HENDERSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Cooper's Grove Cemetery

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COOPER'S GROVE CEMETERY

Henderson County, Tennessee



            Cooper' Grave Cemetery is located behind 

Cooper's Grove Full Gospel Church on south side of Old 

Jackson Highway west of Lexington. There are many unmarked 

graves and many graves with temporary marker plates without 

information.



            David Donahue recorded this cemetery February 4, 

2002 and updated it October 4, 2003. Jonathan K. T. Smith 

recorded this cemetery in 1995. It appears in his Tombstone 

Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Henderson County, 

Tennessee. This is referred to as Smith in the notes below. 

The cemetery did not appear in the 1976 cemetery book.



 



Arnold, Adell, Sept. 18, 1936-Apr. 25, 1999, military marker 

"USMC"



Barham, Callie Pearson, Nov. 10, 1923-June 9, 1999, "Our 

beloved mother"



Buck, John L., d. Sep. 11, 1994, Age 58, temporary marker, 

Peoples Funeral Home [not found in 2002; reported by Smith 

in 1995]



Buck, John, d. Jan. 21, 1991, Aged 79 Yrs., temporary 

marker, Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home [not found in 2002; 

reported by Smith in 1995]



Buck, Martha, 1916-1954 (homemade)



Buck, Mary E., 1916-1954, Age 37 [not found in 2002; 

reported by Smith in 1995]



Buck, Randy Lee, 1962-1991



Carver, Ester L., Jan. 14, 1902-Apr. 14, 1996, temporary 

marker, peoples Funeral Home, third from north of nine 

stone-bordered graves



Carver, Floyd, Feb. 23, 1905-June 19, 1986, "Father" 

footstone

Carver, Clara, Aug. 11, 1910-Feb. 29, 1968, "Mother" 

footstone



Carver, George, Aug. 21, 1928-Sept. 4, 1968, "Father"



Carver, Hurtis L., d. Sept. 18, 1980, Aged 30 Ys 2 Ms, 

temporary marker [not found in 2002; reported by Smith in 

1995]



Carver, Janie A., Mar. 3, 1906-Dec. 5, 1975

Carver, Roy H., Mar. 27, 1902-Oct. 16, 1971



Carver, Laymon "Mickey," Oct. 3, 1932-Nov. 15, 1989, 

"Father"



Carver, Leon, Dec. 1931-July 8, 1951



Carver, Paul Van, d. Ju1y 13, 1981, Aged 45 Yrs., temporary 

marker, Peoples Funeral Home, northernmost of nine stone-

bordered graves



Carver, Sarah F., Sept. 1945-Apr. 1977, temporary marker, 

Peoples Funeral Home, 7 yards southeast of marker for 

Johnnie Jackson



Carver, Virgil H., Sr., Aug. 27, 1901-July 5, 1963



Clayton, Ruby Mae, Jan. 21, 1926-Apr. 20, 1994



Easley, Sandra R., 1963 "Baby" footstone [older "Baby 

Easley" marker also on grave]

Easley, Addie L., 1929-2002, "Momma" footstone

Easley, J. Marshall, 1926-____, "Daddy" footstone



Faulkner, Betty J., 1939-1991



Ford, Ava, 1934-1977, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, 8 

feet south of marker for Stephaine M. Howard



Ford, Calvin Coolidge, Apr. 22, 1925-Mar. 29, 2000, military 

marker "PFC US Army World War II"



Ford, Nelson D., d. Aug. 6, 1977, Aged 56 Years 8 Months 4 

Days, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary



Fry, Beverly, Aug. 1, 1959-Aug. 10, 1959



Fry, Virginia Lee, Apr. 24, 1930-Mar. 1, 1984, "Mother"



Hamilton, Allie Mae, 1924-1974



Hogsett, Gabe, Jr., July 2, 1944-Sept. 19, 2000



Howard, Stephaine M., Aug. 17, 1971-May 13, 1978



Jackson, Johnnie, Dec. 19, 1909-Dec. 31, 1988, "Erected by 

daughter"



Jefferson, Slomar, d. Nov. 1, 1995, Aged 65 Years, loose, 

out-of-place temporary marker, Peoples Funeral Home



Jones, Jacqueline Delores, Oct. 31, 1960-Feb. 22, 1961, 

temporary marker (not original), Peoples Funeral Home, 3 

feet south of double marker for Beluah Mae and Samuel Priddy



Jordan, Robert, June 9, 1925-Feb. 2, 1998, military marker 

"SM1 US Navy World War II"; also temporary marker, Robert T. 

Jordan, Sr.



McNelley, Nancy, Mar. 4, 1868-Dec. 29, 1948



Melton, Bobby L., May 16, 1957-Jan. 17, 2003; also temporary 

marker, Bobby Lewis Melton



Moffitt, Louise, Nov. 29, 1907-Aug. 14, 1994



Moffitt, Peggy Lue, Apr. 10, 1945-Feb. 2, 1990



Pearson, Ada C., 1881-1963



Pearson, Alice, 1912-1986, temporary marker, Parham 

Mortuary, 4 yards south of marker for Charlie Priddy



Pearson, Callie [see Barham, Callie Pearson]



Pearson, Dora, 1895-1997, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, 

3 feet north of marker for Callie Pearson Barham



Pearson, Elgie, Mr., d. Nov. 4, 1971, Aged 68 Yrs. 0 Mos. 26 

Days, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, 1 yard north of 

marker for Ada C. Pearson



Pearson, Frazier, 1883-1980, temporary marker, parham 

Mortuary, 5½ yards south of marker for Charlie Priddy



Pearson, Newt C., May 1873-Jan. 1, 1948



Phelps, Donie C., 1875-1955

Phelps, Green, 1867-1951



Priddy, Annie L., no dates



Priddy, Beulah Mae, Feb. 14, 1917-Apr. 1, 1991

Priddy, Samuel, June 19, 1915-Apr. 3, 1954



Priddy, Billy Royal, Jan. 3, 1949-Dec. 23, 1992, military 

marker "Sp4 US Army Vietnam



Priddy, Charlie, 1893-1970



Priddy, Hazel, Apr. 7, 1919-Aug.?, 6, 1996, Age 76, 

temporary marker, peoples Funeral Home, 3½ yards north-

northwest of marker for Leon Carver



Priddy, Loyel, Aug. 19, 1938-Sep. 28, 1982, military marker 

"PFC US Army Korea"



Priddy, Lula, 1896-1952 [adjacent to marker for Charlie 

Priddy]



Priddy, Sam, 1879-19__ [his obituary, Jan. 5, 1961, says he 

the previous Friday (Dec. 30, 1960)]

Priddy, Sarah, 1882-1957



Priddy, Samuel Boyd, no dates, temporary marker, 7 feet 

south of double marker for Beulah Mae and Samuel Priddy



Priddy, Virgil, Apr. 21, 1900-Oct. 28, 1980

Priddy, Rozellar, Apr. 19, 1902-Nov. 24, 1966



Reed, Billie Wayne, 1968-1992, temporary marker, Mays 

Funeral Home, 5 yards south of marker for Randy Lee Buck



Rowsey, Carrie N. P., Sept. 11, 1933-____



Rowsey, Naomi, no dates



Rowsey, Ricce, no dates



Stanford, Fredrick B., Oct. 26, 1967-Mar. 29, 1968



Thompson, Lois B., Mr., 1923-1988, temporary marker, Peoples 

Funeral Home [not found in 2002; reported by Smith in 1995]



Thompson, M. Allene, June 30, 1924-July 20, 2001, "Loving 

mother" "Children-Leon-Shirley-Don" [the temporary marker 

here read in February 2002 listed her as Mary A. Thompson]



Wilson, John Earl, July 12, 1955-Aug. 10, 1997, temporary 

marker, 6 yards south of marker for Randy Lee Buck



Yarbro, Henry, 1901-1946



Yarbro, W. C., Aug. 16, 1935-July 13, 2001



Yarbor, Linnie Mae, 1903-1999

Yarbor, W. H., 1897-1973; also temporary marker, Parham 

Mortuary, William harrison yarbro, d. Oct. 31, 1997, Aged 96 

Yrs. 4 Mos. 21 Days



 



Unidentifiable



______, Evelyn, d. Jan.____, temporary marker, 6th from 

north of nine stone-bordered graves



 



Burials Known from Death Certificates (as reported by Smith)



Hendricks, G. D., Mar. 19, 1914-Oct. 27, 1915. Father: James 

Hendricks Mother: Belle Deberry



Purdy, Fenner, Feb. 19, 1917-Aug. 7, 1918 Father: W. M. 

Purdy



 



Burials Known from Obituaries



Anderson, Lela, d. Dec. 5, 1964, Age 68



Easley, P. Wilson, d. Jan. 9, 1961



Priddy, Bud, d. Feb. 16, 1961