In Praise of Old Age:
Index of Grandma's Newspaper Clippings:
S
NAME:
AGE
VITAL STATS RELATIVES COMMENTS
SAVAGE, Mrs. M.W.
99
(r) since 1906:Gates, TN
(d) Gates, TN
(Sp): not named: (dec'd x 7 yrs) Obit.(partial):
"perhaps the oldest resident of Gates, Tenn".
SCHAEFFER, Frank M.
106
(b) 1864, Oklahoma Territory
(d) Becker, Mass (UPI)
. Obit.
("fomer slave")
SCHULER, Elizabeth
95
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit:
(see: TSCHUDY, Mrs. Elizabeth Schuler).
SCHULER, Miss Mabel
103
(r) Clifton, Kansas . human interest story:
"pioneer Kansas schoolteacher"
SCHOENLING, Edward A. (Sr).
91
(d) Cincinnati, Ohio. (Sib): George SCHOENLING (dec'd).
(Ch): Edward A. SCHOENLING, Jr.
Obit:
"co-founder of Schoenling Brewering Co.").
SHEPHERD, Mrs. Edna
90
(d) Memphis, TN (P) father was Confederate veteran (not named)
(Sp): Joseph W. SHEPHERD (dec'd).
Obit. + Pict.
SHOULTS, Mrs. Dollie
95
(b) Lewisburg, MS
(r) Memphis x 60 years.
(d) Memphis, TN
. Obit.. + Pict.
SHIELDS, Mrs. Vin
101
(d) Sevierville, TN (Ch) all dec'd Obit..
SILLS, Emma
100
(b) Collierville, TN
(d) Memphis, TN
(P) Union soldiers burned father's tavern (in Collierville) (not named). Obit
(See: SMITH, Mrs. Emma SILLS [THORTON] ).
SKINNER, Mrs. Margaret Deale.
98
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit (partial) . + Pict.
SKIPPER, Mrs. Minnie
93
(b) Indiana
(r) Memphis x 50 years
(d) Memphis, TN

Spencer-Sturla Funeral Home;
burial in Kennett, MO.
(Sp). H.O. SKIPPER (dec'd).
(Ch): Mrs. Jennie VANCLEAVE;
Mrs. Ethel SANDEFUR;
Henry J. SKIPPER;
18 g'children,
12 great-g'children,
3 great-great g'children.
Obit..
SKIPWITH, Pearl
"more than 91 years"
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit. + Pict.
(see: BECKER, Mrs. Pearl S.)
SLEDGE, Robert
101
(b) 1880, Duck Hill, Miss.
(r) Meridian MS & Memphis, TN
(Ch): Minnie JACKSON ,
Ms. Tennye GRIFFIN (youngest)
Birthday story + Pict.
SMITH, Mrs. Anna B.
90
(b) Tipton County, TN
(r1) Tipton Co. (near Brighton)
(r2) past 35 years: Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN

Memphis Funeral Home.
Burial: Clopton Methodist Church cemetery
(near Brighton, TN).
(P): Thomas C. and Mary Ann Adams ANTHONY.
(Sp): Edward G. SMITH (dec'd 45 yrs ago).
(Ch): Mrs. Mary NELSON ,
Mrs. Ann GRIFFIN,
Thomas E. SMITH,
(G'son): Curtis NELSON,
Thomas E. SMITH, Jr.,
Anthony SMITH.
Obit..
SMITH, Charlie
122
(see below) kidnapped in Liberia at age 12, brought to US and sold to Texas rancher. States "birth name" was Mitchell WATKINS birthday note.
SMITH, Charlie
124
(b) Liberia
(r) age 12: to US
and sold as slave in New Orleans
(r) Bartow, FL
. Birthday note.
SMITH, Charlie
128
states he took same name as Texas rancher/slave owner : . birthday note:
Charlie Smith (see above)
SMITH, Charlie
130
(r) watching Apollo 17 launching from Cape Kenneday (Fl). (Ch): Chester SMITH (70). Human Interest
(article date: Thursday, December 7, 1972). (see above)
SMITH, Charlie
133
(b) 1842, Liberia, Africa. . Human Interest:
High School graduation. (see SMITH, Charlie)
SMITH, Charlie
137
(b) 1842, Liberia, Africa
(r) 1854: brought to US from Liberia, Africa.
. Obit. (long) + Pict.
("sold at a slave auction in New Orleans July 4, 1854 to a Texas rancher") .
SMITH, Mrs. Emma SILLS
100
(b) June 17, Collierville, TN
(r) age 2: Union soldiers burned father's tavern in Collierville.
(d) Memphis TN.

Memphis Funeral Home;
burial: Magnolia Cemetery (Collierville ).
(m1) Thomas C. THORTON
(m 1880; dec'd).
(m2) Charles T. SMITH (dec'd 1924).
(Ch): Miss Tommye THORTON,
(Step-ch): Mrs. William SMITH.
5 grandchildren,
12 great-g'children.
Obit.
SMITH, George
126 or 129
(b) March 23, 1847,
"in slavery on cotton farm near Dallas Texas"
(d) Fayetteville, W. Va.
. Obit..
SMITH, Mrs. Jessie Johnson
91
(b) Humbolt, TN
(r) Memphis x 60 years
(d) Memphis, TN

Memphis Funeral Home:
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery (Humboldt, TN)
(P) Milton Hue JOHNSON
("pioneer citizen of Gibson County, a lawyer and former clerk and master of the Chancery Court.)
(Sib) "two brothers served as Captains in Nathan Bedford Forrest's Calvary".
(Sp): J. Maddin SMITH (dec'd 1930)
(Ch): Milton H. SMITH, (Sr);
Maj Gen. Edward W. SMITH ;
4 grandchildren,
7 great-grandchildren.
Obit..
SNEED, Mrs. Myrtle Buttram
("Nan")
100
(b) Springville, Ala
(r) 1925: Memphis, TN
(Sp): George SNEED (m. 1903. dec'd 1924).
(Ch): Theo SNEED(76);
Helen Sneed BODRY
(Nephew): Pat BUTTRAM (actor)
Birthday story + Pict
SPARKS, Mrs. Sarah KNIGHT
94
(b) June 15, Fairfield, Ill.
(r) Memphis "about. 50 years"
(d) Memphis, TN
(Sp): John SPARKS (dec'd x 8 yrs). Obit. + Pict.
SPEARS, Mrs. Odelia
114
(b) "a slave on Louisiana plantation"
(r) Jackson, La.
. Birthday note.
SPILLE, Mrs. Alice
83
(r) Clarksdale, MS.x 55 yrs. (Sp). Sam L. SPILLE (83),
(Ch): Samuel J. SPILLE .
Human interest story:
how double-amputee tends garden, house, etc.
SPRAGINS, Rev. Hal S. (Sr.)
94
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit.. + Pict.
"active in the Methodist ministry for 56 years".
SPROUSE, Mrs. Mattie
"Grandma" Lyons Large
98
(r) Catt Creek
(d) Louisa, KY
(Sp): Delbert "Shorty" SPROUSE (m. June, 1946; groom was age 18, bride was 79). Obit.. (AP)
STANGEL, Nettie
100
(r) Carroll, Iowa (Ch): Mrs. Alice BROUDE (59). Birthday note.
STAPLETON, Mrs. Sallie
91
(b) Virginia
(r1) Chattanooga
(r2) since 1951: Memphis
(d) Memphis, TN

Chattanooga Funeral Home.
(Ch): John L. STAPLETON,
(Step-Ch): Williard STAPLETON,
Mrs. Hettie OSBORN.
(Sib): "several brothers/sisters" (not named) .
Obit..
STEPHENS, Mrs. Helen
93
(b) Poland
(r) Memphis, TN
(d) Memphis, TN

Memphis Funeral Home;
burial in Calvary Cemetery.
(Sp): Ignatius STEPHENS (dec'd 1939).
(Sib) one sister (not named)
Obit.
STEURER, Charles
102
(r) Tarrytown, N.Y. . article:
"65 past 100 draw Social Security"
STEWARD, Will C.
108
(b) "born in slavery in Shelby County", TN
(r) 1872: what is now Conway, ARK.
(d) Conway, Ark
. Obit..
STEWART, Mrs. Elizabeth ROSE
101
(b) Locke, TN
(r) Locke, TN
(r2) since 1915: Memphis
(d) Memphis .

Memphis Funeral Home .
Burial in the Locke cemetery. (? Mt. Pisgah Church)
(Sp): Alan STEWART (dec'd 1938).
(Ch): John Q. STEWART;
Mrs. Catherine ANDERSON,
Mrs. Viola BRAMMAR,
18 g'children;
20 great-g'children;
20 great-great-g'children.
Obit. + Pict.;
"oldest member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church" (Locke, TN).
STRATTON, Mrs. Sedalia
100
(r) Memphis, TN (Ch): Stanley STRATTON,
Mrs. D.G. HOLCOMB,
Daniel D. STRATTON.
(Nephew): Nial BRYANT
Pict. + caption
(commissioned a Kentucky Colonel)
SNIPES, Miss Ethel Naomi
.
(b) ca. 1881, Marshall Co, MS
(m) Jan 16, 1898, Oxford, MS
(was 16-year-old bride).
(Sp): Earnest Lynwood WALKER. wedding aniversary
(see: Earnest Lynwood WALKER)
STRICKLAND, Mrs. Georgia Ann .
100 .
(r) Iuka, MS. (Sp) not given;
widowed x 18 years.
(Ch) 8 living;
Miss Emma STRICKLAND;
Andrew STRICKLAND (83)
Birthday note..
STROUD, Robert L.
73
(r) prisoner at Alcatraz
(d) Springfield Mo
(federal medical facility).
. Obit + pict.
"Birdman of Alcatraz".
SYMMES, Mrs. Marian Lawrence
100
(r) Nashville
(d) Philadelphia, PA
(Ch): Mrs. James J. McCUTCHEON. Obit.
("great-granddaughter of President Andrew Jackson")

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