In Praise of Old Age:
Index of Grandma's Newspaper Clippings:
T - V
NAME:
AGE
VITAL STATS RELATIVES COMMENTS
TALBOTT, Romulus
81
(b) Sept 18, 1841 McNairy Co., TN
(d) March 16, 1923 Franklin Co. TX

burial: City Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, TX
(p) Alex G. TALBOTT
(Sp): Virginia HOWELL
(g'dau): Gertrude MARTIN Sanders
(See: TOLBERT, Rom)
(Data from family genealogy, not obit.)
TATUM, Mrs. Eggie
90
(b) Water Valley, Miss.
(r) Water Valley, Miss.
(r2) Memphis x past 30 yrs.
(d) Memphis, TN

Henry Funeral Home (Water Valley):
Burial: Water Valley cemetery.
(Sp): Walt TATUM (dec'd).
(Ch): Clark TATUM,
Rob TATUM,
Mrs. Allie ROGERS
Obit..
TAYLOR, Ford Newton
90
(b), (r) & (d) Memphis, TN
Memphis Funeral Home;
burial: Elmwood Cemetery.
(P) Col. W.F. TAYLOR
(confederate officer).
(Sib): brother(s) dec'd.
(Ch): William Fletcher TAYLOR,
Rear Adm. Ford N. TAYLOR,
Mrs. C.E. ZINN;
10 g'children,
16 great g'children.
Obit.
("Former member of Board of Education").
TAYLOR, Mrs. Lula MOODY
.
(b) March 15, 1874
(r) Miss
(r2) 1968, Memphis, TN
(G'dau): Mrs. Peggy CHALMERS Birthday notes
(see Mrs. Etta WYATT)
TAYLOR, Mrs. W.H.
90
(r) Memphis, TN
(r2) North Hollywood, Ca x many years.
(d) North Hollywood, Cal.

Burial: Burbank, Cal.
(Ch): 2 sons, 5 daughters, including Mrs. M.D. KELLY
and Mrs. Walter N. NAPIER
of Memphis.
Obit..
TEEL, Mrs. Mary
107
(b) Dec 25, 1861, Red Banks, MS
(r) Memphis, TN
(Sib): Mrs. Lula TAYLOR (99).
(Ch): Henderson TAYLOR (77)
Birthday note.
('born into slavery").
THOMAS, Miss Fanny
113
(b) April 24, 1867, Denver, ILL.
(r) 1900 Colorado Springs, CA .
(r2) fruit ranch in Idaho.
(r3) 1920: moved to Los Angeles
(d) San Gabriel, Ca. (Jan-Feb, 1981).
(Sib): Marietta THOMAS (dec'd 7 years ago).
(Sp) "never married"
(1900 Colo. Springs, Colorado census reported her as 32-year-old wife of millinery store owner)
(Niece): Ruth EASTMAN
Obit.
THOMPSON, Mrs. Ellen GARDNER
97
(b) near Jacksonville, Fl
(r) Memphis x 63 years
(d) Memphis, TN

J.W. Norris Funeral Home;
cremated.
(Sp) Frank THOMPSON (dec'd 1956).
(Ch): Edward F. THOMPSON,
Joe M. THOMPSON;
4 g'children,
2 great g'children.
Obit. + Pict.
("Widow of mortician was 97 years old").
THOMPSON, Ida
.
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit.:
(see: HARP, Mrs. Ida )
THOMPSON, James E.
102
(r) Fairmount, Ind. . First hospitalization;
driving car since 1908.
THOMPSON, Mary Elizabeth
104
(b) Paint Rock, Ala. . Birthday article
(see: BREWER, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth)
THOMPSON, Mr. Will
93
(d) Memphis, TN
Memphis Funeral Home;
burial: Old Cemetery (Tupelo, MS)
. Obit. ("retired Rail Superintendent").
THOMPSON, Mrs. Nannie Lou
106
(b) April 1, 1872, Louisville, MS
(r) Memphis (soon after marriage)
(d) Memphis, TN

R.S. Lewis Funeral Home.
(Sib): Mrs. Emma HODGES,
Mrs. Ethel HENDERSON,
Mrs. Nola THOMPSON,
Bill HOLMES
(Ch): Sam THOMPSON,
John THOMPSON
Mrs. Katie BRICE
Obit..
THORPE, Mrs. Lorena Hardy
96
(b) Americas, GA.
(r) Savanah, GA.
(r2) Memphis x 40 yrs
(d) Dyersburg, TN
(while visiting g'dau).
(Sp): Luther THORPE (dec'd 1943). Obit (partial).
THORTON, Mrs. Emma SILLS
100
(b) Collierville (Sp1): Thomas C. THORTON
(m. 1880, dec'd)
(Sp2): Charles T. SMITH (dec'd 1924).
Obit. (see: SMITH, Mrs. Emma SILLS)
TODD, Mrs. Permelia Lou
92
(b) Dyer County, TN
(r) Memphis x 64 years
(d) Memphis, TN.

Memphis Funeral Home;
Forest Hill Cemetery.
(Ch): Mrs.. Claude J. ROSE Obit.
TOLBERT, Rom
"about 80 years of age"
(r) on line of Titus and Franklin Co., TX
(d) Winfield, TX
. Obit: "Confederate Veteran"
NOTE: **Name was incorrect - should be TALBOTT (This is my great-great-grandfather: RACB)
TORIAN, H.D.
103
(b) Sept 1
(r) West Memphis,
Ark
. Birthday note
TORIAN, H.D.
105
(b) Sept 1, 1859, Horn Lake, Miss.
(r) West Memphis, AR.
(Sp3): not named.
(Ch) "a married daughter" (not named).
human interest story:
("At 105, he tends his rose garden")
TRIGGS, Mrs. Landon
101
(b) Feb 18, 1878, Shelby County, TN
(born on Perkins Place, farm near Perkins and Poplar Ave.)
(r) Memphis (Graham and Southern)
(P) farmer (not named).
(Sp): John TRIGGS (m. May 15, 1898) (dec'd).
(Sib): 4 sisters, 3 brothers (all dec'd except brother, O.C. HICKS).
(Ch): none
(Cousins): W.E. DUNN,
Mrs. Lillie MATTHEWS
Birthday story + Pict.
(member of New Philadelphia Baptist Church x 87 years)
TSCHUDY, Mrs. Elizabeth Schuler
95
(d) Memphis, TN . Obit.
TURNER, Mrs. Lula
106
(b) Hernando, MS
(r) Starkville, MS and Memphis
(d) Memphis
(G'son): E. William HENRY Obit..
TURNER, Mrs. Lula
107
(b) Hernando, MS
(r1) Memphis, TN
(r2) Starkville, MS x 50 yrs
(r3) Memphis, TN after husband's death
(d) Memphis, TN
(Niece): Mrs. Lula MILLER;
second niece (not named).
(Nephew); not named.
Obit. (see: TURNER, Mrs. Lula (above)
VINCENT, Ida
105
(b) Wells, Minn.
(d) Minneapolis, Minn
. Obit.
("former dean of women at Northwestern University")
(See: WOOD, Mrs. Ida VINCENT) .