Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Edna Brewer
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
LAWRENCEBURG - Edna Marie Franks Brewer, 89, of Lawrenceburg, died Monday, April 26, 2004, at Crockett Hospital.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home with Mickey Brackin and Thomas Mattow officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday morning until time of service at the funeral home. Interment
will be in Mimosa Cemetery.
The Alabama native was the daughter of the late Jim and Bella Saterbak Franks. She was the wife of the late Homer W. Brewer. She was a retired cafeteria manager for L.C.H.S. and a member of the Mars Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include sons, Jerry Brewer of Holden Beech, N.C., and Max Brewer of Knoxville; daughters, Peggy Tingle of Lawrenceburg and Jane Galluppi of Quakerstown, Pa.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
James Ardell Allen
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
SUMMERTOWN - James Ardell Allen, 71, of Summertown, died Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at his residence.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barnesville Baptist Church with Ronnie Shrader, Odell Spears and Tommy Hill officiating. Visitation will be held from 1-9 p.m. Thursday and all day Friday at the church. Burial will be in Barnesville Cemetery.
The Lawrence County native was the son of the late Ester Whitehead and James Russell Allen. He was a retired employee of Murray, Inc. He was a member of Barnesville Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Mathis Allen of Summertown; daughters, Brenda Fitzgerald, Shirley Bearden and Joyce Copeland, all of Summertown; sons, Lindell Allen and Frankie Allen, both of Summertown, and Larry Allen of Hohenwald; brothers, Delbert Allen and Troy Allen, both of Summertown; a sister, Erma Bearden of Summertown; and 14 grandchildren.
Mr. Merle D. Logan
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
Mr. Merle D. Logan, 78, died Sunday, April 25, 2004, at his residence on Jefferson Drive in Columbia. He was greatly admired by family and friends and will be deeply missed.
A memorial service to celebrate Mr. Logan's life will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with the Rev. James Hughes, Jr. officiating. The family will visit with friends from noon until time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, he was the son of the late Joe P. and Leah Carr Logan. After graduating from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines in 1943, he served for 3 1/2 years in the U.S. Navy as a tugboat electrician stationed in San Francisco Bay.
After the war, he returned home to Iowa and in 1950, graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in Engineering. He began his career with Douglas Aircraft in southern California where he met and married the former Betty L. Friedt of Wadsworth, Ohio, in 1951. Soon after their marriage, the couple relocated to Wadsworth where he worked for Babcock and Wilcox Company in nearby Barberton.
He was later employed by the E.I. DuPont Company in Chattanooga, Columbia, and Old Hickory, Philadelphia, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y. He retired as a licensed professional Senior Engineer in 1985 after 32 years of service with DuPont. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the First United Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children, Thomas D. (Karen) Logan of Concord, N.C., Robert M. (Joan) Logan of Nesconset, N.Y., James E. (Laura) Logan of Carrollton, Texas, and Anne E. Logan (Timm) of Knoxville; two brothers, Robert H. (Marge) Logan of Monticello, Minn., and Verne A. (Marge) Logan of Silver Springs, N.Y.; nine grandchildren, Andrew, Ashley, Jennifer, Joe, Tim and Kimberly Logan, Laura, Christopher and Daniel Potts.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hospice of the Highland Rim, 2014 Elmer Pogue Drive, Columbia, TN 38401 or the First United Methodist Church Steinway Fund, 222 W. Seventh St., Columbia, TN 38401.
Mrs. Pearl Kinzer
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
SANTA FE Mrs. Clera Pearl Adkison Kinzer, 93, widow of Alton Kinzer and a resident of the Fly Road in the Santa Fe Community, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at NHC/Hillview.
Services for Mrs. Kinzer will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at the Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Oliver Pantall and Mike Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Charles and Sarah "Tish" Stanfill Adkison. She was a retired cafeteria worker at the Santa Fe School and a homemaker. She was an avid crocheter and quilter. She was a member of the Water Valley Church of Christ in which she was a long-time children's Sunday School Teacher.
She is survived by a daughter, Jewelle (Jerry) Dukes of Santa Fe; a sister, Gladys Shepherd of Fairview; two grandsons, Micah (Donna) Dukes of Santa Fe and Staff Sgt. Mark (Marcia) Dukes of the United States Air Force; a step-great-granddaughter, Jamie Gibson of Santa Fe; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by five sisters and three brothers.
Pallbearers will be Jim Huey, Wayne Kinzer, J.C. Kelley, Dale Pigg, Jerry Dukes and Staff Sgt Mark Dukes.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mr. & Mrs. Kirby White, Mrs. Nora Houser, Mrs. Lura Anderson, Mrs. Leanna Hill, Mr. Jim Proctor, Mr. Charles Burns, Mrs. Allene Alderson, employees of NHC/Hillview and men of Water Valley Church of Christ.
Memorials may be made to the Water Valley Church of Christ Mission Fund c/o Bobby Norman, 4743 Leipers Creek Road, Williamsport, TN 38487.
Mr. William H. Sievers
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
PULASKI - Mr. William Henry Sievers, 77, a resident of Campbellsville Hill Road in Pulaski, died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at Maury Regional Hospital.
A gathering of friends and family for Mr. Sievers will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Ebonite's Galaxy Lanes, on State Route 50 in Columbia.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sievers and husband of Ernestine Gannon Sievers. He was retired architectural draftsman with Blumer & Stanton Company of West Palm Beach, Fla., and a World War II veteran.
Survivors in addition to his wife include a son, William Albert Sievers of Pulaski; and a grandson, William Michael Sievers of Murfreesboro.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Florence O'Rourke.
Faye King
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
SHELBYVILLE - Faye Hazelwood King, 57, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at her residence.
Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home with Eddie Rogers officiating. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Crutcher Cemetery in Williamson County.
The Williamson County native was the daughter of the late Joe Will and Minnie Crutcher Hazelwood. She was a homemaker and member of Ash Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Tommy King of Shelbyville; a daughter, Melissa Faye White of Lewisburg; a son, William Thomas King Jr. of Columbia; sisters, Annie Lee Neal of Spring Hill and Irene Williams of Shelbyville; brothers, J.W. Hazelwood, Malcolm Hazelwood and Bill Hazelwood, all of Spring Hill, and Donald Hazelwood of Franklin; and one grandchild.
Georgia Demastus Krys
Thursday, Apr 29, 2004
FLORENCE, Ala. - Georgia Estelle Demastus Krys, 80, of Florence, Ala., died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital.
Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Darby Drive in Florence, Ala. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Greenview Funeral Home on Chisholm Road in Florence, Ala. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Park.
Georgia Estelle Demastus Krys, "Always a Lady" was born Dec. 6, 1923, at home in Columbia. She was the fourth of the family's six children who survived infancy. Georgia Estelle was 5 years old when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began. She spoke of how intensely the people of the South loved F.D.R., whose broadcast "fireside chats" and works programs brought hope into that terrible period of hunger and fear. Estelle was an avid student at Andrews School and honored teachers all her life with both her words and her dedication to lifelong learning.
Pearl Harbor was bombed the day before her 18th birthday, and she recalled this event every subsequent year on her birthday. Estelle was a delicate and asthmatic child but, after the war came, she took on "a man's job" in a chemical plant and earned the Roosevelt "E for Excellence" award for her war work.
It meant a lot to Estelle that the very same soldier whose job she had taken survived the war and was able to return to work. Estelle wrote many letters to soldiers as her family endured the absence of her brother Samuel fighting in the South Pacific. When Sam returned home, he brought not only medals but also the pocket Bible with a metal cover his sister had given him to carry over his heart.
After the war, Estelle went to work for Southern Bell as a telephone operator. Wages for telephone operators had been held down by government regulation during the war and when the company refused to normalize wages voluntarily. Estelle participated in a strike and union organizing, She was always grateful to the telephone linemen who supported the operator's strike thereby helping to bring it to a successful conclusion.
Walter Krys, a veteran friend of Estelle's brother-in-law Ernest Rinks, came south to Columbia from Chicago on a post-war bicycle trip. Georgia Estelle married Walter Krys in 1947. They had a daughter in 1949 and another daughter in 1952, The family moved to Florence, Ala., for Walter to take a job with TVA.
Estelle worked briefly for the Hall Edmond Company and then worked 17 years for Olan Mills Photography Studio.
Georgia Estelle used her retirement to author a book, "From My Times to Your Times," a family memoir and social history. She worked a crossword puzzle every day and continued as a caring presence in the lives of family, friends and strangers.
Mrs. Krys is survived by her daughters, Katherine Grace Krys and Elizabeth Carol Krys; her husband, Walter Krys; her brother, Douglas Demastus and wife Jean; her sister-in-law, Joan Demastus; 10 nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren.
Georgia Estelle Demastus Krys died in the faith and fear of God with her hope and trust in Jesus Christ. She was always a lady and will be greatly missed by those who remain, "Sweet angels sing her to her rest."
James E. Burns Sr.
Friday, Apr 30, 2004
James Edward Burns Sr., 79, farmer, died Thursday, April 29, 2004, at his residence on Cranford Hollow Road.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Calvin Lunn, Jack White and Joe Macer officiating. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family will visit with friends from 4-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com.
The Maury County native was the son of the late John B. Burns and Rebecca Eskew Burns. After World War II, he served in the Philippines as Chief Switchboard Operator in the U. S. Army.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Ludie Mai Derryberry Burns of Columbia; one daughter Patricia (Michael) Beard of Columbia; one son, James E. "Jay" (Sharon) Burns Jr. of Spring Hill; five sisters, Marie Cox of Nashville, Catherine Choate of Spring Hill and Jean (Billy) Crowe, Margaret Billington and Linda (Vernon) Brown, all of Columbia; two brothers, Robert Burns and William (Marjorie) Burns, both of Columbia; four grandchildren, Michelle (Trent) Hanes, Heather Beard and her fiancE Lee Richards, Kevin Beard and Thomas Burns; and one great grandchild, Hannah Grace Hanes.
He was preceded in death by one brother, John B. Burns Jr.; and one sister, Dorothy Parsley.
Pallbearers will be Bill Parsley, Tommy Parsley, Kenny Burns, Ronnie Burns, Doug Burns, Barry Cox, Johnny Brown and Jimmy Derryberry.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends at Southern Livestock Auction, "bench buddies" at Shady Brook Mall, Bear Creek friends, Bobby Harmon, Gene Johnson, David Crowe, Donald Burns, Jerry Burns, Mike Burns, Eddie Burns, Calvin Lunn, Harry Lunn, Danny Lunn, Andy Hunter, Leon Walters, Jack Willis, Alton Walker, Clovis Foster, Charlie Martin and Edward Turner.
Martha Rummage
Friday, Apr 30, 2004
Mrs. Martha Eugenia Jackson Rummage, 82, died Thursday, April 29, 2004, at her residence on Luther Sharp Road.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Greg Gwin and Dr. David Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery. The family will visit with friends from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Willie Jackson and Katie Cates Jackson. On Oct. 2, 1942, she married James Able Rummage who survives her. She was a homemaker and member of Collegevue Church of Christ.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Betty Carolyn (Billy) Wilson of Murfreesboro; one son, James Larry (Regina) Rummage of Columbia; two brothers, Cromer (Faye) Jackson and Dale (Tina) Jackson, both of Columbia; one sister, Pauline Brown of Columbia; five grandchildren, Ricky Rummage, Pamela Kay Madison, Cathy Rummage, Sondra Kay (Tim) Hartley and Daryl (Kerrie) Wilson; two step-grandchildren, Sherry (Gibran) Naddy and Brian Story; 11 great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Daryl Wilson, Tim Hartley, Ricky Rummage, Andy Jackson, Randy Jackson, Jacob Williams and Jimmy Calahan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Gordon Meade, Arthur Hanes, John Hunt, Dale Lindsey, Alvin Lunn, Donald Hensley, Archie Stoltz, Ted Ring, Ted Beaver and Hugh Stacy.
