In Praise of Old Age:
Index of Grandma's Newspaper Clippings:

J
- K - L
NAME:
AGE
VITAL STATS RELATIVES COMMENTS
JACK, August
105
(b) Dec 28, 1864
near Bellingham, Wash.
(r) early age with parents: Canada;
(r2) Chemainus, B.C., Canada
. Birthday note.
JACKSON, Mrs. Emma Jane
90
(b) Corinth, MS
(r1) "30 years ago"; Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN

McPeters Funeral Home (Corinth, Ms);
burial New Hope Methodist Church cemetery
(north of Corinth, MS).
(Sp): Jack Edward JACKSON (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. Ruby PETERS,
Mrs. Birdie McALISTER,
Mrs. Zollie MATHIS,
Mrs. Bertha JACKSON,
Mrs. Effie JACKSON,
Mrs. Leno VANZANT.
(Sib): Mrs. Allie POOLS
Obit.
JACKSON, Nathaniel
100
(d) Memphis, TN (Sp): Bertha Mae JACKSON
(Step-Ch): Mrs. Ella Mae LEATH ,
Miss Lorene MAGSBY,
Miss Mary Alice MAGSBY,
Miss Patricia Ann MAGSBY,
Mr. Freddie Lee MAGSBY,
George Steve MAGSBY,
Lewis MAGSBY,
Roy Lee MAGSBY.
Obit.
(wandered from home, found dead in construction ditch).
JEFFERSON, Mrs. Ida
103
(r) Memphis, TN . Birthday note + Pict.
JOHNSON, Miss Dolly
108
(r) Pittsburgh, PA . Birthday note.
JOHNSON, James
101
(r) Osceola, Ark. . Article: "65 Past 100 Draw Social Security"
JOHNSON, Jessie
91
(b) Humboldt, TN
(d) Memphis, TN
(P) Milton Hue JOHNSON Obit:
(See: SMITH, Mrs. Jessie Johnson).
JOHNSON, Mrs. Lula
100
(r1) Hickman, Ark
(r2) since 1947: Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN .

N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
(Ch): Mrs. Litha Bell SMITH,
Mrs. Goldia NORTHERN,
Robert JOHNSON,
Edward JOHNSON
(Sib): Mrs. Parlee WATSON
Obit.
JOHNSON, Tom
112 - 125
(b) 1851, Vicksburg, MS
(d) Memphis, TN
(Ch) daughter who died in Memphis -1965 .
(G'dau): Mrs. Willie Mae HYMAN
Obit. "ex-slave; born of slave parents"
JONES, Mrs. Elnora HUGHES
103
(b) near Mt. Pleasant, MS;
(r) Mt. Pleasant & Slayden, MS
(d) Holly Springs, MS.

J.F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home;
burial: Robert's Chapel CME Church Cemetery
(Slayden, MS).
(Sp): Cliff JONES (dec'd)
(Ch): Mrs. Idalia AMBROSE;
Mrs. Magnolia EVANS,
Mrs. Annie SPIGHT,
Mrs. Versie GIPSON,
Mrs. Dessie BURCH,
Mr. Elisah JONES,
T.Y. JONES,
J.T. JONES,
Mr. Ezzie JONES
(Sib): Mrs. Melie STEPHENSON,
Mr. Knowledge HUGHES .
Obit.
"Daughter of slave and a midwife for hundreds of Marshall County families".
JONES, Frank Oscar
101
(b) June 7, 1867
(r) Hartford, Conn.
. Article: "65 Past 100 Draw Social Security"
JONES, Mrs. Louise BERLIN
78
(b) Memphis, TN
(r) Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN

J.W. Norris Funeral Home;
burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
(SP) Paul Tudor JONES of Bolivar, TN
(m. 1918; d. 1944).
(Ch): John Paul JONES
(Sib). Mrs. Thomas FAUNTLEROY,
Mrs. Charles L. BERLIN.
Obit. + Pict.
(newspaper owner/publisher)
JONES, Paul Tudor
.
(r) Bolivar, TN
(m) 1918,
(d) 1944
. (see JONES, Mrs. Louise BERLIN)
JONES, Thomas P.
96
(d) Memphis, TN (Ch): Mrs. John GREGORY Obit.
JONES, Walter
106
(b) 1871, Miss.
(r) over 70 years: Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN.

J.O. Patterson Funeral Home;
burial in Hollywood Cemetery.
(Dau-in-law): Mrs. Millie T. JONES. Obit.
JUDKINS, Charles E.
100
(r) San Bernardino, Ca.
(d) Calimesa, Ca.
(Ch). Ruth E. WHEELER
(Ranco Mirage, Ca).
Obit.
(daughter also killed in car crash).
KALTENBORN, Hans V.
87
(b) Milwaukee, Wisc.
(r)1909- graduated from Harvard
(d) New York City

Services held at the Unitarian Church in Manhattan.
. Obit + pict. ("pioneer radio news analyst").
KEARNY, Joe
100
(b) 1870, near Sardis, MS
(r) since age 14: Memphis, TN
(m2) "50 years ago"
(P) Ned ("Uncle Ned") KEARNY
(died at age 111),
(P) Rose ("Aunt Rose") KEARNY
(died at age 108)
(Sp): Susie KEARNY
(Ch): Willie KEARNY,
Johnny KEARNY,
Mrs. Alma WARD,
Mrs. Aline RODGERS
(9 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren).
Birthday stories (2) + Pict.
KEARNY, Joe
106
(b) 1870, on plantation
near Sardis, MS.
(r) as a boy: Memphis.
(Sib): Johnny KEARNY
(parents had 21 children; 2 living now).
(Sp) Susie KEARNY ("in her 80's").
Birthday note.
KEARNY, Joe
107
(b) Sardis, MS plantation.
?May be 117
. birthday picture + caption.
KELLY, Mary M. ("Grandma Kelly")
112
(b) Southfield, Mich.
(r) Long Beach, Calif.
(Ch): one daughter, a grandson and two great-grandsons (not named). Birthday Pict. + caption.
KENDELL, Mary
99
(b) Whitehall, IL.
(d) Memphis, TN
. Obit:
(See: CRONIN, Mrs. May Kendell)
KENT, Katie (Granny)
100
(r) Memphis/Bartlett TN . Birthday Pict. + caption.
KING, James Henry
100
(b) Nov 9, Pope Co., IL;
(r1) "very young" Livingston Co., KY
(m1) not named: lasted 7 years; two sons; divorced.
(m2) 1907 not named; wife died in 1938; two daughters and a son
(m3): 1942 (not named): "lasted 5 years".
(m4): 1948 until wife's death in 1954.
(m5): 1961: wife in nursing home in MS (no name given).
(Ch): Mrs. Marie SUGGS. Human interest - birthday story (long) with picture.
KINNEY, Dr. Richard
55
(d) Winnetka, IL
(r) since 1975= Hadley School for the Blind.
. Obit.
"only blind and deaf person other than Helen Keller to earn a doctorate from an American university".
KIRBY, Susie
.
(d) Chicago, Ill . Obit. (see: HAWKINS, Mrs. Susie KIRBY)
KNAPP, Miss Florence
113
(b) October 10, 1873, Mountain Square, PA. (P) (not named): father died at 89.
"Baby sister was 98 when she passed away two years ago".
"Another sister lived to be 107".
(Niece): Ruth OBERHOLTZER
Human interest + Pict.
KNIGHT, Mrs. Ada Jane
93
(b) McNairy Co., TN
(r) Memphis x past 3 years ;
(d) Memphis, TN

Shackelford Funeral Home;
burial: Hunter's Chapel Methodist Church cemetery
(near Selmer, TN).
(Ch): Parvin KING,
Mrs. Verdie MURPHY,
16 grandchildren.
Obit.
KNIGHT, Sarah
94
(b) June 15, Fairfield, IL.
(d) Memphis, TN
. Obit:
(See: SPARKS, Mrs. Sarah Knight).
KROGER, Mrs. W.C.
100
(d) Memphis, TN (Ch) Mrs. W. C. BRADLEY Obit (incomplete) ;
died one day after 100th birthday.
KROSP, Miss Annie
93
(b) Broager, Denmark
(r) USA @ age 6;
(r2) Millington and Memphis, TN
(r3) New Orleans "last year".
(d) New Orleans, La.

Cosmopolitan Funeral Home.
(Sib): Walter KROSP,
(Niece): Mrs. C.E. BOYD
(mentions "17 nieces and nephews").
Obit.
LANDIS, Mrs. Charles
107
(r) Lancaster, Pa. . birthday note.
LANE, Julia W.
111
(b) 1854,
"near Hillhouse" (Ms)
(r) since 1961= Clarksdale, MS.
(d) Clarksdale, Miss.
(P) Amzi DAVIS (preacher)
(Step-niece): Ida TURNER.
Obit.
LeMAY, Mrs. Anna S.
101
(b) Aug 9, 1870,
Marysville, Ohio
(m) 1891
(r1) Birmingham (after wedding)
(r2) Memphis, TN
(Sp): Lewis LeMay Birthday note + Pict.
LeMAY, Mrs. Anna
102
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit. + Pict.
LESTER, Lillie
104
(r) Athens, Texas . Pict+ caption
(learning how to read/write).
LEWIS, Larry
106
(r) San Francisco, Ca. . birthday picture;
"Larry Lewis, Social Security's Oldest Jogger - 106".
LEWIS, Luvenia
100
(b) ?
(r)?Memphis, TN
(G'dau): Mrs. Beatrice FRYE. Birthday article (incomplete) + pict.
LITTLE, Edward H.
100
(b) April 10
(r1)"grew up on cotton plantation outside Charlotte, NC".
(r2) NewYork City
(r3) Memphis, TN
(Sp): _______Trezevant . Birthday note + Pict.
("built the Colgate-Palmolive Co. into an American empire")
LONG, Mrs. Maggie
94
(r) Memphis . house fire injuries
(extensive burns)
LONG, William
100
(r) Macedonia, Ohio . birthday article
"nation's oldest mayor when he retired in 1975 " (age 95).
LONGSTREET, Mrs. Helen DORTCH
99
(b) April 20, 1863,
Carnesville, Ga.
(m) Sept 8, 1897
(r) since 1957: Milledgeville State Hospital
(state mental hospital)
(d) Milledgeville State Hospital, Milledgeville, GA

Funeral services in Atlanta .
(Sp) Confederate General James LONGSTREET
(was 76 at marriage; died 1904).
(Niece): Mrs. R.H. RUMPH
Obit. + Pict.
LOWREY, Joseph Johnston (J.J)
99
(b) Jan 19, 1866,
2 miles north of Blue Mountain, Miss.
(r1) 1870= moved to site of present Blue Mountain College.
(r2) Memphis, Dallas, Monroe (La), New Orleans
(r3): 1947: returned to Blue Mtn, Ms.
(d) Blue Mountain, Miss.
(P): Confederate Gen. Mark Perrin LOWREY.
JJ Lowrey "last of General Lowrey's 11 children".
(Niece): Miss Nora Lee LOWREY.
(Nephews): Dr. Larence T. LOWREY;
Perrin H. LOWREY.
(Ch): Capt. W.W. LOWREY,
Joe LOWREY,
8 grandchildren.
Obit.
"retired cotton buyer was college founder's Son".
LUCKIE, Mrs. S. Blair
102
(d) Swarthmore, PA . Obit;
"pioneer woman suffragist".

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