HENDERSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Ridley Chapel Cemetery ========================================================================= David Donahue, the creator of this file, declares it to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= RIDLEY CHAPEL CEMETERY Henderson County, Tennessee This is cemetery is located behind the church at the intersection of Center Point Road and Ridley Chapel Road, just south of State Highway 100. The cemetery is maintained. David Donahue recorded this cemetery October 20, 1992 and checked and updated it 13 years later on October 20, 2003. An earlier record is available for this cemetery. Betsy Patterson and Anita Webb recorded this cemetery circa 1975. Their record appears in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), Vol. II, pp. 303- 304. This earlier work is referred to as "Patterson and Webb" in the notes below. Brown, Georgia Lee, Sept. 14, 1926-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone Grissom, Billy Joe, 1933-1934, "Son of Lois & Collie Grissom" Grissom, Della Marie, 1935-1936, "Dau. of Lois & Collie Grissom" [Patterson and Webb reported these two Grissom children's markers being here in 1976 but in 1992 the markers were at Mt. Moriah Cemetery; they may have been moved because Lois and Gollie (note G in Gollie) have an earlier infant buried at Mt. Moriah and erected a marker for themselves there] Jones, Asa, Nov. 14, 1832-Feb. 3, 1919 Jones, Amanda J., May 7, 1832-Feb. 17, 1914 Jones, Jasper, Jan. 16, 1877-June 13, 1949 Lewis, Bertha E., May 9, 1902-July 11, 1958, "Mother" footstone [probably daughter of J. R. and Mary L. Roby, whose matching double marker is adjacent] Lipe, Emma, Dec. 1, 1861-Jan. 28, 1880 Lipe, G. W., Oct. 1, 1822-Sept. 30, 1907 Lipe, Seinith, Dec. 1, 1829-May 6, 1917 Lipe, Isaac H., Jan. 26, 1855-June 26, 1860, "Son of G. W. & Seney Lipe" Lipe, Mary J., May 1, 1844-June 12, 1864, "Wife of Reuben Lipe" [headstone and footstone are in different locations] Lipe, Reuben, 1837-Mar. 11, 1864 (broken) [broken at birth date; birth year from Patterson and Webb] Lipe, Sarah Ann, Sept. 15, 1832-Mar. 23, 1866 Mooney, Maude E., Apr, 6, 1936-____ Mooney, Troy D. "Shorty," June 28, 1926-June 9, 2002, "Married May 5, 1950" Parker, Ily B., Feb. 2, 1876-Dec. 26, 1881, "Son of A. H. & S. M. Parker" Parker, Infant, no dates [replacement] Parker, Infant, no dates [replacement] Parker, Norah A., Sept. 2, 1878-July 11, 1879, Dau. of A. H. & S. M. Parker" [headstone and footstone are in different locations] Powers, ______, Two graves with "Powers" (homemade markers) Ridley, Alice, 1890-1974 Ridley, George W., 1877-1958 Ridley, Ben F., 1889-1960, "Father" Ridley, Charlotte E., Mar. 2, 1835-Sept. 21, 1914, "She spent her life waiting on the afflicted" Ridley, Grace, July 3, 1916 [replacement] Ridley, Infant, 1917, "Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement] Ridley, Infant, 1918, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement] Ridley, Infant, 1919, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement] Ridley, Infant, 1920, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement] Ridley, John, d. Aug. 23, 1850, "Aged about 45 Ys" Ridley, John R., July 15, 1841-Sept. 15, 1857 Ridley, Levina, d. Oct. 27, 1889, "Aged 75 Ys, 7 Ms, & 17 Ds" Ridley, Nancy A. York, July 25, 1845-Apr. 27, 1872, "Dau. of John & L. Ridley" (very shallow carving; bring chalk to read this marker) [actual burial positions are represented by a line of four marble footstone, the nearest lying northwest of main marker, and the others running north from it] Ridley, Martha, June 29, 1928-July 19, 1928 [replacement] Ridley, Oder N., June 13, 1884-Jan. 18, 1888, "Dau. of W. T. & C. E. Ridley" Ridley, R. F., Mar. 10, 1877-Jan. 16, 1878, "Son of W. T. & S. A. Ridley" Ridley, Sintha Elizabeth, Jan. 3, 1854-Mar. 9, 1928 Ridley, W. A., Oct. 9, 1884-Aug. 9, 1885, "Son of W. T. & S. A. Ridley" Ridley, W. T., May 8, 1832-Mar. 1, 1917, "Husband of S. E. Ridley" [headstone and footstone are in different locations] Roby, Aubrey Troy, Oct. 10, 1894-Apr. 11, 1897, "Son of J. R. & Mary L. Roby" Roby, Bertie J., May 9, 1902-Sept. 27, 1902, "Son of J. R. & Mary L. Roby Roby, J. R., Feb. 3, 1870-Aug. 27, 1936, "Father" Roby, Mary L., June 11, 1871-Oct. 5, 1953, "Mother" Sifford, Alice, 1936-2002, temporary marker, Pafford Funeral Home, 4 feet south of marker for Georgia Lee Brown Stanfield, Sarah E., Aug. 28, 1871-Sept. 30, 1872, "Dau. of O. W. & Mary F. Standfield" Stanfill, E. A., Oct. 15, 1840-Aug. 6, 1929, "Wife of J. T. Stanfill" Stanfill, J. T., Oct. 16, 1843-Aug. 22, 1922, "Husband of E. A. Stanfill" Taylor, Isaac W., Oct. 3, 1847-Jan. 15, 1872 Taylor, Isaac, Aug. 14, 1799-May 20, 1884 (eroded) Taylor, Jacob, Mar. 28, 1820-June 1872 (broken and repaired) Taylor, R. R., Dec. 16, 1863-Aug. 10, 1876, "Son of J. M. & Harriet Taylor" Taylor, Ruben R., Jan. 3, 1838-June 26, 1882 [replacement marker at base of repaired original marker which reads R. R. Taylor Taylor, Salley, Jan. 9, 1802-Oct. 28, 1883, "Wife of Isaac Taylor" (eroded, cracking) Taylor, Saul, 1878-1909 [replacement] Thompson, D. K., 1862-1949 Thompson, Elcie McAdams, 1866-1899, "His Wife" Thompson, Hattie M., Sept. 14, 1896-Nov. 26, 1941 Thompson, James W., Jan. 19, 1894-Nov. 15, 1972 Thompson, Herman (Doc), Oct. 26, 1913-Aug. 25, 1986 Thompson, Jimmie Nina, June 23, 1916-Mar. 9, 2003 Thompson, Howard, Dec. 4, 1909-Mar. 8, 1910 [replacement; probably son of Tennessee and D. K. Thompson] Thompson, James R., Sept. 21, 1870-Dec. 11, 1870, "Son of J. J. & C. A. Thompson" Thompson, Kenneth Ray, Nov. 10, 1956, "Infant son of J. W. & Thelma Thompson" Thompson, Lora Mae, Jan. 19, 1905-Nov. 2, 1932 Thompson, Lucinda Davis, Aug. 10, 1865-Apr. 10, 1951, "Mother" footstone/William Wilson, Mar. 8, 1865-June 6, 1942, "Father" footstone Thompson, Mary P., Apr. 16, 1875-Sept. 10, 1875, "Dau. of J. J. & C. A. Thompson" Thompson, Mary, Dec. 24, 1814-Mar. 1869, "Wife of Samuel Thompson" Thompson, N. E., Oct. 27, 1845-Aug. 9, 1928, "Wife of S. J. Thompson" Thompson, Nettie, 1890-1976 Thompson, Jeff, 1888-1961 Thompson, Rosellar L., Oct. 9, 1868-Oct. 19, 1870, "Dau. of J. J. & C. A. Thompson" Thompson, S. J., June 18, 1843-June 18, 1912, "Husband of N. E. Thompson" [Masonic symbol] Thompson, Sallie J., Oct. 27, 1872-Nov. 1873, "Dau. of S. J. & N. E. Thompson" Thompson, Samuel, Aug. 6, 1814-Apr. 16, 1848 Thompson, Tennessee, June 22, 1870-Feb. 16, 1963, "Wife of D. K. Thompson" Thompson, Verner, Dec. 26, 1881-Feb. 3, 1963 Thompson, William Hazy, Dec. 14, 1886-Feb. 28, 1887, "Son of D. K. & A. C. Thompson" Thompson, William Joseph, Dec. 24, 1894-Nov. 14, 1895, "Son of W. W. & J. D. Thompson"