Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Donald E. Riley
Donald E. Riley, co-founder of Prudential RCR Realty Co., died Wednesday, March 10, 1999, in a local health care facility. He was 63.
Mr. Riley was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and the son of the late Samuel and Alice Brown Riley. He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
He was a member of the Tennessee Association of Realtors, the Chattanooga Association of Realtors, the local Certified Commercial Investment Member chapter and the Rotary Club of Chattanooga.
He was an Episcopalian and served in the U.S. Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Hixson Riley; two children, Kelly Alice Riley, Chattanooga, and Shelby Keith Riley, Fayetteville, Ga.; and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home, North, with the Rev. and Hon. Sam Payne officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Dorothy Giacomozzi, 70
Dorothy Giacomozzi, who taught nursing at Southern Adventist University for 13 years, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999, at her Apison home. She was 70.
Before coming to Southern University she taught at Union College in Denver for 20 years.
Mrs. Giacomozzi, a native of Scottsville, Mich., had lived in Hamilton County since 1982 and was a member of the McDonald Road Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She had master's degrees in public health from the University of Colorado and Loma Linda University.
Survivors include her husband, Edwin Giacomozzi; three sons, Larry Giacomozzi, Collegedale, Kent Giacomozzi, Chicago, and Bryan Giacomozzi, Apison; two brothers, Melvin Hill, Grand Junction, Colo., and Donald Hill, Eades, Colo.; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be today at 3:30 p.m. at McDonald Road Seventh-day Adventist Church with pastor Don Gettys officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Maranatha, 1600 Sacramento Inn Way, Suite 116, Sacramento, CA 95815.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road.
Dorothy Schulman
Dorothy Kaminski Schulman, a prominent businesswoman in Chattanooga for many years, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1999, in a local nursing home.
Mrs. Schulman, her parents and her late husband, Alfred Schulman, founded Peacock Jewelry Co., which they operated until the early 1970s. Later they opened Hamilton Distributors.
Mrs. Schulman was a member of Mizpah Congregation, the Hadassah and Sisterhood. She was born in Charleston, S.C., a daughter of the late Samuel and Betty Karesh Kaminski.
Survivors include her son, attorney Richard Schulman, Chattanooga; daughter, Marilyne Rafal, Virginia Beach, Va.; two grandchildren, Dana Fink, Norfolk, Va., and Adam Rafal, Virginia Beach; and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements will be announced by J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Druey 'Pat' Hayes, 87
Druey 'Pat' Hayes, who retired from Southern Railroad after 39 years as a switchman, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, in a local hospital. He was 87.
Mr. Hayes, a resident of East Brainerd, was a native of Oconee County, S.C., and had lived in Chattanooga since 1935.
Mr. Hayes was a member and past president of United Transportation Unit 338 and the National Association of Retired Railroad and Veteran Employees.
He also was a member of Chattanooga Masonic Lodge 199, the Chattanooga Half Century Club and the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni Chapter 148, where he had served as chaplain.
He was an active member of Avondale Baptist Church and the Hodge Bible Class there. He had served as a Sunday school teacher, was chairman of the deacon board, finance committee and a church trustee. He was a member of the Happy Larks Senior Group and Happy Larks Choir.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Mary Fay Hayes; a son, Stanley F. Hayes, Tampa, Fla.; daughter, Patti-Fay Moore, Boca Raton, Fla.; brother, Ralph Gillespie, Rossville, Ga.; sister, Doris Quarles, Seneca, S.C.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road, with the Rev. Richard Sorey officiating. Grandsons will deliver the eulogy.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends today from 2 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Rev. W. Earl Stevens
The Rev. W. Earl 'Steve' Stevens, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church here for 17 years and senior pastor of First Evangelical Church in Memphis for 16 years, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in a local hospital. He was 83.
A Chicago native, the Rev. Stevens lived in Chattanooga from 1952-69 and in Memphis from 1969-85.
He retired to Hixson in 1985 and attended Calvary Bible Church in Chattanooga. He was a former chairman of the Master's Foundation in Chattanooga and former chairman and board member of Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn.
He was a graduate of Wheaton College and received his master of theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1942. After seminary, he began his pastoral ministry in Longview, Texas, followed by nine years of ministry at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La.
He started the Keswick Convention here in 1965 after visiting the original Keswick meeting in England. He was noted as a Bible teacher and as a leader who instituted annual, communitywide gatherings of the Keswick Conference.
From 1985-97 he was general director of the Messianic Ministry to Israel based here, and most recently initiated concerts of prayer, uniting pastors and churches in the greater Chattanooga area.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Wood Stevens; two daughters, Jeanie S. Cook, Knoxville, and Lynne S. Harper, Birmingham, England; a son, the Rev. David Earle Stevens, France; sister, Erma Walker, Milwaukee, Wis.; and eight grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at New City Fellowship Church with the Rev. Randy Nabors and the Rev. Garry R. Hogan Jr. officiating.
A graveside service will be Saturday at noon in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to O.C. International (France), P.O. Box 36900, Colorado Springs, CO 80936-6900.
Edith Wilson
Edith S. Wilson, a member of Falling Water Baptist Church, died Thursday, April 15, 1999, at her home in Falling Water.
Mrs. Wilson was the wife of Delmont Wilson, chief photographer for the Chattanooga News-Free Press for more than 40 years.
She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Susan Kemper Smith.
Survivors other than her husband include two sons, Monty and Jim Bob Wilson, both of Falling Water; a brother, Joe Smith, Chattanooga; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held today at 2 p.m. at Falling Water Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Canada and the Rev. J.D. Carnes officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Falling Water Baptist Church Building Fund.
Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home, North.
Edna Meyer, 90
Edna Findley Meyer, who with her late husband, Arthur Meyer, edited and published the Bledsonian Banner in Pikeville, Tenn., for 15 years, died Monday, March 22, 1999, at her Red Bank home. She was 90.
Born near Kowa, Kan., she graduated from Kansas State University and taught elementary school and piano for many years.
She was a member of Red Bank United Methodist Church, the Mu Phi Epsilon honorary music sorority and the Chattanooga Quilters Guild.
Survivors include four daughters, Beth Perry, Creston, La., Lavina Smith, Lenoir, N.C., Edith Cary, Chattanooga, and Miriam Franz, Kent, Wash., and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be Sunday at Red Bank United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Spring City Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Red Bank United Methodist Church for Mission Outreach, 3800 Dayton Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37413.
Arrangements are by Vaughn Funeral Home, Spring City.
Helen Wallacetein Moore
Helen Wallacetein Moore, retired personnel director for the Electric Power Board, died Tuesday, March 30, 1999, in a local hospital. She was 77.
Miss Moore was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, its Faith Sunday School Class and the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther Douglas and Ida Julia Howard Moore, four brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two nephews and four nieces.
The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Dr. Dwayne Cole officiating.
Burial will be at Silverdale cemetery.
The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 and from 6 to 8 p.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home, East.
Memorial contributions can be made to First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1505 North Moore Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411.
Harry Townsend
Henry J. 'Harry' Townsend, an electrical engineer retired after 33 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 1998.
Mr. Townsend, a resident of Chattanooga, was a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was a member of Brainerd United Methodist Church, the Chattanooga Engineers Association, the Retired Officers Association and the Chattanooga Photographic Society.
Mr. Townsend was a member of the TVA Retirees.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Jesse MacLeod.
Survivors include his wife, Nora Belcher Townsend; a sister, Jean T. Warren, Falmouth, Ma.; a niece, Judith T. Folger, Orono, Maine; three nephews, Norman T. MacLeod, Needham, Mass., Dr. Charles R. Belcher and Richard S. Belcher, both of Hixson; two great-nieces and one great-nephew.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home, East, with the Rev. Brent Hall and the Rev. Harper Sasser officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National cemetery.
The family will receive friends Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Brainerd United Methodist Church or a favorite charity.
