DECATUR COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Scotts Hill Pentecostal Cemetery ========================================================================= David Donahue, the creator of this file, declares it to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= SCOTTS HILL PENTECOSTAL CEMETERY (Temple Cemetery, Holiness Cemetery) Decatur County, Tennessee This cemetery was established in the 1950s. It is indicated on the U.S.G.S. Scotts Hill quadrangle (1986) as a small unnamed cemetery on to Highway 114 just southeast of Scotts Hill near the headwaters of Rushing Creek. It is maintained very well. David Donahue recorded this cemetery May 10, 1992 and checked and updated it in November 2001. An earlier record of this cemetery was made by Margarett Alexander and Blanche Tuten in April 1977. Their record appears under the name Temple Cemetery in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records published by the Captain Daniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 579-583. They note 6 "unmarked" graves. This earlier work is referred to as UDC transcription in the notes below. Adkisson, Infant, Nov. 17, 1939, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. L. A. Adkisson" [replacement] Allen, Vertie M., 1896-1975 Allen, Phillip L., 1890-1956 Averette, Callie G., 1877-1956 Averett, George W., 1872-1966 Barber, Bessie Lee, 1910-1993, "Mother" Barrett, Bessie Jones, 1893-1969 Barrett, Goldie, 1936-____ Barrett, Clinton O., 1934-1986 Bartholomew, Eunice E., Oct. 5, 1911-Nov. 30, 1969, "Father" footstone Bartholomew, Ruby L., Mar. 17, 1916-____ Box, Hubert, 1898-1956 Box, Jackie Ray, 1935-1982, military marker "Pvt US Army Korea" Box, Mary Sue [see Currin, Mary Sue Box] Box, Phillip M., Sept. 11, 1967-Sept. 12, 1967 Britt, Bobby E., Mar. 4, 1935-July 25, 1995 Britt, Gerleen R., Apr. 24, 1940-____, "Married Sept. 19, 1959" "Our son Timothy" Britt, Infant, Nov. 2, 1940, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Leon Britt" [recorded here in 1992; moved to Pafford-Scotts Hill Cemetery by 2001] Britt, Leon E., Dec. 4, 1919-Dec. 24, 1984, "Father" footstone; also military marker "Leon Edgar Britt" "S1 US Navy World War II" Britt, Grace L., Nov. 4, 1920-____, "Mother" footstone, "Married May 20, 1933" " [recorded here in 1992; moved to Pafford-Scotts Hill Cemetery by 2001] Brittain, Vester, June 28, 1911-Jan. 13, 1974, "Father" Brittain, Ruby, Apr. 4, 1911-June 29, 2000, "Mother" Broadway, Myrtle [see Rushing, Myrtle Broadway] Campbell, Malcolm, Mar. 8, 1918-July 18, 2001 Campbell, Neva Mc., Nov. 20, 1923-____, "Married Apr. 21, 1942" "Our son Larry" Campbell, Orpha L., 1915-____, "Dau." footstone Campbell, Maude L., 1895-1976, "Mother" footstone Campbell, Hiley H., 1892-Jan. 15, 1978, "Papa" footstone Chumney, Roy Leland, Aug. 20, 1908-Aug. 7, 1996 Chimney, Isa Bell, Oct. 22, 1909-____, "Married Sept. 7, 1929" Clenney, Annie Mae [see Spain, Annie Mae Clenney] Clenney, C. Walt, 1886-1964, "Father" footstone Clenney, Lona, 1890-1968, "Mother" footstone Clenney, Estle [see Duck, Estle Clenney] Clenney, Foy O., Nov. 23, 1908-____ Clenney, Gilbert, Apr. 2, 1913-Oct. 7, 1979 Clenney, Sue, Sept. 18, 1918-Feb. 13, 2001 Clenney, Diane, Mar. 22, 1948-Apr. 7, 1968 Clenney, Hauta Ann, Dec. 27, 1906-Dec. 29, 1968 Clenney, Tony Payton, Nov. 24, 1910-____ Clenney, Lloyd, Sept. 22, 1906-____ Clenney, Ruby, Nov. 17, 1922-____ Clenney, Lynda [see Ross, Lynda Clenney] Clenney, Rachel [see King, Rachel Clenney] Clenney, Ruby [see Lewis, Ruby Clenney] Clenney, Ruby E., 1911-1988, "Married June 22, 1952" Clenney, Otis S., 1902-1983, military marker as footstone "Tec 5 US Army World War II"; dates on military marker Dec. 6, 1902-Apr. 25, 1983 Clenney, Willie Mae, Apr. 1, 1919-____ Clenney, Hermon, Nov. 18, 1912-Mar. 21, 1961, "Married Oct. 11, 1933" Creasy, Infant, Nov. 24, 1938, "Infant son of Grady & Willie Creasy" [replacement] Currin, Dwight David, Jan. 19, 1957-Mar. 30, 1993 Currin, Earl Lynn, July 18, 1952-Oct. 21, 1994, "Son of Ellis & Mary Sue" Currin, Gerome, Feb. 28, 1908-Mar. 8, 1995 Currin, Allie, Dec. 10, 1914-____, "Married Apr. 7, 1973" Currin, James Odell, Mar. 7, 1941-Feb. 9, 1951, "Son of Ellis and Mary Sue Currin" [replacement] Currin, Mary Sue Box, Mar. 3, 1922-Apr. 28, 1964 Currin, Ellis Odell, Oct. 24, 1919-Aug. 10, 1991, "Wed Nov. 11, 1938" "Our children Odell Maxell MayDell Geraldine Linda Brenda Earl Joyce David May Van" Dean, Oma V., 1904-1994 Dean, E. R., 1907-1988, military marker as footstone "Elias R. Dean" "PFC US Army World War II"; dates on military marker Dec. 6, 1907-Sept. 19, 1988 Duck, David Hurchel, Sept. 10, 1921-Jan. 27, 1968, military marker "Tennessee S1 USNR World War II" Duck, Estle Clenney, 1919-____, "Son Raybon" Duck, Infant, 1943, "Infant dau. of Estle & Hurchel Duck" [replacement] Dunavant, Dewey, Apr. 25, 1899-Jan. 27, 1996, "Rev." Dunavant, Maude Tate, Sept. 12, 1898-Aug. 31, 1973 Dyer, Bert W., 1881-1970, "Father" Dyer, Hattie W., 1885-1968, "Mother" "Married Jan. 25, 1903" Dyer, Dorothy Mae [see Haney, Dorothy Mae Dyer] Dyer, Heskle L., Nov. 23, 1903-Feb. 5, 1988 Dyer, Mittie A., Aug. 9, 1904-Oct. 17, 1989, "Married Jan. 6, 1924" "Our daughter Dorothy" Dyer, Tennie [see Spain, Tennie D.] Dyer, Willard, 1909-1958, "Rev." Dyer, Alice, 1914-____ Eason, Jewell Hazel [see Goff, Jewell Hazel Eason] Escue, Gracie, Jan. 17, 1927-____ escue, Charlie, Mar. 6, 1919-____ Escue, John C., Jan. 10, 1922-Sept. 17, 2000, military markker "1SG US Army WWII Korea Vietnam" Ethridge, Van Buren, 1902-1977 [temporary marker reported in UDC transcription: Buren Etheridge, d. Jan. 26, 1977, "Age 74 yrs 1 mo 8 days" Ethridge, Mae H., 1903-1982 Fields, David C., 1899-1967 Fields, Edna, 1898-1983 Foster, Louis S., Apr. 2, 1916-Apr. 29, 1991, military marker "US Army World War II" Funderburk, Chad Thomas, Jan. 19, 1979-Jan. 26, 1980 Funderburk, Dorothy, Oct. 26, 1946-Aug. 11, 1974 Funderburk, Ginger, 1980-2000, temporary marker, parsons Mortuary, 5 feet south of marker for Chad Thomas Funderburk Funderburk, Larry "Jose," Jan. 27, 1954-May 2, 1988, "Killed" Funderburk, William E., June 16, 1913-Dec. 30, 1989, military marker "Pvt US Army World war II" Funderburk, William Earnest, June 6, 1913-Dec. 30, 1989 Funderburk, Oma R., June 27, 1923-Feb. 24, 2000, "Mother" footstone Gallarno, Dora M., 1876-1970, "Mother" Goff, Billy H., Dec. 8, 1931-July 7, 1994 Goff, Franklin, 1933-1959 Goff, Hubert L., 1907-1986, military marker as footstone "US Army"; dates on military marker Jan. 23, 1907-July 8, 1986 Goff, Fairy M., 1901-1998 Goff, Ida Clementine Smith, Jan. 17, 1885-Mar. 15, 1951, "Mother" footstone Goff, William Lewis, Nov. 26, 1878-May 27, 1973, "Father" footstone [carved rings with "Dec. 27, 1903"] Goff, Jewel N., Sept. 27, 1909-July 6, 1939, "Wife of H. L. Goff" "Mother" Goff, Jewell Hazel Eason, Nov. 10, 1910-Mar. 3, 1994 Goff, Ewing Lafayette, Sept. 14, 1911-____, carved rings and "Sept. 20, 1931" Goff, John L., 1916-1978 Goff, Rebecca M., 1916-____; also temporary marker, Memphis Funeral Homes, "Mrs. Rebecca Goff, d. Mar. 12, 1992, "Age 79 Years" Goff, Lester Franklin, Oct. 30, 1889-Oct. 7, 1978, "Father" footstone Goff, Minnie Minton, Oct. 5, 1885-Jan. 21, 1988, "Mother" footstone, "Wed Sept. 2, 1908" Goff, Mary [see Mary E. Kelley] Goff, Nannie, 1889-1960 Goff, Noah L., 1883-1969 Goff, Robert E., Aug. 17, 1912-Oct. 17, 1975, "Bob" footstone, "Married Aug. 29, 1931" [probably son of Lester Franklin Goff and Minnie Minton Goff, whose double marker is adjacent] Goff, Ruth M., Nov. 28, 1916-Mar. 21, 1981 Goff, Sarah Ellen "Ella," Jan. 20, 1919-Feb. 15, 1982 Goff, Thomas E., Aug. 17, 1912-Sept. 29, 1986, "Tom" footstone [probably son of Lester Franklin Goff and Minnie Minton Goff, whose double marker is adjacent] Goff, William Cleo, Dec. 31, 1935-Jan. 27, 1953, "Beloved son of Ewing L. & Jewel Eason Goff" Grimsley, Edgar J., 1913-1981 Grimsley, Irona J., 1921-____ Grimsley, Tina [see Kennedy, Tina Grimsley] Gurley, Will, 1897-1951 [Masonic symbol] Gurley, Jannie, 1884-1969 Haney, Walter Mack, Oct. 24, 1924-____ Haney, Dorothy Mae Dyer, July 9, 1926-July 8, 2000, carved rings and "Apr. 17, 1943" [Dorothy may be daughter of Heskel L. and Mittie A. Dyer, whose double marker is adjacent] Hatch, Richard Jeffrey, Sept. 1, 1960-Jan. 31, 2000 Hays, Betty L. Singleton, Nov. 17, 1933-Jan. 1, 1966 Hays, James E., 1914-1986 Hays, Helen P., 1918-____ Hays, John F., 1903-1974 Hays, Flura C., 1907-____ Heath, Mary Kennedy, 1863-1957 Hill, Lula W., Nov. 14, 1900-Sept. 7, 1992, "Loving mother" Holmes, Vickie, Aug. 8, 1971, "Infant dau. of Joyce & Jerry" [probably granddaughter of Allie B. & George M. Rhodes; all three graves are boxed and covered with stones] Hughes, Claude A., Oct. 20, 1913-Mar. 17, 1978 Hughes, Flossie B., May 12, 1911-July 30, 2000 Jackson, Beulah [see Wade, Beulah Jackson] Jones, Bessie [see Barrett, Bessie Jones] Jones, Elbert D., Feb. 14, 1924-Mar. 14, 1981 Jones, Pearl, Jan. 4, 1884-Dec. 22, 1955, "Mother" Jones, Marion C., Sept. 9, 1874-Aug. 2, 1949, "Father" Kelley, Linda Maness, Oct. 23, 1945-____ Kelley, Gerald G., Feb. 25, 1940-____, "Our family Jimmy Lisa Jessica Larissa Melanie" Kelley, Manuel J., 1948-1979, "Father of Michael & Darren" Kelley, Mary E., July 14, 1913-Jan. 5, 1996, also temporary marker, Pafford Funeral Home, "Mary Goff Kelley" Kelley, Cleo J., Oct. 25, 1909-Dec. 29, 1994, "Married Apr. 1, 1945" "Our children Colene, Robert, Manuel, Malcolm, Vernon" Kelley, Robby Brendan, Apr. 29, 1980-Dec. 26, 1980, "Son of Rev. & Mrs. Robert Kelley" Kennedy, Hugh T., 1896-1977 [from temporary marker reported by UDC: d. Jan. 24, 1977, "Age 80 yrs 5 mos"] Kennedy, Jessie C., Nov. 9, 1887-June 22, 1983 Kennedy, Bessie C., June 20, 1900-Aug. 19, 1979 Kennedy, Mary [see Heath, Mary Kennedy] Kennedy, Tina Grimsley, Jan. 22, 1909-May 21, 1994 Kennedy, Vida [see Perkins, Vida] King, Rachel Clenney, Feb. 14, 1956-Sept. 5, 1987 Knowles, Mamie, 1918-1998 Laster, Lucille [see Rhodes, Lucille Laster] Lewis, Baby Boy, Jan. 19, 1936 [replacement; adjacent to marker for Ruby Clenney Lewis] Lewis, Ruby Clenney, Feb. 3, 1916-Nov. 30, 1936 Maness, Ina C., 1916-1940 Maness, Elzie, 1914-____ Maness, Ruby, 1914-1990; also temporary marker, Pafford Funeral Home, "Ruby Mae Maness" Maness, Linda [see Kelley, Linda Maness] Maness, Ralph, 1939-1939 [replacement; adjacent to triple marker for Ima C., Elzie, and Ruby Maness] Mangrum, Lettie M., 1913-____ Mangrum, Orval L., 1908-1977, "Daughters Doris-Brenda" Martin, Mary [see Pierce, Mary Martin] McCormick, Billy J., May 27, 1930-Feb. 17, 1993 McCormick, Anna V., Jan. 1, 1934-May 30, 1965, "Mother" footstone McCormick, Jas. Allen, 1878-1954, "Daddy" on permanent vase McCormick, Arbie E., 1897-1975, "Mama" on permanent vase McCormick, Lettie Louise, Jan. 13, 1928-____ McCormick, William Delton, Dec. 5, 1918-Sept. 2, 1993, "Freda Neal Buddy Debbie Anthony Chris children" "Kevin Keith Tiffany Tary Michael Madison grandchildren" Medlin, Asa Glen, Jan. 28, 1928-Oct. 3, 1996 Medlin, Cecil, 1936-1984 Medlin, Lillie W., Jan. 30, 1896-June 3, 1980 Medlin, Samuel, 1881-May 24, 1939 Minton, Minnie [see Goff, Minnie Minton] Mitchell, Jessie R., 1887-1953 Mitchell, Sallie B., 1892-1970 Mitchell, Melbalene C., Sept. 23, 1924-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone[ground disturbance suggests she is buried here] Mitchell, Andrew J., Jan. 16, 1920-Apr. 14, 1990, "Father" footstone, "Married Nov. 24, 1945" "Our children Jackie-Steve" Mitchell, Oleda, Dec. 11, 1926-Sept. 7, 1993 Mitchell, Henry, Jan. 22, 1916-____ Montgomery, Rual C., 1908-1989, "Husband" footstone Montgomery, , Ruby E., 1914-1991, "Wife" footstone, "Wed May 23, 1937" Morgan, Eula Mae, 1907-1950, "Mother" footstone Murphy, Barbara Joyce, 1960-1978 Patterson, Clyde O., Feb. 5, 1917-Feb. 16, 1951, "Son" footstone [probably son of Martin Luther and Mary Jane Patterson, whose double marker is adjacent] Patterson, Gilbert, 1926-____ Patterson, John Iley, 1912-1993 Patterson, Lucy [see Weatherford, Lucy Patterson] Patterson, Martin Luther, 1882-1946, "Father" footstone Patterson, Mary Jane, 1888-1975, "Mother" footstone Perkins, J. M., 1921-1972, "Father" Perkins, Bessie L., 1927-1948, "Mother" Perkins, Jean, Dec. 29, 1934-____ Perkins, Charles C., July 15, 1931-Nov. 28, 1991, "Our children — Ron & Lisa" "Married Oct. 28, 1949" Perkins, Vida, 1898-1980, "Mother," temporary marker, not original, as footstone, "Vida Kennedy Perkins"; dates on temporary marker Sept. 26, 1898-Nov. 21, 1980 Perkins, Paul, 1898-1980, "Father," military marker as footstone "Willie Paul Perkins" "F3 US Navy"; dates on militarey marker Apr. 13, 1898-Mar. 7, 1980 Pierce, Gerald Ray, 1946-1967 [probably son of Raymond H. and Mary Martin Pierce, whose double marker is adjacent] Pierce, Lunelle Shelby, 1922-1994 [adjacent to marker for Raymond H. Pierce] Pierce, Raymond H., 1920-1996 Pierce, Mary Martin, 1920-1959, "Married Sept. 19, 1944" "Their children Gerald Janet" Rhodes, Allie B., Oct. 20, 1900-Aug. 19, 1952, "Mother" footstone Rhodes, George M., June 29, 1893-Jan. 9, 1965, "Father" footstone Rhodes, Ernest E., 4, 1910-May 5, 1992 Rhodes, Lucille Laster, Sept. 7, 1912-Feb. 23, 2000, "Our children Mary Ann Earl Sam Charles Peggy Kay" Rhodes, George S., 1917-1967 Rhodes, Eula Mae, 1919-____, "Brother & Sister" Rhodes, Hula M., 1932-1991 Rhodes, Billy J., 1930-____ Rhodes, Ruby Lee, Nov. 1, 1932-June 9, 1935, "Dau. of S. O. & Lillie Rhodes" Rhodes, Sam O., 1888-1969, "Father" footstone [Masonic symbol] Rhodes, Lillie M., 1892-1946, "Mother" footstone Rhodes, Willie R., 1913-____ Rhodes, George R., 1917-1967, "Married Feb. 24, 1967" [1992 or 2002, from UDC transcription] Rickman, Bobby Wayne, Sept. 10, 1946-Mar. 18, 1977 [Masonic symbol, Eastern Star symbol] [only name on double marker] Ross, Lynda Clenney, Nov. 19, 1948-Sept. 8, 1995, "Mon" footstone [adjacent to double marker for Loyd and Ruby Clenney] Rushing, Bobby G., 1937-1979 Rushing, Morris M., 1940-____, "Married Dec. 23, 1954" Rushing, Enes F., Oct. 11, 1905-Feb. 28, 1990, "Dad" footstone Rushing, Hauty B., June 14, 1912-____, unplaced "Mom" footstone, "Married Nov. 1, 1931" Rushing, John F., Jan. 1, 1900-Sept. 14, 1993 Rushing, Pearl, Dec. 25, 1913-Sept. 30, 1974, "Married Mar. 2, 1930" Rushing, Myrtle Broadway, Sept. 30, 1919-Feb. 7, 2000, "Mother" Rushing, Charlie, Feb. 13, 1912-Aug. 11, 1994, "Father" "Married Mar. 3, 1936" "Our children Ernest-O. C.-Grapel- Maple-Lucille-Charles-Harold" Rushing, Odell F., 1932-1964 Rushing, Frances W., 1934-____, "Married June 15, 1949" Segerson, Robert E., 1907-1978 Segerson, Maggie E., 1911-1992 Shelby, Lunelle [see Pierce, Lunell Shelby] Shelby, Noble E., 1925-1984, military marker as footstone "Noble Earnest Shelby" "Tec 4 US Army World War II" Shelby, Carrie T., 1922-____, "Married Jan 22, 1944" Singleton, Betty L. [see Hays, Betty L. Singleton] Smith, Ida Clementine [see Goff, Ida Clementine Smith] Spain, Annie Mae Clenney, Feb. 17, 1886-Apr. 29, 1973 Spain, John Thomas, Jan. 8, 1870-Apr. 6, 1957 Spain, Dorothy, 1925-___ Spain, L. D., 1923-1986 Spain, Jessie E., Apr. 17, 1919-Dec. 6, 1996, military marker as footstone "Pvt US Army World War II" Spain, Tennie D., July 16, 1923-Jan. 7, 1948 [earlier single marker identified her as Tennie Dyer Smith; she may be daughter of Bert W. and Hattie W. Dyer, whose double marker is adjacent] Spain, Clyde R., June 11, 1915-Sept. 25, 1999, military marker as footstone "Pvt US Army World War II" Sparks, Nathan W., 1886-1972, "Father" footstone Sparks, Elizabeth R., 1891-1958, "Mother" footstone Staggs, Nancy, 1883-1949 Staggs, Sherman, 1870-1966, "Father" footstone Stanfill, Collis, June 5, 1914-Nov. 13, 1982 Stanfill, Viola, Oct. 10, 1913-____, "Married Feb. 2, 1935" Swafford, Pearl J., Aug. 21, 1917-Jan. 8, 1954 Swafford, Coy R., Feb. 7, 1914-Sept. 21, 1995, on cover slabs over both graves "We love you Geneva-Juanita-Danny" Swafford, Irlby, 1915-____ [not found in 2001; in 1992 this name was recorded as sharing a triple marker, since replaced, with Pearl J. and Coy R. Swafford] Tate, Maude [see Dunavant, Maude Tate] Teague, Ollie Ray, Sept. 15, 1921-July 23, 1991, military marker as footstone, "US Army World War II" Teague, Ruth M., Jan. 11, 1925-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone, "Married Sept 15, 1945" "Daughter Shirley" Thomas, Infant, Aug. 17, 1972, "Infant daughter of Wayne & Ramona Thomas" Thompson, Claude M., Mar. 26, 1905-Dec. 14, 1998, "Father" footstone, also temporary marker, Pafford Funeral Home, "Claude Marion Thompson" Thompson, John D., Mar. 10, 1862-Dec. 19, 1936, "Father" footstone Thompson, Sarah Elizabeth, July 19, 1865-July 16, 1948, "Mother" footstone Thompson, Lawson J., 1895-1953 Thompson, Norah L., 1889-1955 Thompson, Ruby A., Sept. 26, 1909-Apr. 4, 1972 Townsell, Artie Goff, 1887-1971 Tubbs, Lonnie, no date, "Age 74" Tucker, Utilla, 1916-1992 [from previous temporary marker: "Sarah Utilla Tucker" Tucker, Homer, 1913-____ Vannoy, Nathan Daniel, Oct. 2, 1979-Oct. 3, 1979, "Son of Rev. & Mrs. J. D. Vannoy" Vise, J. E., 1934-____ [Masonic symbol] Vise, Betty G., 1935-____ [Eastern Star symbol] Volner, Fannie J., 1873-1946 Volner, Philip S., 1871-1957 Volner, William F., Mar. 3, 1902-Nov. 17, 1968 Wade, Beulah Jackson, Dec. 21, 1894-June 17, 1977 Wade, Charlie G., 1894-1960 WadeLillian C., 1895-1962 Wade, Elco E., Mar. 5, 1921-July 5, 1993 Weatherford, Arnold U., July 18, 1911-June 14, 1970, "Rev." Weatherford, Helma Elaine, Aug. 12, 1906-Oct. 12, 1999 Weatherford, Golden C., June 24, 1922-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone Weatherford, Herman D., Mar. 24, 1919-Sept. 14, 1949, "Father" footstone Weatherford, John Franklin, 1881-1947, "Father" footstone Weatherford, Lucy Patterson, 1886-1972, "Mother" footstone, "Married Nov. 26, 1903"