Shelby County Obituaries Mrs. Kellar Anderson Date of Obit: November 21, 1923 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal ? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway ANDERSON - At the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Monday evening, November 19, 1923, at 8 o'clock, Mrs. Kellar Anderson, widow of the late Col. Kellar Anderson; sister of Mrs. Thomas Day of this city; Judge E. D. Robertson and James T. Robertson of Marianna, Ark.; the Rev. Jerome Pillow Robertson of Shelbyville, Tenn., and John N. Robertson of Little Rock, Ark., grandmother of Claude Desha Anderson, Jr., of New Orleans, La. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. Charles F. Blaisdell will be held at the residence, 1520 Central Avenue, this (Wednesday) afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Friends invited. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery. Leonard Arp Date of Obit: February 27, 1913 Newspaper Name: Unknown Source: Shelby County Death Certificates BODY FOUND IN ASH PIT. Illinois Central Fireman Meets Tragic Death. Leonard Arp, aged 19, fireman for the Illinois Central Railroad, residence 102_ Rayburn Boulevard, was found dead in an ash pit at the roundhouse of the railroad company at 11 o'clock last evening. He had fallen into the pit, which is filled with water and ashes. Arp left the switch engine, on which he was firing, at the Nonconnah yards about dark and went to the roundhouse, or intended to go there. He was supposed to get there about 7 o'clock, but as far as any of the employes know, he did not enter the roundhouse, but, blinded by the darkness and downpour of rain, stepped into the pit and was instantly swallowed up in the cinders and water. His watch stopped at 8 o'clock, showing about the time he must have fallen into the pit. The date of death is listed as 2-26-1913 - He was 19 years old. Opal Austin Date of Obit: December 8, 1993 Newspaper Name: The Lexington Progress Submitter's Name: Christine Walters Graveside services for Mrs. Opal Austin were Thursday Dec. 2, 1993 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis Memorial Park Funeral Home of Memphis was in charge. Mrs. Austin, 87, died Tuesday Nov. 30, 1993 at Methodist Hospital of Lexington. She leaves two sisters Orene Stewart and Fern Tyler, both of Lexington and three grandchidlren. Barry J. Baldwin Date of Obit: December 31, 2000 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal BARRY J. BALDWIN, 46, 1839 Swift, warehouseman for Langston Co., died at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis from an apparent homicide Friday. Southern Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a daughter, Tiffany Hines of Memphis; a son, Brian L. McGhee of Atlanta; his mother, Zella Cathey, three sisters, Greta Morrison, Regina Harris and Katrina Baldwin, and three brothers, James Johnson, Theodore Baldwin and Keith Norman, all of Memphis. Julia Maria (nee Hutchinson) Ballentine Date of Obit: Thursday, February 19, 1959 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Submitted by: Kathie Marynik Mrs. Julia Marie Ballentine, who lived with a son, Herbert S. Ballentine Sr., of 3649 Faxon, died at 3:30 AM yesterday at Shelby County Hospital after an illness of about a year. She would have been 89 tomorrow. Services will be at 2:30 this afternoon at National Funeral Home with the Rev. Chester R. Parker officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood. Mrs. Ballentine was born at Pontotoc, Miss., and moved to Memphis about 65 years ago. Her husband was John A. Ballentine, a carpenter who died about five years ago. She was a member of Raleigh Baptist Church. She leaves another son, Hutch Elmo Ballentine; a brother, C. C. Hutchinson; a grandson, Herbert S. Ballentine Jr., all of Memphis, and three great-grandchildren. Sidney Belt Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal ? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway BELT - At the residence 125 W. Georgia, Jan. 17, 1928, Mr. Sidney Belt, devoted son of Mr. Berry Belt, brother of Mrs. Carrie Scott; dear friend of Mr. Willie Brown; a host of other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Due notice of funeral will be given. Barnwell & Spencer, funeral directors, Florida Street, Phone 3-9225. Dr. Charles Cooper Brown Date of Death: February 28, 1932 Newspaper Name: Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN Submitter's Name: Marcia Brown McQuaid BROWN - Rites for Dr. C. C. Brown, 63,dean of Memphis veterinary surgeons and former assistant state veterinarian, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson Bros. Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Dr. Brown died early Sunday at his home, 1749 Glenwood Pl. Dr. Brown, a native of Rockville, Ind., is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Brown; a son, C. C. Brown, Jr., Boy Scout leader and former newspaper reporter; a brother, Wallace Brown, Rockville, and a sister, Mrs. May Harvey, Muncie, Ind. He was graduated from Chicago Veterinary College in 1889. After practicing in Indiana, Dr. Brown moved to Texas. He came to Memphis from Waco in in 1902, and became associated with Patterson Transfer Co. as veterinary surgeon. He entered general practice shortly afterward and was Memphis' first city veterinarian, being appointed to that post during the mayoralty of E. H. Crump. In 1920 Dr. Brown served as assistant state veterinarian for Tennessee. He was a member of the DeSoto Masonic Lodge, American Veterinary Medical Assn., Tennessee Veterinary Medical Assn., in which he held several offices, and was a founder of the Dixie Veterinary Medical Assn. He was a member of the Chickasaw Council of Boy Scouts for several years and served as merit badge examiner for the council for 10 years. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. H. D. Knickerbocker, pastor of First Methodist Church, Masonic services will be held at the grave. Active pallbearers will be: Dr. John Gillmann, Dr. Julius Schiebler, Dr. H. H. Carter, Dr. Manuel Moust, George Wible and J. T. Forsythe. Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr. H. R. Schaefer, Dr. George White, Nashville, Tenn., E. H. Crump, H. C. Oppenheimer, Floyd Yates, Dr. Max Goltman, Dr. O. L. Allen, Dr. R. E. Noyes, Austin Sims, Charles T. McCabe, Walter Chandler, J. F. McKeon, Dr. L. C. Sanders. Donnie A. Campbell Date of Obit: April 27, 1975 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal Submitter's Name: Joy Beth Campbell, transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert Donnie A. Campbell, 65, of 1565 Ellsworth, retired painter for Southern Painting Co., died at 5:25 p.m. yesterday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. He was a member of Painters Local 49. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Elsie Campbell; a brother, Dossie Campbell of Parsons, Tenn., and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Borders of Memphis and Mrs. Arie Howard of Brighton, Tenn. Benjamin V. Crosley Date of Obit: January 4, 1930 Newspaper Name: The Memphis Evening Appeal Submitter's Name: Kathie Marynik kkmarynik@hotmail.com CROSLEY - At residence, No. 1949 Manila Street, Friday morning, Jan. 3, 1930, at 2:30 o'clock, Benjamin V., aged 28 years, son of Mrs. Mary Lewis Crosley, brother of W. B. Crosley and Mrs. H. H. Keller. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. Dr. L. R. Graham will be held at Thompson Brothers Mortuary, No. 257 Adams Avenue this (Saturday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends are invited. Interment in Cordova, Tenn., Cemetery. James Franklin Crosley Date of Obit: Thursday, March 30, 1899 Newspaper Name: Oxford Eagle Submitter's Name: Kathie Marynik kkmarynik@hotmail.com The funeral services of James F. Crosley were conducted in the Baptist church in Abbeville on Sunday last at 10 o'clock. Mr. Crosley was 30 years of age and for some time had been in the employ of the L. C. Railroad. The service at the grave was conducted by the Masonic Fraternity of which he was a member. We extend his widowed mother our sympathy. Mary Sudia (nee Lewis) Crosley Date of Obit: June 8, 1952 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Submitted by: Kathie Marynik Mrs. Mary Sudia Crosley, a resident of Memphis for 15 years, died at 2 yesterday afternoon after an illness of four years. She was 88. Services will be at National Funeral Home at 3:30 this afternoon, with the Rev. J. L. Pollard officiating. Burial will be at Cordova. Mrs. Crosley was born near Hickory Ridge, Ark., and as a child moved to Fisherville where her husband, the late Hughes Crosley, was a planter. She came to Memphis 15 years ago to live at 1873 Oliver. She was a member of the Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter-in-law, Mrs. William B. Crosley of Memphis, and two grandchildren. William Bryant Crosley Date of Obit: Monday, March 17, 1947 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN Submitter's Name: Kathie Marynik kkmarynik@hotmail.com WILLIAM B. CROSLEY - Lumberman Will Be Buried This Afternoon Services for William Bryant Crosley, widely known lumberman, who died early yesterday at his home, 1873 Oliver, will be conducted at 1 this afternoon at National Funeral Home by the Rev. E. Gibson Davis. Burial will be in Cordova Cemetery. Mr. Crosley was 50. In failing health three years, he was found dead in bed by his family yesterday morning. Born in Memphis, Mr. Crosley started in the lumber business when he was 12 years old. He had been mill manager, salesman, and buyer. Mr. Crosley recently returned to Memphis from Dumas Ark., where he spent more than 10 years as a mill manager. For many years he worked for the old Stimson-Katterhenry Trust, a former lumber firm here. Mr. Crosley was a member of the Temple Baptist Church and the Lumbermen's Club. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Bessie B. Crosley, his mother, Mrs. Sudie Crosley, and two daughters, Jeane and Mary Crosley, all of Memphis. Charles J. Deere Date of Obit: July 28, 1982 Newspaper Name: The Lexington Progress Submitter's Name: Amanda Jowers Dr. Charles J. Deere, former chief of staff of Baptist Hospital, died at his home in Memphis. He was 73. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel had charge. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, a clinical professor of medicine at University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, a former president of the Memphis Heart Association, a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He was a member of the Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He was a major in the Army during World War II and served in Africa. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ella Deere of Memphis; three sisters, Mrs. Attice Jones, Mrs. Walter Winfield, both of Memphis and Mrs. David Hailey of Carthage and two brothers, William L. Deere of Lexington and John A. Deere of Charlotte, N. C. Dora Dickerson Date of Obit: November 21, 1923 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway DICKERSON - At the residence of her sister, Mrs. Lucy Galloway, 906 N. Claybrook Street, Nov. 19, 1923. Mrs. Dora Dickerson, sister of Mrs. Lucy Galloway, Mrs. Fannie Williams, sister-in-law of Mr. A. Galloway, aunt of Mr. Harry and Willie Galloway of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Mammie Smith, Joe, Alex and Walter Galloway of this city, and a host of grandchildren and friends to mourn her loss. Funeral services at the residence. Wednesday evening, Nov. 21, at 2:30 o'clock. Walker-Oates, funeral directors. Thomas J. Dupree Motorcycle Rider Loses His Life.  Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 6 - Thomas J. Dupree, a member of Broadway & Co., local jewelers, and one of the most prominent business men of this city, while riding a motorcycle, collided with a street car here today, sustaining injuries which later resulted in his death.  Source: Dallas Morning News, Oct. 7, 1907 Submitted by Thomas A. Tate Alex Galloway Submitter's Name: Pamela R. Galloway Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal? GALLOWAY - At residence 232 Caldwell Street, Tuesday Jan. 17, 1928, Alex Galloway, beloved husband of Mrs. Pearl Galloway; father of Effie D. Galloway; brother of Mr. Harry Galloway of Chicago, Ill.; Joe, Walter, Willie and Miss Mary Galloway; nephew of Mrs. Fannie Jones; uncle of Joe Galloway, Jr., Harry Galloway, Jr., Mrs. Salena Williams, Miss Ocea Galloway, Charlie and Freddie Galloway; brother-in-law of Mrs. Flossie Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. George Howard and Mrs. Lottie McKnight of Cairo, Ill., and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Due notice of funeral will be given. J. C. Oates & Sons, funeral directors, 317 Auction Avenue. Phones 6-1146, 6-9197, 2-5227. Nellie Hall Date of Obit: November 21, 1923 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Name: Pamela Galloway HALL - at residence, 293 1/2 Poplar Avenue, Tuesday afternoon, November 20, 1923, at 10:45 o'clock. Mrs. Nellie, mother of Mrs. L. C. Moore; grandmother of Mr. Louis and Mrs. Beatrice Edge; great-grandmother of Louis, Jr., and Estella Edge; aunt of Mrs. Lillian Brooks. Remains will be in state at residence of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Edge, 704 South Orleans Street. Due notice of funeral will be given by T. H. Hayes & Sons. Rev. R. H. Harris Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal ? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway HARRIS - At residence, 936 Greenlaw Street, Rev. R. H. Harris, father of Mrs. Mary Morrow, Rosa Ivory, Edna Lane, and Lucille Thompkins; grandfather of Howard Eddins and Charlie Evans; father-in-law of Mr. George W. Morrow, M. N. Ivory and Wm. H. Thompkins. The wake will be at the residence of Mrs. Lucille Thompkins, daughter, 1250 Breedlove Avenue, Wednesday night, January 18, 1928. Funeral Thursday morning January 19 at 11 o'clock from the above residence, Rev. A. R. Bass and Rev. A. Glispie, John Mabane officiating. Burial New Park. Wm. Walker & Son, directors. Miss Hilgeanstilhar Date of Obit: June 30, 1911 Newspaper Name: The Lexington Progress Submitted by: Christine Walters Miss Hilgeanstilhar at Memphis committed suicide last week. Mrs Noble Hines Date of Obit: June 24, 1953 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitted by: prgalloway@sbcglobal.net HINES - At her residence 3792 Weaver Road, Monday June 22, 1953, at 9 p.m. MRS NOBLE HINES; wife of Mr. Clifton Hines, U.S. Navy, Norfork, Va., Calvin Hines, U.S. Arny, Camp George, Md., Milton Hines, U.S. Navy Millington, Tenn., Mrs. Willie Laura Beloch and Charles Hines, of Memphis; daughter of Mrs. Laura Knox and the the late Mr. Mose Knox; sister of Mrs. Eva Johnson, Margret Pilcher, Ollie V. King, Mr. Dempsey Know, all of Memphis, Mrs. Eloise Norris, Chicago, Mr. Perry Jackson, of Calif., she also leaves three grandchildren, four aunts, one uncle, two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, other relatives and friends survive. Due notice, Southern Funeral Home. Dr. John Joseph Huddleston Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitted by: prgalloway@sbcglobal.net HUDDLESTON - At Methodist Hospital, Tuesday evening, Jan. 17, 1928, at (?) o'clock, Dr. John Joseph Huddleston, aged 55 years, husband of Daisy Dean Huddleston, father of Mrs. Charles Henry Fant; brother of T. J. Huddleston, and Dr. Richard D. Dean. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. James V. Johnson, assisted by the Rev. J. L. Robinson, will be held at the funeral home of Cole-Carlin, 1043 Union Avenue, this (Wednesday) afternoon, at (?) o'clock. Friends invited. Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.  Charles Spurgeon Hutchinson Date of Obit: November 10, 1963 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Submitted by: Kathie Marynik Charles Spurgeon Hutchinson of 3173 Given died at 2 PM yesterday at his home after an illness of a year. He was 83. Mr. Hutchinson, a retired contractor and landowner, was born in New Albany, Miss., and lived in Memphis 55 years. He was past master of Summer Avenue Masonic Lodge and was a member of Highland Heights Baptist Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lida Baker Hutchinson, who he married 55 years ago; two daughters, Mrs. Harry Landis of 22 North Century and Mrs. R. F. Jones of 3627 Galloway. Graveside Masonic services will be held at 11:30 AM tomorrow at Memorial Park with Memphis Funeral Home in charge. Hughes Crosley Hutchinson Date of Obit: January 21, 1957 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Submitted by: Kathie Marynik Hughes Crosley Hutchinson, retired carpenter, died at 9 Saturday night at his home, 3452 Bowen, after an illness of about 10 months. He was 81. Services will be at 2:30 this afternoon at National Funeral Home. The Rev. H. R. Taylor will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Mr. Hutchinson came to Memphis from his birthplace Oxford, Miss., when a boy. He and his wife, Mrs. Ollie V. Hutchinson, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Dec. 18. He also leaves two sons, William Hughes Hutchinson of Memphis and George Crosley Hutchinson of Hernando, Miss.; five daughters, Mrs. Martha Ann Houck, Mrs. Ollie Mae Smith, Mrs. Mabel Esther McCalla, Mrs. Rosie L. Shook, and Mrs. Sallie Louise Baker; a brother, Charlie Hutchinson; a sister, Mrs. Maria Ballentine, all of Memphis, and eight grandchildren. James M. Hutchinson Date of Obit: December 14, 1953 Newspaper Name: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Submitted by: Kathie Marynik HUTCHINSON - At John Gaston Hospital, Dec. 13, 1953 at 2:35 AM, James M. Hutchinson, aged 81 years; father of Mrs. Lula K. Beasley, brother of Mrs. J. A. Ballentine, H. C., and C. S. Hutchinson, all of Memphis. Service by the Rev. J. S. Carnes and the Rev. T. O. Slaughter will be held at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Home, Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery. Mary Anna (nee Crosley) Hutchinson Date of Obit: October 10, 1937 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitted by: Kathie Marynik kkmarynik@hotmail.com Mrs. W. P. Hutchinson Is Dead at Age of 90 - Member of Pioneer Pontotoc Family Stricken Mrs. Mary Crosley Hutchinson, who as a child heard her grandfather recount his Revolutionary War experiences and as a teenage girl watched four brothers march to the Civil War Battle of Shiloh, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter at 3679 Tutwiler, after a long illness. She was 90 years old Friday. She was the widow of the Rev. W. P. Hutchinson. A member of one of the pioneer families of Pontotoc County, Miss., Mrs. Hutchinson came to Memphis more than 25 years ago and for the past 20 years had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mariah Ballentine. She had been in failing health for several years and six weeks ago became seriously ill. She died of a heart attack. Mrs. Hutchinson was the last of the Crosley family who came to Pontotoc County from Pennsylvania and settled near Toccopola. For years their home was a landmark, Mrs. Hutchinson's parents living their entire lives in Pontotoc County. In addition to Mrs. Ballentine, she leaves three sons, J. M., H. C. and C. S. Hutchinson of Memphis. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Highland Heights Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ira C. Cole and the Rev. E. F. Curle officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, with National Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers will be H. S. Ballentine, H. E. Ballentine, Earl Carter, George Hutchinson, James Smith, and W. E. Beasley. Millie Katron Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway KATRON - At residence, 798 Speed St., Mrs. Millie Katron, beloved mother of Mrs. America Hayes and Mr. Leon Katron; grandmother of Mrs. Millie Johnson, Mr. Sidney Hayes, Mrs. Johnetta Price, Mrs. Cathrine Miller, Mr. Herbert Katron; grandmother of Margurite Jones, Thelma Jones and William Hayes; she leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. Due notice of funeral will be given by Wm. Walker & Son, funeral directors, 681 Maple. Phone 6-2411 and 2-2403. Zula H. Lewin Date of Obit: July 29, 1992 Newspaper Name: The Lexington Progress, Lexington, Tennessee Submitter's Name: Christine Walters Services for Mrs. Zula H. Lewin were June 26, 1992 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Mrs. Lewin 79, died Thursday June 25, 1992 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East after a short illness. She was the widow of Laz Lewin. She leaves a brother Guy E. Linton of Helotes Texas and two half brothers Thomas B. Anderson of Milan and Loyce E. Anderson of Lexington. Mary Elizabeth Lonon Date of Obit: June 24, 1953 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitted by: prgalloway@sbcglobal.net LONON - At residence of her daughter 12036 Amity; Mrs. Florence Bohanon, June 19, 1953, at 4:25 p.m. MRS. MARY ELIZABETH LONON: wife of the late Mr. Mose Lonon Sr.; mother of Mrs. Florence Bohanon of Memphis, Mrs. Beatrice Brown of Louisville, KY., Mrs. Delphine Nelms of Walls, Miss., Mrs. Annie E. Wright of Lyon, Miss., Mrs. Mose B. Lonon Jr. of Toledo, Ohio, Mr. Charles Lonon of Chicago, Ill. and Mr. Felix Lonon of Clinton, La. She leaves 26 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren and four great agreat grandchildren; aunt of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Johnson of Love, Miss., mother-in-law of Mr. Robert Bohanon, Mr. Eddie Nelms and Mr. Guy Wright. Other relatives and friends survive. Funeral will be held Thursday, June 25, 1953, at 2:00 p.m. at Norford Baptist Church, Walls, Miss. officiated by Rev. W.S. Busby and Rev. Roosevelt McCary. Interment in Church Cemetery. James Mason McPeake Date of Obit: December 5, 1990 Newspaper Name: The Lexington Progress Submitter's Name: Amanda Jowers Services for James Mason McPeake will be today [Wednesday] at 2 p.m. at Collierville Methodist Church with burial in Collierville Cemetery. Collierville Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. McPeake, who was 58, died Monday in Collierville after a long illness. He was a broker in business for himself and a Methodist. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Patsy Martin McPeake of Collierville; two sons, Daniel McPeake of Collierville and David McPeake of Tampa, Fla.; his mother, Mrs. Lema McPeake of Lexington; two sisters, Dartha Veteto of Lexington and Beatrice Templeton of Brentwood, and four grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Mid South Transplant Foundation. Clara Hanna Thompson Miller Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal ? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway MILLER - At residence, 567 Bon Air Street (Highland Heights), Jan. 17, 1928, at 3:15 o'clock, Clara Hanna Thompson, wife of Amos Brady Miller and mother of Mrs. Anna Jones, Mrs. Helen Harrison, Kenneth and Lawrence Miller, aged 59 years. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Ben Cox, will be held from the residence, 567 Bon Air Street (Highland Heights). Due notice of the time will be given. Velma (Barnes) Mitchell Date of Obit: January 30, 2000 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitter's Name: Sara Hemp NOTE: Parents: Walter & Ida (Bohlmeyer) Barnes Velma Mitchell, 95, of Memphis, retired sales representative for Avon Products, died of heart failure Thursday at St. Peter Villa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Blocker Cemetery in Olive Branch, Miss. Mrs. Mitchell, the widow of Ralph E. Mitchell, leaves a daughter, Kay Mitchell, and a sister, Leola Moore, both of Memphis. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Methodist Healthcare Foundation. Leola (Barnes) Moore Date of Obit: June 5, 2000 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitter's Name: Sara Hemp NOTE: Parents: Walter & Ida (Bohlmeyer) Barnes Leola Moore, 93, of Memphis, retired antiques dealer, died of emphysema Saturday at Wesley Highland Manor. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Blocker Cemetery in Olive Branch. Mrs. Moore, the widow of Ralph H. Moore, leaves a niece who cared for her, Kay Mitchell of Memphis. The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice. Virginia Adair Moore Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway MOORE - In this city, Monday evening, Jan. 16, 1928, at 9 o'clock. Virginia Adair, daughter of A. N. and Bessie Waltrip Moore, sister of Yolande, Allene, Erma, Hazel and Theda Moore, aged two years. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. E. F. Curle, and held at Thompson Brothers Mortuary, 257 Adams Avenue, yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery. Martin Pipkins Date of Obit: June 24, 1953 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitted by: prgalloway@sbcglobal.net PIPKINS - Funeral services for the late MARTIN PIPKINS, who passed June 20, 1953, will be held this (Wednesday) morning at 11 a.m. from our chapel. Rev. P.E. Brooks will officiate. Interment in New Park. Qualls & Co., 479 Vance Ave. service. Vena Kerr Ricketts Date of Obit: June 20, 1969 Newspaper Name: The Lexington Progress Submitted by: Amanda Jowers Rites Were Friday For Mrs. Ricketts - Services for Mrs. Vena Kerr Ricketts were Friday in Memphis. Mrs. Ricketts, 72, died at Methodist Hospital after a long illness. She was a Methodist. She leaves her husband, A. B. Ricketts; two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Moffatt Jr. of Memphis and Mrs. A. C. Geisinger of Storm Lake, Iowa; two brothers, Leonard J. Kerr of Memphis and Earl A. Kerr of Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Thompson and Mrs. Horace Allen of Savannah. Albert Sgalata Date of Obit: November 21, 1923 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal ? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway SGALATA - At St. Joseph's Hospital, Tuesday afternoon, November 20, 1923, at 5:40 o'clock. Albert, husband of Ola May Jones Sgalata; son of Henrietta Sgalata; brother of Eugene, Augustine, Joseph and Annie Sgalata; aged 29 years. Funeral will take place from the residence, No. 330 Winchester Avenue. Due notice of the time will be given. William T. Sherman Date of Obit: November 1, 1863 Newspaper Name: Portrait Monthly, New York Submitter's Name: Candi H. Many who visited General Sherman during his command in Memphis, Tenn., observed with interest a bright-eyed, happy boy of nine years, whose cheerful ways gave an unwonted cheerfulness to headquarters. Such will learn with deep sympathy that that merry voice is still, and those active limbs at rest forever. “William T. Sherman, died at 5 P. M., October 4, 1863, aged nine years,” is the melancholy record of a life which promised to his parents honors and length of days. William was a fine, stout, healthy lad. He was taken with a slight fever on the Atlantic, having but recently left his father's camp on the Big Black. He sank rapidly. Immediately on his father's arrival at Memphis, he was taken to the Gayoso House, and every attention paid him, but in vain. His mother, with her remaining children, had but a melancholy journey home with the remains of little William and his precious memory. The military and citizens were invited to accompany the remains as they were borne from the Gayoso House to the steamer War Eagle. Mary A. Taylor Shore Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway SHORE - At residence, 1115 Jackson Avenue, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1928, at 12 o'clock noon, Mary Agnes Taylor, age 70 years, wife of the late Edsin H. Shore; mother of R. E. and Lutie A. Shore. Funeral services will be held at the residence of her niece, Miss Mary L. Harrison, 1110 Jackson Avenue this (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock. Friends invited. Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. Spencer Sturia Service. Mary Wilson Strauther Date of Obit: January 18, 1928 Newspaper Name: Memphis Commercial Appeal ? Submitter's Name: Pamela Galloway STRAUTHER - At residence, 369 Cottage Street, Monday evening, Jan. 16, 1928, Mary Wilson Strauther, beloved wife of Lee Strauther, sister of Rubin Wilson. Funeral services will be conducted from the funeral parlors of S. W. Qualls & Company this (Wednesday) morning at 11 o'clock with Rev. S. A. Owens officiating. Interment in New Park Cemetery. Friends invited. S. W. Qualls & Company, funeral directors. William D. Wilkes Date of Obit: The Lexington Progress, April 28, 1999 Submitted by: Christine Walters Services for William D. Wilkes were Monday April 26, 1999 at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Pkwy. with burial in Memory Hill Gardens. Mr. Wilkes, 72, died Thursday April 22, 1999 at Methodist Central Hospital. He was accounting clerk at Armour Meat Packing. HE leaves his wife, Mrs. Sue Wilkes of Memphis; a daughter, Julia Hailey of Memphis; a brother Paul of Bartlett and a grandchild. Michael H. Wilkins Date of Obit: The Lexington Progress, April 10, 1991 Submitted by: Christine Walters Services for Michael H. Wilkins were Friday at Memphis Funeral Home with burial in West Union Cemetery in Millington. Mr. Wilkins who was 47, died at his home Wednesday in Memphis. He was a counselor for the Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Center of the Greater Memphis and Shelby County area. He was the son of the late Russell H. Wilkins of Lexington. He leaves a daughter, Mickey W. Ransom of Millington; a son Russell of Jackson; his mother, Dorothy Reed Wilkins Smith; his stepfather, Bill Smith, Millington; two half-sisters Berceda Beam of Colorado and Debbie Pearl of Linden; a half-brother, Charles Smith of Millington and his grandmother, Mrs. Grace T. Wilkins of Lexington. Mollie Williams Date of Obit: June 24, 1953 Submitted by: Pamela R. Galloway WILLIAMS - At her residence 1397 Kentucky St., June 21, at 5:05 p.m. MRS. MOLLIE WILLIAMS; Mother of Mrs. Mary Robinson, of Memphis; Maybelle Johnson, of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Annie Lucas of Marianna, Ark.; Mrs. Saunders Williams of Dublin, Miss., a host of grandchildren; mother-in-law of Mr. James C. Robinson. Other relataives and friends survive. Body in state at Martin Temple CME Church (Kansas & Parkway) Wednesday June 24, from 6 until 8 p.m. Funeral Services at 8 p.m. Rev. J. C. Robinson, officiating. Interment in New Park Cemetery, Thursday June 25, at 10 a.m. Southern Funeral Home. Nancy Ella (Holman) Williams Date of Obit: The Lexington Progress, July 31, 1942 Submitted by: Christine Walters Mrs. Nancy Ella Williams, age 81, died at her home in Memphis Thursday afternoon of last week. She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Virgil Walls and Mrs. A.G. Hinton of Memphis. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at McLemoresville. Mrs. Williams will be remembered in Lexington as the wife of the Rev. J.P. Williams, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and later a photographer. Richie James Willis Date of Obit: The Lexington Progress, April 11, 2001 Submitted by: Christine Walters Graveside services for Richie James Willis were Friday April 6, 2001 at Memory Hill Gardens with the Memphis Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Willis, 83, died April 3, 2001 at St. Francis Hsp. of heart failure. He worked in maintenance for the City of Memphis. He leaves hiw wife, Mrs. Lorraine Willis of Memphis; a daughter Sherry L. of State College PA and a brother Paul WIllis of Milledgeville. William Ray Wooley Date of Obit: The Lexington Progress, June 21, 1995 Submitted by: Christine Walters Services for WIlliam Ray Wooley were held at Forest Hill East Funeral Home in Memphis with burial in Forest Hill East Cemetery. Mr. Wooley 68, died at St. Francis Hsp. in Memphis. He was a retired truck driver. He leaves his wife Mary Inez Wooley of Memphis; two daughter Carol Forrester of Memphis, Linda Wooley of Slidell LA; a son Ken of Nashville; four sisters, Ruby Moore of Decaturville, Pauline Gilliam of Yuma, Mary Craig of Puryear and Sarah Watson of Lexington; three brothers, Roy Wooley of Lexington, John L. of Memphis and Jessie of Eads. Robert Wylie, Jr. Date of Obit: The Lexington Progress, November 1, 2000 Submitted by: Christine Walters Robert Wylie Jr. age 67, a retired owner and operator of Electric Supply and Motor Shop died at his home Tuesday Oct. 17, 2000 of a gunshot wound. Mr. Wylie was born in Boulton TN., in Shelby County son of the late Robert and Sarah Home Wylie. He grew up in Burnswick TN in Shelby County. He graduated Bolton High School and was an all star Basketball and Baseball player in Shelby County. He was employed by Ford Motor for two years, prior to entering the service in 1953. Mr. Wylie served overseas during the Korean War. He was in the US Army and was discharged in 1955. After returning from the service he was married to Lequita Pickett in 1957. He worked as an agent for Life and Georgia Insurance Co. and owned and operated a Service Station in Ellendale TN. He moved to Forrest City AR in 1959 and established Bob's Electric Motor Shop in 1965. He opened an additional shop. The Tri County Supply Co., in Forrest City AR. He opened additional stores in West Helena AR in 1970, Wynn AR in 1974 and Batesville AR in 1994. Mr. Wylie semi-retired in 1995 and moved to Lexington TN on Piney Lake where he enjoyed fishing and spending time on his farm in Chester County. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis and AR. After returning to TN he attended Hopewell Baptist Church. He was a School Board Member of Forrest Academy in Forrest City AR for fifteen years and also served as Trustee for the School. Mr. Wylie received many Service Awards from General Motor Division for Innovations Services he performed. He was diagnosed with cancer in June of 2000 and this contributed to the cause of his death. He was survived by wife, Lequita Pickett Wylie of Lexington; two daughters Anita Todd and husband Kenneth Todd of Batesville AR and Patricia Stave and husband, Craig Stave of Batesville AR. Mr. Wylie was preceded in death by one infant son, Robert Michael Wylie in 1961. He leaves two grandsons Tyson Todd and McKenzie Stave both of Batesville AR and two granddaughters Kristi Todd and Madison Stave, both of Batesville AR; a sister Anne Monette Goodman of Bartlett TN; one brother Louis Wylie of Destin FL. Services will be at Chapel of Leon Johnson Funeral with Rev. Bobby Cupples officiating and burial in Sweetlips Cemetery in Chester County. Pallbearers to serve will be W.C. McCain, Bill Rice, Bill Everhart, Richard Brady, Chuck Forrester, Jack Roath, Gene McCain and Glen Weston. 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