Oak Grove Cemetery at Chewalla | McNairy County, TN History

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OAK GROVE CEMETERY

Oak Grove, sometimes called the Reed Cemetery, is the southwest part of the county south of Chewalla and almost in Mississippi. Take Hwy 57 to Ramer. Turn left just across the railroad tracks on Chewalla Rd. Go several miles, through the little community of Chewalla, across the railroad tracks. Turn right on Turner Road, go ½ to 1 mile and turn left on Reed School House Rd. (Road used to be called Oak Grove Rd.) It is 1 ½ to 2 miles on the left, just before you go into Mississippi. Don’t know if there is a marker showing the Mississippi line. Harold Cox says “there are several unmarked grave, some marked with sandstone, concrete blocks, etc.”One unmarked grave is Sarah Sellie Mask Graham, first husband was Louis Caste Austin. From Cemeteries of McNairy County by Nancy Kennedy

Thanks to Helah Wilson & Janice Switcher
Surveyed 06/11/2006

Please allow for errors. Some old tombstone are hard to read and typo’s are sometimes made.

* Double Stone

Name		Birth Date	Death Date Remarks
Baldwin, E. G. Johnson (Ede)		10/24/1900	03/15/1931
Baldwin, Anner E.	*	02/26/1883	12/17/1973
Baldwin, Jimmy I.	*	05/18/1890	01/02/1963
Baldwin, Dewey		02/22/1942	09/06/1964
Baldwin, James (Baby)		08/31/1940	09/19/1940
Baldwin, Orbin		11/26/1914	01/06/1988 (Pete) "Daddy Pete"
Baldwin, S. J. (Sugar)		08/30/1917	10/05/1936
Barnes, Benny Clyde		08/11/1945	01/13/1985
Barnes, Chris		09/17/1907	04/20/1980
Barnes, Clyde B.	*	01/28/1913	12/22/1979 (Father)
Barnes, Lillian M.	*	10/16/1918	01/04/1969 (Mother)
Barnes, Doris W.	*	02/23/1925	--****
Barnes, Johnny N.	*	09/09/1949	--****
Barnes, Grady	*	12/01/1925	01/18/1991
Barnes, Homer		05/09/1926	02/15/1927
Barnes, Infant Son of		07/12/1944	J.C. & Lola Barnes
Barnes, J. R.		06/22/1924	08/14/1925
Barnes, James Clifford		10/03/1903	02/21/1962

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Barnes, L. Vira Butler (Mother)		11/09/1884	12/01/1953 Mother, wife of R B Barnes
Barnes, Lola Mae		05/23/1908	01/20/1948
Barnes, Maxine W.	*	10/16/1927	--****
Barnes, G. H. (Shorty)	*	05/01/1927	01/15/1996
Barnes, Melzar		01/15/1929	03/03/1970

Barnes, Michael 05/08/1998 (Funeral Marker says 05/07/1998)
Infant son of Victor & Stacie Barnes

Barnes, Robert Bennett	01/18/1880	05/21/1954 Father
Barnes, Willie B.	08/24/1923	10/10/1932
Bingam, Linda Sue	09/05/1948	02/23/2006 Age 57
Boren, Lillie Mae	09/05/1907	01/01/1977

Bowden, Infant Irene No dates

Butler, Adell		06/10/1925	06/01/1926 Dau of J.E. & B.M. Butler
Butler, Bernese	*	09/04/1926	--****
Butler, Robert D.	*	06/24/1905	04/20/1981
Butler, Bertha B.	*	10/11/1901	12/01/1988
Butler, Jim Edd	*	12/01/1898	03/26/1974
Butler, Betty E.	*	06/03/1933	--****
Butler, John D.	*	03/04/1927	04/29/1982 Married 09/17/1949
Butler, Cecil M.		10/24/1922	11/30/1925 Dau of J.E. & B.M. Butler
Butler, Robert Lee		1928	1928
Butler, Earl	*	11/29/1890	04/25/1976
Butler, Maggie	*	03/28/1905	03/28/1987
Butler, Gladys M.	*	10/06/1926	05/14/2006
Butler, Vernice	*	02/01/1925	--**** Married 02/08/1946
Carter, Mary Susan	*	1867	1945
Carter, Joseph A.	*	1865	1949
Carter, Samantha A.		04/20/1900	01/27/1993
Carter, Sophia Ann		12/18/1890	10/31/1981
Conaway, Eunice Barnes		07/19/1914	09/24/2004
Conaway, John C.		02/05/1907	05/07/1950
Conaway, Ludie		1885	1916

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Crabb, Leland L.	*	11/12/1921	01/26/1977
Crabb, Doney M.	*	06/13/1922	--****
Crabb, Columbus C	*	04/12/1895	07/06/1979
Crabb, Lillie M	*	11/08/1905	01/09/1981
Crabb, Lester C.		03/28/1924	12/10/1944 Tennessee Sgt. 2047

Engineer FFGT Plat. WWII

Crabb, Michael Daniel		12/12/1979	04/01/1980	Photo on stone
Crabb, Perry A.		03/**/1856	01/**/1931
Crabb, Mary R.		04/**1861	08/**/1940
Crabb, Mary E.	*	05/25/1923	--****	Married 02/19/1943
Crabb, Leonard H.	*	01/31/1919	02/12/2003	Pvt. US Army WWII
Crabb, William A.	*	10/29/1880	03/21/1936
Crabb, Anner	*	08/03/1886	01/07/1969
Crompton,		09/15/1864	07/06/1928
Dawson, Betty M.	*	05/02/1936	10/24/2005	Married 12/31/1957
Dawson, Aaron M.	*	08/03/1934	03/06/1999	Sgt. US Air Force Vietnam
Dawson, Lillie M.	*	01/06/1905	08/20/1984
Dawson, Harry M.	*	09/05/1888	07/14/1969	Military Info: Harrison M.

Tenn Pvt. Co B 46 Eng. WWI

Dix, Ewell C. * 09/24/1914 06/01/1994
Dix, Linda Ellen * 06/10/1915 09/03/2005

Dix, E. C. 08/30/1935 02/26/1961 (Bud) (Elmer Clyde Dix)
US Pvt. Marine Corps / Korea
1953-1957

Dixon, Melvin J. 08/11/1967 09/23/1967
Downen, Tonya Moss 07/25/1952 05/01/1997
Driskell, Martha 04/04/1806 05/15/1873 (My Mother)
Age 67 years 1 Month 11 Days

Eaker, D. Kathryn * 01/24/1944 03/22/1984
Eaker, Truman W. * 06/28/1939 11/22/2000

Eaker, John 1880 1958

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Eaker, Luther Edward		01/24/1932	03/18/1932
Eaker, Mary E.		01/03/1858	12/20/1933
Eaker, Thomas E.	*	1889	1982	Married 07/07/1929
Eaker, Pauline	*	1905	1970	P of Maizelle Eaker Hollis
Foster, Mary E.	*	07/10/1957	--****
Foster, Phillip S.	*	11/23/1955	--****
Foster, Vergie M.	*	02/04/1932	--****
Foster, Walter W.	*	07/26/1924	04/20/1984
G, Lde (unreadable)		01/**/1862	07/??/1922 or 29?? Home Made Stone
Gardner, Nancy A.		05/24/1839	06/10/1901 Age 62 Years 25 Days
Hamilton, Ben Ella	*	12/08/1870	01/07/1951
Hamilton, Willie Bee	*	11/19/1900	12/01/1944
Hamilton, Lee Monroe	*	06/06/1868	02/14/1937
Hamilton, Charlie B.		02/16/1899	01/02/1919	Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Emma Lee		05/08/1905	12/31/1918	Dau of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, James E.		12/27/1916	12/29/1918	Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Lula I.		B/D	08/22/1923	Dau of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Thomas B.		03/08/1919	02/06/1920	Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Willie B.		06/30/1914	12/30/1918	Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Sam		05/15/1909	01/09/1928	Woodmen of the World
Hamilton, Jake Ray		04/03/1904	07/25/1964
Hamilton, J.W.	*	05/10/1872	09/30/1958
Hamilton, Lou Ida	*	02/27/1882	11/06/1972
Harris, Lessie Mae	*	1889	1958
Harris, Albert Grady	*	1875	1960
Hawkins, E.		02/27/1895	01/13/1963
Hinton, Cecil Elbert		01/28/1920	09/11/1977 S1 US Navy WWII
Hiveley, L. M.		11/11/1889	11/30/1911
Hiveley, Lillie Lee		09/22/1955	Death date unreadable
Hollis, Maizelle Eaker	*	01/28/1934	--****
Hollis, Hughey C.	*	12/04/1928	03/16/1998
Hollis, Misty Dawn	*	05/20/1981	12/31/1983
Hutcheson, John W.	*	12/11/1931	--****

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Hutcheson, Anice B.	*	09/03/1932	--****
Hutcheson, Pamela Lee	*	03/09/1956	--****
Hutcheson, Donnie Ray	*	11/23/1953	02/23/1978	Photo on stone
Jenkins, Angela M. Fowler		05/17/1968	12/16/1994	Chris is my son 02/16/1990

Photo on stone

Johnson, Lillie Uila	09/11/1896	01/31/1914 Dau of J.W. & S T. Johnson
Johnston, Edna J.	03/01/1921	04/29/1983
Jones, Fannie *	10/31/1891	07/21/1989
Jones, Luther *	12/25/1884	11/27/1965
Jones, Martha L.	1901	1960
Jones, Raymond Lee	1943	1967
Jones, Robert L. (Pud)	01/25/1922	03/01/1998 US Army WWII
Jones, Sidney J.	1901	1978
Jones, Susan H.	1948	1967
Jones, Vera Lucille Suggs *	09/15/1923	10/16/2004
Jones, M. L. (Pete) *	02/13/1919	--**** Married 12/24/1940
Jones, Vernell	10/01/1924	04/03/1958
Kelley, Celia	03/20/1839	10/19/1907
Kelley, Eddie Jo	04/22/1928	--****
Kelley, Horace C.	11/07/1924	11/15/1992
Kelley, George W.	06/22/1856	01/05/1939
Kelley, Jim B.	09/09/1938	No other date
Kelley, John *	10/27/1862	07/07/1929
Kelley, Katie S. *	11/23/1888	11/21/1930
Kelly Robert L. *	01/08/1878	01/27/1954
Kelley, Serene V.	12/03/1856	06/07/1927
Kelley, William H.	09/10/1922	05/05/1945 TN Sgt. 128 Infantry WWII
King, Maudie	06/11/1889	06/11/1912
Mathis, Odessie	06/10/1886	05/13/1963
Mathis, Thomas Walter	05/03/1886	09/15/1959
Mayfield, James	11/09/1919	09/09/1985 MM1 US Navy WWII
Mayfield, James Anthony	10/02/1952	04/02/1999 AMH1 US Navy

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McDonald, J. R.		12/02/1875	04/18/1913 Woodmen of the World
McDonald, Rosa		05/08/1873	01/21/1958
Mercer, Carrie	*	06/03/1870	03/02/1953
Mercer, Arch	*	02/29/1872	03/30/1958
Mercer, Hershel Ray		10/13/1935	03/03/1936
Mercer, Roxie C.	*	02/20/1904	01/24/1989
Mercer, Guy Sherman	*	05/10/1905	04/303/1983 Age 77
Morphis, Dea Ann		04/22/1905	04/22/1959

Moss, Baby No information
Moss, Baby No other information
Moss, C. E. No information

Moss, L. V. (Mother)	*	04/20/1924	01/20/2000
Moss, D. J. "Hubert" (Father) *		11/27/1921	09/28/1997	Married 03/18/1950
Newell, Joe D.		03/27/1862	11/10/1932
Newell, Mrs. Susan E.		06/03/1828	04/25/1890
Newell, Nancy		01/26/1865	06/18/1948
Newell, Riar		08/05/1900	01/24/1960
Oren, Etta		1896	1954
Osborne, Ruby D.	*	12/22/1914	11/30/1990
Osborne, Onnie O. (Jack)	*	12/28/1910	01/24/1992	Married 08/22/1930
Ragan, Kathleen D.	*	01/13/1931	02/11/2004
Ragan, Eugene R.	*	12/31/1915	09/24/1991
Rainey, T. A.		08/20/1833	10/25/1912
Ramer, Devillar		06/05/1888	10/08/1933
Ramer, Lucille		1911	1953	Home Made Stone
Ramer, Robert		1866	1957?	Home made stone
Reed, Caldonia		11/24/1860	03/22/1940
Reed, Clara Reece		09/19/1928	10/21/1986
Reed, Daisy E.	*	08/21/1922	--****
Reed, Malcom W.	*	10/22/1917	01/01/2001	US Army Corps of Engineers

B.P.P. No.8
Years of service 1949 to 1979

Reed, Dee 04/10/1891 01/23/1978

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Reed, Ellen L.	*	03/15/1893	12/22/1973
Reed, Ambus C.	*	11/10/1885	03/20/1972
Reed, Ellis		04/19/1930	09/26/1992	Age 62 Pfc. US Army Korea
Reed, Gregy		--1834	02/09/1918
Reed, J.C. (Papa)	*	12/05/1924	11/29/1999	Pfc. US Army WWII
Reed, Avis	*	11/13/1929	--****	Married 12/13/1947

Reed, Jim (Father) No dates

Reed, John		09/19/1833	10/06/1919
Reed, Julia		03/06/1864	07/22/1936
Reed, Lillie		09/22/1881	06/10/1922
Reed, Martha	*	02/20/1889	12/18/1979
Reed, Edgar	*	06/08/1893	11/07/1965
Reed, Emma	*	10/22/1871	02/01/1946
Reed, Martha Aquilla		1889	1979
Reed, Mollie		1863	1944
Reed, Ollie M.	*	06/25/1916	09/21/2001
Reed, Leonard K.	*	12/13/1921	11/24/1993 Pvt. US Army WWII
Reed, Rebeca (Mother)	*	10/16/1857	06/21/1954
Reed, Decalp (Father)	*	10/17/1864	05/15/1946
Reed, Ruth Uila		01/17/1920	08/24/2005
Reed, S. G.	*	02/22/1863	03/11/1900
Reed, T.B.	*	06/15/1867	09/13/1907
Reed, Will		1883	1944
Reed, William			07/29/1905 Age About 75 Years
Reed, Winston		1888	1970
Smith, Armelia	*	01/01/1847	04/14/1923
Smith W. J.	*	01/11/1846	11/11/1918
Smith, Georgia A.		08/07/1878	08/17/1905 Dau of W. J. & A. G. Smith
Smith, Jane		10/23/1835	03/06/1902
Smith, Martha E.		08/10/1870	09/15/1878 Dau of W. J. & A. G. Smith
Smith, Samuel Jeff			10/11/1918 Age 32 Years 2 Mo 6 Days

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Smith, William Lawson	08/07/1881	08/12/1886 Son of W J. & A. G. Smith
Snell, Pearl Mae	07/19/1907	08/25/1946
Sweat, Alonzo	No dates	Shackleford Funeral Home Marker
Sweat, Cubby	No dates	Shackleford Funeral Home
Sweat, Dellar	1885	1912 Dau of L.H. & Melley Sweat

1885 to 1912

Sweat, L. H. (Husband)	1845	1918
Sweat, Melley (Wife)	1852	****
Sweat, Minter A.	10/19/1878	02/03/1899 Son of L.H. & M. Sweat
Sweat, Ophelia	01/17/1880	07/07/1880? Dau of M/M Vestel H. Sweat
Sweat, Raymond A.	03/06/1900	09/11/1901 Son of W.L. & M.K. Sweat

Sweat, Theadore No dates
Sweat, Vestal H. 05/01/1841 09/09/1909 Pvt. Co. K.
73 IL Infantry Civil War
Sweat, Willie Lee 1871 1925

Tabor, Roger 08/20/1947 01/01/1971
Taylor Joyce Cedailus 07/08/1936 09/25/2005 Age 69
Taylor, Baby No information

Ward, Baby No information

Ward, John		1855	1898
Ward, Johnnie		1898	1900	Baby Girl
Ward, Louvicie Reed		1860	1923
Wilbanks, Ollie Hinton		1924	1987
Wilcher, Jane		12/12/1860	01/10/1945
Wooten, Cicero Edd	*	1898	1972
Wooten, Nettie F.	*	1898	1993	Married 1927
York, Drewsyler	*	02/08/1920	01/09/2000	Emblem of Sewing machine
York, Thetus Leamon	*	02/12/1914	01/29/2002	Emblem of train

Our Children: Marvin, Bruce,
Travis, Cathy, Peggy Sue
J.T. & George

York, Ruby J. 1928 1929

York, Virgie A. * 1886 1957
York, John E. * 1876 1931