Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Lessie Sartin
Lessie Jo Sartin, 56, resident of Memphis and probation officer for the State of Tennessee before her illness, died August 20, 2005, at the St. Frances Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for one day.
Services were conducted August 27 at the Peebles Funeral Chapel in Somerville with a cousin, Rev. Daniel Wilborn, officiating. Special remarks were given by a friend, Willie H. Tate, Jr. Interment
was in the Fayette County Memorial Park cemetery on Highway 64. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Miss. Sartin was born January 18, 1949, in the Love Community near Hernando, Miss., the daughter of the late James A. Sartin, Sr. and the late Alice Jones Sartin. She was a graduate of the Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York and attended the Howard University in Washington, D.C. where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech Pathology.
Miss. Sartin was a former resident of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands where she taught young people with speech disorders and also became a licensed real estate agent at St. Thomas. She then returned to her native southland 20 years ago and was a resident of Memphis where she served as a probation officer for the State of Tennessee for 18 years before her illness.
Miss. Sartin will be remembered as a spiritual person and for her outstanding collection of unique and beautiful dolls. Miss. Sartin's laughter, ever-present smile and sense of humor was an inspiration to her many friends and family members.
Miss. Sartin is survived by her brother , James A. Sartin, Jr. and wife, Barbara, of Oakland and nine nieces and nephews.
Casketbearers were Malcolm Hawes, Traie Sartin, Jeremy Sartin, Justin J. Sellers, Darian Gill and Brandon Sartin.
The family requests that memorials be directed to the Memphis Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, 5583 Murray Road, Suite 110, Memphis, TN 38119.
MANILA, AR - Laymon Dean Brown, 58, factory worker, husband of Kathrine Brown, died of cirrhosis of the liver Wednesday in Manila.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
MARKED TREE - Monroe King Jr., 67, died of respiratory failure on April 10 in Earle.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
MARVELL - Mary Cathryn Smith, 60, law enforcement worker, wife of Billy Stiles Smith, died of cancer Tuesday at her home.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
COFFEEVILLE - Katie Sue Hughes, 85, homemaker, widow of Claude G. Hughes, died of heart failure Monday at Grenada Lake Medical Center.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
COLUMBUS - Bailey Alexander Strowd, 81, retired school maintenance employee, husband of Margaret Williams Strowd, died of cancer Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
GREENWOOD - Ella Mae Myers, 88, homemaker, widow of Hiram G. Myers, died of heart failure Tuesday at Greenwood-Leflore County Hospital.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
KILMICHAEL - Michael Paul Wright, 19, laborer, died Monday of injuries received in an auto accident.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
LAMBERT - Gina Tawanda Dudley Jinadu, 35, of Minneapolis, Minn., formerly of Lambert, nurse and dental assistant, wife of Kevin Ferguson, died of respiratory failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
TUNICA - Perles W. Wesson, 85, retired heavy equipment operator, widower of Martha Wesson, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
VARDAMAN - Joe Edward Higginbotham, 74, truck driver, husband of Pauline Higginbotham, died of cancer Tuesday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
ALAMO - Bessie Murle Hopper, 88, retired factory worker for Kellwood Corp., died Tuesday night of heart failure at Crockett County Nursing Home.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
JACKSON - Elizabeth McAnally Ervin, 84, retired manager for the City of Jackson, widow of Henry Malcolm Ervin, died of heart failure Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
PARIS - Graham C. Dodson, 82, retired television and radio repair technician, husband of Wanda Dodson, died of heart disease Tuesday at Paris Manor Nursing Home.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
PARSONS - Emma Sue Wilkins Johnson, 63, homemaker, widow of Donald Wayne Johnson, died of heart failure Tuesday at Columbia Regional Hospital in Jackson.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
UNION CITY - R. D. Burpo, 82, truck driver for Sealtest Dairy, died Tuesday of respiratory arrest at Volunteer General Hospital in Martin; Larry Murphy, 49, repair technician and owner of Larry's Repair Shop, died Tuesday at his home after a heart attack.
[Dated April 16, 1997]
