Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Chad T. Turnage
Monday, Feb 9, 2004
Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Dr. Jess Love officiating.
Visitation will be from noon-8 p.m. Monday at Ellis Funeral Home. The phone number is (615) 255-5412.
Interment will be in Rock Springs Cemetery.
He is survived by parents, Willie and Deborah Dean Turnage; a sister, Michelle Gray; brothers, Clarance Turnage, Tommy Turnage and Bruce Turnage; and grandparents, Ada Turnage and Dorothy Himes of Columbia.
Buddy Eugene Wix
Monday, Feb 9, 2004
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at the Napier Cemetery with Bill Webb officiating.
Visitation began Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home in Hohenwald.
He was the son of the late Earlie and Ruth Massey Wix. The Lawrence County native was employed with the Natchez Trace Wilderness Preserve.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette Wix of Florala, Ala.; daughters, Melissa Coubert of Birmingham, Ala., and Terri Hunter of Pueblo, Colo.; a brother, Houston Wix of Pena, Ill.; a sister, Flora Jean Gray of Hohenwald; and four grandchildren.
Foster D. Lee
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2004
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Neal Funeral Home with Larry Murdock and Jeremiah Tatum officiating. Burial will be in Lawrence County Memorial Gardens.
The Lawrence County native was the son of the late Alvora Beeler and Delbert Lee. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He was retired from DuPont. He was a member of Pulaski Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Edna McDonald Lee of Lawrenceburg; sons, Gary W. Lee of Decatur, Ala., and Robert E. Lee of Newport Beach, Calif.; a daughter, Peggy Fuqua of Dickson; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Villard 'Bill' Myers
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2004
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home with the Rev. Dwight Peterson and Harvey Hudson officiating. Interment
will be at the Myers Family Plot at the Mimosa Cemetery in Lawrenceburg.
He was the son of the late Ella Sutton and Ulysses Simpson Myers. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Homer Myers, Foster Myers and Lindsey Myers; and sisters, Lacy Smith, Bessie Martin and Virgie Holcomb.
Survivors include sisters, Alma Shearer and Margaret Gaddes of Nashville.
Burdella Favors
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2004
Services were conducted Monday by graveside at Pleasant Garden Cemetery with Tommy Clark officiating.
The Lawrence County native was the daughter of the late Burdella Hatley and William Albert McMahan. She was retired from Kay Windsor.
Survivors include daughters, Memra Surles of Summertown, Lynda Hawkins of Memphis and Marta Philhower of Crossville; a brother, William McMahan of Huntsville, Ala.; and three grandchildren.
Neal Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mary Lou Rivers
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2004
CENTERVILLE - Mary Lou Rivers, 84, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004 at her residence in Centerville.
Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home with Joe Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Lowes Bend Cemetery at Nunnelly. Visitation begins at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
She was the daughter of the late William Steward and Murlen Brown. She is a homemaker and member of Fairfield Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Carl Rivers of Centerville; daughters, Jeanette West of Monticello, Ill., Gelene Fleener of Decatur, Ill., and Linda Smith of Centerville; brothers, Andrew Steward and Bennie Steward, both of Dyersburg, Dean Steward of Sullivan, Ill., J.W. Steward of Chicago, and Donald Steward of Memphis; sisters, Pazetta Adams and Flora Morgan, both of Dyersburg and Betty Hickman of Union City; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to Hospice of the Highland Rim, 2014 Elmer Pogue Dr. Ste. A., Columbia, TN 38401.
June Laws Sudduth
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2004
LAWRENCEBURG - June Laws Sudduth, 65, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, at Maury Regional Hospital.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home with Fred Isbell and Tony Ayers officiating. Interment
will be in the Center Point Baptist Cemetery.
She was the daughter of the late Ben and Mamie Price Laws. She was a homemaker and member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Noonon Sudduth; two brothers, Clinton and Arvil Laws; and two sisters, Imogine Wix and Marie Adams.
Survivors include a daughter, Sheila Spears of Lawrenceburg; and a sister, Lela Wilburn of Leoma.
Luther Young
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2004
Mr. Luther Young, 84, died at his residence Tuesday, February 10, 2004. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home.
Mildred Nichols
Thursday, Feb 12, 2004
Mildred Nichols, 83, of Cornersville, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, in NHC Oakwood.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Cornersville Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday and from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lone Oak Cemetery.
The Giles County native was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Nannie Blanche Kiser Foster. She was the wife of the late Ross Nichols. She was a retired bank teller and a member of the Church of Christ.
Terry Lane Colvett
Thursday, Feb 12, 2004
CORNERSVILLE - Terry Lane Colvett, 53, of Cornersville, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2003, at his residence.
Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday by graveside at the Cochran Cemetery. Visitation will be held until 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Cornersville Funeral Home.
The Giles County native was the son of Charlie Will and Jewel Sutton Roberts. He was a self-employed roofer.
Survivors include his daughter, Tina Mangrum of Charlotte, N.C.; sons, Tony Colvett of Columbia and Terry Dale Glidden of Little Rock, Ark.; brothers, Larry Roberts of Cornersville and Rickie Roberts of Minor Hill; sisters, Kathy Stone of Diana, Patty Tatum of Minor Hill, Gena Tidwell and Jennifer Tidwell, both of Pulaski; and six grandchildren.
Edith Halbrooks
Thursday, Feb 12, 2004
PLEASANTVILLE - Edith Halbrooks, 80, of Pleasantville, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, at her residence.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home with Clinton Williams officiating. Burial will be in the Williams Cemetery.
She was the daughter of the late Dottie Pearl Gordon and Tommy Kelly.
Survivors include her sons, Billy Halbrooks of Centerville and J.C. Halbrooks of Pleasantville; daughters, Betty Smith and Kathy Rogers, both of Pleasantville; a brother, Robert Kelly of Centerville; sisters, Minnie Talley of Trenton and Lizzie Joyce of Humboldt; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Wendell Johnson
Friday, Feb 13, 2004
Graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Choates Creek Cemetery in Giles County. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday at Carr and Erwin Funeral Home.
He was the son of the late Willie and Effie Harwell Johnson. He was a retired truck driver.
Survivors include brothers, W.L. Johnson of Pulaski and Cletus Johnson of Naperville, Ill.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Wallace C. "Buddy" Mayberry, Jr.
Sunday, Feb 15, 2004
Services for Mr. Mayberry will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Williams Funeral Home of Columbia with Wendell Robinson and Andy Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post # 19. The family will visit with friends from 6-9 p.m. Friday and from 4-9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
The Maury County native was the son of the late, Wallace Childress, Sr. and Katherine McMeen Mayberry. He was the husband of 56 years to Mrs. Opal V. Thigpen Mayberry. He attended McDowell School before entering the United States Army. He was in the 227 Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battallion during World War II. He was a plumber and pipefitter for Buchi Heating and Plumbing of Nashville and was a former employee at Stauffer Chemical in Mt. Pleasant for many years. He was a member of Union Local #572 in which he was affiliated with various plants Middle Tennessee. He was of member of the Herbert Griffin American Legion Post # 19 and a member of Graymere Church of Christ.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Donald C. (Linda) Mayberry of Smyrna and Suzanne M. (Carlton) Scott of Columbia; grandchildren, Stacey M. (Rob) Huey of Lewisburg, Lorie Mayberry of Brentwood, Jessica Scott and Hunter Scott of Columbia; one great-grandchild, Alex Huey of Lewisburg; two sisters, Dot Roberts of Lewisburg and Mrs. J.E. (Frances) Davis of Columbia.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Tomab Mayberry of Columbia and a sister, Mildred Hutcherson of Columbia.
Pallbearers will be Sammy Walters, Mike Frakes, Daniel Goad, Danny Poland, Gary Poland and Tommy Ray Mayberry.
Honorary pallbearers will be past and present TLC Caregivers of Centerville, friends at Graymere Church of Christ, members of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local # 572, co-workers; James Davenport, Frank Buchanan, Bob White, Jack Curtis, and Bob Curtis.
Memorials may be made to the Meals-on-wheels program at Graymere Church of Christ, 1320 Trotwood Avenue, Columbia, TN 38401.
