Henderson County Tennessee Genealogy & History

CEMETERIES of HENDERSON COUNTY

* Old Bethel *
Church & Cemetery
Church Photo by Sandi Lambert

This is an old cemetery at Old Bethel Baptist Church on Bethel Road about 5 miles west of Lexington. There are many unmarked graves here, well over 100. David Donahue recorded this Old Bethel Cemetery January 17, 1999 and checked and updated it in March 2004. Two earlier records for this cemetery are available. Frances Evans recorded the markers on July 26, 1938. Her record appears in Tennessee Records of Henderson County, Bible Records and Tombstone Inscriptions (Nashville, Historical Records Survey, July 27, 1939). This is referred to as "Evans" in the notes below. Horace Perry, Diane Reed, and Brenda Fiddler recorded the cemetery circa 1976. Their record appears in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), Vol. II, pp. 403-408. Their work is referred to as "Perry et al." in the notes below. Information from Evans seems to have been copied into the 1976 record. Perry et al. estimated "at least 160 unmarked graves." This estimate seems to have been based on the 1938 work of Evans, whose record provides some information about location of unmarked graves in relation to marked graves.

Old Bethel Cemetery Photos 1
Old Bethel Cemetery Photos 2

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	SPOUSE	PARENTS
ALTOM, Infant	24 Feb 1914	Infant		James R. & Sophie (Wadley) Altom
ALLEN, James M.	24 May 1849	31 Dec 1923
ALTOM, James R.	27 Feb 1890	1949	Sophie Wadley m 18 Aug 1912	David Crockett & Sarah Jane (Shipman) ALtom
ALLEN, L.J.	19 Feb 1848	03 Jun 1896	J.M. Allen
ALTOM, Sophie (Wadley)	1894	1976	James R. ALtom
ALTOM, Waymon Crockett	17 Nov 1919	16 Sep 1981		James R. & Sophie (Wadley) Altom US Navy WW II
ANDERSON, Rev. David	24 Mar 1942	11 May 2002		Thomas Beryl & Opal (Bailey) Anderson
ANDERSON, Opal (Bailey) Obituary	21 Apr 1916	09 Nov 2007	Thomas Beryl Anderson
ANDERSON, Thomas Beryl Obituary	20 Jul 1922	18 Dec 2008	Opal Bailey	Will and Myrtle Anderson
AZBILL, Bettie	23 Sep 1869	14 Sep 1912	W.E. Azbill
AZBILL, Hartis	1912	1913		F.H. & Emma Azbill
AZBILL, Mary Blanch	1899	1903
AZBILL, Mildred	1910	1914		F.H. & Emma Azbill
AZBILL, W.E.	1861	1919	Bettie
BAILEY, Annie Lee (Hughes) Obituary	12 Sep 1895	10 Apr 1985	James Roy Bailey
BAILEY, James Roy	01 Feb 1888	04 Feb 1979	Annie Lee Hughes m 24 Dec 1911
BAILEY, Mary E.	15 Sep 1865	18 Mar 1915	W.M. Bailey
BAILEY, Mildred Obituary	28 Jul 1925	Dec 2010		James Roy and Annie Lee 9Hughes) Bailey
BAILEY, Wanda Lou Obituary	65y	2011		Millie Bailey
BARKER, Etheridge	1895	1899
BARKER, George R	1870	1947	Nannie T.
BARKER, Infant	1901	1901
BARKER, John K.	1862	1887
BARKER, Nannie T.	1870	1957
BARKER, Pamela P.	1827	1893
BARKER, William R.	1834	1889
BARNHILL, Mary E.	17 Jan 1839	27 Jul 1869	W. A. Barnhill
BLACK, Johnie Sigbey	30 Jul 1899	05 Jan 1900		Will C. & Siney Black
BLACK, Marga Ellen	25 Feb 1897	07 Jun 1897		H.M. & S.E. Black
BLACK, Mary Frances (Martin)	01 Dec 1844	21 Sep 1891
BLACK, Ruby Mae	07 Jan 1902	26 Aug 1908		Will C. & Siney Black
BLACK, Siney Joe	1873	1905	W.C. Black
BLACK, Will C.	1873	1937
BLAKNEY, Brandon	15 Jan 1923	15 Jan 1923
BLAKNEY, Depaskrel	21 Aug 1924	23 Dec 1924
BLAKNEY, Maggie D.	1888	1971	William H. Blakney
BLAKNEY, Rose Mary	28 Jun 1930	24 Sep 1930
BLAKNEY, William H.	1888	1961	Maggie D.
BREWER, Sarah	Mar 1826	11 Oct 1877	Charles Brewer
CAMP, Ada	1866	1918	Bell Camp
CAMP, Bel	1863	1927	Ada
CANNON, Jerry Lavaughn	10 m 18d	15 May 1938
CAWTHORN, Elizabeth	18 Dec 1798	14 Sep 1874
CAWTHON, Ether Gerty	29 Jul 1895	05 Jul 1897		W.L. & R.M. Cawthon
CAWTHON, J.W.	25 May 1926	12 Apr 1904	Nancy P.
CAWTHON, John B.	75y 11m 25d	03 Oct 1868
CAWTHON, John Curtis	21 Apr 1867	14 Jun 1957
CAWTHON, Lance A.	25 May 1898	30 Jul 1909		W.L. & R.M. Cawthon
CAWTHON,Nancy P.	11 Oct 1839	27 Nov 1925	J.W. Cawthon
CAWTHON, Newbill B.	28y 5d	18 Oct 1937
CAWTHON, Recie	18 Feb 1867	14 Feb 1926	W.L. Cawthon
CAWTHON, W.L.	1862	1933	Recie
CONNELL, Ida Mae	01 May 1925	10 Jul 1997	J.B. "Jake" Connell
CONNELL, J.B. "Jake"	15 Mar 1911	18 Dec 2004	Ida Mae
CONNOLLY, Julie F	16 May 1874	28 Feb 1894	W.S. Connolly
CRAVEN, H.C.				T.W. & M. Craven
CRAVEN, J.W.				T.W. & M. Craven
DAULTON, Mary A.	26 Oct 1841	16 Oct 1868	I.T. Daulton
DAULTON, William J.	24 Sep 1867	16 Apr 1869		I.T. Daulton
DOWDY, Fanando Curtis	06 Aug 1874	05 Mar 1918
DYER, Ollie Lucinda	26 Aug 1915	Sep 1916		Robert & Linda Dyer
DYER, Thomas E.	1930	1931
EVANS, Ada M.	1873	1953	Felix M. Evans
EVANS Felix M.	1865	1964	Ada M.
EVANS, Nannie L.	1866	1937	Wylie O. Evans
EVANS, Wylie O.	1848	1936	Nannie L.
FESMIRE, Alice B.	1896	1923	J. Cloud Fesmire
FESMIRE, Elizabeth	1852	1907	Milton H. Fesmire
FESMIRE, J. Cloud	1895	1934	Alice B.
FESMIRE, Lona B.	26 Jul 1891	20 Sep 1883		M.H. & A.E. Fesmire
FESMIRE,Milton H.	1853	1934	Elizabeth
GARNER, Lela (Sypes)	23y 28d	19 Nov 1909	A.L. Garner	Demmie & Jennie Sypes
GILLIAM, Carrie	29 Jan 1874	04 Sep 1894		R.E. & E.G. Carrie
GILLIAM, Cleveland H.	22 Aug 1916	25 Aig 1017		C.H. & Ruby Gilliam
GILLIAM, Frances E.	23y 7m 19d	23 Sep 1874	W.A> Gilliam
GILLIAM, Henry E.	01 Jun 1914	04 Dec 1916		C.H. & Ruby Gilliam
GILLIAM, Herman E.	01 Jun 1914	04 Dec 1916		C.H. & Ruby Gilliam
GILLIAM, John C.	21 Feb 1865	23 Jun 1939
GILLIAM, Mary E.	1y 3d	21 Sep 1874		W.A. & F.E. Gilliam
GILLIAM, Myrtle Sue	20 Mar 1930	15 Aug 1931
GILLIAM, Oren Delane	23 May 1905	17 Dec 1972
GILLIAM, Rebecca (Threadgill)	29 Nov 1901	03 Jul 1959
GILLIAM, S.W.	2m 4d	22 Nov 1874
GOFF, Donald E.	25 Aug 1952	20 Aug 1998	Janie	Children: Candace, Holly
GOFF, Elzie (Wright)	20 Jul 1929>	08 Oct 1931
GOFF, J.F.	2 days	02 Oct 1936
GOFF, Norma Jean Obituary	1933	05 Jun 2010	R.C. Goff
GOFF, R.C.	1926	1978	Norma J.
GOFF, William H.	15 Jul 1877	12 May 1966
HALE, Emma S.	21 Sep 1877	15 Feb 1919	Wm. Henry Hale
HALE, John C.	14 Nov 1874	07 Mar 1890		W.H. & M.J. Hale
HALE, Sarah E.	01 Sep 1872	06 Aug 1877		W.H. & M.J. Hale
HALE, Wm. Henry	29 Sep 1877	20 Sep 1907	Emma
HAVENER, Ardenia Jane	1822	1928
HAVENER, Robert Oliver Obituary		1968
HEARN, Allie F.	27d	10 Nov 1896		I.M. & E.F. Hearn
HEARN, Amanda J.	63y	01 Feb 1908	James M. Hearn
HEARN, Emma E.	10m 14d	03 Oct 1900		I.M. & E.F. Hearn
HEARN, Florence T.	1862	1939
HEARN, G. McKinley		09 May 1934
HEARN, Harry Lee	11 Jul 1922	16 Jun 1923
HEARN, Isaac "Bud	1868	1934
HEARN, James W	3y	12 Sep 1894		I.M. & E.F. Hearn
HEARN, James M.	68 y	17 Mar 1909	Amanda J.
HEARN, Rex	1m 14d	20 Feb 1901		I.M. & E.F. hearn
HEARN, Roy	1m 21d	27 Feb 1901		I.M. & E.F. hearn
HEARN, Vern F.	01 Aug 1891	17 Oct 1908		I.M. & E.F. hearn
HEMBY, Bluford James Headstone Photo	11 Jul 1914	19 Nov 1932		Shade & Lula Elizabeth (Sipes) Hemby
HEMBY, Ollie M. Headstone Photo	08 Mar 1894	19 Apr 1979	Samuel Albert Hemby
HEMBY, Samuel Albert Headstone Photo	08 Aur 1888	01 Oct 1944	Ollie Mae Sipes (m 21 Jan 1912)	Thomas Anderson & Sarah Francis (Kennedy) Hemby
HEMBY, Sarah Francis (Kennedy) Headstone Photo	27 Nov 1850	25 Feb 1924	David S. Kennedy James Frank O'Neal Thomas Anderson Hemby	Robert J. & Cynthia (Eason) Kennedy
HEMBY, Shade Headstone Photo	1886	1945	Lula Elizabeth Sipes	Thomas Anderson & Sarah (Kennedy) Hemby
HEMBY, Thomas Anderson Headstone Photo	1926	05 Dec 1910	Sarah Francis Kennedy	Civil War Co G 1 Ala. Vol.
HEMBY, William Anderson Headstone Photo	08 Sep 1926	17 Sep 1929		Probably the son of Thomas & Sarah Hemby
HOLLAND, Willie Lee	18 Sep 1900	02 Oct 1981	Jessie Mae	WW 1 Army
HOLLAND, Josie Mae	08 Sep 1918	02 Nov 2002	Willie Lee Holland
HUGHES, D.W.	1862	1935	&bnsp;
HUGHES, Dixie Pearl	03 Jan 1904	30 Sep 1906	&bnsp;
HUGHES, Martha Emiline (Hooks)	1866	1900	&bnsp;
HUGHES, Susan E. Obitaury	10 Mar 1849	29 May 1930	Mary Hooks	Cemetery listing says Susan E... Obituary says her name is Mary Hooks
HUGHES, William A.	25 Aug 1847	27 Apr 1917	Mary Hooks
JOHNSON, Sarah (Threadgill)	25 Aug 1869	20 Aug 1898	John Johnson
JOHNSON, Sarah (Threadgill)	25 Aug 1869	20 Aug 1898	John Johnson
KENNEDY, Charles P. Headstone Photo	25 Jul 1931	26 Mar 1933		J.L. & Euda Kennedy
KENNEDY, Elizabeth Headstone Photo	23 Jan 1851	01 Jan 1915	Joseph S. Kennedy
KENNEDY, James L. Headstone Photo	1867	1946	Mary E.
KENNEDY, Joseph S. Headstone Photo	17 May 1837	18 Jan 1922	Elizabeth	Pvt. Co K TN Cav. CSA
KENNEDY, Martha E. Headstone Photo	10 Jun 1869	21 Mar 1950
KENNEDY, Mary E. Headstone Photo	1868	1945	James L. Kennedy
LEWIS, Clara (Smith)	21 Jun 1903	05 Sep 1968
MARTIN, Lewis H.	1914	1986	Louise	WW II Army
MARTIN, Louise	1915	1985	Lewis H. Martin m. 28 Jan 1939
MOFFITT, Addle Louisa	16 Jan 1858	17 Oct 1871		Robert & Nancy Moffitt
MOFFITT, Callie Dona	09 Aug 1871	17 Mar 1888		R.D. & Nancy Moffitt
MOFFITT, Henry	06 Sep 1886	12 Oct 1886		R.D. & Nannie A. Moffitt
MOFFITT, Nancy	29 Jan 1836	21 Nov 1879	R.D. Moffitt
MOFFITT, Robert C.	27 May 1868	28 Nov 1873		R.D. & Nancy Moffitt
MULLINS, Infant	11 Aug 1907	18 Aug 1907		Abe & Lula Mullins
MULLINS, James Taylor	20 Feb 1849	24 Feb 1923
MULLINS, Martha S.	05 Mar 1849	26 May 1921	J.T. Mullins
ODELL, Dollie	24 Dec 1897	06 Mar 1929
ODELL, Estell	16 May 1892	30 Jan 1915
ODELL, Jessie	18 Feb 1900	09 Jul 1921
ODELL, Joe	11 Oct 1863	07 Jun 1949
ODELL, Mattie M.	14 Sep 1870	29 Jan 1940	J.M. odell
ODELL, Thelma	20 Jul 1904	18 Aug 1905
PERRY, Nannie L.	1866	1937	Wiley Osker Perry
PERRY, Wiley Osker	88y 3m 3d	24 Jan 1937	Nannie L.
PHILLIPS, Corilla M.	17 Apr 1900	31 Aug 1975	Roy M. Phillips
PHILLIPS, Dora	1877	1937
PHILLIPS, Elsie M.	06 May 1910		Paul E. Phillips
PHILLIPS, H.L.	1873	1936
PHILLIPS, James W.	27 Oct 1876	31 Aug 1879		Joel & P.J. Phillips
PHILLIPS, Joel	01 Jan 1815	27 Dec 1881	Mildred R.
PHILLIPS, Lydia E.	25 Mar 1856	07 Aug 1864		Joel & Mildred Phillips
PHILLIPS, Mildred R.	13 Aug 1815	15 Jan 1871	Joel Phillips
PHILLIPS,Paul E.	15 Feb 1925	23 Feb 1978	Elsie M.
PHILLIPS, Roy M.	09 Apr 1897	17 Dec 1965	Corilla M.
RICE, Sophia A.	28 Jun 1872	09 Jul 1902
ROSS, Hattie Ethel	14 Jan 1893	20 Jul 1898		W.H. & M.C. Ross
ROSS, J.W.	1y 7m 6d	30 Sep 1904		M.W. & S.L. Ross
ROSS, Manley W.	06 Apr 1878	15 Feb 1957	Sudie Lee
ROSS, Sudie Lee	31 Jan 1882	13 Jun 1949	Manley W. Ross
SCOTT, Arthur	1885	1900
SCOTT, Daniel				Co A 7th Tn Cav.
SCOTT, E.E.	18 Jan 1850	03 Feb 1922
SCOTT, Emma F.	26 Mar 1864	27 Oct 1939	Lucian Scott
SCOTT, J.A.	24 Jan 1894	22 Sep 1913
SCOTT, James C.	14 Feb 1879	15 Apr 1939
SCOTT, Lucian	27 Dec 1849	07 Feb 1928	Emma F.
SCOTT, Mary L.	1868	1937
SIPES, Dimmie	71y	20 Feb 1926
SIPES, Jessie Rosetta	2y 10m 27d	22 Feb 1895		D. & J. Sipes
SIPES, Martha Virginia	09 Mar 1862	01 Jun 1897
SMAWLEY, Mary	1856	1914
SMITH, A. Thomas	28 Feb 1878	21 Apr 1945	Jossie S.
SMITH, Alice C.	18 Oct 1880	23 Mar 1907	A.T. Smith
SMITH, Cecil L.	1905	1922	Floyd Smith
SMITH, Jossie S.	30 Mar 1892	15 May 1934	A. Thomas Smith
SMITH, Mattie		24 Jul
STRATTON, John M.	08 Jan 1833	21 Oct 1901	Margaret
STRATTON, Margaret	22 Oct 1836	20 Jan 1930	Margaret
THREADGILL, A.J.	65y 2m 2d	27 Nov 1822
THREADGILL, A.W.	05 Jul 1858	22 Jun 1926
THREADGILL, Bettie	04 Jul 1893	15 Jan 1899		A.W. & Mary Threadgill
THREADGILL, C.H.	16 Oct 1828	10 Dec 1898
THREADGILL, Cassie L	06 Nov 1905	13 Aug 1994
THREADGILL, Creda W.	20 Dec 1856	30 Jul 1857		A.J. & M.A. Threadgill
THREADGILL, Elizabeth	07 Jan 1838	09 Jun 1899	C.H. Threadgill
THREADGILL, George W.	20 Dec 1800	03 Oct 1874
THREADGILL, George W.	1792	1874
THREADGILL, Hettie C.	04 Dec 1902	22 Nov 1990
THREADGILL, Infant	27 Jul 1853	28 Jul 1853		A.J. & M.A. Threadgill
THREADGILL, Joe "Chuck"	07 Aug 1913	04 Apr 2002	Mary Nell
THREADGILL, Joseph M.	14 Jan 1862	12 Jun 1922
THREADGILL, Louella	24 Jul 1909	23 Mar 1985	Pete Threadgill
THREADGILL, M.A.	80y 7m 4d	06 Oct 1904	A.J. Threadgill
THREADGILL, Mary Nell	12 Apr 1920	05 Mar 2002	Joe Threadgill m 21 Nov 1956
THREADGILL, Mary D.	05 Apr 1860	20 Oct 1862		A.J. & M.A. Threadgill
THREADGILL, Mattie Luella	25 Feb 1874	01 Jan 1961
THREADGILL, Nellie Joe	04 Jul 1937	19 Apr 1938
THREADGILL, Ozie Wise	08 Feb 1896	29 Oct 1961
THREADGILL, Pete	08 Feb 1899	04 Feb 1980	Louella
THREADGILL, Sydney C.	11 Sep 1868	25 Oct 1873		A.J. & M.A. Threadgill
THREADGILL, William F.	12 Jul 1850	01 Oct 1860		A.J. & M.A. Threadgill
TIMBERLACK, Barbara	1821	1907
TIMBERLAKE, J.N.	27 May 1842	30 Jul 1884	R.J. Timberlake
TOMLIN, Jim		1931	Mary
TOMLIN, Mary	57y 11m 17d	11 Aug 1922	Jim
WADLEY, Bertha A.	1889	1981
WADLEY, Bettie	17y 5m 6d	25 Ki; 1974	F.W. Wadley
WADLEY, Carl Loyd	14 Jan 1897	19 Jun 1958	Lula B.	WW I Pvt Co D 119th Inf.
WADLEY, Effie L.	1900	1976	William B. Wadley m 2 Dec 1917
WADLEY, George L.	68y 8m 20d	1926	Ida
WADLEY, Ida	67y 7m 14d	1932	George L. Wadley
WADLEY, Lula B.	13 Apr 1905	24 Feb 1994	Carl L. Wadley
WADLEY, Infant	1920			W.B. & Effie Wadley
WADLEY, Infant.	1m 14d			F.W. & B. Wadley
WADLEY, J. Hermon	1921	1977	Jewel F.
WADLEY, Jewel F.	1930		J. Hermon Wadley
WADLEY, Paul	17 May 1908	16 Jul 1908		J.A> & S.A. Wadley
WADLEY, William B.	1891	1972	Effie L.
WALLACE, Callie	67y 8m 10d	12 Aug 1931	George Wallace
WALLACE, George	1857	1894	Callie
WHEATLEY, Vera	19 Nov 1902	25 Nov 1923
WHITMAN, Addie	08 Feb 1878	20 Jan 1909	J.C. Whitman
WILSON, Thomas Lester Headstone Photo	06 Jul 1893	10 Oct 1984		H.W. & V. H. Wilson
WINSLOW, Christena Headstone Photo	25 Apr 1821	05 Aug 1884	Jesse Winslow
WINSLOW, Claudie A.	07 Sep 1923	14 Oct 1923
WINSLOW, James E.	07 Sep 1923	27 Mar 1924
WINSLOW, Jesse Headstone Photo	78y 5m 28d	25 Mar 1900	Christena
WINSLOW, Melvina (Harris) Headstone Photo	18 Apr 1844	14 Jul 1914	Thomas Henry Winslow	Wiley T. and Nancy Harris
WINSLOW, Thomas Henry Headstone Photo	10 Mar 1847	21 Jan 1923	Melvina Harris	Jesse and Christena Winslow
Woten, Lula Elizabeth (Sipes) Headstone Photo	1889	1977	Shade Hemby (m 13 Jun 1909)

Old Bethel Baptist Church