In Praise of Old Age:
Index of Grandma's Newspaper Clippings
:
C - D
NAME:
AGE
VITAL STATS RELATIVES COMMENTS
CAMPBELL, Mr. Louis
101
(b) 28 Feb 1872, Brownsville, TN;
(r1) Millington, TN;
(r2) Memphis, TN
(P) Will CAMPBELL (P) Charity CAMPBELL
(died 12 years ago at 105).
(Sib): Mrs. Roxanna MILLER (age 97) ;
Frank MACKLIN (79)
(ch): Mrs. Mattie GRANGER;
Charity CAMPBELL
Birthday article + Pict.
CAMPBELL, Mr. Louis
103
(b) 28 Feb 1872;
(b) Brownsville, TN;
. Birthday Pict. + caption
CAMPBELL, Marie L.
103
(d) Toms River, N.J. . (AP) Obit.;
voice of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
CARTER, Mrs. Maude GREEN
90
(b) Crockett Co., TN;
(r1) near Ripley, TN:
(r2) Memphis x 20 years;
(d) Memphis, TN .

Memphis Funeral Home.
(Sp): Booker CARTER (dec'd x 20 years)
(Ch): B.M. CARTER, O.W. CARTER;
Mrs. Ruby COTTEN, Mrs. Annie Lou DOWELL;
(Sib): Mrs. Ethel BRUCE
Obit.
CHALONER, Harry
108
(r) Canada til age 7;
(r2): Cleveland, Ohio;
(r3): St. Petersburg, Fl x 10 years.
. Birthday article (long);
"oldest living American veteran"
Age 24 in 1898 Spanish-American War
CHAMBERLAIN, Eva
103
(d) Mobile, Ala . Obit. (see "BURTON, Mrs. Eva CHAMBERLAIN)
CHILDERS, John Y.
91
(b) Ripley, MS;
(m) Aug.28, 1895, Dumas, MS;
(r) Ripley, MS.
(Ch): Mrs. Louella WICKER ;
named for his mother's uncle: John Y. MURRY;
article celebrating 70th wedding aniversary.
(see BARTLETT, Margaret Elizabeth).
CHILDERS, John Y.
98
(see above).
(r) Ripley, MS .
(Ch): Mrs. C.L. LEWIS. Celebrating 77th wedding aniversary;
CHRISTENBERRY, Mrs. Rebecca
100
(r1) Memphis;
(r2) Alamo, TN
(Ch): Robert K (Bob) CHRISTENBERRY
(NYC postmaster) ,
Mrs. C.J. SAPP
.Birthday article
CHRISTENSON, Mrs. Mattie
96
(b) Halls, TN
(r) since 1935 in Memphis
(d) Memphis, TN;

Memphis Funeral Home;
burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
Leaves two nieces and one nephew. Obit.
CLARK, Mrs. Mary ("Aunt Miley")
106
(b) near Aberdeen, MS;
(r) Memphis
(d) Memphis, TN;

Snow Funeral Home.
(P): Jim & Susan COOPER ;
(Sp) Zedekiah CLARK (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. Nancy CRUMP,
Mrs. Lillie BIGGS;
(step-ch): Mrs. Rosie ARNOLD,
Mrs. Irbell WILSON,
Mrs. Olivia ROBINSON
Obit.:
"parents were former slaves".
CLAY, Mrs. Mary FLIPPIN
100
(r) Oakland, TN;
(r2) Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN.

Memphis Funeral Home (Poplar Chapel);
Burial in Memorial Park (Mphs).
(Sp): J.N.CLAY (dec'd);
(Ch): J.N.CLAY, Jr.,
Armistead F. CLAY;
Mrs. Leonard VAIDEN,
Mrs. Lyle B. WALLER.
Obit.
COLEMAN, Sam
102
(r) Hot Springs, Ark . Birthday note in William J. MOORE Birthday note .
Coleman - "oldest black war veteran".
COKE, Lucy
100
(b) Lodi, TX;
(d) Memphis, TN
. Obit:
see DRAUGHON, Mrs. Lucy COKE.
CONYERS, Sarah (Sally)
"nearly 90"
(b) 1879
(r) "rural Lauderdale and Crockett Counties"
. Human interest + picture
(See: MURRAY, Dr. Sara Conyers (Dr. Sally)..
COOPER, Mary
106
(b) near Aberdeen, MS
(d) Memphis, TN
. Obit:
see CLARK, Mrs. Mary ("Aunt Miley")
CRAWFORD, Mary Sue
102
(b) Jan 24, Texas . Birthday article + Pict.
(see: ESKEW, Mrs. Mary Sue)
CRONIN, Mrs Mary KENDELL
99
(b) Whitehall, IL;
(r1) Mo. ("in the Jessie James Country")'
(r2) Memphis, TN more than 64 years ago;
(d) Memphis, TN.

J.W. Norris Funeral Home;
burial in Forest Hill Cemetery
(Sp): W.W. CRONIN (dec'd 1931).
(Ch): Miss Catherine CRONIN;
Mrs. Barbara McCALLUM,
Mrs. Anna STIPAC;
(g'son): Lt. Comdr. Kendall McCALLUM
Obit.
- D -
DAVIS, Mrs. Carrie Lillian
77
(b) Martin, TN;
(m) 1908
(r1) Memphis almost 60 years ago
(d) Memphis, TN.

Memphis Funeral Home;
burial in Forest Hill Cemetery.
(Sp): Moody S. DAVIS (dec'd 1958) ;
(Sib): E.G. CLARK;
Mrs. Ola CLARK
Obit. + Pict.
DAVIS, Mrs. Clyde
100
(b) 28 August 1880,
Water Valley, MS;
. news item
DAVIS, Julia W.
111
(b) 1854, "near Hillhouse" (Ms)
(d) Clarksdale, Miss.
. Obit. (see: LANE, Julia W.)
DAVIS, Mrs. Kesiah
100
(b) Aug 12, 1871,
Easley Plantation
(south of Memphis);
(God-dau): Mrs. Josephine MACLIN ; Obit. + Pict.
DAVIS, Mrs. Sally RINEHART
("Miss Sally")
97
(b) 22 Aug 1865, east of Rienzi, MS;
(r1) taught school at Theo, Miss (age 16);
(r2) Forest, Miss;
(r3) McNairy Co., TN;
(r4) Booneville, Miss;
(r5) Jackson, TN
(r6) 1914-Corinth, MS
(m) 1886
(P): Giles RINEHART & Betty MORRISON ("early settlers of old Tishomingo County")

(Sp): George S. DAVIS
(Ch) 10 (8 living).
Birthday article + Pict.
DEALE, Margaret
98
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit: (see SKINNER, Mrs. Margaret Deale)
DELIGHTLE, Mary
105
(b) Dec 25, 1876, Courtland, Ala.
(r) 1893- Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN ;

Parkway Funeral Home;
burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
(Sp): John DELIGHTLE Obit.
DORSEY, Mrs. Minnie
115
(b) Aug 20, 1850
(r) Reading, PA;
. Birthday article;
"a former slave girl".
DORTCH, Helen
99
(b) April 20, 1863, Carnesville Ga
(d) Milledgeville, Ga
. Obit + pict. (see: LONGSTREET, Mrs. Helen DORTCH
DOUGLASS, Bud
97
(r) West Junction (southwest Shelby Co); niece: Mrs. Naizell JONES ; house burned after lightning strike.
DOWDY, Mrs. Celia
104
(b) 25 Dec 1870, Marshall Co., MS;
(m) age 15
(r) Marshall Co., MS;
(r2) Memphis, TN
(Ch): had 8 children;
one noted: Mrs. Clara JONES;
Birthday article
("mother was free-born, but father was a slave")
DRAUGHON, Mrs. Lucy COKE
100
(b) Lodi, TX;
(d) Memphis, TN
(Sp): James W. DRAUGHON;
(Ch): Mrs. William Arthur WEBSTER,
Dorothy DRAUGHON,
Robert DRAUGHON.
Obit.
DUITSCHER, Annie
106
(b) 13 Sept 1871
Baltimore, MD;
(r) Glen Burnie, MD.
"daughter of German immigrant" (not named) Birthday article + Pict.
with President Carter.
DUNLAP, Rev. John
103 or 117
(r) Jacksonville, FL . photo with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
DUNMORE, Calvin
105
(r) West Kittanning, Pa.
(m) 80 years.
(Sp): Mina DUNMORE (age 100). Pict. + caption..
DuPEA, Mrs. Tatsumbie
115
(b) Lone Pine, CA;
(r) Los Angeles, CA;
(Ch): Edward. Birthday article
("a Piute Indian")
DURHAM, Clifton
73
(r) Hardeman Co, TN;
(r2): Memphis, TN;
(Sp): Emma DURHAM;
(Ch): Mrs. W.C. CLARK
news item re: corneal transplants.
DUTY, James P.
96
(r) 1903- Harvard Law School;
(r2) Ark., Okla and Arizona
"while they were part of the Oklahoma Territory";
witnessed hanging of Cherokee Bill
(r2) Oklahoma City until 1948
(r3) since 1948- world traveler (past 27 years)
. news story re: robbery
while traveling through Memphis.

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Initial posting: 10/26/96. Last updated on 06/23/2004.