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Buried:
Cypress United Methodist Church Cemetery

Minnie married SORRELL, Sidney J. Jr. on 7 Dec 1909 in Crockett, Tennessee, USA. Sidney was born in 1887; died in 1958; was buried in Crockett, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bartlett police are trying to solve the mystery of where the baby girl's grave marker belongs after Glen Harckum and his 8-year-old son, Dillon, found it in a ditch. "We took our four-wheeler through some of that undeveloped frontage near Lowe's on Germantown Parkway," said Harckum. "My son spotted the stone and we pulled it out of the dirt." They saw some writing on the stone after they wiped it off. They took it home and scrubbed the letters with a toothbrush to reveal the message: Ruby Louise, daughter of S.J. & Minnie Lee Sorrell, Mar. 25, 1920 to Sept. 5, 1920, Our Darling. Francis Catmur, executive director of Historic Elmwood Cemetery, said it's not unusual for headstones to become dislodged over time. Also, she said sometimes newer ones replace them and the old ones get tossed. Bartlett Police Insp. Steven Johnson said he's contacted local cemeteries to see if the baby is listed in their archives. "We're hoping to find someone who might remember her family so we can get this back where it belongs," Johnson said. Johnson searched records in the Memphis room at the main library to see if she was listed as part of an overgrown, neglected cemetery that sits in the middle of the Wolfchase development explosion. The cemetery is on the north side of U.S. 64 on the west side of Seth's Lighting. Debris and broken limbs have knocked some of the headstones over. Many of them date back to the late 1800s. The baby wasn't part of the cemetery or any of a few others in the area, Johnson said. Anyone with information should call Bartlett police at 385-5565. - Cindy Wolff: 529-2378 Copyright 2004, commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN. All Rights Reserved.