DECATUR COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Iron Hill Cemetery
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David Donahue, the creator of this file, declares it to be in the public
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IRON HILL CEMETERY
Decatur County, Tennessee
The cemetery at Iron Hill Pentecostal Church was
established about 1960. The cemetery is not indicated on the
U.S.G.S. Jeanette quadrangle (1986) but is located at the
crossroads at the head of Rains Branch. It is well maintained.
There are no unmarked, unidentified graves, though several
graves have been there a long time with only temporary
markers, one for 21 years. David Donahue recorded this
cemetery in late spring or early summer 1991; updated it
November 28, 1996; and checked and updated it Oct. 28, 2003.
Margarett Alexander, Blanche Tuten, and Beth Jones
recorded this cemetery October 22, 1977. Their record appears
in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records published by the
Captain Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 281-282. This
earlier work is referred to as "UDC transcription" in the
notes below. There were 22 graves in 1977, none unmarked.
Baine, Jayla Lynn, July 6, 1995 [infant style-marker]
Blackwell, Bryan Keith, Sept. 30, 1958-Aug. 27, 1999, "My
beloved son"
Blackwell, Hazel, May 21, 1932-____, unplaced "Mother"
footstone
Blackwell, James Loyce, Nov. 28, 1928-Jan. 8, 1988, "Father"
footstone, "Married Jan. 19, 1952" "Our children Larry J. L.
Bryan Debbie"
Clenney, Maggie L. Rushing, July 13, 1912-June 13, 1994
Coleman, James C., May 14, 1942-July 20, 1962
Coleman, Janie, Sept. 27, 1915-____
Coleman, E. O., Feb. 29, 1886-____ [both graves have flowers;
the UDC transcription noted for E. O. Coleman "Dead, but no
date"]
Cottrell, James L., May 20, 1918-July 23, 1993, "Father"
footstone
Cottrell, Onie L., Apr. 29, 1917-Apr. 1, 1998
Cottrell, Jimmy LaDon, Jan. 27, 1949-Dec. 20, 1981, "Married
to Connie Summitt May 21, 1980"
Cottrell, O. T., Mar. 2, 1926-____, unplaced "Dad" footstone
Cottrell, Mable Inez, July 11, 1920-Feb. 6, 1999, "Mom"
footstone
Cottrell, Robert Keith, June 6, 1972-Feb. 22, 1999
Cottrell, Ruby Lee, Dec. 1, 1922-____
Cottrell, Herman Ed, Dec. 2, 1920-Oct. 19, 1997, military
marker as footstone "PFC US Army World War II"
Courtright, James Leonard, July 25, 1931-____, "Dad" footstone
Courtright, Janet Elizabeth, Sept. 7, 1937-Dec. 8, 2000, "Mom"
footstone, "Married Sept. 17, 1955" "Our children Randy,
Rhonda, Cheryl, Kevin, and Luann" ["Kevin" has been mostly
obliterated]
Creasy, Fairy [see Davis, Fairy Creasy]
Davis, James E., May 14, 1919-July 18, 1966, "Daddy"
footstone, military marker as footstone "Tennessee Pvt US Army
World War II"
Davis, Lila J., Sept. 27, 1922-Aug. 17, 2003, "Married Oct.
12, 1940" "Their children Jack Buddy Donna Tim Penny Mark"
Davis, James Edgar, Sept. 14, 1897-Sept. 18, 1960
Davis, Fairy Creasy, Oct. 24, 1902-July 20, 1998, "Mother"
footstone
Davis, Olan Ray, Dec. 14, 1920-Nov. 1, 1982, military marker
"PFC US Army World War II," footstone with "Buried at
Hopewell"
Davis, Tim, Sept. 19, 1953-July 16, 1991, "Ginger" "Chana" [my
impression is that Ginger and Chana are his children — D.D.]
Giacopino, Ina Sherman, 1910-1990, temporary marker, Boyd
Funeral Home, 5 yards south of double marker for William Curry
and Antha Graves Johnson
Graves, Antha [see Johnson, Antha Graves]
Graves, Charles Brian, 1965-1971
Graves, Doris, May 4, 1927-Jan. 23, 1962
Graves, Helen Lee, Nov. 7, 1922-Apr. 29, 1954, "Mother"
Graves, Otis Reta, June 18, 1923-Feb. 17, 1966, "Father"
Graves, Norma Jean, May 31, 1930-Dec. 28, 1964, "Mother"
Graves, Jean [see Young, Jean Graves]
Graves, Otis U., May 24, 1904-Apr. 4, 1978, "Father" footstone
Graves, Ola Mays, Sept. 20, 1902-Dec. 18, 1990, "Mother"
footstone
Graves, Bobby Joe, Mar. 16, 1939-Feb. 22, 1979, "Son"
footstone
Graves, Sylvia [see Gurley, Sylvia Graves]
Gurley, "Frank" Graden Franklin, Apr. 2, 1921-____
Gurley, Sylvia Graves, Aug. 1, 1925-Aug. 20, 2001, "Wed Oct.
26, 1940"
Gurley, Lessie Lee, Apr. 22, 1901-Apr. 30, 1987, "Mother"
Gurley, Vernon Edward, July 18, 1929-____, unplaced
"Granddaddy" footstone
Gurley, Lorraine Vestal, Oct. 18, 1930-Aug. 29, 2003
Holland, Ruby L., 1916-2001
Holland, Ode D., 1912-1974
Hopper, Kimberly Dawn, 1982-1982, temporary marker, Boyd
Funeral Home, 3 yards west of double marker for William Curry
and Antha Graves Johnson
Horner, Elbert C., 1907-1970
Horner, Thelma M., 1910-____
Johnson, William Curry, Jan. 4, 1903-Aug. 30, 1975
Johnson, Antha Graves, Mar. 14, 1902-May 23, 1992
Lagenour, Paul E., 1929-1989, temporary marker, Boyd Funeral
Home, 3 yards south of double marker for William Curry and
Antha Graves Johnson
Mathis, Tina [see Williams, Tina Mathis]
Mills, Marty, Aug. 6, 1958-July 22, 1991
Mills, Gayle, June 26, 1966-____, "Wed July 29, 1989"
Mustain, James, Aug. 17, 1927-____
Mustain, Katie, July 3, 1931-____, "Married Aug. 11, 1945"
"Our children: Linda, Jimmy, Ricky"
Rosson, Elmer, 1915-____
Rosson, Zelma, 1906-1975
Rushing, Connie, 1929-____
Rushing, Jack E., 1928-1969
Rushing, Maggie L. [see Clenney, Maggie L. Rushing]
Schorzmann, Edgar R., Aug. 16, 1920-Oct. 19, 2002
Schorzmann, Velvina E., Jan. 13, 1925-Jan. 13, 2003
Sherman, Ina [see Giacopino, Ina Sherman]
Sims, Dossie, Jr., 1937-____
Sims, Clairette L., 1929-1998, "Our children Kathie Rommie
Roxann Edward"
Still, Arvie R., 1950-1959
Still, Marie, Apr. 6, 1927-____, "Mother" "Rosie"
Still, Arvill L., July 22, 1930-Mar. 14, 1987, "Father"
"Skesics" "Married June 8, 1949" "Our Children Ray Roy Joyce
Lonnie"
Still, Roy Lee, 1952-1969
Wheat, Alice Elizabeth, Feb. 13, 1910-Nov. 13, 1996, "Mother"
footstone
Wheat, Silas, Oct. 11, 1907-Oct. 14, 1988, "Father" footstone
Wheat, Bonnie S., Ovt. 5, 1931-____
Wheat, Willie S., Nov. 11, 1928-Dec. 22, 2001, military marker
as footstone "Willie Woodrow Wheat" "Pvt US Army Korea" "Wed
Mar. 10, 1950" "Our children Willie Jr./Michael B/Arvie
Dale/Jennie S."
Williams, Tina Mathis, Dec. 31, 1973-Nov. 5, 1994, "Daughter,"
temporary marker as footstone, Bodkin Funeral Home, Tina Marie
Williams
Young, J. D., Jan. 15, 1919-Dec. 2, 2000, "Rev.," "Daddy"
footstone
Young, Ruth, July 17, 1908-____ [ground disturbance suggests
she is buried here], carving of couple walking togteher and
"Oct. 31, 1936"
Young, Thomas Edwin, Mar. 31, 1955-Sept. 14, 1985, "Son"
footstone
Young, Jean Graves, Feb. 16, 1932-____
Young, Thomas Eugene, Apr. 21, 1928-____