GRIGSBY CHAPEL CEMETERY
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
This cemetery is located at Grigsby Chapel United Methodist Church on Grigsby Chapel Road, off Campbell Station Road north of Kingston Pike. Perhaps as many as 50 percent of the graves are either unmarked or marked only by plain cut marble markers. The oldest part of the cemetery probably is the now nearly vacant area on the eastern side. There are several large vacant areas with only sunken spots. Some of the oldest parts of this cemetery may be being reused. This cemetery was recorded April 15, 1989, and was checked October 11, 1989. Update January 20, 1997.
Ballard, Maggie, 10/1/1880-2/11/1972, "Mother" footstone\Ballard, John, 8/22/1854-5/26/1910, "Father" footstone
Ballard, Melvin Jessie, 5/20/1909-12/8/1987
Barrett, Gladys [see Lee, Gladys Barrett]
Bates, J. S., 5/15/1877-9/10/1902
Bates, J. T., 3/12/1848-11/29/1912
Bates, Jesse A., 5/27/1916-5/29/1916\Bates, Clarence T., 1/10/1918-1/13/1918
Bates, Jesse W., 2/13/1894-11/10/1972\Bates, Katie E., 3/12/1898-11/1/1982\Bates, Dorothy, 12/13/1920-12/13/1921
Bates, Jessie May, 1/5/1906-4/24/1906
Bates, Johnny, 2/27/1921, "Infant son of T. A. & Sarah Bates"
Bates, Leonard, 5/13/1917-1/29/1920, "Son of J. W. & Katie Bates"
Bates, Martha, 1859-1940, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for J. T. Bates]
Bates, Nellie, 9/11/1882-4/12/1909, "Wife of W. A. Bates"
Bates, Pearl, 12/3/1918-2/16/1920, "Dau. of J. W. & Katie Bates"
Bates, Roxanna, dates unreadable [infant-type marker, eroded almost to unreadable, 2 yards south of marker for Henderson F. Lawson]
Bates, Tilman, 9/29/1889-1/3/1929, "Father"
Beeler, Maude [see Tolle, Maude Beeler]
Black, Cecel, 10/23/1924-1/23/1925
Esther, 6/13/1904-4/28/1980, "Wife"\Black, James F., 3/24/1901-10/12/1996, "Husband"
Black, Louise Hutson, 11/9/1882-6/11/1968, "Mother"\Black, James, 12/19/1879-6/26/1953, "Father"
Black, Roy, 1904-1929, "Brother" [probably brother of James F. Black and son of James Black and Louise Hutson Black]
Boring, Pleasant, 7/11/1880-7/22/1881, "Son of J. A. & E. F. Boring"
Buck, John Vernon, Sr., 5/22/1936-11/8/1987, "Army PFC in Korean War. He left a wife, two sons, two daughters to carry on," military marker as footstone "PFC US Army Korea"
Buffalo, Marget E., 2/2/1857-1/5/1901, "Wife of J. J. Buffalo" "Mother"
Buffalow, Joseph J., d. 2/4/1916, "Age 64 Years" "Father"\Buffalow, Lizzie Hutson, 11/5/1878-5/9/1972, "His Wife"
Burns, Bessie Mae, 1/23/1900-11/12/1933
Casteel, James B., 5/23/1891-6/26/1974, "Brother"
Casteel, Joe L., 6/22/1888-6/7/1958, "Father" footstone\Casteel, Bessie Dowling, 5/12/1892-9/15/1943, "Mother" footstone
Clowson, Elizabeth, 9/13/1806-8/1/1864
Crawford, Glen E., 11/11/1936-____ [seems to be realted to Ruby E. and Charles N. Seaton]
Crawford, Henry A., 4/19/1913-4/4/1946
Cross, Mary Jane [see Lovelace, Mary Jane Cross]
Cummings, Infant, 5/25/1889-5/26/1889, "Infant son of George & Parthena Cummings"
Dalton, James H., 9/9/1912-8/9/1994, military marker "Pvt US Army World War II"; also temporary marker, Smith Funeral Home, "James Henry Dalton"
Dalton, Mae, 11/21/1915-5/8/1934 [replacement]
Dalton, Susie, 6/1/1882-3/23/1930 [replacement]
Dalton, William J., 11/22/1879-7/12/1955 [replacement]
Davis, Lucile Hayes, 10/28/1917-9/9/1958, "Mother"
Derrick, Kender R., 1/11/1916-____\Derrick, Edith N., 4/25/1917-12/11/1989
Derrick, Richard K., born & died 11/30/1939, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Kender Derrick"
Dowling, Bessie [see Casteel, Bessie Dowling]
Evans, Charles, 1923-1933
Evans, Ibby, 1899-1934 [adjacent to marker for Thomas Evans]
Evans, Louise, 1/12/1927-1/29/1927
Evans, Thomas, 4/15/1885-12/27/1961, military marker "Tennessee Pvy Sup Co 28 Infantry World War I"
Eyebett?, Margarett R., 4/26/1843-8/16/1866
Fox, James A., 11/15/1857-6/21/1919\Fox, Lenora M. M. Scott, 6/4/1861-1/19/1936, "His Wife"
Glass, Terry Lee, 8/2/1960-2/7/1977
Graves, Infant, 10/17/1943, "Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Graves"
Grigsby, N. B., 9/2/1805-3/22/1883
Grigsby, T. A., 2/16/1813-2/13/1887
Hayes, Carrie L., 5/3/1891-10/11/1963, "Wife of E. H. Hayes"
Hayes, E. H., 12/18/1884-5/30/1972, "Husband of Carrie L. Hayes"
Hayes, J. H., Jr., born & died 10/1/1906, "Infant son of J. H. & Lizzie Hayes"
Hayes, Lucile [see Davis, Lucille Hayes]
Herron, Amanda M., 3/11/1844-12/30/1893, "Wife of J. M. Herron"
Herron, Beulah Prater, 6/7/1881-12/13/1964 [adjacent to marker for James Eaton Herron]
Herron, Blanch R., 3/17/1888-____, "Mother"\Herron, Pleas H., 10/31/1886-4/20/1945, "Father"
Herron, Charles Frank, 11/22/1883-3/6/1960, "Father"
Herron, Charles L., 6/23/1918-8/11/1970, military marker "Tennessee PFC US Army World War II"
Herron, Delia [see Holloway, Delia Herron]
Herron, Dora T., 8/21/1891-2/23/1954, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Charles Frank Herron]
Herron, Earl A., 11/25/1922-7/6/1964, military marker as footstone "Tennessee PFC 335 Infantry World War II BSM-PH" [marker is partially buried]
Herron, Earl L., 10/18/1912-7/8/1965, military marker as footstone "Tennessee PFC Medical Department World War II"\Herron, Eleanor B., 7/12/1924-6/27/1976, "Mother" footstone
Herron, Irene, no dates, "Daughter of W. S. & Pearl Herron"
Herron, Irene H., 12/17/1913-4/22/1981
Herron, James Eaton, 4/17/1879-5/25/1953
Herron, James M., 2/25/1842-3/10/1908
Herron, John H. 3/16/1910-11/5/1962
Herron, Matilda Morrison, 4/3/1868-8/29/1909, "Wife of W. S. Herron"
Herron, Pearl V., 1880-1959 [adjacent to marker for William S. Herron]
Herron, S. M., 1870-1952\Herron, Katie Kelley, 1873-1966
Herron, Susan C., 3/12/1849-3/30/1935, "Mother"\Herron, Joseph H., 3/19/1847-1/7/1926, "Father"
Herron, William N., 10/22/1907-10/9/1967, "Tennessee PFC Quartermaster Corps World War II" [based on marker positions, he seems to be the son of James Eaton Herron and Beulah Prater Herron]
Herron, William S., 1868-1942
Hickey, Almira, 1/23/1856-3/11/1914, "Wife of Daniel Vinsant"
Hobbs, Nancy R., 1/27/1865-9/13/????, "Wife of Samuel Hobbs" (broken at death date, heavy lichen encrustation)
Holloway, Delia Herron, 5/27/1881-2/10/1907, "Wife of J. L. Holloway"
Howard, G. L., no dates, military marker "Co. D. 3rd Tenn. Inf."
Howard, G. L., 10/23/1813-11/13/1882
Hutson, Andrew J., 6/27/1859-2/24/1938\Hutson, Jane, 4/4/1848-4/14/1934 [replacement]
Hutson, Lizzie [see Buffalow, Lizzie Hutson]
Hutson, Louise [see Black, Louise Hutson]
Jackson, Bertha [see Newcomb, Bertha Jackson]
Jackson, Joe H., 6/14/1886-2/5/1957 [artificial flowers spelling "Dad"]\Jackson, Needa M., 8/11/1913-11/5/1981 [artificial flowers spelling "Mom"]
Jackson, Ramsom E., 6/7/1898-6/14/1916
Johnson, Donald V., 4/3/1946-9/3/1962, "Son"
Johnson, John A., 10/2/1956-2/4/1969
Kelley, Alpha F., 12/28/1924-1/3/1935
Kelley, Cleo Jane, 2/7/1933-2/27/1988
Kelley, Dollie Lee, 9/10/1906-4/17/1938
Kelley, Ebenezer, 1/10/1883-11/22/1961
Kelley, Frank Sitton, Jr., 4/21/1939-5/23/1952
Kelley, Joe A., 12/18/1880-4/25/1938\Kelley, Mancie, 8/7/1881-11/18/1974
Kelley, Katie [see Herron, Katie Kelley]
Kelley, Mary, 8/18/1926-8/18/1926\Kelley, Marjorie, 8/18/1926-8/18/1926
Kelley, Samuel J., 3/20/1878-4/8/1961, "Father" footstone\Kelley, Matilda W., 5/16/1884-7/29/1967, "Mother" footstone
Lawson, Henderson F., 3/17/1885-8/6/1905 [Masonic symbol]
Lee, Billie B., 8/13/1917-3/9/1945
Lee, Jeff D., 12/27/1882-6/8/1978\Lee, Lydia B., 12/7/1888-11/27/1966
Lee, Judy Jane, 1/28/1945-9/17/1947 [replacement]
Lee, Marilyn Alyce, 9/17/1952-3/26/1954 [replacement]
Lee, Mary Lou, 10/23/1939-10/23/1939
Lee, Patsy Ann, 8/14/1938-6/18/1944 [replacement]
Lee, Ralph Ramon, 10/4/1909-12/9/1993\Lee, Gladys Barrett, 10/15/1915-____
Lee, Sharon L., 9/1/1948-9/2/1948
Letsinger, Gene W., 12/31/1921-1/6/1931
Letsinger, Hester C., 12/18/1941-1/1/1942
Letsinger, Lewis, 1873-1923\Letsinger, Eliza Ann, 1876-1943
Letsinger, Louis, born & died 2/10/1919 [replacement]
Letsinger, Mary R., 1899-1963, "Mother" footstone\Letsinger, Lee J., 1891-1968, "Father" footstone
Letsinger, Wayne A., 5/9/1925-11/25/1935
Light, James Sam, 11/28/1905-11/18/1972, military marker as footstone "James Samuel Light" "Tennessee S1 US Navy World War II"\Light, Ruth L., 12/24/1912-____
Light, Myrtle [see Neely, Myrtle Light]
Lovelace, Alene H., 5/20/1916-12/10/1954 [adjacent to marker for Walter W. Lovelace]
Lovelace, John Robert, 1897-1976\Lovelace, Elsie N., 1910-1996, "Married Dec. 23, 1932" [older primary marker]
Lovelace, Robert, 9/12/1897-2/5/1976, "Dad"\Lovelace, Elsie, 8/11/1910-6/6/1996, "Mom" [newer marker used as footstone]
Lovelace, Mary Jane Cross, 10/6/1875-2/3/1964, "Mother" footstone\Lovelace, George W., 4/27/1871-8/8/1960, "Father" footstone
Lovelace, Rudolph G., 6/13/1904-____\Lovelace, James Leonard, born & died 7/9/1937\Lovelace, Bonnie Kate, 9/11/1912-12/12/1958
Lovelace, Walter W., 10/3/1908-5/26/1951 [Masonic symbol]
Marlow, Nova H., 5/28/1905-7/17/1983
Marlow, Thomas, 9/6/1895-6/18/1980, military marker "US Army World War I"
Martin, Dorothy I., 10/5/1926-1/30/1929, "Dau. of R. R. & Gertrude Martin"
Martin, Robert, 3/13/1933\Martin, Roy, 3/13/1933, "Infant sons of Mr. &. Mrs. R. R. Martin
McCarter, Ben Albert, 6/3/1937-7/18/1973, military marker as footstone "Tennessee A2C US Air Force"\McCarter, Mary Alice, 7/18/1938-7/18/1973, "Mother" footstone [footstone positions are in reverse order from the names on the headstone]
McCarter, Bryson, 4/7/1900-11/11/1977\McCarter, Lizzie, 9/25/1904-10/12/1989
McCarter, Carl V., 12/16/1921-11/12/1966, "Father" footstone
McCarter, Herbert J., 11/3/1925-2/1/1978, military marker as footstone "SFC US Army World War II Korea"\McCarter, Maria A., 9/24/1926-____
McCarter, Stacy Lynn, 8/26/1978-9/17/1978
McLain, Eddie L., 8/24/1943-3/12/1982, military marker "SP4 US Army Vietman" [also temporary marker, Rose Mortuary, "Eddie Leroy McLain"]
Morrison, Mary C., 8/26/1866-3/19/1895
Morrison, Matilda [see Herron, Matilda Morrison]
Morrison, Thomas G., 7/27/1873-3/19/1895
Neely, Myrtle Light, 3/18/1885-8/27/1972
Nelson, Flora T., 11/23/1891-5/4/1967, "Mom"\Nelson, Frank, 3/1/1880-5/8/1970, "Dad" "Married Dec. 7, 1911"
Nelson, Harold R., 3/26/1930-1/25/1947
Nelson, William, 8/15/1829-11/12/1891
Newcomb, Alfred, 4/14/1928-1/8/1929 (homemade) [this difficult-to-read marker is 2 yards west of the marker for Louis Letsinger]
Newcomb, Bertha Jackson, 2/24/1918-2/6/1987, "Mother" footstone\Newcomb, Richard Hale, 8/1/1915-1/29/1977, "Father" footstone
Newcomb, Carrie, 9/17/1902-9/17/1902 (homemade)
Newcomb, Dale Allen, 4/5/1939-7/28/1939 [replacement]
Newcomb, Dennis E., 1955-1956
Newcomb, Frank E., 9/1/1893-3/22/1972\Newcomb, Stella J., 1/4/1904-____
Newcomb, Georgia E., 12/10/1889-9/29/1947, "Mother" [replacement]
Newcomb, I. N., 1874-1931
Newcomb, John W., 6/6/1883-10/6/1971\Newcomb, Georgia E., 12/10/1889-9/29/1947\Newcomb, Laura L., 3/6/1884-7/27/1914
Newcomb, Laura, 3/6/1884-7/27/1914 (homemade)
Newcomb, Lloyd "Ted," 6/20/1926-5/12/1984, "Dad" footstone
Newcomb, Tassie Ree, born & died 3/10/1910\Newcomb, Isabell, born & died 3/10/1910 (homemade)
Newcombe, Corda, 10/22/1897-8/6/1938
Newcombe, Irene [see Tindell, Irene Newcombe]
Newcombe, James A., 8/19/1936-9/7/1936
Newcome, Clarence, 5/6/1906-4/7?/1907 (homemade)
Newcome, Flora, 4/9/1918-2/16/1919 (homemade) [these two small, difficult-to-read markers are 5 feet and 2 feet south of the marker for I. N. Newcombe]
Oliver, Jeff V., 8/10/1901-6/9/1976, "Father" footstone\Oliver, Lula K., 7/27/1903-____, "Mother" footstone
Oliver, Naomi L., 4/8/1924-1/16/1982, "Mother" footstone\Oliver, Jeff V., Jr., 6/20/1922-____, "Father" footstone
Ownby, Patricia Gail, 7/4/1942-4/10/1975
Palmer, Infant, born & died 1956, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Palmer"
Phelps, Dollie Ritter, 4/10/1869-1/27/1948 (fallen)
Prater, Beulah [see Herron, Beulah Prater]
Raby, M. F., 2/5/????-5/26/1935 (homemade) [birth year may by 1931 or 1934; marker is 6 yards south of marker for Nellie Bates]
Ritter, Dollie [see Phelps, Dollie Ritter]
Rolen, Hilla, 6/9/1822-8/16/1896\Rollen, George W., 2/10/1812-8/16/1866
Scott, Bill, no dates (homemade) [3 yards east of marker for Nellie Bates]
Scott, Emma, 8/3/1892-2/14/1940\Scott, Dorothy L., 5/23/1915-6/9/1915, "Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. T. Scott" [replacement]
Scott, Ibby, 10/13/1822-1/9/1905
Scott, Lenora M. M. [see Fox, Lenora M. M. Scott]
Seaton, John F., Jr., 1/13/1943-6/19/1966
Seaton, John L., 2/6/1905-3/6/1971
Seaton, Ruby E., 7/25/1915-1/25/1995\Seaton, Charles N., 3/26/1902-10/10/1988
Sitton, Lucy, 2/11/1922-6/10/1941
Sweet, Eloise, 9/25/1915-10/22/1941\Sweet, Emma, 1/25/1896-7/31/1969\Sweet, Roy Kirk, 5/12/1917-____
Taylor, Joan, 10/11/1939-12/14/1939
Tindell, Clarence McNeal, 4/22/1902-12/27/1968
Tindell, Irene Newcombe, 4/17/1905-10/18/1973 [adjacent to marker for Clarence McNeal Tindell]
Tindell, James Pete, 8/5/1941-12/24/1952 [replacement]
Tolle, Maude Beeler, 12/26/1903-1/8/1936, "Wife of Russell Tolle"
Vinsant, Almira Hickey, 1/23/1856-3/11/1914, "Wife of Daniel Vinsant"
Vinsant, Daniel, d. 7/29/1903, "Aged 86 Years"
Vinsant, G. W., 4/26/1889-4/22/1885 [This is how it reads!!!!]
Vinsant, Laura D., 1/5/1883-9/11/1902
Vinsant, Susan, 3/9/1814-3/9/1879 [adjacent to marker for Daniel Vinsant]
Wallen, Celous Y., 11/23/1903-3/4/1990, military marker "US Army World War II"
Wallen, Portia N., 6/10/1955-12/9/1984, "Wife" footstone
Wallen, Virginia, 2/2/1925-3/3/1925
Wallen, W. H., 5/26/1878-10/12/1958\Wallen, Ettie E., 8/28/1886-4/23/1965
White, Louise, 7/13/1915-6/24/1917, "Dau. of Neal & Lovie White"
White, Mary Elizabeth, 1894-1923, "Wife of Robert N. White"
Wice, Anna L., born & died 5/16/1890
Wice, Carlinda L., 4/20/1857-4/18/1908, "Mother"\Wice, Mattie M., 9/6/1892-1/1/1911, "Daughter"
Wice, J. E., 12/8/1860-10??/13/1930 (painted)
Youngblood, Elizabeth, 3/10/1812-4/27/1886, "Wife of Garland Youngblood"
Unidentifiable
Am____ A_____ (homemade)
Baby
E. C. [footstone]
E. R. [footstone]
S. M. N. [footstone adjacent to marker for Myrtle Light Neely]
W. C. [footstone]