Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
RICHARD BYRON PERRY JR., 83, of Atlanta, formerly of Memphis, retired from Diamond-Shamrock Chemical Co., died of heart disease Saturday at St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. He served in the Pacific as a first lieutenant in the Navy during World War II, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Atlanta Country Club and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Mr. Perry, the husband of Martha Carpenter Perry, also leaves three daughters, Suzanne Brethrick and Joanne Jorgensen, both of Memphis, and Glenda Talbot of Oklahoma City; a son, Glenn Carpenter Jr. of Dallas, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
JANET W. PHILP, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Kirby Pines Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Kirby Pines Auditorium with burial in Mt. Auburn Memorial Park in Stickney, Ill. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. Mrs. Philp, the widow of James Philp, leaves a daughter, Patricia P. Riley of Lakeland, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
PRECIEUSE FLORENCE `BUTTONS' REEVES, 27, of Memphis, died of heart failure Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at True Believers Holiness Church. M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four sons, DeAnthony Patterson, Damien Nolen, Johnny Brown and Dominque Brown, and her mother, Sandra J. Reeves, all of Memphis; three sisters, Charmane Johnson and Sandra Roberts, both of Memphis, and Latonya Reeves of Denver; a brother, LaBarron Morgan of Memphis; her grandparents, Emmerean Bowman of Memphis, Elease Johnson of Detroit and Carnashal Johnson of Chicago, and her great-grandmother, Leola Williams of Memphis.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
WILLIAM ELIJAH SAVAGE, infant son of Cristy Lynn Savage and William Earl Savage Jr. of Horn Lake, Miss., died at birth Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Graveside services wil be at 11 a.m. today in New Bethlehem cemetery in Horn Lake. Hernando Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves a sister, Emily Jane Savage, and a stepbrother, Brandon Carl Smith, both of Horn Lake, and his grandparents, Buford Carl Shields and Norma Jane Shields, both of Horn Lake, and Carol Rita Savage of Memphis.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
JACQUELINE SMITH, 49, of 2165 N. Hubert Circle, died of cancer Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital. Services will be at noon Saturday at M. J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Galilee Memorial Gardens. She leaves her mother, Thelma Smith; her father, James E. Smith, and her twin sister, Joyce Jordan, all of Memphis, and two brothers, Clifford Smith of Memphis and James E. Smith Jr. of New York City.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
ADDIE SPEARS, 81, of Shelby County Health Care Center, retired department store custodial worker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Shelby County Health Care Center. Services will be at noon Sunday at Victor Valley Baptist Church in Macon, Miss., where she was a former member, with burial in the church cemetery. Mid-South Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a sister, Martha Stewart, and a brother, Grady Cooper, both of Memphis, nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
LENNON TAPPLIN, 32, of Oakland, Tenn., janitorial employee, died of cancer Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Belle Grove Baptist Church with burial in Belle Grove cemetery in Oakland. Mabone Funeral Home of Somerville, Tenn., has charge. He leaves a son, Lennon Terrell Tapplin; his parents, Mary and James Tapplin, and a sister, Christy M. Tapplin, all of Oakland; and five brothers, Reginald J. Tapplin of Milwaukee, James L. Tapplin of Somerville, Michael A. Tapplin of Las Vegas, and Timothy H. Tapplin and Darron R. Tapplin, both of Oakland.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
JAMES ARTHUR TERRY, 72, of Mason, Tenn., retired employee of U.S. Department of Transportation, died Sunday at his home after an apparent homicide. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Mason, where he was a member, with burial in Robinson cemetery there. Mason Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Terry, the husband of Thelma Williams Terry, also leaves two daughters, Fannie Richardson and Jim Edna Daily, and two sons, Joe Louis Terry and James A. Terry Jr., all of Detroit; six sisters, Mary Lacey and Henretta Hicks, both of Mason, Katie M. Brown and Estelle Smith, both of Memphis, and T. L. Loggins and Esther Hudson, both of Chicago; two brothers, Allen Terry Jr. and Lawrence Terry, both of Chicago; 18 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
MYRTLE THOMPSON, 82, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, Tenn., homemaker, died April 24 of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Memorial Park cemetery in Dyersburg. Hudson Funeral Home of Dyersburg has charge. Mrs. Thompson, the widow of Joe L. Thompson, leaves three daughters, Lillian Thompson Lewis and Mary C. Thompson Moore, both of Memphis, and Mary E. Pettus of Port Smith, Va.; a son, Howard L. Thompson of Cincinnati, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
LEONARD V. WALLACE, 68, of Atoka, Tenn., federal postal employee, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Godfrey, Ill. He was an Army veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He leaves seven daughters, Diane Monteil of Polo, Mo., Debra Hesperia of California, Donna Price of Wood River, Ill., Alicia Chappell of Cottage Hill, Ill., Patricia Rodriguez of Midwest City, Okla., Denise Young of Pocatello, Idaho, and Darla Medlin of Cottondale, Ala.; three sons, Lester Wallace of Crossville, Tenn., and Lennie Wallace and Edward Wallace, both of Atoka; two sisters, Ida Gilbert of Athens, Ga., and Ada Walker of Gillespie, Ill.; a brother, Ed Wallace of Alton, Ill., 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Dated May 1, 2007]
