Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
MARY JANE BEST, 83, of Memphis, died Wednesday at her home after a stroke. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. today at St. Francis of Assisi Church, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel has charge. She was a former member of St. Paul Altar Society and the Legion of Mary. She leaves two daughters, Mary B. Hargrave and Joan F. Best, both of Memphis; a son, Charles L. Best of Salt Lake City, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Benedict at Auburndale in Cordova, St. Cecilia Motherhouse in Nashville or the charity of the donor's choice.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
TAMEKA LaSHAE BOYLAND, 21, of 998 N. Watkins, Apt. 3, died Wednesday in Memphis of a gunshot wound. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Highland Heights Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, LaQuita Nadine Boyland; a son, NaDavion Lee Boyland, and her mother, Glenda Roy, all of Memphis; her father, Leonard Boyland of Texas; a sister, Fareba Bobo, and two brothers, Glen Roy and Demetrius Roy, all of Memphis, and her grandmothers, Helen Murray of Chicago and Geraldine Boyland of Memphis.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
OTIS CHILDERS, 92, of Memphis, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He was a member of Morris Memorial Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Childers, the husband of Louise Childers, also leaves two daughters, Jeannie Childers of Memphis and Connie Whitmire of North Carolina; two sisters, Zettie Meadows and Edna Jones, both of Ripley, Miss., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
LOUIS CLAY, 79, of Hughes, Ark., farmer, died of heart failure Sunday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Gardens cemetery in Edmondson, Ark. He leaves a stepdaughter, Lela Dotson, and a stepson, Nathaniel Jones, both of Memphis; three sisters, Emma Johnson, Elzena Burton and Minister J. Green, all of Omaha, Neb., 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
VIRGIL LEE CLAYTON, 72, of Memphis, brick mason, died of heart failure Feb. 12 in Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis with burial in Marion (Ark.) Memorial cemetery. Mr. Clayton, the husband of Ellen Clayton, also leaves a daughter, Kim Cunningham of Memphis; three sons, Lavon Clayton of West Memphis, and Calvin Clayton and Virgil Clayton Jr., both of Memphis; and five sisters, Ida Mae Clayton, Gerline Anderson, Vera Ellis, Cora C. Harrell and Rosa Brown, and three brothers, Rev. Leon Clayton, Cleveland Clayton Jr. and Scoby Clayton, all of Memphis.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
WILLIE CURTIS JR., 58, of West Memphis, detail supervisor for Bud Davis Cadillac, died of heart failure Feb. 12 at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at 15th Street Church of God in Christ in West Memphis with burial in Paradise Gardens cemetery in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. Mr. Curtis, the husband of Betty Curtis, also leaves a daughter, Melinda Kay Wilson of West Memphis; three sons, Calvin Curtis and Rickey Curtis, both of San Diego, and Terry Curtis of West Memphis; a sister, Rosie M. Cofey of Fairbanks, Alaska, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
JOHN R. DAVIS, 100, of Memphis, died of heart failure Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. He leaves two brothers, Herman Crawford of Memphis and Randle Crawford of Chicago.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
ELIZABETH EDWARDS, 88, of Memphis, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the mother board at Lake Cormorant Baptist Church. Mrs. Edwards, the widow of Robert Edwards, leaves a son, John Davis, and a cousin who cared for her, Maephine Reese, both of Memphis, 11 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
JAMES O. ELLIS, 88, of Memphis, retired foreman for Forest Hill Dairy, died of heart failure Wednesday at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington, Ky. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. He was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church and a World War II air forces veteran. Mr. Ellis, the widower of Irene I. Ellis, leaves three daughters, Beverly Johnson of Nicholasville, Ky., Chynena Coates of Portland, Ore., and Carolyn Kunsch of Mission Viejo, Calif.; a son, James O. Ellis Jr. of St. Joseph, Mo., nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
SHIRLEY LEE ERVIN, 62, of Covington, Tenn., homemaker, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Munford cemetery there. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Ervin, the wife of Eugene Ervin, also leaves a daughter, Kim Freeland, and a son, Richard P. Ervin, both of Covington, and three grandchildren.
[Dated February 19, 1997]
