In Praise of Old Age:
Index of Grandma's Newspaper Clippings
| NAME: | AGE |
VITAL STATS | RELATIVES | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NABORS, Mr. Louis B. | 101 |
(r) Memphis TN | (m) 67 years ago (Sp) "Mrs. Nabors" (age 87) |
Birthday note + Pict. |
| NELSON, Mrs. Ida | 106 |
(b) 1871, Cordova, TN (d) Shelby Co., TN J.O. Patterson Funeral Home. Burial: Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Cordova, TN. |
(Sib): Mrs. Pauline JOHNSON (great-grandson): The Rev. J.F. MORRIS |
Obit. |
| NEWBILL, Rebecca | 103 |
(b) 1860, Halifax Co., VA (r1) age 9: moved to Carroll Co, TN |
(P) James NEWBILL (dec'd 1863 "defending the city of Richmond"). |
Obit. + Pict. (see: YANCEY, Mrs. Rebecca) |
| NISBET. Mrs. Annie Bell | 105 |
(b) March 26, 1858, Pontotoc County, MS (d) Pontotoc County |
. | Obit. |
| NOLAN, Mrs. Eva GILL | 87 |
(r) Whitehaven (now Memphis), TN | (P) William F. GILL (dec'd 1927)= member of State
Legislature. (Niece): Mrs. Robert M. HARDY |
Human Interest: fire destroyed family home (built by father 76 years ago). |
| OGLESBY, Mrs. Willie | 90 |
(r) Memphis, TN | . | human interest story + Pict. "oldest election official". |
| OLSON, Mrs. Sigrid | 100 |
(r) Antioch, Ill | (Ch): Roy OLSON | Birthday pict + caption (smoking cigar! ). |
| PARKER, Mrs. Virginia | 98 |
(b) Obion County, TN (r) Memphis, TN |
(Sp): (not named) (dec'd 1976). (Grandson): Parker LLOYD (Great-g'dau): Nita FULK |
human interest story + Pict. ("Relatives Join to Fix up Midtown Home of woman, 98"). |
| PARRISH, A.S. | 100 |
(r) Walnut Ridge (state not given). | (Ch): Mrs. Ora COX; Mrs. Edith TOLSON |
Pict. + caption (appeared at Walnut Ridge's centennial celebration; "13 days older than town itself") |
| PASE, Mrs. Henrietta | 101 |
(b) Germany (r) last August: to Memphis (formerly Nashville) |
. | Birthday Pict. + caption |
| PETERSON, David | 122 |
(b) Nov. 22, 1850, Lamateen, Ark (no longer exists) (r) Shreveport, LA as child with family . (r1)since 1914: (d) Dallas, TX |
(P): names not given; (Sib): 7 brothers, 5 sisters (names not given) (Ch): Lucille PETERSON |
Obit. ("Former slave Dies After Loss of Legs") |
| PHELPS, Mrs. Maggie | 100 |
(r) Memphis, TN | (Niece): Mrs. G.D. WILLIAMS |
Birthday Pict. + caption |
| POINDEXTER, Mrs. Cornelia | 106 |
. | (great-great-great grandson): Marcus HOLLOWELL |
"87th mother's day" Pict. + caption= "106 years" in ink. |
| POINDEXTER, Mrs. Cornelia | 108 |
(b) April 6, 1870 Fayette Co., TN ("near Mason TN") (d) Memphis, TN J.C. Oates Funeral Home |
(Sp): Mose POINDEXTER (dec'd 1952). (Ch): Mrs. Drucilla COBURN, Mrs. Lucille JONES, Eugene POINDEXTER, Jonas POINDEXTER, (Sib) "one of 9 children": Matthews BOYLAND . |
Obit. |
| POLINITZ, Mrs. Mary | 104 |
(r) Pottstown, PA | (Ch): Helen BARR (great-grandson): Glenn ZLOTOWSKI . 11 children (4 living), 19 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 17 great-great grandchildren. (Sp) not named (dec'd 1941). |
Human interest + pict ("104-year-old Woman Receives Gift of Sight") |
| POULOS, Dennis ("Uncle Dan") |
100 |
(b) Greece (r1) since 1910: Memphis (from Previza, Greece). |
. | Birthday picture + caption. |
| POULOS, Dan | 101 |
(b) Greece (r) 70 years ago= came to Tenn. (d) Memphis, TN Memphis Funeral Home. |
(Sp): never married. | Obit. (see Dennis POULOS) |
| POWELL, Jack | 97 |
(b) Duck Hill, MS (r) Duck Hill, Ms. (r2) 1926 - 1942: Tutwiler, Ms (r) since 1943: southwest Memphis |
(Sp) Willie POWELL (age 93). (Ch) 5 living. 19 grandchildren; unknown # of great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-g'children . |
77th anniversary story + picture. |
| PRUITT, Frank M. | 100 |
(r) Memphis, TN | (Sp2) married 5 years ago (name not given) |
Birthday Pict. + caption |
| PRUITT, Frank | 103-105 |
(r) Memphis, TN | (Sp1-5): widower (Sp6):Mrs. Hattie BURT |
wedding announcement to Mrs. Hattie BURT, age 76. |
| PUGH, Mrs. Dora | 106 |
(b) near Ripley, MS (r1) New Albany, MS. (r2) Memphis (with husband) (between 1879 - 1883) (d) Memphis, TN Memorial Park Funeral Home: burial in Memorial Park. |
(Sp) Ellis PUGH (dec'd). (Ch): Mr. Lyonel PUGH, 10 grandchildren, 11 great-great-g'children, 2 great-great-great-g'children. |
Obit. + Pict. |
| RAINS, Miss Mary | 100 |
(r1) Hurricane Hill (between Ripley and Henning, TN) (r2) Rains Hotel, Henning, TN. (x 45 years). |
(P) father: (not named) country school teacher and farmer
at Hurricane Hill. Mother (not named) dec'd "at an early age". (Sib); Mrs. E.M. BLACKWELL (younger sister); Miss Annie RAINS |
Birthday + Pict. "the country's oldest hotel-operator"(Rains Hotel, Henning, TN) |
| RALPH, Mrs. Jameda | 100 |
(b) Nov 11 (r) Covington, TN (d) Covington, TN Maley Funeral Home (Covington). |
(Sp) R.G. RALPH (m. 1889, dec'd early 1930's). (Ch): Mrs. Bessie DELK, Mrs. Jack MILLER. (G'son): William R. DELK |
Obit: oldest member of Central Christian Church (Covington, TN). |
| REDDING, Mrs. Ida Belle | 95 |
(b) Hazelhurst, MS (r) Memphis, TN (d) Memphis, TN |
(P) father was a MS. Supreme Court clerk. | Obit (partial) |
| REED, Arthur | 121 |
(b) June 28, 1860, (possibly) Albany, N.Y . (r) Oakland, Cal. |
. | Birthday + Pict.. |
| REYNOLDS, Ida | 90 |
(d) near Mt. Pleasant, MS | . | Obit. (see IVY, Mrs. Ida REYNOLDS) |
| RHED, Mrs. Imogene | 94 |
(b) July, Brookhaven, Miss. (r) Brookhaven, Miss. (r2): 9 years ago: Memphis, TN (d) Memphis, TN Ketchens Funeral Home (McComb, Ms). Burial: Johnson Grove Church of Christ Cemetery (member). |
(Sp): T.J. RHED (dec'd 9 years ago). (Ch): "Mother of 10". Mrs. J.A. PHILLIPS, Mrs. R. L. PHILLIPS, Mrs. Milton JONES; Robert J. RHED, Leon RHED, 14 g'children; 25 great-g'children; 1 great-great- g'child. |
Obit. |
| RIGGS, Hattie | 109 |
(b) "three years after the Civil War ended" Boone Co., KY (r) near Hebron and Limaburg, KY ("present site of the Greater Cincinnati Airport") (d) Ludlow, KY |
(G'father): Nicholas CRIGLER (Sp): George RIGGS (m. 1886; (d) 1950 (ch): "a daughter and granddaughter" (not named) |
Obit. (AP) Grandfather: "helped found the Hebron Lutheran Church in 1854" |
| RINEHART, Jesse | 103 |
(r1) Carthage, MO. (r2) Drumright, Okla. |
. | Birthday note |
| RINEHART, Sally | 97 |
(b) Aug 22, 1865 (Ms) | . | birthday article: see DAVIS, Mrs. Sally RINEHART |
| RINGO, Mary | 107 |
(b) Aug 21, 1866, Fleming City, KY |
. | birthday article: see HARPER, Mary RINGO |
| RISINGER, Mrs. Annie | 102 |
(r) Ringoes, N.J. | . | Article: "65 Past 100 Draw Social Security" |
| RIVERS, Mrs. Callie | 100 |
(b) Dec 25 (r) Memphis, TN |
(g'son): Curtis McGOWAN; Ellis RIVERS; (great g'son): Ellis RIVERS, Jr. |
Pict. + caption |
| ROARK, Eldon Felix | 81 |
(b) Aug 24, 1897, Clinton, La. (r) Clinton, La. (r2) age 14: Baton Rogue, La. (r3) Memphis, TN (d) Memphis, TN ( ca. May 1, 1979) |
. | long Obit. + Pict (wrote "Strolling" column @ Press-Scimiter for 46 years) |
| ROGERS, E.C. | 94 |
(r) Holly Springs, MS (r2) last Nov: Memphis, TN (d) Memphis, TN Reynolds Funeral Home (Holly Springs). Burial in Holly Springs. |
(Sp) Mrs. Freddie ROGERS "and a number of nieces and nephews". |
Obit. "Bathtub Burns Prove Fatal". |
| ROGERS, Mrs. Natilda ("Aunt Sis") | 110 |
(r) Waynesboro, NC | . | Birthday article: "Two Mountain Women Celebrate Birthdays at 100-Plus". |
| ROWNTREE, Lester (female) |
100 |
(d) Carmel, Cal. ("five days after her 100th birthday") |
. | Obit "The Seed Lady" |