Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
ELLA C. WILSON, 84, of Memphis, retired employee of the Memphis Board of Education, died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital after a heart attack. R. S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of World Overcomers Outreach Ministry and a former choir member. Mrs. Wilson, the widow of Johnny Wilson, leaves three daughters, Mary Baldwin of Chicago, Willie Mae Brooks of St. Louis and Bernice Tindall of Memphis; a son, Johnny Wilson Jr. of Memphis, 34 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
DAVID NOLAN WOODELL, 43, of Holly Grove, Ark., formerly of West Memphis, self-employed maker of fishing tackle, died of an apparent homicide Monday in Helena, Ark. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Ark. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a Baptist. He leaves a daughter, Leslie Nicole Woodell of Memphis; his mother, Evalena Woodell of Holly Grove, Ark.; a sister, Jean Johnson of West Memphis; four brothers, Joe Woodell of Texarkana, Texas, Richard Woodell and Tom Woodell, both of West Memphis, and James Woodell of Holly Grove.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
JOE L. WRIGHT, 90, of Memphis, retired painter for Ford Motor Co., died of heart failure Wednesday at Heritage Place Nursing Home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mr. Wright, the widower of Evelyn H. Wright, leaves two sons, Johnnie L. Wright of Germantown and Billy J. Wright of Huntsville, Ala.; a sister, Lucille Gillespie of Southaven; a brother, Howard Wright of Southaven, five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
HUBERT WYNN, 86, of Proctor, Ark., farmer, died of heart disease Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home with graveside services at 10 a.m. Saturday at Crum Family cemetery in Corinth, Miss. Mr. Wynn was the husband of Evelyn Hendrix Wynn.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
HAZEL L. ZAMBRONI, 78, of Memphis, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in National cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. Mrs. Zambroni, the widow of Peter Joseph Zambroni, leaves a son, Henry B. Smith III, and two sisters, Nan Mae Hansen and Helen B. Latham, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
FRANK PAUL MAYER, 77, of Brownsville, Tenn., retired state employee, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Haywood Park Hospital in Brownsville. Services will be at noon today at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. He was a communicant of St. John Catholic Church and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He was a charter member of the Delta Nu Alpha transportation fraternity's West Tennessee Chapter 224. Mr. Mayer, the husband of Margaret Stanton Mayer, also leaves local survivors including two sons, Charles Mayer and Donald Mayer, both of Memphis.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
NATHAN E. ALDRIDGE JR., 66, of 1437 Kney, retired maintenance worker for Overlook Apartments, died of heart failure Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at Greater St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church with burial in New Park cemetery. E. H. Ford Mortuary Services has charge. Mr. Aldridge, the husband of Bernice Aldridge, also leaves three daughters, Diane Thomas, Linda Garrett and Jacqueline Ross; a son, Nathan Aldridge III, and a stepdaughter, Dietrich Payne, all of Memphis; a sister, Clara Christian of Chicago, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
SARAH NICOLE ANDERSON, 9-year-old daughter of Christina Kay Yeubanks and Wayne Lewis Anderson Jr., both of Memphis, student at Shady Grove Elementary, died Wednesday at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center after an auto accident. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Walton cemetery in Covington, Tenn. She participated in Shelby Youth Sports and the pompon squad for Elmore Park, and was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church. She also leaves her stepfather, Chance Curtis Yeubanks of Memphis; two half-sisters, Kathryn Alexandria Yeubanks of Memphis and Melody Anderson of Horn Lake, Miss.; her grandparents, Mike and Sandra McWilliams, and Wayne and Carol Anderson, all of Memphis, and Carol Forrest of New Orleans; her great-grandmothers, Hazel McWilliams and Sara Perkins, both of Memphis, and a great-great-grandmother, Bessie Davis of Doniphan, Mo.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
JUANITA R. BASKERVILLE, 63, of 2172 Benton, retired dressmaker and alterationist for Hecht's Tall Shop, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a stroke. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Annesdale-Cherokee Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a former usher, with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. N. H. Owens & Son Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Baskerville, the wife of Albert Baskerville, also leaves three daughters, Sonya Baskerville of Portland, Ore., and Dr. Karen A. Baskerville and Jill L. Baskerville, both of Memphis; her mother, Dorothy M. Ellis of Memphis; a brother, William H. Rubin of Chicago, and a half-sister, Doris Agho, and a half-brother, Cleophus Rubin, both of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Southwest branch of the American Heart Association in Memphis to benefit the Minority Outreach Task Force.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
EVELYN D. BATES, 87, of Covington, Tenn., beautician, died Sunday at Covington Care Center after a stroke. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Canaan Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Townsend cemetery in Covington. Barlow Funeral Home of Covington has charge. Mrs. Bates, the wife of Letroy Bates, also leaves a son, Johnny Burchett of Nashville.
[Dated February 19, 1997]