Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Norma Regina Bales Matthews
Norma Regina Bales Matthews, age 53, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Morristown and New Market, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2003 in Columbus after a battle with cancer. She was of the Baptist faith and had been employed by J.C. Penny for 12 years. She is preceded in death by her father, Thomas P. Bales. She is survived by her husband, C.D. Matthews; son, Kenny D. Matthews, both of Columbus; mother, Alice M. Bales of New Market; brothers, Bill and Jeffery Bales of New Market, Darrell Bales of Jefferson City; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 28, at 11 a.m. in Fielden Chapel with Rev. Tommy Lindsey and Rev. David Sumner conducting the service. Interment
will follow in Jefferson Memorial Garden. Fielden Funeral Home, New Market, is in charge of arrangements.
Pauline Kelley Whaley
Pauline Kelley Whaley, age 61, of Kodak, passed away Friday, November 21, 2003, at U.T. Medical Center. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Jefferson City. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fate and Hautie Kelley. She is survived by her husband, Roy Whaley of Kodak; sons and daughters-in-law, Danny and Barbara Whaley, Jeff and Renee Whaley, Randall Whaley; daughter, Patricia Newberry; grandchildren, Daniel, Lacey, Casey, Eathon, Hunter and Joseph Whaley, Ashley and Heather Crooke, Austin Stapleton; brothers and sisters-in-law, Cecil and Barbara Kelley, Buford and Pat Kelley, Dorothy Dellinger, Grace Moore, Leona Collins; sisters, Una Mae Brooks, Ruby Ashmoore and Judy Mealer; brothers-in-law, Conley, Troy and Leon Whaley; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 23, in Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Crider conducting the service. Interment
was held in Fain cemetery. Fielden Funeral Home, New Market, was in charge of arrangements.
Freddie Mae Debose
Freddie Mae Debose, of Jefferson City, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2003, at the Life Care Center of Jefferson City. She was born November 11, 1910 in Hope Hull, Alabama. Freddie was one of eighteen children. She was a member of Martha Davis Baptist Church. Before making her home in Jefferson City, she retire from Harlan County Hospital after many years of service in Harlan, Kentucky. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ulyss Debose; parents, Anthony Lee Russell and Lula (Brandy) Russell, all brothers and sisters, except one; niece she raised, Donzie (Russell) Greene. She is survived by her children she raised, Robert (Mary Ann) Greene of Talbott, Huge (Cynthia) Greene of Portsmouth, Ohio, Mary Elizabeth Sanford of Portsmouth, Ohio, Myra (Thomas) Dunson of Harlan, Kentucky and Ernest (Geneva) Cole; sister, Shirley (Glenn) Harbin of Harlan, Kentucky; devoted cousin, Elder Willie Lamb; several sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews; many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 22, at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Nathaniel Wilson conducting the service. Interment
followed in Jefferson Memorial Gardens. Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City, was in charge of arrangements.
David A. (Ducko) Denton
David A. (Ducko) Denton, age 45, of Jefferson City, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2003, at the University of Tennessee Hospital following a sudden illness. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church and a member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #61. He served at the rank of Corporal with the Jefferson City Police Department with 22 years of service. He was very active in the Jefferson City Youth Baseball League and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is preceded in death by his father, Jim Denton; twin brother, Danny Alan Denton; sister, Dedra Dawn Denton; brother, Jimmy Darrell Denton. He is survived by his wife, Florence Denton of the home; son, Alan Denton; daughter, Tiffany Denton; mother, Joelene Denton of Jefferson City; sister and brother-in-law, Donna and Don Stubblefield of Jefferson City; nephews, Bruce and Phillip Stubblefield; several aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives; long-time family friend almost as close as brothers, Wayne Hinkle and wife, Jeannie; special friend, Charlie Miller of Jefferson City. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 26, at 2 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Dr. Sonny Strange, Rev. Rusty Webster and Rev. John Lawson conducting the service. Interment
will follow in Jefferson Memorial Gardens with full police honors. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, November 25, at Emmanuel Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Emmanuel Baptist Church Youth Program or Mills Springs Church Youth Program. Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City, is in charge of arrangements.
Betty J. Hardin
Betty J. Hardin, age 76, of Strawberry Plains, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2003 after a lingering illness. She was a member of Strawberry Plains First Baptist Church and a retired employee of Magnavox. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Lynn Griffin; sister, Mildred Griffin, Edith Griffin, Clara Stair, Ruth Newman, Louise Cate, Helen Hayter; brother, Robert Griffin. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Troy E. Hardin of the home; son, Robert Hardin, also of the home; son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Diane Hardin of Morristown; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jim Haggard of Morristown; grandchildren, Gary Hardin III of Columbia, South Carolina, Betsy Wolfe of Morristown and Mandy Haggard of Morristown; great-grandchildren, Joel, Jacob, and Gabrielle Hardin of Columbia, South Carolina and Kirk Wolfe of Morristown; sister, Mrs. W.M. (Rubye) Sams of Morristown; sister-in-law, Ruby Griffin of Strawberry Plains; brother-in-law, Jack Hayter of Morristown; several nieces, nephews and special friends. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 25, at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Boatfield conducting the service. Family and friends will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 26, at the funeral home to proceed to Trentville cemetery for an 10:30 a.m. graveside interment
service. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday prior to the services at the funeral home. Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City, are in charge of arrangements.
Nancy L. Peck
Nancy L. Peck, age 97, of Jefferson City, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2003 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. She was a homemaker and had been a member of the First Baptist Church of Jefferson City since 1924, the year she came as a student to Carson-Newman College form her home in Greene County. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harry G. Peck; parents, Cartherine J. Livingstone and Nathaniel T. Livingstone; four brothers and six sister. She is survived by her daughter, Mary J. Peoples, with whom she had made her home for the past fourteen years in Jefferson City; son, James H. Peck and wife, Linnea of Knoxville; daughter, Bette H. Brasher and husband, Jack of Farragut; daughter, Amy L. Torgerson and husband, Ray of Portland, Oregon; son, Edwin A. Peck and wife, Joan of Knoxville; grandchildren, Amy Huber, Angela Link, Henry “Hank” Peck, Julie Peck, Caroline Peck, Gilbert “Bo” Peck of Knoxville, John Peck of Greeneville, Bill Huber of Nashville, Jeanie Barrineau of Greenwood, South Carolina and Lydia Elliott of Powhatan, Virginia; 13 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; sister-in-law, Dorothy Livingstone of Cleveland. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 23, at First Baptist Church with Dr. Gene Wilder conducting the service. Graveside interment
services were held in Westview cemetery. Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City, was in charge of arrangements.
Zella Mae Atchley
Zella Mae Atchley, of Morristown, formerly of Knoxville, passed away Friday, November 21, 2003, at Life Care Center of Morristown. She was a member of The First Christian Church of Knoxville for 75 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, William J. Atchley. She is survived by her daughter and husband, Nancy and Willliam H. Bassett; granddaughter, Julie Bassett of Morristown; grandson, Eric Bassett of Akron, Ohio; sister, Mary Akers of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews. Graveside interment
services were held Tuesday, November 25, in Lynnhurst cemetery with Dr. Scott Rollins conducting the service. Fielden Funeral Home, New Market, was in charge of arrangements.
Norma Regina Bales Matthews
Norma Regina Bales Matthews, age 53, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Morristown and New Market, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2003 in Columbus after a battle with cancer. She was of the Baptist faith and had been employed by J.C. Penny for 12 years. She is preceded in death by her father, Thomas P. Bales. She is survived by her husband, C.D. Matthews; son, Kenny D. Matthews, both of Columbus; mother, Alice M. Bales of New Market; brothers, Bill and Jeffery Bales of New Market, Darrell Bales of Jefferson City; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 28, at 11 a.m. in Fielden Chapel with Rev. Tommy Lindsey and Rev. David Sumner conducting the service. Interment
will follow in Jefferson Memorial Garden. Fielden Funeral Home, New Market, is in charge of arrangements.
Pauline Kelley Whaley
Pauline Kelley Whaley, age 61, of Kodak, passed away Friday, November 21, 2003, at U.T. Medical Center. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Jefferson City. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fate and Hautie Kelley. She is survived by her husband, Roy Whaley of Kodak; sons and daughters-in-law, Danny and Barbara Whaley, Jeff and Renee Whaley, Randall Whaley; daughter, Patricia Newberry; grandchildren, Daniel, Lacey, Casey, Eathon, Hunter and Joseph Whaley, Ashley and Heather Crooke, Austin Stapleton; brothers and sisters-in-law, Cecil and Barbara Kelley, Buford and Pat Kelley, Dorothy Dellinger, Grace Moore, Leona Collins; sisters, Una Mae Brooks, Ruby Ashmoore and Judy Mealer; brothers-in-law, Conley, Troy and Leon Whaley; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 23, in Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Crider conducting the service. Interment
was held in Fain cemetery. Fielden Funeral Home, New Market, was in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn Bell
Evelyn Bell, age 51, of White Pine, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2004, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Morristown. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Dallas and Ruby Wilson; special nephew, Tommy Harris. She is survived by her husband, Troy Bell of White Pine; sisters and brothers-in-law, Charlotte and Fred Whitehouse of Russellville and Ina and Fred Moser of Bean Station; brother, Michael Wilson of Sneedville; stepson and daughter-in-law, Lantie and Yvonne Bell of California; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Bonnie Lou Moore, Jo Ann and Chuck Jenkins and Avery Sue Brooks of Morristown, Lloyd Bell and friend, Bea of Kodak and Eugene and Bobbie Jean Bell of Wilkesboro, North Carolina; uncles and aunts, Evelyn Ferguson, Cordia Carroll, L.C. and Delena Johnson, Kyle Wilson; nephews, Adam, Eric, Dusty, Owen; special friend, Susan Gray; special niece and family, Carla, Tony and Matt Bradley. The family would like to thank Hospice and all the relatives and friends who gave their love and support during her illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 3, at Farrar Funeral Home, White Pine, with Rev. Kenneth Richey and Rev. Danny Georges conducting the service. Graveside interment
services were held Sunday, April 4, in White Pine cemetery. Farrar Funeral Home, White Pine, was in charge of arrangements.
Jesse B. (J.B.) Brabson
Jesse B. (J.B.) Brabson, age 76, of Strawberry Plains, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2004, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was a graduate of Swift Memorial, retired from Martin Marietta Y-12 plant after 36 years of service, an Air Force veteran, and a lifetime member of Calvary St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Strawberry Plains. He was preceded in death by his wife of 43 years, Joyce; father and mother, Frank and Ophelia Brabson; brother, George. He is survived by his daughters, Rhonda Dotson of Strawberry Plains, Paulette Jefferson of Knoxville, Deborah (Terry) Copeland of Concord; son, Paul Brabson of Strawberry Plains; devoted granddaughters, Kristi and Chastity; granddaughters, Shalanda and Kierrah; grandsons, Erick, Derick, Quinton III, Terry II, Cory; seven great-grandchildren, including devoted great-granddaughter, Briana Beatty; brothers, Herbert Brabson (Lucy) of Jefferson City, Elmer (Inez) Brabson of Los Angeles, California, devoted brother, Earl (Mary Alice) Brabson; sister, Maxine Tuggle of Strawberry Plains; two sisters-in-law, Doris (Willis) Cunningham of Jefferson City and Jean (Tom) Sheets of Jefferson City; host of family and friends. Funeral services were held Sunday, April 4, at Farrar Funeral Home in Jefferson City with Rev. Benjamin Jackson conducting the service. Graveside interment
services were held Monday, April 5, in Gillette cemetery. Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City, was in charge of arrangements.
