DECATUR COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Bunches Chapel Cemetery ========================================================================= David Donahue, the creator of this file, declares it to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= BUNCHES CHAPEL CEMETERY Decatur County, Tennessee Bunches Chapel Cemetery is a very old cemetery in the Busselltown community of Decatur County. The earliest death date recorded on a carved marker is 1827. Bunches Chapel is the unnamed cemetery indicated on Goodin Branch on the U.S.G.S. Jeanette quadrangle (1986). At some point in the past concrete slabs were erected to mark burials without other identifying markers. There are close to 100 of these. About 30 other graves are marked with small concrete blacks flush to the ground, with fieldstones (eight survive), or by some other method. David Donahue recorded this cemetery November 29, 1996, and checked and updated it March 28, 2002. An earlier record of this cemetery was made by Margarett Alexander, Blanche Tuten, and Beth Jones on 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. 85-90. They noted "at least 94 unmarked graves." This is referred to as the UDC transcription in notes below. Abstom, Infant, d. May 24, 1893, "Infant dau. of G. F. & V. E. Abstom" Arnold, Dora, June 29, 1853-Oct. 24, 1904, "Wife of E. E. Arnold" Barton, Mary Ida, Dec. 13, 1899-Dec. 13, 1899 [replacement] Bateman, Richard M., Sept. 7, 1838-Jan. 26, 1913 Bateman, Martha Dean, Sept. 4, 1840-Oct. 12, 1897, "His Wife" Bateman, Valera A., Mar. 10, 1876-Sept. 28, 1879, "Their daut." Bateman, Valera A., Mar. 10, 1876-Sept. 28, 1879, "Dau. of R. M. & M. M. Bateman" Bates, Alton B., d. Sept. 1, 1908, "Aged 2 Ys 11 Ms 2 Ds" Bates, Audry [see Harder, Audry Bates] Bates, Charlie, Sept. 30, 1893-Mar. 29, 1904, "Son of S. L. & M. E. Bates" Bates, Clifford R., 1919-1994 Bates, Dona, Aug. 12, 1868-Feb. 1, 1938 Bates, Dora Belle, Mar. 8, 1874-Aug. 19, 1887, "Dau. of R. L. & Liza Ann Bates" Bates, Emmie L., Jan. 22, 1901-Aug. 3, 1982 Bates, Grover E., June 29, 1899-Dec. 1, 1959, "Wed Oct. 27, 1917" Bates, G. P., Feb. 9, 1868-Oct. 7, 1950 Bates, Lon, 1872-1937 Bates, Margaret, 1871-1945 Bates, Mary A., July 4, 1856-July 4, 1894, "Wife of S. T. Bates" [note: in Rhoades row and matches Rhoades markers] Bates, Mayon B., Jan. 12, 1931-Sept. 11, 1985 Bates, Mogen, d. Aug. 20, 1906. "Aged 12 Ys, 3 Ms, 29 Ds" "Dau. of G. P. & Dona Bates" (eroded) Bates, R. L., Aug. 28, 1842-Dec. 9, 1909 Bates, Eliza A., Feb. 5, 1847-Dec. 31, 1899, "Wife of R. L. Bates" (fallen) Bates, Roney H., Aug. 1, 1891-Feb. 17, 1969 [Masonic symbol] Bates, Addie Teague, Feb. 8, 1896-Apr. 17, 1996 Bates, Ruben L., Aug. 28, 1842-Dec. 9, 1909, military marker "Co k 42 Regt Tenn Inf CSA" Bates, S. T., Jan. 19, 1841-Apr. 2, 1910; also military marker "Samuel T. Bates" "Pvt Co K 42 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army" Bates, W. May [see Churchwell, W. May Bates] Bates, Woodrow W., Mar. 4, 1913-Jan. 13, 2000 [Masonic symbol] Bates, L. Ann Ledbetter, Sept. 19, 1918-____ [Eastern Star symbol], "Wed Sept. 19, 1933" "Our children: Hobert and Ruth Ann" Blount, Ila J., d. Mar. 2, 1918, "Aged 5 Ys. 7 Ms. 1 Da." "Dau. of J. C. & B. L. Blount" Blout, Bertha L., d. Mar. 6, 1916, "Aged 32 Ys. 3 Ms. 2 Ds." "Wife of John C. Blont" Burton, Alatha Johnston, 1802-1878 [replacement] Burton, Albert Sidney, 1896-1955, "Father" footstone Burton, Althea C., Mar. 17, 1902-May 13, 1905, "Dau. of S. S. & Mary Burton" Burton, Carl Thomas, July 13, 1911-Sept. 29, 1911, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. T. E. Burton" Burton, Charlie E. (Jake), Oct. 30, 1904-May 29, 1964 Burton, Eleazer, 1793-1854, "Born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia" [replacement] Burton, Flossie, Nov. 3, 1893-Sept. 17, 1898, "Dau. of S. S. & M. E. Burton" Burton, Hettie, d. Feb. 22, 1916, "Aged 55 Ys, 1 Mo, 21 Ds" "Wife of W. C, Burton" Burton, J. J., Aug. 23, 1875-Apr. 1, 1912, "Father" footstone Burton, Frances, Sept. 15, 1877-July 22, 1958 Burton, Jerome S., Feb. 13, 1841-Mar. 13, 1879, military marker "Pvt Co E 27 Tenn Inf Confederate States Army" Burton, Leacy A., July 4, 1895-Sept. 29, 1942, "Mother" footstone Burton, Thomas E., Sept. 27, 1871-June 30, 1966, "Father" footstone Burton, Mabel Lee, Sept. 8, 1916-Sept. 17, 1916, "Dau. of Sid & Lena Burton" Burton, Marjorie [see Greenway, Marjorie Burton] Burton, Mary S., 1891-1966, "Mother" footstone Burton, Sam J., 1886-1957, "Father" footstone Burton, Mary, June 18, 1858-Nov. 1900 Burton, S. S., Sr., May 12, 1846-Mar. 6, 1916 Burton, Ola Mae [see Willis, Ola Mae Burton] Burton, Peter P., 1841-1863, military marker "Cpl Co E 27 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army" Burton, Sewell B., Sept. 17, 1899-____, "Mother" footstone [ground disturbance indicates she is buried here] Burton, Cuthbert A., Oct. 24, 1895-Jan. 26, 1962 Burton, Thomas P., 1843-1864, military marker "Cpl Co E 27 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army" [Paul D. Moore says that Thomas P. Burton died in a prisoner of war camp and is buried in Illinois] Burton, W. P., May 26, 1883-Sept. 7, 1902 Burton, W. C., May 12, 1846-Oct. 1, 1902 Bussell, Elizabeth [see Pearcy, Elizabeth Bussell] Bussell, John, June 21, 1857-June 22, 1926 [replacement] Bussell, Judah, Oct. 9, 1907-Mar. 8, 1888, "Wife of Wm. Bussell" Bussell, Key, June 13, 1885-Apr. 3, 1946 Bussell, Malinda, Aug. 4, 1836-Nov. 8, 1879 Bussell, Mary J., d. Feb. 15, 1916, "Aged 58 Ys 11 Ms 28 Ds" "Wife of John Bussell" Bussell, Nolan, Feb. 16, 1907-Mar. 1, 1907, "Son of B. O. & Massie Bussell" Bussell, Samuel, May 4, 1839-Dec. 9, 1908 Bussell, Sarah, Apr. 9, 1848-Sept. 14, 1922 [adjacent to marker for Samuel Bussell] Churchwell, Henry, Oct. 2, 1878-Mar. 14, 1925, "Husband of M. Churchwell" Churchwell, Paul W., born & died June 25, 1941 (homemade) Churchwell, W. May Bates, Feb. 19, 1916-Nov. 15, 1982 Churchwell, J. Lester, May 4, 1910-Sept. 27, 1988 Collins, Bettie, d. Jan. 21, 1896, "Aged 19 Ys, 3 Ms, 25 Ds" "Wife of E. Collins" Conder, R. Mada, Oct. 20, 1890-Feb. 11, 1987, "Dau. of W. M. & M. J. Conder" Crowder, Donnie Inez, Sept. 22, 1897-Mar. 21, 1902 Crowder, J. A., 1828-1908 (homemade) Crowder, John T., 1859-1939, "Father" footstone Crowder, Carrie Lewis, 1869-1902, "Mother' footstone Crowder, Serena, 1829-1894 (homemade) DeLong, Cecil D., Apr. 7, 1899-Jan. 23, 1943 Elvington, Allan, military marker, "Co. E. 6 Tenn Cav.; information added to military marker at a leter date: "9 10, 1844-Oct. 24, 1910, "Husband of Maybelle Elvington" (eroded) Goodin, Mittie B., 1893-1900 [replacement] (artificial granite; disintegrating) Goodin, Perry, 1846-1896 [replacement] (artificial granite; disintegrating) Gray, Roy M., Sept. 17, 1901-June 26, 1978 [Masonic symbol] Gray, Elva B., Aug. 1, 1901-Mar. 5, 1979 Greenway, Leacy [see Taylor, Leacy Greenway] Greenway, Marjorie Burton, Nov. 15, 1919-Feb. 1, 1982, "Meg" footstone Greenway, Henry, Sept. 18, 1919-____ Harder, Audry Bates, 1905-1948 Hill, Arra, d. Feb. 13, 1894, "aged 21 yrs 12 days" "Wife of J. M. Hill" "Married May 25, 1894" (fallen) Hill, Chester Melton, 1896-1915 (homemade) Horner, Noah, d. Aug. 7, 1916, "aged 36 yrs 7 mos 21 days" "Husband of Stella Horner" Houston, Emery L., Apr. 7, 1885-Oct. 9, 1885, "Son of S. L. & L. C. Houston" Houston, Kate, 1856-1889 Jackson, Will L., Mar. 27, 1884-____, "Father" footstone [he seems to be buried here] Jackson, Edna Earls, Feb. 21, 1887-May 14, 1952, "Mother" footstone Johnston, Alatha [see Bussell, Alatha Johnston] Ledbetter, L. Ann [see Bates, L. Ann Ledbetter] Lee, Fred P., May 2, 1894-Oct. 23, 1971 Lewis, Carrie [see Crowder, Carrie Lewis] Lewis, Peggy A., Aug. 1, 1823-Aug. 6, 1827, "Daughter of Andrew M. & Sidney U. Lewis" Lunsford, Betsy E., d. Apr. 28, 1913, "Aged 83 ys" Lunsford, M. D., Jan. 27, 1889-Sept. 18, 1897 (broken, eroded) [identifiable but too damaged and eroded to read; information from UDC trnscription; adjacent to and north of marker for Manuel Lunsford] Lunsford, Manuel, d. Apr. 7, 1900, "Aged 7 Ms. 13 Ds." "Son of B. W. & S. E. Lunsford" Lunsford, Z. C., d. June 30, 1900, "8 yrs 9 mos 2 days" [identifiable but not readable in 2002; 2nd marker north of marker for Manuel Lunsford; information from UDC transcription] Monroe, Mildred, Jan. 22, 1928-____, unplaced "Wife" footstone [buried early 2002] Monroe, Billy J., May 10, 1925-Oct. 26, 1988, "Wed Nov. 16, 1946," military marker as footstone "Sgt US Army World War II" Monroe, Nella, 1927-____, unplaced "Wife" footstone Monroe, Tom, 1927-1953' Pearcy, Ben Hooper, Oct. 10, 1919-Sept. 21, 1969, "Father" footstone, "Husband" footstone [Masonic symbol] Pearcy, Elizabeth Bussell, Aug. 12, 1871-May 2, 1950, "Wife of M. D. L. Pearcy" Pearcy, Gaston H., June 14, 1908-Apr. 13, 1974 Pearcy, Gracie E., d. Sept. 5, 1896, "Age 1 Yr. 10 Ms. & 5 Ds." "Dau of M. D. L. & L. J. Pearcy" Pearcy, Jimmie P., d. Sept. 6, 1898, "Age 1 Yr. 7 Ms. & 17 Ds., "Son of M. D. L. & L. J. Pearcy" Pearcy, M. D. L., Apr. 9, 1861-Sept. 21, 1912 [Masonic symbol] Pearcy, Samuel G., Mar. 6, 1903-Oct. 6, 1903, "Son of M. D. L. & L. J. Pearcy" Pearcy, Thomas H., Jan. 2, 1906-June 1, 1963 Pearcy, Viola M., May 6, 1898-May 6, 1915 [replacement] Rains, Bonnie Z., July 9, 1894-Feb. 3, 1919, "Wife of L. E. Rains" Rhoades, Arabell, Sept. 24, 1884-May 27, 1890, "Dau. of W. M. & M. E. Rhoades" Rhoades, Deltie, June 29, 1908-Nov. 29, 1909, "Dau. of C. A. & Ader Rhoades" Rhoades, Infant, Jan. 10, 1901, "Infant son of J. R. & L. V. Rhoades" (fallen) Rhoades, Infant, May 3, 1902, "Infant son of J. R. & L. V. Rhoades" Rhoades, Lemuel, Aug. 30, 1888-Sept. 9, 1888, "Son of W. M. & M. E. Rhoades" Rhoades, M. M., Sept. 27, 1891-May 18, 1896, "Dau. of W. M. & M. E. Rhoades" Rhoades, Willie, born & died Oct. 16, 1897, "Son of W. M. & M. E. Rhoades" Rhoades, Zethra Ila, Aug. 25, 1908-Apr. 2, 1910, "Dau. of John T. & Genie Rhoades" Stanfill, Minnie Lee, Dec. 9, 1892-Mar. 17, 1978 [there is a double marker for her, with husband Arlie Stanfill, at Sardis Cemetery in Henderson County] Surratt, Bell, Feb. 14, 1864-Nov. 19, 1911, "Mrs." Taylor, Leacy Greenway, Aug. 20, 1951-Feb. 16, 1989 Watson, Infant, Feb. 5, 1904-Mar. 14, 1904, "Infant son of L. B. & M. J. Watson" Watson, Maud J., Mar. 29, 1882-May 14, 1899, "Dau. of J. N. & S. L. Watson" Watson, Rush Weldon, Jan. 14, 1901-Mar. 26, 1901, "Son of L. B. & M. J. Watson" Watson, Sarah E., June 4, 1864-Aug. 10, 1902, "Wife of J. N. Watson" Willis, Ola Mae Burton, July 19, 1914-Jan. 13, 1988 Other People Known to be Buried Here Information provided by Paul D. Moore: Hollowell, Becky Jane, the first burial he attended here Rhoades, George and his wife Slaves, the seven eastern-most concrete slabs, lowest burials on the hill and near the cemetery gate (when there was a fence)