Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Margie Marie Akers (12/18/03)
Margie Marie Akers, 87, of Paris, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Stockdale-Malin Chapel in Big Sandy with Brother Johnny Adkins officiating. Burial was in Crooked Creek cemetery.
Ron Ropkin (12/18/03)
Ron Ropkin, 77, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired employee of Patterson Brothers Service Station, a member of First United Pentecostal Church and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Margaret E. Horner (12/18/03)
Margaret E. Horner, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. She was a retired nurse from Parkview Hospital and Dyersburg Manor, a member of Bryant's Chapel United Methodist Church and a member of the Eastern Star.
Joseph M. Walker (12/19/03)
Joseph M. Walker, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
Harold Lawson Tillman Jr. (12/19/03)
Harold Lawson Tillman Jr., 54, of Halls, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. He was a carpenter and attended Enon Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Enon cemetery near Halls.
Bessie Lee Hill (12/19/03)
Bessie Lee Hill, 89, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Solomon Chapel Church in Wynnburg with the Rev. James Barlow officiating. Burial will be in Citizen cemetery in Tiptonville. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Margrette Powers Colvett (12/19/03)
Margrette Powers Colvett, 85, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired nurse's aide from Covington Manor. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dewayne Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Covington Memorial Gardens.
Virginia Taylor (12/22/03)
Virginia Taylor, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 in Linden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home
Mary Ring (12/22/03)
Mary Ring, of Trimble, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Gibson County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
Jewell Cooper (12/22/03)
Jewell Cooper, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
Wilma Thurmon Whybrew (12/22/03)
Wilma Thurmon Whybrew, 87, of Wichita, Kan., formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003 in Wichita. She was a retired saleswoman and a member of Central Church of Christ. Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Roy Thurmon and Parks Thurmon officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.
Joe Wallace (12/22/03)
Joe Wallace, 71, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003 at his residence. He was retired as a highway-maintenance supervisor of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, a member of the National Knife Collectors Association, served on the board of directors of the Dyersburg Moose Lodge, was a member of Ducks Unlimited and a Methodist.
Natalie Taylor Simmons (12/22/03)
Natalie Taylor Simmons, infant daughter of Felicia Dawn Crenshaw of Newbern and David Lee Simmons of Kenton, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be today at 2 p.m. in Fairview cemetery in Dyersburg. Johnson Funeral Home of Newbern is in charge of arrangements.
Willis 'Knott' Wyrick (12/23/03)
Willis "Knott" Wyrick of Newbern died today at his daughter's residence in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
Ruth E. Snipes (12/23/03)
Ruth E. Snipes, 76, of Jackson, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 at Jackson General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
Harold Kirby (12/23/03)
Harold Kirby of Dyersburg died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
Lillie Virginia Taylor (12/23/03)
Lillie Virginia Taylor, 90, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 in Linden. She was a homemaker and a member of Second Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Turner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery in Dyersburg.
Mary A. Ring (12/23/03)
Mary A. Ring, 84, of Trimble, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Gibson County General Hospital in Trenton. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Presson officiating. Burial will be in Pierce cemetery in Trimble.
Beatrice Eleanor Criswell (12/23/03)
Beatrice Eleanor Criswell, 86, of Grand Rapids, Mich., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 in Grand Rapids. She was a retired employee of Wytheville Hospital of Wytheville, Va., a member of Wytheville Seventh-Day Adventist Church and Grand Rapids Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church, active in the ladies club at the church, and active with the fund-raising programs for Echo Valley School.
Jewell Greene Cooper (12/23/03)
Jewell Greene Cooper, 78, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired cosmetologist. Services were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Sunset Memorial Park in West Helena Ark.
Samuel C. Baker (12/23/03)
Samuel C. Baker, 81, of Smithville, formerly of Memphis, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at his daughter's residence in Smithville. He was a retired plant manager with Choctaw Inc., a U.S. Navy veteran during World War II, and a member of Georgian Hills United Methodist Church in Memphis where he served as past church lay leader, past chairman of the board and past trustee.
Bobby Lee McDaniel (12/26/03)
Bobby Lee McDaniel, 67, of Friendship, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003 at his residence. He was a self-employed farmer, cattleman, landowner and owner of American Quarter Horses, Crockett County Commission in District 1 for 25 years, a member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church, where he served as song leader and was on numerous committees.
George D. Finch (12/26/03)
George D. Finch, of 83, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired assistant postmaster and employee of Dyersburg Funeral Home, a member of First Christian Church and a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Lola Mildred Agee (12/26/03)
Lola Mildred Agee, 87, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 at Crockett County Nursing Home. She was a retired grocer and a member of Maury City Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maury City Baptist Church with the Rev. L.D. Kennedy and the Rev. James R. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Floyd's Chapel cemetery.
Lorene Baker Gurley (12/29/03)
Lorene Baker Gurley, 80, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired salesperson of Graber's and Dyersburg Cotton Products, a member of First Assembly of God, where she was a former choir member, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent, a 1941 graduate of Dyersburg High School, past president of Jennie Bell PTA and president of Dyer County Council of PTA.
Paul Sherman Gregson (12/29/03)
Paul Sherman Gregson, 62, of RoEllen, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at his residence. He was a former employee of Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., raised Quarter Horses and was a member of American Quarter Horse Association. Services were at 11 a.m. today in Rehoboth cemetery with the Rev. Carmen Dennison officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Irma Delora Bolding (12/29/03)
Irma Delora Bolding, 93, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Parrish Chapel Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Guy Merriman officiating. Burial will be in Sorrell's Chapel cemetery in Dyersburg.
Dorothy M. Lewis (12/29/03)
Dorothy M. Lewis, 83, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home.
Michael Fullington (12/29/03)
Michael Fullington of Jackson, 29, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services of Dyersburg.
