GIBSON COUNTY TN - CEMETERIES - Bowers Chapel Cemetery ******************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: John A. Scruggs jscruggs@usit.net ******************************************************************************** BOWERS CHAPEL CEMETERY Recorded by John A. Scruggs jscruggs@usit.net Oct. 23-24, 2000 This cemetery is located on the Gibson Wells - Brazil Rd., @ 3.6 miles from the Trenton - Alamo Hwy, and @ 1.7 miles from the intersection of the Gibson Wells - Brazil Rd. and the Frog Jump - Brazil Rd. There were between 30 and 40 broken stones, some readable and some not. Starting with the front row on the left side of the driveway. Joseph Guy ( Mike ) Watt 3-8-1884 - 1-14-1929 Imogene Donaldson Watt 9-6-1882 - 6-20-1976 Infant son of W. B. & F. R. Watt 6-8-1912 Joseph F. Watt 11-15-1845 - 7-28-1924 Ann C. Watt 1-12-1850 - 8-9-1923 Andrew J. Donaldson 3-5-1846 - 10-30-1888 Mary Joe Moody Donaldson 8-3-1849 - 1-25-1897 Minnie Joe Donaldson 4-18-1875 - 2-7-1897 Robt. Floyd Donaldson 6-3-1873 - 2-26-1904 Lillian Donaldson 4-6-1881 - 8-10-1886 James Donaldson 9-18-1823 - 11-8-1899 Dr. Aubrey A. Donaldson 2-28-1878 - 5-11-1960 Mattie M. - dau. of Dr. A. M. & M. J. Donaldson 2-1-1874 - 3-9-1891 Lizzie Laverne Donaldson 1-12-1881 - 8-30-1898 Ecbert Allen Freeman - son of F. E. & N. L. Freeman 7-7-1890 - 8-15-1890 James Albert - son of F. E. & N. L. Freeman 1-4-1901 - 9-1-1903 Grace Olena Freeman 5-24-1905 - 10-23-1905 Fay Wiley - son of F. E. & Nannie Freeman - broken stone Frankie Kelly - son of Lewis & Tempey Kelly 1-25-1892 - 11-22-1912 S. A. Bailey 10-8-1898 - 1-10-1899 Infant son of Walter and Katie Brightwell 9-9-1924 George Albert Perry 2-27-1863 - 7-18-1909 Robert T. Perry 1882 - 1916 Dr. Albert M. Donaldson 12-23-1850 - 4-30-1898 Mattie J. - wife of A. M. Donaldson 6-28-1895 - 33 yrs 2 mons 6 days Two infant sons of J. C. & M. J. Perry 4-21-1885 - 4-22-1885 Willie L. - son of P. D. & M. L. Crim 6-16-1860 - 10-11-1877 Little Alphonso - son of M. I. & W. M. Bowman 12-25-1880 - 5-25-1881 W. M. Bowman 3-19-1848 - 5-26-1881 A. T. Crim 1853 - 1937 Mattie C. Crim 1860 - 1921 Albert Crim 1884 - 1893 Guy Adren Taylor 11-5-1914 - 8-14-1996 Eunice Vance Taylor 1-27-1922 - Everette W. Emerson 11-14-1932 - 10-14-1983 Mattie Mae Emerson 9-15-1929 - John W. Goodman 4-15-1911 - 8-28-1987 Thelma Goodman 8-6-1924 - Albert Langdon Watt 4-15-1912 - 7-11-1975 Lucile C. Watt 8-1-1911 - A. M. Swain 1868 - 1916 Irene - dau. of J. F. & A. C. Watt 9-8-1870 - 5-18-1876 J. M. Lowe 3-10-1836 - 3-10-1870 W. ?. Crim d. 3-18-1874 64 yrs Julia Crim d. 3-27-1875 62 yrs Wiley N. Mooring d. 5-29-1884 24 yrs Thomas B. Rimmer 10-7-1828 - 1-21-1890 Mary A. Rimmer 7-4-1833 - 7-29-1886 Dixie H. Perry 7-8-1937 - 8-4-1953 Nannie Irene Perry 8-10-1901 - 1-20-1919 Alec Terry 1861 - 1931 Lizzie Terry 1875 - John Walter Hensley 1887 - 1928 Mae Terry Hensley 1896 - 1976 Charles Wesley Hensley 7-22---10-17-1919 Walter Richard Hensley 3-8---12-16-1928 William N. Hensley 11-29-1884 - 4-20-1942 Casaway G. - wife of E. Donaldson 12-8-1815 - 7-15-1874 Ebenezer Donaldson 1-11-1799 - 7-11-1877 Langdon Leon - son of A. M. & M. J. Donaldson d. 9-21-1883 4 yrs 11 mos Hallie Dell - dau. of B. M. & M. M. Swain 7-20-1875 - 11-25-1877 Byron L. - son of B. M. & M. M. Swain 4-26-1872 - 11-12-1890 Margery M. Swain 6-11-1843 - 11-19-1890 Byron M. Swain 11-28-1841 - 4-9-1903 Jesse W. Clement 4-27-1896 - 3-27-1978 Opdelia D. Clement 3-21-1899 - 1-30-1980 Richard Wallace Clement ( 2nd Lt-US Army-WWII ) 2-5-1923 - 10-12-1945 Dee Eugene Motley 1-19-1932 - Martha L. Motley 8-1-1930 - 7-3-1998 Horace Shivers 3-16-1894 - 2-25-1984 Louella Shivers 1-29-1895 - 4-16-1978 Thomas A. ( Sonny ) Abbott 6-15-1931 - 9-12-1995 Bonnie M. Abbott 9-16-1935 - Tony A. Griggs 5-6-1961 - 7-30-1986 Lodis B. Williams 10-17-1910 - 3-17-1984 Zelma I. Williams 3-19-1911 - 10-20-1989 Joe L. Lain 1863 - 1943 Eva May Lain 1868 - 1953 Oscar F. A. - son of ?? & ?? Motley b. 12-23-1853 Harriett O. - wife of G. A. Turpen 11-6-1858 - 4-30-1900 Johnie - son of G. A. & H. Turpen 4-28-1877 - 8-3-1886 Richard P. Shivers 1850 - 1930 Matilda F. Shivers 1864 - 1917 David A. Shivers 6-21-1890 - 8-11-1908 Maud A. Shivers 2-16-1892 - 8-5-1908 Mary E. Shivers 8-26-1880 - 2-20-1907 Herbert Lee - son of S. G. & M. E. Ball 8-17-1906 - 8-6-1907 William Milliner 1859 - 1900 Eugenia Milliner 1862 - 1945 Hettie W. Hensley 8-14-1884 - 5-5-1929 George Hensley 10-29-1882 - 9-23-1960 Electie - wife of Dee Patrick 12-12-1889 - 2-21-1915 Princie - dau. of H. W. & N. Vaughn 10-12-1904 - 10-13-1907 Addie Walker Bunn 1875 - 1940 James E. Russell 12-31-1869 - 12-22-1917 Ambris A. Vaughn 1878 - 1967 Lougenia Vaughn 1883 - 1955 Infant of H. W. & N. Vaughn 8-12-1903 - 8-13-1903 J. R. Underwood 1861 - 1924 Ibby Tate Underwood 1857 - 1941 D. A. Bowers 1869 - 1925 Mattie C. Bowers 1876 - 1945 Willie Ray Peterson 10-22-1932 - 7-10-1996 Mary Ann Bowers Peterson 11-5-1934 - Fred O'Kelly Bowers 1-26-1909 - 7-6-1989 Lockie Freeman Bowers 8-17-1909 - 10-12-1964 Obie A. Bowers 10-3-1876 - 8-13-1962 Waldeen Barker Bowers 2-6-1881 - 5-14-1933 John Franklin Bowers 1863 - 1940 Cora Bell Bowers 1903 - 1918 Daisy Bowers 1899 - 1903 Elbert W. Vaughn 1860 - 1940 Mary A. Vaughn 1863 - 1951 Sam L. Vaughn 9-29-1886 - 12-15-1921 Henry W. Vaughn 1-21-1902 - 7-26-1964 Martha F. Vaughn 4-15-1908 - James Richard Lee 1-30-1938 - 10-23-1966 Symantha Ann Lee 1-18-1941 - 10-23-1966 Johnny Roy Lee 4-4-1957 - 10-23-1966 Clarence E. Kyle ( Pvt-US Army-WWI ) 9-4-1892 - 11-6-1957 Bertha Williams Kyle 2-27-1905 - 2-7-1982 George A. Kyle 11-23-1861 - 3-5-1933 Sarah Polk Kyle 1- -1864 - 1937 Bobby G. Kyle 7-23-1932 - 9-11-1933 Marion A. Kyle 7-13-1907 - 11-4-1934 Paul E. Kyle 10-3-1932 - 11-9-1933 William U. Kyle 11-23-1894 - 5-17-1979 Letha Warren Kyle 9-21-1903 - 4-30-1943 Cecil O. Bryant 1-18-1909 - 1-30-1967 Bertha L. Bryant 9-8-1910 - 9-18-1986 Samuel Parks, Sr. 8-3-1806 - 6-5-1888 Mary A. - dau. of C. & S. Parks 8-22-1884 - 11-13-1887 A. F. Key 1850 - 1907 Alice C. Key 1866 - 1948 William B. Key 1900 - 1935 Alice E. Johnson 5-12-1864 - 9-22-1868 G. W. Ivey [a native of N. Carolina] 1-1-1790 - 2-1-1863 Marietta - dau. of T. H. Davidson 1-7-1833 - 10-2-1877 John C. Mallett 12-24-1861 - 9-18-1911 Sarah Margaret Mallett 9-5-1850 - 4-5-1932 Rebecca Anne Mallett 4-17-1852 - 1-5-1929 Maclin Mallett 2-15-1865 - 7-22-1935 Emma Donaldson Mallett 4-5-1877 - 1-8-1957 Louise Mallett 10-2-1905 - 4-27-1992 Ora Beatrice Vaughn 1917 - 1981 Oran C. Vaughn 1-22-1889 - 3-19-1965 Nancy M. Vaughn 9-20-1893 - 6-7-1972 Alfred Sheffield Frazier 11-17-1913 - 12-19-1971 Willie E. - son of J. F. & Martha E. Allen 11-20-1896 - 9-2-1911 John F. Allen 10-5-1866 - 2-7-1915 James Hopkins Banks 5-21-1871 - 5-21-1966 Cassie H. Lain Banks 5-20-1874 - 2-22-1917 James Wilson Banks 3-12-1902 - 8-12-1905 Guin Houston Banks 1-21-1898 - 9- -1899 Isaac Hopkins (born in Granvil Co., N. Carolina) 11-4-1797 - 12-3-1882 Jane - wife of Isaac Hopkins 9-19-1810 - 2-5-1872 Melissa Hopkins - wife of Jas. H. Banks 6-29-1836 - 9-16-1902 James H. Banks 10-9-1831 - 2-8-1888 Ermie D. - dau. of J. H. & Melissa Banks 11-14-1859 - 7-15-1869 Mary Mattie - dau. of J. H. & Melissa Banks 12-1-1863 - 9-2-1867 Jennie E. - dau. of J. H. & Melissa Banks 11-25-1861 - 3-5-1862 Alice E. Johnson 5-12-1864 - 9-22-1868 Ermenilda - wife of E. S. Banks 9-30-1807 - 9-12-1871 Elijah S. Banks 1-30-1810 - 7-22-1860 Mary J. Banks 6-9-1840 - 8-13-1866 Amanda R. - wife of W. B. Seat 6-1831 - 10-1883 Mary A. - wife of W. T. Banks d. 2-24-1875 62 yrs William A. - husband of Emma Banks 5-15-1845 - 2-14-1883 Nannie G. - wife of Will A. Banks 8-4-1875 - 6-3-1910 Howell H. Hunt 12-10-1891 - 12-20-1967 Robert Roderick Hunt 9-1-1906 - 3-6-1909 John W. Hunt 5-24-1859 - 7-21-1917 Ellie Banks Hunt 9-24-1868 - 11-7-1935 Isaac Louis Hunt 3-24-1903 - 9-21-1946 Jack W. Hunt 3-4-1900 - 9-28-1983 Ruth Dixon Hunt 7-3-1910 - 3-23-1990 Kay Hunt Richardson 8-20-1931 - 7-13-1987 Bobby ( Bob ) Richardson 1-21-1938 - Royce O'Neal Young, Sr. ( US Navy-WWII ) 7-3-1924 - 11-2-1975 Royce O'Neal Young, Jr. 9-11-1956 - 12-11-1993 William Billy Jack Simpson 12-1-1956 - 9-13-1991 Walter Linden Simpson ( CSM-US Army-Korea-Vietnam ) 12-31-1930 - 6-22-1989 Martha Hunt Simpson 2-22-1932 - Ed Hockaday Lela Hockaday Fern Jones Dunehew Perry Jones Tommie Jones J. R. Thompson 9-18-1848 - 9-14-1909 Dr. H. S. - husband of M. L. Bright 6-9-1829 - 4-14-1888 Mrs Lavinia Bright 5-7-1831 - 5-20-1866 A. M. Dinwiddie 5-27-1821 - 11-25-1914 Nancy - his wife 7-24-1826 - 3-11-1865 Infant daus. of R. S. & C. L. Thompson b & d 5-22-1874 James W. - son of J. H. & M. D. Thompson 9-11-1854 - 4-15-1864 Margaret D. Thompson 7-30-1816 - 1-14-1892 Jno. H. Thompson 1-1-1816 - 6-22-1891 Nancy B. Thompson - wife of Wm. Wofford 9-25-1850 - 3-29-1887 Tom B. Hooker 1853 - 1932 Katie Hooker 1880 - 1933 Thomas Thorne Ingram ( PFC-Army Air Force-WWII ) 1918 - 1975 Lillian W. Ingram 1922 - Thomas Harwood Miller 5-9-1921 - 4-6-1977 Margaret Hensley Miller 2-7-1923 - Walter Richard Miller 10-2-1943 - Addie Mae Hensley 10-5-1920 - 4-28-1975 Wesley F. Jones 2-29-1824 - 6-23-1917 Rebecca Bowers - his wife 10-29-1836 - 2-18-1917 Hilliard H. Hooker 2-22-1855 - 1-17-1926 L. C. Hooker 2-9-1861 - 4-11-1885 W. D. Hooker 1-3-1849 - 6-8-1880 Infant son of Allen E. & Sarah F. Bowers 10-6-1910 - 10-6-1910 Marvin Claib - son of O. H. & Belle Bowers 1-27-1878 - 10-2-1882 O. H. Bowers 10-31-1838 - 7-20-1905 Belle Harris - wife of Orrin Bowers 5-25-1857 - 10-23-1936 Infant dau. of W. ?. & B. S. Wright b & d 12-16-1871 M. E. 5-19-1877 - 7-14-1884 ] J. D. 3-17-1879 - 7-19-1884 ] Children of J. E. & N. E. Banks M. O. 10-26-1884 - 12-25-1887 ] J. E. - husband of N. E. Banks 10-5-1849 - 2-19-1887 David R. Hooker 1-29-1817 - 6-23-1899 Eliza Thompson - his wife 1-1-1818 - 8-23-1899 John R. Head 3-27-1840 - 5-16-1901 B. W. Sappington 1863 - 1912 Henry Watt Sappington 6-9-1905 - 1-9-1911 Jesse Edwin Sappington 1939 - 1940 Edna Ruth Sappington 1940 - 1941 William Wade Sappington 3-5-1869 - 4-18-1954 Edna Hardaway Sappington 9-25-1880 - 1-11-1965 Paul Raymond Hensley ( PFC-864 AAA AW BN CAC-WWII ) 10-9-1917 - 8-27-1957 Nettie Sappington Hensley 8-4-1917 - James Harold Perry (son) 1-25-1948 - 11-22-1962 Harris M. Perry 8-27-1913 - 11-22-1962 Christine Hensley Perry 8-17-1924 - James R. Willis ( US Army-WWII ) 12-22-1918 - 11-23-1997 Wm. ( Willie ) Willis 10-31-1885 - 12-2-1967 Gennie T. Willis 5-11-1893 - 6-28-1982 Gid K. Wilson 9-13-1902 - 5-31-1977 Edith N. Wilson 7-24-1913 - 8-12-1994 William H. Bowers 7-29-1901 - 1-30-1988 Mary M. Bowers 8-22-1915 - 8-2-1992 Charlene Neal Bowers 6-28-1907 - 2-19-1993 Irby Leslie Bowers 3-10-1905 - 3-28-1968 Frank Charles Bowers 7-6-1908 - 8-7-1966 Zach Wright Moody 1-31-1884 - 3-31-1964 Eula Bradshaw Moody 3-12-1888 - 11-27-1937 William A. Moody 7-29-1847 - 3-28-1912 Tabitha Moody 7-28-1851 - 10-7-1940 William Langdon Sharp 1859 - 1927 Elizabeth Sharp Sappington 1864 - 1942 Annie Dinwiddie Hoover 10-26-1880 - 6-4-1972 David M. Dinwiddie 2-2-1859 - 5-31-1952 Abbie Lou Dinwiddie 10-8-1859 - 9-28-1957 Cenella - dau. of D. M. & A. L. Dinwiddie 3-26-1884 - 11-26-1885 Matie Lou - dau. of D. M. & A. L. Dinwiddie 3-4-1886 - 8-26-1886 Harry - son of D. M. & A. L. Dinwiddie 8-21-1891 - 9-20-1912 Walter Dewitt Dinwiddie 8-2-1898 - 8-17-1954 James Eldon Dinwiddie 7-17-1882 - 12-6-1977 Bessie - dau. of W. T. & M. J. Jones 7-14-1889 - 10-20-1889 Katherine Bowers 6-30-1831 - 12-16-1890 James Allen Dinwiddie 1854 - 1935 Jesse Glen Allen - wife of N. S. Allen 3-25-1883 - 9-6-1911 Francis Marion Allen 1886 Callie Dinwiddie Allen - his wife 1929 Wilma Evelyn Hill 1-27-1922 - 5-30-1923 Charles T. Bradshaw 1858 - 1935 Ida Jane Bradshaw 1867 - 1950 Altie Bradshaw Caperton 4-30-1886 - 10-19-1939 William F. Bromley 1877 - 1939 Annie M. Bromley 1880 - 1971 Gray T. Bowers 3-6-1903 - 12-27-1966 William Loyd Cowan 6-7-1925 - 7-10-1988 Dossie B. Cowan 1-1-1914 - 5-10-1958 Ben L. Dunn 1-16-1860 - 5-17-1929 Sara Louise Dunn 7-31-1880 - 3-13-1927 Patsy Nell - dau. of J. A. & Lucy Samples 4-19-20-1953 Mary Frances McFadden 1892 - 1940 Siffie Mae McFadden 7-18-1919 - 8-16-1935 Eula Mae Samples 1927 - 1929 Hazel C. Samples 1930 - 1934 The following are to the right of the drive, starting on the front row. John Edison Kilzer 8-14-1917 - 8-2-1960 Lila J. Samples Burke 5-24-1916 - 8-13-1987 Sidney Thomas Samples 7-17-1887 - 1-14-1963 Carrie Lee Samples 10-5-1890 - 11-14-1966 Henry Etta Young 7-6-1878 - 4-15-1966 Wade W. Sappington 7-29-1903 - 9-1-1987 Margaret P. Sappington 12-15-1899 - 3-13-1968 Mary Victoria Hill 10-9-1894 - 7-16-1967 Ednay ( E. D. ) Hill 4-17-1880 - 10-1-1971 Billy Gene Hill 4-12-1952 - 8-11-1985 Bob Lawler 1-18-1895 - 6-16-1969 Artie Lawler 12-16-1892 - 6-28-1983 Murray T. Lawler ( US Army-WWII ) 5-28-1921 - 7-29-1993 Mack Christian 7-3-1894 - Edna Mae Christian 10-15-1903 - 4-16-1963 Marvin G. Christian 10-9-1937 - 10-29-1973 Ralph Taylor Frazier 1-23-1922 - 9-1-1980 Iva Pauline Frazier 11-15-1922 - Bill Christian 11-27-1945 - 10-16-1990 Thelma Christian 3-21-1929 - Robert W. Vaughn ( Pvt-US Army-Korea ) 10-28-1930 - 1-7-1974 Kathy Lynn Vaughn 5-29-1957 - 1-19-1992 Betty G. Tasker 11-24-1941 - 10-6-1980 William Wade Sappington III 12-13-1927 - 5-25-1986 Jarrett G. Sappington 9-5-1909 - 5-5-1973 Forrest Duncan 11-3-1897 - 9-26-1975 Offie Duncan 10-27-1893 - 4-9-1977 Roy L. Samples 6-9-1905 - 10-17-1976 Betty Sue Woodrell 10-17-1934 - 3-8-1969 Deborah Carrol Woodrell 1-4-955 - 8-6-1959 Mike A. Woodrell 1959 - 1984 James Edward Niday 1871 - 1958 Jim Gibson 2-12-1870 - 12-30-1963 Adena Cook Gibson 8-8-1871 - 3-12-1963 Otis Clarence Gibson ( Pvt-US Army-WWI ) 12-2-1896 - 5-21-1959 Ruby L. Gibson 6-25-1904 - 7-31-1984 Dorlas Geneva Morris 4-18-1931 - Unice Lorine Morris 11-13-1936 - 11-26-1995 William Joseph Morris 9-29-1924 - William James Morris 1-25-1968 Charles A. Morris 12-25-1877 - 4-29-1977 Rosey Maybelle Morris 5-4-1897 - 12-26-1976 Vardman Thomas Samples 4-2-1910 - 9-4-1996 Mary Elizabeth Samples 10-31-1909 - 1-10-1988 Claude Abbott ( S1-US Navy-WWII ) 1-5-1916 - 5-9-1983 Ida Tettleton 7-5-1913 - O. D. Tettleton 8-18-1909 - 9-1-1975 Horace A. Vaughn 11-9-1905 - 6-30-1984 Ethel V. Vaughn 5-1-1909 - 2-3-1976 Leroy Charles Vaughn ( Tec 4-US Army-WWII ) 11-9-1917 - 10-23-1995 Larry Neal Goodman ( US Navy-Vietnam ) 10-12-1950 - 7-18-1996 Ruby Louise Goodman 5-21-1925 - Fred Goodman 9-22-1913 - J. A. Samples 3-9-1921 - 10-20-1997 Lucy G. Samples 2-29-1924 - 1-10-1979 Herman C. Burch 10-15-1909 - 1-5-1978 Lela Mae Burch 3-23-1914 - James W. Davis 5-22-1937 - 10-3-1987 Albron A. Moody 10-1-1881 - 10-30-1967 Polly S. Moody 4-20-1883 - 1-5-1962 Harry A. Moody 12-26-1911 - 9-20-1981 Ethel Irene Moody 8-12-1913 - 7-4-1989 Stephan Jason Barker 7-22-1974 - 12-24-1977 Sylvia Laverne Kendrick 7-22-1936 - 3-20-1985 Lillian Hall King 4-13-1917 - Lucretia Dinwiddie Kent 1-13-1918 - 12-24-1993 Mary Caroyln Kent-Sides 9-26-1960 - 7-5-1988 Harry Gillespie Dinwiddie 8-4-1930 - 3-3-1969 Wm. Mac Dinwiddie 12-28-1896 - 9-3-1965 Estelle G. Dinwiddie 9-5-1904 - 8-28-1967 Gerald Clark 8-6-1911 - 9-27-1973 Mary Clark 9-25-1909 - 8-10-1967 Ivy Lowrance 7-22-1886 - 6-8-1972 Fountie Lowrance 11-13-1889 - 6-10-1975 Pleze A. Hilliard 7-3-1924 - 6-26-1997 Opal L. Hilliard 2-17-1925 - 2-8-1982 Benjamin Towler 1752 - 1837 PVT. Continental Army VA Line