Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Oakland -- Linda J. Hart, 57, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Magnolia cemetery. She was a member of Freewill Baptist Church in Pickwick. Mrs. Hart, the wife of Kenny Hart for 33 years, also leaves a daughter, Karen Brandi Lentini of Memphis; her mother, Bobbie Pillsbury of Covington, La., and a sister, Wanda Kelly of Robert, La. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Ripley -- Robert Nolan Criner, 84, retired minister and Lauderdale County Register of Deeds, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Marys Chapel Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Ripley Memorial Gardens. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Criner, the husband of Evelyn Criner, also leaves three daughters, Betty Floyd Countess of Ripley, and Stella Keltner and Linda Naifeh, both of Covington; a stepson, Dwain Becton of Memphis; a sister, Louella Jenkins of Ripley; two brothers, Rozelle Criner of Ripley and Leroy Criner of Yorba Linda, Calif., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Ripley -- Joe Cleveland Daniels, 73, retired from Caterpillar, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Woodville cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Daniels, the widower of Nancy Daniels, leaves two daughters, Margaret Garris and Barbara Wagner, both of Ripley; five sons, Anthony George Daniels of Morris, Ill., Terry Daniels of Denton, Texas, Charles Daniels of Ripley, and Jerry Daniels and David Daniels, both of Channahon, Ill.; five sisters, Margaret Stafford of Memphis, and Alma Ruth Chires, Marie Cox, Verna Mai Overton and Ioye Travis, all of Covington; seven brothers, Kenneth Daniels of Covington, Dave Daniels of St. Petersburg, Fla., Oneal Daniels of Radcliff, Ky., and Jimmy Daniels, Johnny Daniels, Richard Daniels and Lynn Daniels, all of Channahon, 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated May 30, 2005]
Arthur Anderson, 36, of Memphis, formerly of Somerville, employee of John S. Wilder Correctional Center in Somerville, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Williston, Tenn., with burial in the church cemetery there. J.A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. He leaves two daughters, Artrish Anderson and Artavius Anderson, both of Memphis; his mother, Renner Jackson of Somerville; nine sisters, Mamie Wilkerson, Luecrethia Stennis, Cora Watson and Earlene Jackson, all of Kansas City, Mo., Odessa Jones of Memphis, Annie Jackson of Washington, Reola Payne of Jackson, Miss., Mary Wilkerson of Arlington, Texas, and Ella B. Lee of Nashville, and five brothers, Ray Charles Jackson of Kansas City, Willie C. Jackson of Memphis, Willie Jackson Jr. of Millington, William L. Jackson of Easton, Pa., and Elvis Jackson of Nashville.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Brenda Louise Bland, 47, of Memphis, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Mount Olive with burial in Union cemetery. N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves her mother, Bernice Cruson; her father, John Bland; five sisters, Shirley Atkins, Janet Exum, Lisa Bland, Betty Jean Bland and Pamela Bland, and two brothers, John Bland II and John Bland III, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Claude Bryant Jr., 81, of Memphis, retired from Owens Illinois Container Co., died Monday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at noon Monday at Springdale Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Male Chorus, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Victory Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Bryant, the husband of Rosetta Bryant, also leaves two daughters, Patricia Wallington of Omaha, Neb., and Annie L. Butler of Washington; five sons, Herbert L. Bryant, Curtis Bryant, Rev. Dr. C.J. Bryant III and Donald Bryant, all of Memphis, and Robert Bryant of St. Louis; a sister, Jeanette Preston of Louisville, Ky.; five brothers, Vinson Bryant of Detroit, and Perry Bryant, Terry Bryant, Curtis Bryant and Louis Bryant, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Springdale Baptist Church.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Johnnie Bursi, 83, of Memphis, truck mechanic for Chuck Hutton Chevrolet, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Northridge Woodhaven Funeral Home in Millington with burial in Northridge Woodhaven cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Bursi, the widower of Irene Bursi, leaves two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Mamie Carnes, 89, of Memphis, formerly of Somerville, homemaker, died May 27 at Overton Park Health Care Center. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Olive CME Church in Somerville with burial in the church cemetery. J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Somerville has charge. Mrs. Carnes, the widow of James C. Carnes, leaves a daughter, Kathryn Nelson of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Deborah Kaye Chisholm, 49, of Arlington, homemaker, died May 27 in Shelby County. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Family Funeral Care with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Lifeway Baptist Church in Arlington. She leaves two daughters, Raven Chisholm of Arlington and Heather Edwards of Bartlett; two sons, Zackery B. Edwards of Memphis and Charles Jordan Chisholm of Arlington; her mother, Charline Chisholm of Arlington; three sisters, Janet Trenthem of Southaven, Darlene Moore of Walls and Hope Walker of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Lasondra Fason Cole, 31, of Memphis, teacher's assistant for Shelby County Schools, died Monday at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Born Again Holiness Church. She leaves a daughter, Adriene Cole; a son, Antonio Walker Jr.; her parents, Linda and Freddie Fason; a sister, Lavonda Fason, and a brother, Lavadius Fason, all of Memphis.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Ulun Darling, 63, of Memphis, self-employed carpenter and contractor, 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. He leaves three daughters, Stella Payne, Annetta Payne Johnson and Rosemary Darling Leake, and a son, Robert Earl Strong, all of Memphis; eight sisters, Ora Breckenridge, Jerry Darling, Dorothy Underwood, Lueberta Stovall, Martha Hall, Gloria Jean Jones and Missouri Maclin, all of Memphis, and Irene Stovall of Albany, N.Y., and nine grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
C.W. Galloway, 79, of Memphis, retired from Arkansas Best Freight, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Life Missionary Baptist Church with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a son, Larry D. Galloway of Memphis; five sisters; a brother, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Johnnie A. Holmes Gunn, 55, of Memphis, cook for Memphis City Schools, died May 25 at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Zion Taska Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. Golden Gate Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gunn, the wife of Jewell Gunn, also leaves a daughter, Gretchen M. Holmes; a son, Kevin L. Holmes, and four stepdaughters, Ora Williams, Vicki Gunn, Karen Reed and Patricia Gunn, all of Memphis; five stepsons, Myron Gunn of Baltimore, and Steven Gunn, Micheal Gunn, Terry Gunn and Dedrick Gunn, all of Memphis; a sister, Barbara Hursey, and two brothers, Eddie B. Holmes and Jimmy L. Holmes, all of Memphis, 31 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Nathan Scott Hannah, 62, of Collierville, employee of Palos Verdes (Calif.) School District for 12 years, died Tuesday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at South Germantown Church of Christ, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park South Woods. Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, Miss., has charge. He was a graduate of Harbor College in Long Beach, Calif. Mr. Hannah, the husband of Mary Louise Hannah, also leaves a daughter, Nathea Lashawn Hannah, and a son, Demetrius Hannah, both of Memphis; two sisters, Mandoline Dixon of Greenwood, Miss., and Claudia Ellis of Fontana, Calif., and a brother, Badrae Hannah of Gulfport, Miss.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Willie B. Hassell, 74, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Methodist South Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at New Covenant Seventh-day Adventist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hassell, the widow of Joe H. Hassell, leaves three daughters, Anita McGhee, Vernita Townsend and Tressie Hassell; six sons, John C. Hassell, Ray Hassell, Andrew Hassell, Vincent Hassell, Curtis Hassell and Darren Hassell, and a sister, Annie Adams, all of Memphis; a brother, Clarence Gant of Chicago, 16 grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Gloria Jean Hayes, 55, of Memphis, employee of the University of Tennessee, died Sunday at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater Prospect Baptist Church on College with burial in Union cemetery. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, LaTonya Hayes Dodson, and a son, Jeffery Hayes, both of Memphis; eight sisters, Josephine Leatherwood, Georgia Ann Hayes, Teresa Hayes, Carla Echols, Lisa Hayes, Angie Clemmons and Dawn Hayes, all of Memphis, and Linda Scott of Denver; six brothers, George Hayes, Robert E. Hayes and Timmie Hayes, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., Roosevelt Hayes of Sacramento, Calif., and Michael Hayes and Darren Hayes, both of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Mildred Landon, 80, of Memphis, home health aide, died Monday at Court Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Progressive Baptist Church, where she was a choir and Pastor's Aide Club member, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Landon, the widow of Cornelius Landon, leaves three daughters, Earnestine Adams, Louise Cathey and Eleanor Burnette, and three sons, Leslie Marion, John Cathey and James Cathey, all of Memphis, 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Kittie Susan Kee Noyes, 88, of Memphis, homemaker, died Tuesday in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Maplewood cemetery in Ripley, Tenn., with memorial services at 3 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home. She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution and Magna Charta Dames, a volunteer for Memphis Veterans Medical Center for 17 years and a precinct election judge for 30 years. Mrs. Noyes, the widow of Ralph Lay Noyes, leaves two sons, Ralph Kee Noyes and Garnett Randolph Noyes, both of Memphis; three sisters, Nellie Ricks of St. Louis, Janet Thomas of Mountain Brook, Ala., and Lucille Nelson of Vancouver, Wash., and a grandson.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
Sidney Oliver, 89, of Memphis, died Tuesday at Parkway Health & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Martin Temple Memorial CME Church with burial in Elmwood. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Whitehaven Chapel has charge. He leaves a daughter, Bettye Jones of Memphis; a sister, Sadie King of Chicago, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Death notice dated June 3, 2005]
