| 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") |