. Tate, all of Memphis, Linda K. Franklin of Augusta, Ga., Barbara Edgeston of Jackson, Tenn., Margaret Tate of Collierville and Cheryl D. Moore of Oklahoma City; seven sons, John H. Tate of Chicago, Eddie Lee Tate, Tommy Lee Tate, Timothy T. Tate and Johnny Tate Jr., all of Memphis, Ricky Tate of Collierville and Roger Tate of New York; eight sisters, Pearlie Lee Turan of Grand Junction, Tenn., Everlean Johnson, Annie B. Smith and Elsie Ryans, all of Collierville, Mary J. Locke, Aline Jones and Iola Conley, all of Memphis, and Ludella Colson of Oak Park, Mich., 44 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Daniel Thurman, 30, of Memphis, repossession broker, died Friday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services were Wednesday at Memphis International Church. Mid-South Mortuary had charge. He leaves a daughter, Kelsey Elizabeth Witt of Louisiana; his father, Terry Thomas Thurman of Florida, and a brother, Tommy L. Thurman.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Kamille Jenaya Upshaw, 2-week-old daughter of Sherronda L. Upshaw of Memphis, died Monday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. She also leaves a sister, Katelyn Upshaw of Memphis, and her grandparents, Ousley and Josephine Perkins of Horn Lake.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Pierce Washington, 82, of Memphis, retired truck driver, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Washington, the husband of Ruth Washington, also leaves a daughter, Gwendolyn Funderburk of Memphis, and a granddaughter.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Pearlean Waterman, 77, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Second Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Union cemetery in Millington. Victory Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She leaves a daughter, Willie Beatrice of Memphis; a son, Stanley Waterman of Muskegon, Mich., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Jamie Louise Willey, 80, of Cordova, homemaker, died Friday at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. Mrs. Willey, the widow of Harold Willey, leaves four daughters, Patti Cox of Little Rock, Brenda Sanford of Germantown, Susan Estes of Arlington, Texas, and Patricia McDonald of Bartlett; a son, Jeff Golden of Clinton, Ga.; three sisters, Virginia Henderson of Vallejo, Calif., and Nell Morgan and Mary Jones, both of Milan, Tenn., 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
Atoka -- Rev. Granvil M. Morgan, 65, United Methodist minister for 30 years and pastor of Atoka United Methodist Church, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Millington First United Methodist Church with burial in Hilltop Church of God cemetery in Jacinto, Miss. Munford Funeral Home has charge. He was an Air Force veteran and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Morgan, the husband of Estelle Smith Morgan for 44 years, also leaves two daughters, Charisse Morgan Highlander of Kansas City, Kan., and Cynthia Pereira of Salinas, Calif.; two sons, Granvil Morgan Jr. of Belen, N.M., and Brent David Morgan of Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters, Mame Carl of Ruidoso Downs, N.M., and Kathryn Holt of Rosemark; a brother, Jerry Morgan of Ocala, Fla., and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Atoka United Methodist Church or Tipton Cares in Atoka.
[Death notice dated May 26, 2005]
