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-____