In Praise of Old Age:
Index of Grandma's Newspaper Clippings:
H - I
NAME:
AGE
VITAL STATS RELATIVES COMMENTS
HACKETT, William S.
93
(b) Livermore, KY;
(r-1): 1917: Hodge, LA.
(r2) "last Nov:" - Memphis
(d) Memphis, TN

Memphis Funeral Home
then Edmonds Funeral Home
(Jonesboro, La).
Burial: Hodge, La
(Ch): Miss Doris HACKETT
Mrs. James R. LEE
(Sib): "a brother, and sister and grandson".
Obit.
HAIRE, Mrs. Leon Sibley
116
(b) April 19, 1848,
Richmond, VA.
(d) not given
. Obit. (AP)
(family lived two doors from Gen. Lee's family;
was a Confed. spy for Robert E. Lee)
HALL, Mrs. Minnie Dell WARD
99
(b) Jan 31, LaCrosse, Wisc.
(r1) 1895-1930: Memphis, TN;
(r2)1930-1948: Oxford, Ms.;
(r3) since 1948: Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN.

Memphis Funeral Home.
(Sp): George C. HALL (dec'd) ;
(Ch): Mrs. Polk W. AGEE;
Mr. Ward C. HALL.
Obit..
HAMMOND, Ina Bell
.
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit.;
(see GARISON, Mrs. Ina Bell)
HANKE, Anna
92
(d) Memphis, TN . . Obit.:
(see: BRUNNER, Mrs. Anna Hanke).
HARDY, Lorena
96
(b) Americas, GA.
(r) Memphis, TN
(d) Dyersburg, TN
. Obit.
(see: THORPE, Mrs. Lorena Hardy)
HARKER, Thomas
102
(r) Mount Holly, N.J. (Ch): Beatrice HAINES. Birthday article
HARP, Mrs. Ida
100
(r) Memphis, TN . Birthday Pict.
HARP, Mrs. Ida THOMPSON
102
(r) Memphis, TN (Niece by marriage):
Mrs. Edward HOOD.
Birthday note
HARP, Mrs. Ida M. THOMPSON
103
(b) March 23
(d) Memphis, TN.
. Obit.. + Pict.
HARPER, Mary RINGO
107
(b) Aug 21, 1866,
Fleming City, KY
(r) Philadelphia, Pa.
(r2) 1908: Atlantic City, N.J.
(r3) New York City (retired librarian).
(ancestors): John and Jan RINGO
("early Dutch settlers, founded Ringoes, N.J. in 1639")
Birthday article + Pict..
HARRIS, Mrs. Appie
100
(b) July 4, Ms.
(r1) Charleston, MS
(r2) since 1941: Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN .

Memphis Funeral Home.
(Sp): William Richard HARRIS (dec'd)
(Ch): Mr. T.M. HARRIS;
R.F. (Bill) HARRIS.
Obit..
HARRIS, Mrs. Maggie (Granny) BREWER
101
(b) Ashland, Ms.
(d) Memphis, TN.

United Funeral Home
(Ashland, Ms),
Amaziah Baptist Cemetery
(New Albany, Ms).
(Ch): Mrs. Vera MOORE Obit.
HARRISON, Henry
96
(b) Sept 3, 1870,
Columbus, Ms.
(r1) in childhood: Memphis, TN.
*moved to Bailey Station during Yellow Fever Epidemic (1878).
(r2) Memphis, TN
(Sp) not given; widowed x 17 years human interest + Pict..
HARRISON, Henry
100
(b) Columbus, MS
(r1) 1876: moved to Memphis
(r2) Hot Springs, Ark.
(r3) St. Louis, Mo.
(r4) Memphis, TN
(Sp): widowed since 1949
after married 49 years.
Birthday article + Pict.
HARRISON, Henry
101
. . Birthday Pict. + caption
HARRISON, Henry
102
(r) past 95 years in Memphis, TN : . Birthday article + Pict..
HARTMAN, Mrs. Aschsah
100
(b) Georgia
(r) Pasedena, Texas
(Sp): John P. HARTMAN (1845-1931) (dec'd)
(Ch) 5 children,
19 grandchildren,
11 great-grandchildren.
Birthday note + Pict.
("thought to be the last surviving widow of a Civil War veteran";
husband joined "calvary group in Louisana at age 14")
HARWELL, Mrs. Mary Odella
94
(d) Jan 8, 1964, Memphis, TN .
Memphis Funeral Home;
burial in Memorial Park
(Ch): Mrs. Eula SMITH,
W.B. HARWELL,
Mrs. Effie May TEASLEY.
(Sib): Mrs. A.B. CRUMP,
W.T. BLACKWELL,
Mrs. Maggie WILSON.
Obit.
HAWKINS, Mrs. Neal
101
(r) Memphis (Ch): Mrs. W.A. JOHNSON . Birthday + Pict.
(6 generations shown )
HAWKINS, Mrs. Susie KIRBY
92
(b) January, near Brownsville, Wisc.
(r1)1919, Hulbert, Ark.
(r2) ca. 1931 to present: Memphis, TN
(d) Chicago, IL
(for granddaughter's wedding)
(Sp): S.E. HAWKINS (dec'd)
(Ch): Mr. F.L. HAWKINS
Obit.
HEATH, Mrs. Eliza
106
(b) 1859, on Frank HAYES
tobacco farm
near Dresden, Tenn
(r) Memphis, TN
(Ch): Mrs. Claretta AYTCHAN
(Great g'son): Terrll O. AYTCHAN.
Birthday note + Pict.
HECK, Frank
100
(b) Dec 24, 1884
(m) 68 years
(r) Great Falls, Mont.
(Sp): Selma HECK Birthday article:
see HECK, Selma.
HECK, Selma
100
(b) Jan 24, 1885
(m) 68 years
(r) Great Falls, Mont.
(Sp): HECK, Frank Birthday article:
see HECK, Frank.
HILL, Dr. Tolbert F.
107
(d) Springfield, Ill. . Obit.
("died two days shy of 108 Birthday")
HILLIARD, Mrs. Leonora
90
(r) Memphis
(r2) since 1939: Herndon, VA
(d) Herndon, VA

Memphis Funeral Home;
burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
(Sp): Captain Foster H. HILLIARD (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. R.Y. NEWELL, Jr.,
Mr. Foster H. HILLIARD,
Frank W. HILLIARD,
Charlton W. HALL,
Mrs. John D. FREEMAN.
Obit.
HOBGOOD, Norman
108
(d) Arkadelphia, Ark . Obit. note
in William J. MOORE Birthday note. Served in Spanish-American War.
HOGUE, Charles Wayman
94
(b) Faulkner Co., Ark.
(r1) Drew Co., Ark
(r2) California
(r3) Memphis, Tenn.;
(d) Little Rock, Ark.
(Ch): (Mrs). Charlie May SIMON (writer);
"two other daughters and a son".
Obit. + Pict..
Writer (name: Wayman HOGUE)
HORNSBY, Mrs. Gertrude S.
100
(b) Aug 22, 1872,
Poplar Grove, TN.
(r) since 1906: Millington, TN
(Sp): W.S. ("Mayor") HORNSBY (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. Richard AYCOCK .
Birthday article
(husband was former mayor of Millington)
HOLT, William P.
102
(r) Seattle, Washington (Sp): Mrs. Karen MONRAD (age 77) Wedding announcement. (See: MONRAD, Mrs. Karen)
HOTTUN, C.H. ("Doc")
90
(b) 1869
(r1) Detroit, Mich
(r2) Memphis, TN
(d) September, 1959 ?Memphis, TN
(Ch): C.H. HOTTUN, Jr.
(administrator, Methodist Hospital, Memphis)
Human interest story (long)+ Pict.;
promoter and athlete.
HUGHES, Elnora
103
(d) Holly Springs, Ms. . Obit.
(see: JONES, Mrs. Elnora HUGHES)
HURST, Ab ("Uncle Ab")
115
(b) Purdy, TN (extinct)
(r1) slave of
Feilding HURST
( "near old Purdy")
and
"a WALKER family".
(r) McNairy County, TN
(Ch): Odell HURST ;
"3 sons and 3 daughters".
human interest (long) + Pict.
HYLANDER, Mrs. Nancy Adaline
102
(r1) since 1921: Memphis, Tn;
(d) Memphis, TN
(Ch): Mrs. Mary Frances BARKSDALE,
Mrs. Mattie Bell McDONALD;
Mrs. Ann Baird DAVIS.
Obit..
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INGERSOLL, Mrs. Florence BECK
103
(r) Ingelside, Del. . Article: "Senior Citizens".
INMAN, Ossie C.
105
(r) Lambert, Ms. (Ch) 4 children,
11 grandchildren,
27 great-grandchildren.
Birthday note
IVY, Mrs. Ida REYNOLDS
90
(r) Memphis,TN
(d) near Mt. Pleasant, MS
(Ch): Mrs. Margaret BASS Obit..

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