HENDERSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - James Cemetery

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JAMES CEMETERY

Henderson County, Tennessee



Joy Beth Bartholomew Campbell



            James Cemetery is located on the south side of 

Baudy James Road in northwestern Henderson County. Joy Beth 

Campbell recorded the cemetery on April 15, 1998 (David 

Donahue updated the cemetery on October 14, 2003) and compared 

it with the 1976 record by Joel James which appeared as "James 

or McVay Cemetery" in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery 

Inscriptions (Memphis; R. H. Harris, 1976), pp. 41-42.







Readable Markers



Arthur, Dennis, 1914-2003, temporary marker, reed's Chapel, 8 

feet north of homemade marker for Hayes Ray Gordon III



Branch, A. B., Aug. 13, 1898-Mar. 3, 1920 (marker loose on its 

base in 2003)



Branch, Curtis, Son of A. B. & L. M. Branch, Jan. 6, 1920-June 

12, 1922



Branch, Joe D., 1872-1953

Branch, Sallie J., 1873-1963



Clark, Alige, Jan. 1, 1958-Nov. 18, 1910



Douglas, Martha J., June 5, 1870-Oct. 26, 1903



Douglas, Thomas J., May 21, 1867-Feb. 27, 1912



Gordon, Hayes Ray, Jr., Mar 21, 1929-Apr. 24, 1999, military 

marker Sgt US Army Korea



Gordon, Hayes Ray III, Aug. 16, 1965-Apr. 19, 1991 (homemade)



James, Albert, Son of James & Haran James, May 5, 1877-Jan. 5, 

1879



James, Alko, Infant son of Wm. & Mattie James, no dates 

[replacement]



James, Aubry "Shiley," Aug. 26, 1925-Oct. 29, 2001

James, Mary Catherine, Mar. 4, 1933-____, Married Aug. 28, 

1949



James, Bant., no dates [probably child of W. T. and Dissie 

James]



James, Ben David, born & died Aug. 14, 1957



James, Ethal, no dates [noted by Joel James as son of W. T. & 

Dissie]



James, Hester B., Apr. 20, 1888-May 29, 1962, Mother footstone

James, David W., July 1, 1889-Dec. 21, 1970, Father footstone 

[noted by Joel James as David Wilford James]



James, Infant, no dates [probably child of W. T. and Dissie 

James]



James, Infant, no dates [probably child of W. T. and Dissie 

James]



James, Infant, no dates, Infant son of Wm. & Mattie James, no 

dates [replacement]







James, John R., Aug. 26, 1859-Nov. 24, 1897 [replacement]



James, Lonnie, no dates [noted by Joel James as son of W. T. & 

Dissie]



James, Mattie Victor, Feb. 20, 1894-Apr. 11, 1963

James, Williams Haywood, Jan. 14, 1893-Feb. 21, 1965



James, Minnie, Mar. 17, 1930-Oct. 28, 1932 [replacement]



James, Monroe, no dates [noted by Joel James as son of W. T. & 

Dissie]



James, Sherman (Cat), Sept. 30, 1917-Aug. 29, 1986



James, W. T., Apr. 26, 1853-Sept. 18, 1925

James, Dissie, Apr. 4, 1864-Aug. 2, 1945



Lindsey, Thelma J., Jan. 28, 1939-Feb. 3, 1991



Stewart, Edward, Dec. 27, 1924-Dec. 28, 1924 (marker loose on 

its base in 2003)



Stewart, James T., 1877-1939, Father footstone

Stewart, Larcie M., 1880-1929, Mother footstone [replacement]



Stewart, Jessie, Dec. 30, 1926-Dec. 30, 1926 (marker loose on 

its base in 2003)



Thompson, Addie, Wife of J. T. Thompson, 1875-1899, Mother



 



Other People Known to be Buried Here



Beranum, Dellie Caldony James, 1886-1920



James, Betty Stanford, Wife of Lee James, 1866-1941



James, Bivie, Son of Lee & Betty James, 1905-1909



James, Dennis, Son of Jessie & Lila James, 1929-1931



James, Francis, Wife of Louis James



James, Johnny Lee, Son of Jessie & Lila James, d. 1921



James, Lee, 1858-1938 [noted by Joel James as son of Louis]



James, Louis



James, Lucille [noted by Joel James as Dau. of W. T. & Dissie]



James, Maudie Lee, Dau. of Lee & Betty James, 1891-1893



James, Nancy H., Wife of W. M. James, d. Mar. 28, 1909



James, Sherman, Son of Lewis Thomas and Nancy James, Nov. 30, 

1891-Dec. 19, 1891



James, W. M., d. Mar. 27, 1909



Lindsey, Shelia Delores, Dau. of L. C. & T. J. Lindsey, Sept 

3, 1966-Sept. 3, 1966



Stanford, J. T., Son of Broddie & Avie Stanford



Williams, Francis, d. Aug. 19, 1921, aged 80 (a black woman)

[reported by Jonathan K. T. Smith; burial here known from 

her death certificate]



Willis, Avie, Mother of Dissie James



Willis, John, Brother of Dissie James



Willis, Thomas, Father of Dissie James



 



Note: These graves extend into the thicket behind the 

graveyard.