Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
VERNIS MAE RIKARD, 65, of Memphis, retired employee of Baptist Memorial Hospital, died there Monday of an aneurysm. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. She leaves two daughters, Brenda J. Looney of Southaven and Tina Parrish of Oklahoma City; three sons, William W. Rikard and David R. Rikard, both of Hernando, Miss., and Robert W. Rikard of Oklahoma City; her mother, Juanita H. Ransom, and a sister, Joyce J. McKell, both of Horn Lake, Miss., 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
LENA MAE KELLY SCOTT, 72, of 558 Hernando, Apt. 1, homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Sunday at St. Joseph Hospital. Services will be at noon Friday at St. Thomas Baptist Church at 377 E. Butler, where she was a member, with burial in Easthaven cemetery. S. W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Scott, the widow of Albert Kelly Jr. and Robert Scott, leaves two sisters, Willie Mae Henderson of Los Angeles and Carolyn Henderson of Greenwood, Miss.; eight brothers, James Henderson of Perris, Calif., Tony Henderson of Long Beach, Calif., Joe Chism of Riverside, Calif., and Cleveland Henderson, Wesley Henderson, John Henry Henderson, Walter Henderson and Andrew Henderson Jr., all of Greenwood, and friends who cared for her, William and Dorothy Ellis, and Lena Mae Ely, all of Memphis.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
IDA MAE SIMMONS, 83, of 3840 Cazassa, retired laundry worker for City of Memphis Hospital after more than 60 years, died of pneumonia Monday at her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Moriah East Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member for more than 60 years, with burial in Mt. Carmel cemetery. Southern Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Simmons, the widow of Sylvester Simmons, leaves two nieces and two nephews, all of whom cared for her, Melba Lambert, Charlesetta Sims, Kenneth Hart and Nesbit Hart Jr., all of Memphis.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
THURSTON STARKS, 93, of Memphis, died of heart failure Wednesday at Parkway Nursing Home. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Starks leaves two friends who cared for him, Rose and George Hart of Memphis.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
STEPHAINE SHERESE MONYETTE STRONG, 19, of 3400 Rochester, senior at Mitchell High, died of cardiac arrest Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Golden Gate Full Gospel Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Youth and Young Adult Choir, with burial in New Park cemetery. Snow Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of TORCH. She leaves two sons, Queshean Strong and Nikkia Strong; her parents, Earl and Erma Strong; a sister, Danness Blount; a brother, Earl Strong Jr., and an aunt who raised her, Zenie Terrell, all of Memphis.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
CORA MAE TACKER, 78, of Memphis, homemaker, died of pneumonia Wednesday at Methodist Hospital North. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memory Hill Gardens cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Home-Family Heritage Chapel has charge. Mrs. Tacker, the widow of Ben T. Tacker, leaves two daughters, Sarah Chumley and Cathy Joyner, both of Memphis; a son, Ben Tacker Jr. of Germantown; five sisters, Alberta Breitenback of Metairie, La., Ernestine Darlington of Marietta, Ga., and Buelah Bradley, Florence Bradley and Mabel Bradley, all of Memphis; a brother, Lonnie Bradley of Memphis, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
WILLIE D. TAYLOR, 81, of Millington, tapper for Iron Co. and Smelting & Iron Corp., died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Shelby Pines Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Jefferson Mortuary in Millington has charge. He was a member of Jacob Lodge 197. Mr. Taylor was the husband of Pearl R. Taylor.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
INEZ LAVONNE THOMPSON, 82, of Memphis, retired secretary-treasurer for Thompson Engineers Inc., died of cancer Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Thompson, the widow of William B. Thompson after 59 years, leaves two sons, William B. Thompson Jr. of Germantown and Ronald L. Thompson of Memphis, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
CHARLES EDWARD WARD, 70, of Memphis, retired parts manager with Autorama, died of heart failure Tuesday in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Nowell Memorial Funeral Home in Tunica, Miss., with burial in Oakwood cemetery there. He had served in the Navy on the USS Maryland during World War II. He was a member of the American Legion and was an Eagle Scout. Mr. Ward, the husband of Carole C. Ward, also leaves three daughters, Anna Cheryl Ward of Houston, Texas, Cynthia J. Horton of Conroe, Texas, and Lisa Carole Holloway of Memphis; two sons, Charles E. Ward Jr. of Memphis and Charles R. Ward of Tunica, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
SHARON E. WHITMORE, 45, of Miami, formerly of Memphis, civil service employee at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Miami, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Hospital of Miami. Services will be at noon Saturday at Monumental Baptist Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Midtown. J. O. Patterson Mortuary has charge. She was a member of the choir at Bethel Full Gospel Baptist Church in Miami. She leaves a son, Keith Whitmore of Los Angeles; her father, Odell Whitmore of Memphis; four sisters, Joann Jones of Atlanta, and Dorothy J. Scott, Joyce M. Whitmore and Lisa L. Whitmore, all of Memphis; four brothers, Norris Whitmore, Anthony Whitmore, Lyndell Whitmore and Raymond Crutchfield, and stepbrother, Thomas F. Cooper, all of Memphis, and a friend who cared for her, Hubert Griffin of Miami.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
