| NAME: |
AGE |
VITAL STATS |
RELATIVES |
COMMENTS |
| EDWARDS, Mrs. Julia GRAY |
100 |
(b) 10 June 1866, near Eads, TN;
(r) Memphis, TN
|
(Ch): Mr. R.A. WASHINGTON |
Birthday Pict. + caption
("parents who were slaves"). |
| ESKEW, Mrs. Mary Sue "Miss Birdie" |
102 |
(b) Jan 24, Texas
(r1) Mt. Plesant, TX
(r2) age 16=Nashville, Ark;
(r3) return to TX
(r4) since 1902=Augusta, Ark. |
(P) Simon Peter CRAWFORD;
(Sp) Clarence ESKEW (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. Pocahontas HEAP (b. 1897),
Henry (b. 1898),
Ollie (b. 1903),
Mary O'Dell McGREGOR (1910). |
Birthday article (long) + Pict.. |
| ERICKSON, Mrs. Hilda |
104 |
(b) Nov, Skaraborgs Land, Sweden
(r) Grantsville, Utah |
(Sp): John ERICKSON (dec'd 1944) ;
(Ch): Mrs. ___ HICKS |
news item;
"Utah's last living pioneer to cross the plains from the East before
the railroads came" |
| |
| FARRELL, Julia |
107 |
(b) 7 July 1867, Egypt, N.C.;
(r) Portland, OR. |
. |
Birthday article |
| FARRELL, Mrs. Julia Anna |
107 |
(see above)
(b) Egypt, N.C.;
(d) Portland, OR |
(Ch): 16 (all dec'd) |
Obit. |
| FAUNTLEROY, Miss Elisabeth |
. |
(m) to Roane WARING, Jr.,
Memphis, TN
(Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 11:30 a.m.) |
(P): Mrs. Thomas FAUNTLEROY
and the late Captain FAUNTLEROY
(Groom's parents:
Col. and Mrs. Roane WARING, Sr.) |
Long wedding article with Pict., many names. |
| FAUNTLEROY, Mrs. Elizabeth BERLIN |
81 |
(d) Memphis, TN .
Treadwell-Norris
Funeral Home.
Burial at Forest Hill Cemetery. |
(Sp): Captain Thomas FAUNTLEROY ;
(Ch): Mrs. Roane WARING, Jr. (see above),
Mrs. George B. JETT |
Obit. |
| FERM, Alexis C. |
101 |
(d) New Orleans. |
. |
Obit:
"a pioneer in American child education". |
| FIRTH, Miss Willie |
100 |
(b) Oct 30, 1875, Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN |
. |
Obit (See: WILLIAMS, Mrs. Willie FIRTH) |
| FISHER, Charles |
98 |
(m) Dec 4, 1895.
(r) Since 1936-near Avon, Ill. |
(Sp): Mrytle FISHER |
Anniversary
notice: see FISHER, Myrtle. |
| FISHER, Myrtle |
91 |
(m) 4 Dec 1895 (73rd aniversary) ; |
(Sp): Charles FISHER |
see FISHER, Charles |
| FISHER, Mrs. Roberta |
106 |
(b) Jan 18, 1873, Horn Lake, MS;
(r) 1936: to West Memphis, AR
(d) West Memphis, Ark.
Burial: Paradise
Gardens
(Edmonson, Ark). |
(Sp): Lum FISHER (dec'd) ;
(Ch): Mrs. Anna JOHNSON ;
Louis FISHER;
Robert FISHER. |
Obit. |
| FITZPATRICK, Mrs. Annie S. |
95 |
(b) Jan.18??, Fulton, MS;
(r1) 1937: moved to Memphis from Columbus, MS;
(d) Memphis,TN.
Memphis Funeral
Home,
burial in Memorial Park. |
(Sp): Brantley Burns FITZPATRICK (dec'd
1929)
(Ch): Mrs. Esther COX |
Obit. + Pict. |
| FITZPATRICK, Cynthia |
118 |
(b) 25 Dec 1864, Pontotoc, MS
(r) Rochester, NY |
. |
News item;
"born to slave parents" |
| FLEISCHER, Andew W. "Doc" |
100 |
(r) Ridgewood, NJ |
. |
Birthday Pict. + caption.
"developer of the stethescope and the arm-sleeve blood pressure gauge". |
| FLIPPIN, Mary |
100 |
(d) Memphis, TN |
. |
Obit.
(see: CLAY, Mrs. Mary FLIPPIN) |
| FORD, Mrs. John |
95 |
(b) Clarksville, MO;
(r) 1890: moved to Memphis, TN;
(d) Memphis, TN
Memphis Funeral
Home;
burial in Elmwood Cemetery |
(Sp) John FORD (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. Knoxie E. FITE,
John K. FORD. |
Obit. |
| FOX, Miss Minnie |
94 |
(r) since 'early 1900s', Big Stone Gap, VA;
(d) Big Stone Gap, VA.
Burial: Paris,
KY. |
(Sib): John FOX, Jr. (novelist) |
Obit. |
| FRANKLIN, Mrs. Bernice BAILEY |
90 |
(r1) LaGrange, TN
(r2) Collierville, TN.
(d) Memphis, TN.
Peebles Fayette
County Funeral Home.
Burial: LaGrange (TN) Cemetery |
(Sp): William E. FRANKLIN, Jr. (dec'd)
(Ch): William E. FRANKLIN, III
John W. FRANKLIN |
Obit. |
|
| GAISMAN, Mr. Henry Jack |
104 |
(b) Memphis, TN;
(r1) Cincinatti (?child)
(r2) New York City (teenager)
(r3) Hartsdale, NY
(d) White Plains, NY.
Burial: Gate
of Heaven Cemetery
( Hawthorne, NY). |
(P) Sarah GAISMAN;
Jacques GAISMAN (father) died in Yellow Fever epidemic (Memphis)
when Henry was 3 years old.
(Sp): Catherine VANCE |
Obit. + Pict.
(renowed inventor and philanthropist) |
| GARISON, Mrs. Ina Bell HAMMOND |
93 |
(b) Hanover, Ill.
(r1) Jackson, TN
(r2) since 1920: Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN .
Memphis Funeral
Home;
cremation. |
(Sp): George D. GARISON
(dec'd 24 years ago);
(Sib): H.D. HAMMOND. |
Obit. |
| GARDNER, Ellen |
97 |
(b) near Jacksonville, Fl
(r) Memphis x 63 years
(d) Memphis, TN |
. |
Obit. + Pict.
(see: .THOMPSON, Mrs. Ellen GARDNER) |
GARNER, John Nance
("Cactus Jack") |
98 |
(d) Uvalde, TX |
. |
Obit. + Pict.
(VP under FDR x 8 years) |
| GARNER, James Davis |
106 |
(d) Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
(Sp): Sylvia DAVIS
(age 66) |
Obit. |
| GILL Eva |
82 |
(r) Whitehaven (now Memphis), TN |
(P) William F. GILL (dec'd 1927). |
Human Interest:
home burns.
(See: NOLAN, Mrs. Eva GILL) |
| GILMORE, Amos |
104 |
(b) Utica, MS;
(d) Memphis, TN.
Mid-South Funeral
Home. |
(Sp): Joesphine GILMORE
(age 65, married 9 years)
3 childen from previous marriage (not named) |
Obit. (Baptist preacher, born during slavery). |
| GOAD, Mrs. Alice |
93 |
(r1) Earle Ark.
(r2) Memphis x 20 years.
(d) Memphis.
Cosmopolitan Funeral
Home;
burial at Mt. Vernon Gardens
(? Earle, Ark). |
(Sp): James A. GOAD
(Ch): Mrs.J.L. PACE,
Mr. Elzie HORTON. |
Obit. |
| GOOCH, Mr. C.M. |
72 |
(r) Ky
(d) Memphis, TN (?) |
. |
editorial re: death. |
| GRAY, Mrs. Josie McGEE |
98 |
(b) AR;
(r) Memphis x 35 years;
(d) Memphis, TN.
Norris Funeral
Home;
burial at Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Sidney, Ark). |
(Sp): I. Morse GRAY (dec'd).
(Ch): Raymond BUCHANAN,
Mrs. Ingram BUSBY,
Miss Ruth GRAY. |
Obit.
("member of early Ark. family"). |
| GRAY, Julia |
100 |
(b) 10 June 1866
near Eads, TN |
. |
Pict. + caption
(see: EDWARDS, Mrs. Julia GRAY) |
| GREEN, Maude |
90 |
(b) Crockett Co., TN
(d) Memphis, TN |
. |
Obit:
see CARTER, Mrs. Maude GREEN |
| GREENAWALT, John E. |
96 |
(d) Bronxville, NY |
. |
Obit.(AP). |
| GREER, Mr. Lem |
99 |
(b) 1864, Desoto Co, MS;
(r) "was ten years old when Tate county was cut off from DeSoto"
(r) near Cockrum, (?Ms) |
(Ch): Mr. Hubert GREER;
(neph): H.R. DIX. |
Human interest story + Pict.
(hunting, etc). |
| GRIMES, Mrs. Mary |
107 |
(r) Houston, TX |
. |
Birthday article
(received from Pres. Nixon, age 57, sharing same birthday) |
| GURKIN, Mr. John W. |
92 |
(b) Morristown, TN;
(r) moved to Rossville during childhood;
(d) Rossville, TN.
Brantley Funeral
Home (Collierville);
burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Fayette Co) |
. |
Obit.
(father "helped build the Southern Railroad lines") |
