CARROLL COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - New Hopewell Cemetery
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NEW HOPEWELL CEMETERY

New Hopewell Cemetery is located behind Hopewell Missionary 
Baptist Church on the east side of Yuma Road about a mile 
south of Yuma proper and about four miles southeast of 
Clarksburg, Tennessee. The present brick building was erected 
in 1976.

David Donahue recorded New Hopewell Cemetery July 2, 2004. 
Jonathan Smith recorded New Hopewell Cemetery circa 1999 and 
it appears as pages 70-71 of his work "Tombstone Inscriptions 
from Black Cemeteries in Carroll County, Tennessee." This is 
referred to as Smith in notes below.



Bailey, Ardell, May 30, 1913-May 17, 1982, "Beloved mother"

Bailey, Erma Lee, July 15, 1943-July 10, 1996

Bailey, Larry, Apr. 12, 1951-Jan. 10, 1999, military marker 
"US Army"

Bailey, Steve, May 5, 1956-Oct. 28, 1989

Belew, John M., Mar. 23, 1904-Jan. 16, 1990, military marker 
"PFC US Army World War II"

Bolin, Herman, July 4, 1927-Sept. 13, 2001, "Erected by 
friends"

Butler, Jettie, Dec. 5, 1931-Feb. 16, 1992

Crider, Wade, 1895-1982, military marker "PFC US Army World 
War I"

Ford, Lular W., May 19, 1922-Nov. 28, 1997

Gooch, Cressie, 1909-____, unplaced "Wife" footstone
Gooch, Chester, 1910-1984

Gooch, Mae Francis, Mar. 24, 1943-____
Gooch, Willie Howard, June 7, 1934-May 4, 2001, "Married Apr. 
6, 1962"

Gooch, Roxie, Sept. 12, 1899-Mar. 1, 1998

Gordon, Willie D., Jr., 1947-1978, temporary marker, Parham 
Mortuary, Lexington, Tenn., 4 feet ssouth of militaty marker 
for Willie L. Gordon

Gordon, Willie L., Mar. 10, 1923-Jan. 30, 1983, military 
marker "PFC US Army World War II"

Hart, May Ruth, Nov. 11, 1942-Apr. 12, 2001
Hart, Jessie Edward, Aug. 6, 1940-____, "Married Sept. 5, 
1962"

Hart, Sammy Ray, 1947-1993, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, 
Lexington, Tennessee, 9 feet west of marker for Kendall Lee 
Staten

Johnson, Henry C., Apr. 7, 1924-Aug. 8, 2002
Johnson, Lucille Owens, Nov. 2, 1927-May 10, 1989

Luten, Symantha, May 13, 1907-June 18, 1982, "Wife" footstone
Luten, George, Oct. 22, 1907-Dec. 12, 1979, "Husband" 
footstone

Melton, Rosie Lee, June 6, 1910-Aug. 23, 1995
Melton, Levester, March 6, 1904-____, temporary marker, Mercer 
Brothers, Jackson, Tennessee, d. Feb. 5, 2002; "Married 1937"

Morgan, Ronnie O., Nov. 16, 1915-July 19, 1987
Morgan, R. B., July 29, 1912-____

Owens, Columbus, May 22, 1912-Feb. 15, 1984
Owens, Etta Mai, Jan. 28, 1913-June 15, 1984

Owens, Jurdon, 1919-2002, temporary marker, Dilday Funeral 
Home, 5 feet west-northwest of military marker for Larry 
Bailey

Owens, Lucille [see Johnson, Lucille Owens]

Owens, Miggie, Sept. 17, 1926-July 25, 2000, "Mama" footstone
Owens, Cletus, Feb. 5, 1925-Apr. 13, 1994

Parker, Ada B., Mar. 12, 1912-Aug. 17, 1984, " Beloved mother"

Pearson, Geneva, 1874-1985, "Grandmother" footstone

Pearson, John H., d. Jan. 25, 1992, temporary marker, Mercer 
Brothers, Jackson, TN, 10 feet west of double marker for I. B. 
and H. C. Staten

Phelps, Joe L., Jan. 24, 1946-Apr. 21, 1999

Phelps, Leroy, May 21, 1938-May 22, 2001

Phelps, Leroy, May 21, 1938-May 22, 2001

Phelps, Ray W., June 26, 1916-Aug. 6, 2002, "Daddy"
Phelps, Leodia, Aug. 20, 1918-____, "Mama"

Rivers, Joe, 1890-1978 [not found in 2004; reported by Smith]

Rivers, Larmon, July 27, 1927-Aug. 30, 1994

Rivers, William, dates unreadable [this is an unpright marble 
military marker sunken so far into the ground that only the 
name is readable]

Staten, I. B., Oct. 11, 1911-July 5, 1985, "Mother" footstone
Staten, H. C., May 11, 1911-Aug. 17, 1981, "Father" footstone

Staten, Joe, 1939-2004, temporary marker, Chase Funeral Home 5 
yards south of double marker for Mary Ruth and Jessie Howard 
Hart

Staten, Kendall Lee "Pooh," Oct. 23, 1975-Dec. 14, 1995

Weathers, James H., July 27, 1928-____
Weathers, Lillie M., Nov. 16, 1929-Dec. 8, 1994, "Mother" 
footstone, "Married Oct. 14, 1951"