DECATUR COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Ivey Cemetery
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IVEY CEMETERY
Decatur County, Tennessee

          Ivey Cemetery is a very old cemetery at the end of 
Ivey Cemetery Road. It is shown near the northwest corner of 
the Bath Springs quadrangle (1972) near the headwaters of 
Whites Creek. It retains its fieldstone-marked graves. Most 
are upright and remain in pairs. Probably only a third or less 
of all graves here have markers with inscriptions. David 
Donahue recorded this cemetery December 27, 1991 and checked 
and updated it November 1, 2003. In 1991 there were several 
shell-covered graves similar to the old Aaron family graves at 
Pleasant Hill Cemetery. By 2003 the shells had mostly 
disintegrated.

          Margarett Alexander and Blanche Tuten recorded this 
cemetery on February 15, 1976. 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. 283-285. This is 
referred to as UDC transcription in the notes below. Alexander 
and Tuten estimated 100 unmarked graves.

 

Autrye, Lucy Matilda [see Lucy Matilda Helmer]

Black, Benny R., 1931-1933 [replacement]

Butler, M. A., 1867-____, "Mother"
Butler. A. M., 1859-1918, "Father"

Davis, Millie [see Ivey, Millie Davis]

Funderburk, James S., Jan. 26, 1866-Nov. 15, 1943 
[replacement]

Funderburk, Mattie Ivey, d. Nov. 3, 1920

Hay, Nora May, Apr. 8, 1894-Feb. 26, 1895, "Sister" 
footstone[replacement]

Hay, Thomas Arnold, Nov. 30, 1872-June 27, 1896 [replacement]

Helmer, Lucy Matilda, Mar. 16, 1830-Oct. 13, 1874, "Nee 
Autrey"

Ivey, Amon J., July 31, 1862-June 23, 1940, "Father" footstone
Ivey, Manda Ora, Mar. 2, 1865-July 3, 1947, "Mother" footstone

Ivey, Bessie Ida, Apr. 17, 1906-Apr. 1951 [adjacent to marker 
for Carson Luther Ivey]

Ivey, Carson Luther, July 7, 1889-Nov. 11, 1943

Ivey, Edward, no dates, "brother of Martha Jane and Leona Bell 
Ivey"

Ivey, Franklin C., Oct. 6, 1852-Oct. 2, 1854, "Son of P. & N. 
Ivey" [in 1991 this was one of a row of five shell covered 
graves]

Ivey, Jerlden, Oct. 23, 1919-Nov. 19, 1922

Ivey, Martha [see Yarbro, Martha Ivey]

Ivey, Mary B., Mar. 31, 1906-____
Ivey, Oscar R., Aug. 17, 1889-July 23, 1978

Ivey, Mary E., Aug. 1839-Oct. 1919
Ivey, John J., Oct. 1830-May 1885 [the UDC transcription notes 
that he was a CSA soldier]

Ivey, Mattie [see Funderburk, Mattie Ivey]

Ivey, Millie Davis, 1851-1923 [replacement]

Ivey, Phillip E., Sept. 12, 1856-Feb. 10, 1857, "Son of P. & 
N. Ivey" [this is one of a row of five shell covered graves 
similar to the older Aaron family graves at Pleasant Hill 
Cemetery] 

Ivey, Rachel, 1856-1906
Ivey, Carson, 1850-1887 [in 2003 loose muscle shells had 
placed on granite base of marker]

Ivey, W. R., d. Aug. 9, 1913, "Age 64 ys 10 ms 6 ds" "Husband 
of M. A. Ivey"

Jackson, John, d. Sept. 19, 1830, "Aged about 51 years" "He 
was a volunteer in the War of 1812" 

Jackson, Sally, Mar. 18, 1791-Aug. 28, 1873 (broken, eroded) 
[only "Sa" of first name was readable in 1991; "Sally" was 
obtained from the UDC transcription]

Scott, Ida, d. July 7, 1954, "Age 65 yrs, 6 mos, 22 days" [not 
found in 1991 or 2003; from UDC transcription which noted this 
as a temporary marker] 

Scott, Lillie, Mar. 20, 1905-Oct. 16, 1926 (homemade) 

Scott, Malcolm Woodrow, d. July 28, 1993, "Aged 79 Years 5 
months 20 Days," temporary marker, Parsons Mortuary, 3 yards 
east of double marker for Mozell and Joe Scott 

Scott, Marie, 1938-1940 [probably daughter of Mozell and Joe 
Scott] 

Scott, Martha I, 1888-1954, "Mother" footstone
Scott, Amon L., 1877-1956, "Father" footstone 

Scott, Mary B., Mar. 31, 1906-____
Scott, Oscar R., Aug. 17, 1889-July 22, 1978 

Scott, Mozell, 1915-____
Scott, Joe, 1907-1947 

Scott, O. W., Oct. 20, 1880-Sept. 30, 1910 (broken, fallen) 

Tucker, Dolly E., Sept. 21, 1883-Mar. 24, 1904. "Dau. of A. L. 
& M. C. Tucker" 

Tucker, Flora J., 1915-1998
Tucker, James H., 1916-1979 

Tucker, James W., Oct. 28, 1879-Sept. 1, 1887, "Son of A. L. & 
M. C. Tucker" (fallen) 

Tucker, M. A., Sept. 10, 1849-Oct. 29, 1893, "Wife of Solomon 
Tucker" 

Tucker, Solomon, Apr. 26, 1839-Jan. 30, 1902, military marker 
"Co. G. 23 Tenn. Inf. C.S.A."

Turner, J. A., May 4, 1928-May 5, 1928, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. 
Alver Turner" 

Turner, Nancy A., 1943-1946 

Turner, Nancy, 1904-1958
Turner, Alver, 1906-1986 

Turner, Wilburn B., 1941-1946

VWilburn Lee, June 18, 1948, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Scott" 
[infant-size grave]

Yarbro, B. Dud, 1877-1951, "Father" footstone/Bell, 1880-1956 

Yarbro, Martha Ivey, 1879-1896, "Wife of B. D. Yarbro" "Mother 
of William Yarbro" [replacement; death date conflicts with 
birth date of William Yarbro]

Yarbro, Pauline Gulledge, no dates, "Wife of William Yarbro"

Yarbro, William Martin, Aug. 13, 1898-Dec. 16, 1966

 

Unidentifiable

Elmer ____, d. Feb. 5, 196_, "Age 77 Years," temporary marker, 
Wylie Funeral Home, 4 yards east of double marker for Carson 
and Rachel Ivey