VIRTUE CEMETERY
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
Virtue Cemetery is on Evans Road at the former site of Virtue Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Still owned by the church, the cemetery is well maintained. The total number of unmarked graves cannot be estimated. About two dozen older graves are marked only with a numbered concrete slab. There is no record to indicate who is buried at the temporary markers. This cemetery was recorded April 2, 1989. It was checked November 26, 1989. Update January 20, 1997. A large war memorial was built on the eastern edge of the cemetery in 1995.
Cemetery
Acuff, Isabell [see Odell, Isabell Acuff]
Allen, Maude McFee, 11/14/1894-12/15/1949
Amanns, Willis Allan, 1901-1951 [Masonic symbol]
Arrowood, James, 10/9/1820-2/10/1912
Babb, Stella Fae, 8/20/1921-8/10/1933
Bates, Hansford, 5/15/1902-6/22/1971, military marker as footstone "Georgia AS US Navy"\Bates, Carmen F., 1/20/1911-12/12/1988
Beeler, Wanda Joyce, 6/22/1949-1/1/1950
Bennett, Ada, 10/15/1888-7/27/1974
Bennett, Angeline, 11/12/1865-7/9/1949
Bogart, Nannie Francis [see Keith, Nannie Frances Bogart]
Border, Jennie [see Norman, Jennie Border Odell]
Boyd, Netta [see McFee, Netta Boyd]
Brooks, Beatrice A., 4/15/1909-3/15/1991 [adjacent to marker for Floyd E. Brooks]
Brooks, Floyd E., 6/26/1903-8/25/1984
Brooks, Mary Ann [see Cunningham, Mary Ann Brooks]
Brown, John E., 1913-1976\Brown, Frances Patterson, 1915-1972, "Wife" footstone
Burnett, Infant, 8/20/1913-10/16/1913, "Infant of C. J. & Anne Burnett"
Burnette, Bessie, 2/25/1898-10/11/1963
Burnette, Columbus, 1861-1932\Burnette, Annie, 1869-1941
Burnette, Floyd Houston, 9/1/1909-11/20/1982, "Brother" footstone
Byrd, Albert, 2/21/1915-5/23/1915
Byrd, Mary Inez, 2/12/1916-3/29/1916
Campbell, Arthur O., 1/24/1868-11/19/1921
Campbell, Carl B., Jr., 8/15/1927-7/30/1958
Campbell, Carl B., 8/26/1891-1/18/1952, "Father" footstone\Campbell, Grace E., 5/10/1894-10/3/1950, "Mother" footstone
Campbell, Glenn A., 1896-1968\Campbell, Clara B., 1898-1985
Campbell, Dexter I., 8/12/1893-4/6/1914
Campbell, Donnie J., 9/27/1895-1/21/1898
Campbell, Infant Son, born & died 5/8/1922, "Glenn & Clara Campbell"\Campbell, Infant son, born & died 9/23/1925
Campbell, Kenneth E., 3/21/1930-12/2/1981, military marker "US Army Korea"
Campbell, Laura Pearl, 1888-1934
Campbell, M. Elizabeth, 2/21/1872-1/30/1933 [adjacent to marker for Arthur O. Campbell]
Campbell, Roy O., 3/3/1918-1/14/1984, military marker "Pvt US Army World War II"
Cooper, Mary Ruth [see Galbraith, Mary Ruth Cooper]
Cunningham, C. Clifford, 6/6/1906-11/23/1929, "Son"
Cunningham, Joe M., 2/9/1878-7/29/1922, "Father"
Cunningham, Mary Ann Brooks, 4/28/1880-1/8/1959, "Wife of Joe Cunningham" "Mother"
Davis, Charles F., 4/7/1893-11/10/1895, "Son of Mack and Martha Davis"
Davis, Martha, d. 10/13/1914, "Age 60 years" "Wife of M. C. Davis"
Dotson, Robert Allan, 8/30/1945, "Baby" [infant-style marker]
Duke, Nell W., 4/30/1914-10/31/1993
Duke, Norma [see Justice, Norma Duke]
Dunlap, Emma, 5/5/1867-6/25/1941
Dunlap, Harriet Henry, 6/22/1879-12/30/1974
Dunlap, Lillie, 7/23/1888-7/25/1944
Dunlap, W. R., 8/4/1857-6/7/1904, "Rev." "Erected by friends"
Evans, Ida Elizabeth, 11/24/1869-12/4/1945, "Lee" footstone [adjacent to marker for J. R. (Dick) Evans]
Evans, Infant, 8/20/1911, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Evans" [replacement]
Evans, J. R. (Dick), 7/16/1875-12/10/1943
Evans, James, 11/14/1867-11/8/1899
Evans, Laura K., 3/14/1885-6/23/1966 [adjacent to marker for William W. Evans]
Evans, William W., 5/18/1879-7/8/1954
Everett, Ella [see Montgomery, Ella Everett]
Findley, Annie E., 1/22/1877-10/3/1900
Findley, Cora B., 7/17/1882-4/20/1902
Findley, George A., 2/8/1843-____\Findley, Sarah F. Huffman, 5/10/1853-10/12/1924, "His Wife"
Findley, Jesse R., 3/31/1885-7/21/1909
Findley, Rufus, 2/29/1880-8/9/1910, "Husband"
Franklin, John H., 1901-1971\Franklin, Charity, 1907-____, unplaced "Mom" footstone
Galbraith, Anna Eliza, 3/29/1856-4/9/1941
Galbraith, Chester E., Sr., 1/9/1923-7/12/1995, military marker "PFC US Army World War II"
Galbraith, Cyrena J., 5/19/1889-6/29/1899 [replacement]
Galbraith, Gladys Elizabeth, 6/25/1908-12/21/1945 [replacement; adjacent to marker for Roy West Galbraith]
Galbraith, Floyd M., 1890-1933\Galbraith, Ethel P., 1893-1972, "His Wife"
Galbraith, Ida Montgomery, 9/6/1868-11/5/1942 [adjacent to marker for Matthew Gaston Galbraith]
Galbraith, Jessie [see Rolen, Jessie Galbraith]
Galbraith, John C., 5/5/1897-5/8/1897 [replacement]
Galbraith, Kate Hope, 10/10/1903-11/9/1988
Galbraith, Leora B. Heft, 8/7/1875-12/12/1958, "Mother" footstone\Galbraith, Abraham, 2/25/1852-1/21/1931, "Father" footstone
Galbraith, "Little Sister," born & died 4/7/1898 [replacement]
Galbraith, Margaret [see Rossiter, Margaret Galbraith]
Galbraith, Mary Ruth Cooper, 12/7/1929-7/21/1968, "Sister" footstone
Galbraith, Matthew Gaston, 2/27/1858-4/3/1931 [replacement]
Galbraith, Nadine Moore, 9/12/1910-7/21/1971
Galbraith, Roy West, 6/9/1892-10/1/1956
Galbraith, Serena Jane, 1/13/1901-10/18/1956
Galbraith, Vernon M., 3/12/1918-6/7/1968, "Father"
Goad, Sarah Jane, 1/25/1869-1/18/1944
Goddard, Vernon E., 8/21/1908-4/28/1986, "Father" footstone\Goddard, Anna G., 9/9/1919-4/29/1973, "Mother" footstone, "Married Oct. 23, 1936"
Goodman, Allen Dale, 10/13/1939-12/9/1994\Goodman, Mary Sue, 5/31/1946-____
Goodman, Robert, 8/20/1870-7/9/1904
Harden, Ellen Oliver, 2/25/1871-10/4/1931
Harden, Henry H., 4/17/1893-9/28/1970, military marker "Tennessee Pvt US Army World War I"
Hardin, M. Texas [see Montgomery, M. Texas (Hardin)]
Harold, Otis R., 10/30/1911-12/17/1994\Harold, Ada G., 7/2/1932-12/7/1994 [death dates are handwritten, not carved]
Hartsook, Carl Chester, 9/9/1891-11/25/1891, "Son of I. M. & Malinda Hartsook"
Hartsook, Willie M., 7/12/1889-3/14/1893, "Son of I. M. & Malinda Hartsook"
Harvey, Frelan L., 11/4/1893-1/21/1957
Harvey, Rella G., 8/27/1901-6/5/1972 [adjacent to marker for Frelan L. Harvey]
Harwell, Earl Ray, 11/11/1922-11/14/1922 [replacement]\Harwell, Infant daughter, 3/9/1927-3/9/1927
Hayes, G. W., 4/18/1827-12/4/1899, "Father"\Hayes, Hannah E., 9/15/1835-4/21/1895, "Mother"
Hayes, Julia E., 8/14/1874-8/10/1935, "Mother" footstone\Hayes, W. Frank, 12/6/1877-12/4/1959, "Father" footstone
Henry, Betty, 12/1934-3/1946, wooden cross 1 yard north of marker for Harriet Henry Dunlap]
Henry, Harriet [see Dunlap, Harriet Henry]
Henry, Imogene, 1/1914-5/1975, wooden cross 4 yards north of marker for Harriet Henry Dunlap
Henry, James Oris, 12/1905-1/1973, wooden cross 2-1/2 yards north of marker for Harriet Henry Dunlap]
Henry, William Clayton, 8/5/1935-8/29/1978, military marker "SP4 US Army"
Hensley, Howard, Jr., 4/22/1936-3/15/1996\Hensley, Patricia J., 3/25/1939-____
Hobbs, Delia, 5/19/1878-10/6/1955
Hobbs, Frenchie, 12/1/1877-8/24/1912 [replacement]
Hobbs, Jennie [see Taylor, Jennie Hobbs]
Hobbs, Jess L., 8/21/1921-3/7/1973
Hobbs, John P., 2/12/1875-1/12/1968
Hobbs, Lawrence, 10/11/1898-____
Hobbs, Lillie J., 3/17/1887-1/17/1967 [adjacent to marker for Samuel M. Hobbs]
Hobbs, Mark F., 7/11/1847-11/28/1946
Hobbs, Margaret R., 12/19/1918-5/17/1989, "Mother" footstone
Hobbs, J. Arville, 5/23/1911-12/8/1976, "Father" footstone [the reverse side of this marker serves Samuel R. and Wilma R. Scarbrough]
Hobbs, Mary Jane, 2/1/1853-3/9/1917 [adjacent to marker for Mark F. Hobbs]
Hobbs, Minnie B., 10/16/1898-4/29/1973 [adjacent to marker for Lawrence Hobbs]
Hobbs, Paul D., 8/4/1903-1/7/1977
Hobbs, Samuel M., 10/12/1877-1/17/1967
Howard, Bessie L., 6/4/1891-1/30/1950, "Mother" footstone\Howard, Fred M., 6/19/1883-6/14/1962, "Father" footstone
Howard, Charles L., 6/15/1925-10/21/1973, military marker "Tennessee Sgt US Army World War II"
Howard, Infant, born & died 12/28/1909, "Infant son of L. H. & Mattie Howard"
Howard, James A., 8/28/1915-5/30/1987, "Dad," military marker as footstone "S2 US Navy World War II"\Howard, Kathleen, 7/18/1919-____, "Mom"
Howard, Lacy H., 9/15/1885-6/8/1927
Howard, Martha Bessie, 1/27/1884-5/23/1932 [adjacent to marker for Lacy H. Howard]
Howard, Pauline Lee, 6/20/1917-11/10/1919, "Dau. of F. M. & Bessie Howard"
Huffman, Sarah F. [see Findley, Sarah F. Huffman]
Hughes, Winnie W., 5/3/1911-6/23/1988 [she probably is a White; she is within a White section]
Hyatt, Mary Jane, 5/2/1832-9/28/1922
Ivans, Bessie R., no dates
Ivans, Brother, no dates
Ivans, Febie, no dates
Ivans, Mary J., no dates
Ivey, Pearl H., 10/11/1905-2/1/1965\Ivey, Lloyd M., 2/9/1911-2/26/1964
Jones, Rufus, 5/4/1821-12/24/1896\Jones, Belinda Elizabeth Montgomery, 1837-7/16/1911
Justice, Ferrel H., 1928-1950, "Sgt."
Justice, James C., 9/23/1903-3/31/1986
Justice, Joe Ray, 3/29/1936-____
Justice, Norma Duke, 1/16/1939-4/27/1987 [adjacent to marker for Joe Ray Justice]
Keith, M. C., 10/2/1861-1/23/1955
Keith, Nannie Francis Bogart, 11/23/1857-8/11/1919, "Wife of M. C. Keith" "Mother"
Keith, Will L., 2/25/1890-2/27/1916, "B. of L. F. & E."
Kemp, Jewel [see Swiney, jewel Kemp]
Kidd, Samuel A., 10/30/1869-9/19/1917, "Father"
Kidd, Samuel H., 1/4/1894-7/12/1897, "Son of S. A. & Rachel Kidd"
Kidd, William M., 2/17/1915-3/14/1924
Kiggens, Alder, 4/28/1885-1/14/1954
Kiggens, Phillip J., 1/9/1887-10/4/1973
King, William, 10/17/1836-9/22/1909
Lee, Jerry O., 11/18/1945-9/5/1987, military marker as footstone "SP4 US Army"\Lee, Dina M., 7/31/1962
Lingenfelter, Alvin Samuel, 5/14/1920-8/10/1938
Lingenfelter, Bertha Taylor, 10/21/1885-12/27/1964
Lingenfelter, G. W., 9/22/1881-12/29/1958
Lingenfelter, Vernon, 3/27/1912-12/13/1994\Lingenfelter, Evelyn W., 8/6/1916-9/17/1986 [reverse side is double marker for Alma and Ambrose Shipwash]
Luttrell, Carrie D., 1891-1974, "Mother of Virginia Justice"
McFee, Chas. D., 12/31/1867-2/19/1936
McFee, Ellen Russell, 5/4/1894-2/7/1970
McFee, Fred T., 6/16/1896-3/23/1986 [also temporary marker from Mann's Heritage Chapel, "Fred Thomas McFee"]
McFee, Laura E., 5/22/1897-6/14/1957
McFee, Lula E., 5/3/1871-5/6/1941 [adjacent to marker for Chas. D. McFee]
McFee, Marvin Jones, 6/2/1901-6/14/1938
McFee, Mary S., 10/6/1896-10/16/1980 [adjacent to marker for William Frank McFee]
McFee, Maude [see Allen, Maude McFee]
McFee, Netta Boyd, 3/1/1894-2/21/1980
McFee, Sabra Warren, 4/2/1809-2/7/1906, "Mother"
McFee, Thomas Russell, 11/13/1922-10/26/1986
McFee, William Frank, 8/14/1890-2/16/1974, "M.D."
McFee, William T., 7/30/1853-6/24/1939\McFee, Laura C., 7/6/1863-11/30/1925
Miller, Amanda, 2/12/1902-____ [adjacent to marker for Clarence W. Miller]
Miller, Clarence W., 8/29/1901-1989
Montgomery, Belinda Elizabeth [see Jones, Belinda Elizabeth Montgomery]
Montgomery, Elizabeth, 7/9/1881-9/23/1901\Montgomery, John C., 10/31/1876-9/12/1900
Montgomery, Ella Everett, 1874-1973
Montgomery, Ida [see Galbraith, Ida Montgomery]
Montgomery, Infant, born dead 7/17/1891, "Infant son of J. N. & Texas Montgomery"
Montgomery, James Austin, 1914-1937 [replacement]
Montgomery, Joel Love, 7/17/1891-2/24/1892, "Son of J. N. & Texas Montgomery"
Montgomery, John Marshel, 8/16/1835-8/6/1905\Montgomery, Mary J. Wilkerson, 5/6/1845-9/24/1918, "His Wife"
Montgomery, Louise, 1907-1980
Montgomery, M. Texas (Hardin), 6/19/1853-7/20/1891, "Mother"
Montgomery, Mary Tillery, 1857-1943
Montgomery, Mary Vesta, 1/31/1883-11/30/1900
Montgomery, Rella [see Moore, Rella Montgomery]
Montgomery, Theodore Hardin, 1877-1941
Montgomery, W. N., 7/7/1851-8/2/1903
Montgomery, William Austin, 12/11/1871-11/7/1925\Montgomery, Annas Jane Watt, 12/31/1887-7/10/1979, "His Wife"
Moore, Nadine [see Galbraith, Nadine Moore]
Moore, Rella Montgomery, 3/28/1985 [no other date]
Morris, Henry Blair, 7/26/1922-6/21/1923, "Son of Rachel & James Morris [replacement]
Morris, William Candler, 6/17/1924, "Infant son of Rachel & James Morris [replacement]
Mullins, David L., 6/2/1949-8/9/1989
Myers, Joseph Timothy, 4/12/1969-4/12/1969
Needham, Hazel Woody, 11/20/1915-10/23/1990
Norman, Bertha E., 12/4/1890-6/21/1961\Norman, Luther E., 8/24/1885-4/18/1956, "Father" footstone
Norman, Eva P., 1/7/1916-3/15/1965
Norman, Jennie Border Odell, no dates [shared marker with Isabell Acuff Odell; seems to have been added to side of marker at later date]
Odell, Isabell Acuff, 11/4/1835-10/27/1900
Oliver, Ellen [see Harden, Ellen Oliver]
O'Neal, Carl Greene, 1895-1939, "Father" footstone\O'Neal, Sarah Ellen, 1894-1972, "Mother" footstone
O'Neal, Dialphia J., 1/10/1855-9/24/1934, "Wife of Elvin O"Neal" "Mother"
Palmer, Mayme [see Sherwood, Mayme Palmer]
Patterson, Frances [see Brown, Frances Patterson]
Pedigo, Lois W., 1920-1979, "Mother We Love You — Shaun Randy Pete"
Potter, Addie, 2/22/1909-8/4/1929 [replacement]
Potter, Avery, 10/15/1910-12/3/1928 [replacement]
Potter, David R., 5/15/1846-5/18/1914, "Father" footstone\Potter, Martha A., 9/3/1843-5/9/1932, "Mother" footstone\Potter, Charles J., 6/16/1883-7/28/1890, "Son" footstone [replacement]
Potter, George W., 11/27/1866-8/21/1928 [replacement]
Potter, Gertrude, 9/14/1881-4/13/1977
Proaps, Andre Kay, 7/4/1933-7/6/1933
Randles, Creed F., 2/11/1893-6/23/1971\Randles, Mary B., 8/7/1894-4/25/1987
Robertson, A. W., 1920-____\Robertson, Hazel C., 1920-1992
Rolen, Jessie Galbraith, 10/7/1909-10/3/1990
Rolen, Roy Leon, 3/4/1936-12/2/1993
Rossiter, Margaret Galbraith, 2/19/1913-1/31/1983 [adjacent to marker for Russell Edward Rossiter]
Rossiter, Russell Edward, 1/14/1907-12/6/1979, military marker "Capt US Army World War II"
Rowe, Arthur T., 2/11/1888-12/10/1965\Rowe, Lilly A., 8/5/1892-2/8/1976
Rowe, Edna [see Watson, Edna Rowe]
Russell, Ellen [see McFee, Ellen Russell]
Scarbrough, Amos F., 5/31/1914-9/29/1952
Scarbrough, Andy F., 5/23/1887-2/8/1952\Scarbrough, Nellie W., 9/16/1892-9/29/1961
Scarbrough, Earnest F., 3/26/1933 [infant-style marker]
Scarbrough, Josie, 1868-1934\Scarbrough, Robert, 1858-1937
Scarbrough, Samuel R., 10/14/1923-____, "Father" footstone\Scarbrough, Wilma R., 8/3/1922-____, "Mother" footstone [she was buried before 1997; the reverse side of this marker serves Margaret R. and J. Arville Hobbs]
Scarbrough, Thomas M., 8/14/1896-1/29/1965
Scarbrough, William E., 8/14/1896-9/15/1956
Schroeder, Wil Erich, 3/22/1927-9/26/1986 [only name on double marker; temporary marker, Mann's Heritage Chapel, still in place, reads "Wilbert E. Schroeder]
Seal, Bill Hamilton, 5/29/1929-2/15/1981 [only name on double marker]
Seal, Nancy H., 8/3/1904-1/7/1969 [adjacent to marker for O. L. "Jack" Seal]
Seal, O. L. "Jack," 4/4/1895-3/24/1959
Selvage, Thomas G. W., 10/23/1892-10/15/1965, "Father" footstone\Selvage, Mary M., 12/25/1904-____, "Married April 9, 1922"
Shepherd, Wiley E., 4/17/1922-7/18/1981, military marker "Tec5 US Army World War II"
Sherwood, Mayme Palmer, 1889-1921, "Wife of Sam Sherwood" [replacement]
Shipwash, Alma, 1/1/1906-3/17/1991\Shipwash, Ambrose, 1/20/1909-____ [reverse side is double marker for Vernon and Evelyn W. Linginfelter]
Sizemore, J.C., no dates
Smith, Marie, 12/4/1921-6/25/1936
Smith, Bessie M. T., 7/14/1889-4/31/1925 [adjacent to marker for W. A. Smith]
Smith, Furby A., 2/25/1895-12/8/1991 [adjacent to markker for John P. Smith]
Smith, George W., 5/6/1882-3/18/1945, military marker "Tennessee Wagoner 23 Engrs"
Smith, Grace T., 11/18/1877-6/12/1952
Smith, Harrison S., 10/8/1922-____, "Pop"\Smith, Mae H., 4/21/1922-____, "Mama" [she may have been a Howard; reverse side of marker has James A. and Kathleen Howard]
Smith, John P., 7/18/1891-10/29/1962
Smith, Samuel F., 3/10/1928-11/17/1982, military marker as footstone "AKC US Navy Korea"\Smith, Mary F., 10/2/1922-____, "Married Apr. 2, 1952"
Smith, Shirley Viola [see Woody, Shirley Viola Smith]
Smith, William A., 6/20/1889-11/20/1952
Stout, James R., 9/17/1910-11/7/1942, "Father"
Stout, Julia F., 1874-1947, "Mother" footstone\Stout, William R., 1872-1949, "Father" footstone
Stout, Mitchell, 2/24/1950-3/12/1970, "Sgt." "Killed in action in Vietnam," military marker as footstone, "Mitchell W. Stout" "Sgt Tennessee Btry C 44 Artillery Vietnam BSM-Arcom & OLC-PH"; second military marker with "Medal of Honor Sgt US Army Vietnam"
Stout, Moss, 1896-1954, "117 Inf. 30th. Div. [this is not a military marker]
Summer, Fred W., 10/6/1920-____, "Dad" footstone\Summer, Mary A., 9/27/1920-3/30/1972, "Mom" footstone
Swiney, Otto Lee, 10/15/1904-____\Swiney, Jewel Kemp, 10/19/1905-12/22/1980
Taylor, Bertha [see Linginfelter, Bertha Taylor]
Taylor, James G., 9/4/1892-12/27/1958
Taylor, Jennie Hobbs, 10/7/1896-11/11/1984 [adjacent to marker for James G. Hobbs]
Taylor, Wayne, 12/17/1915-6/17/1949
Wallace, Samuel A., 1/18/1864-7/15/1928\Wallace, Mary Isabell, 7/16/1861-____\Wallace, Anna, 4/16/1886
Warren Sabra [see McFee, Sabra Warren]
Watson, E. L., 7/25/1825-3/5/1898, "Miss" "Aunt Betsy"
Watson, James L., 9/23/1894-1/15/1967, "Father"\Watson, Daisy L., 8/29/1894-10/15/1990, "Mother" "Married Jan. 24, 1914"
Watson, William T., 2/1/1910-10/31/1978\Watson, Edna Rowe, 8/25/1918-____
Watt, Annas Jane [see Montgomery, Annas Jane Watt]
Welch, Doloris Joy, born & died 11/20/1931, "Infant Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Welch"
Welch, Robert Lewis, 6/27/1917-10/7/1920
White, James Frank, 11/16/1921-9/16/1979, military marker "S2 US Navy World War II"
White, Winnie [see Hughes, Winnie W.]
Wicker, Julian E., 12/28/1928-8/20/1990\Wicker, Virginia L., 12/25/1933-____
Wilkerson, Mary J. [see Montgomery, Mary J. Wilkerson]
Williams, Alma Mae, 7/15/1909-10/28/1910
Williams, James, 9/15/1906-12/12/1906, "Son of W. W. & Fannie Williams"
Woods, Rachel O., d. 3/9/1901, "Aged about 26 years" "Wife of A. M. Woods"
Woody, Alfred E., 10/4/1929-10/23/1994
Woody, Carl H., 10/6/1911-10/6/1989, military marker "Pvt US Army World War II"
Woody, Fred, 2/1/1900-5/19/1975
Woody, Hazel [see Needham, Hazel Woody]
Woody, Iva A., 11/15/1909-5/10/1989 [adjacent to marker for Fred Woody]
Woody, Robert L. D., 9/9/1918-3/15/1984, military marker "US Army World War II"
Woody, Shirley Viola Smith, 1/18/1935-10/8/1994 [adjacent to marker for Carl H. Woody]
Unidentifiable
Jimmy [footstone-like marker; matches marker for Bertha E. and Luther E. Norman and is adjacent to marker for Eva P. Norman]
S. A. J. [footstone-like marker]
_______, 1839, "In the 44 Year of Her Age" "Consort of A. Mc." (broken)
Four wooden crosses within "N" section
Temporary Markers
6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 44, 45, 47 (in shrubs SW of double marker for Jessie and Robert Scarbrough), 50
War Memorial
The war memorial is a walkway laid out in a circled star pattern. Two flagpoles stand at the center. Between the rays of the star are five large black carved stones. Inscriptions are listed below, going counterclockwise from the entrance from the parking area.
[Note: Asterisks below substitute for characters and/or spacing unavailable in HTML format and do not appear on the memorial.]
First Stone
In memory of all the veterans buried at
Virtue Cemetery
Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout
Memorial
Virtue Cemetery
Mitchell W. Stout
Sergeant United States Army
Battery C, 1st battalion, 44th Artillery
24 Feb. 1950-12 March 1970
U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor
Germany March 1968-June 1968
Republic of Viet nam August 1968 August 1969
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Viet Nam Service Medal
Viet Nam Campaign Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge -- First Award
Republic of Viet Nam January 1970-March 1970
Medal of Honor
Second Stone
Knox and Loudon
Viet Nam Wall
Gary D. Smith 23 Vayne T. Long 18 Raymond L. Hill 26 James A. Marcum
Tommy E. Hill 33 Hugh A. Love 27 James R. McLemore 23 Donald R. Lumley 27
Garland C. Bobbitt 31 Jess J. Coffee 31 Charles W. Wooliver 21 John H. Morgan 21
Gary A. Glandon 26 Donald A. Sherrod 23
Third Stone
Mitchell W. Stout
Medal of Honor
Sergeant United States Army
24 Feb. 1950-12 March 1970
Battery C, 1st Battalion 44th Artillery
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Killed in Action March 12, 1970
at the Khe Gio Bridge
Republic of Viet Nam
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[carving of medal of honor]
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Awarded Posthumously
17 July 1974
Washington D.C.
"First to Fire" -- U.S. Army Artillery
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"Maybe I can help someone"
Mitchell W. Stout
Greater love hath no man, than this, that he lay
down his life for his friends. St. John XV:13
Fourth Stone
Tennessee
Medal of Honor Memorial
Special honor to
James E. Karnes -- World War I
Troy A. McGill -- World War II
Mitchell W. Stout -- Viet Nam
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Civil War
Harrison Collins Hawkins County * George Gillespie Chattanooga TN *
Gaines Lawson Hawkins County
Indian Wars
George Grant Raleigh * George Jordan Williamson County *
William W. Morris Stewart County * Benoni Strivson Overton Coutnty
Spanish American War
Charles P. Cantrell Nashville
Phillipean Insurrection
Robert Earl Bonney Nashville * Josephus S Cecil New River * Allen J. Greer Memphis *
Seth L. Wald Altamont * Bolden Reush Harrison Savannah
World War I
Joseph B. Adkirson Aloka * James E. Karnes Knoxville * Milo Lemert Crossville *
Edward R. Talley Russellville *Calvin John Ward Morristown * Alvin C. York Pall Mall
World War II
Raymond H. Cooley Richard City * Charles H. Collidge Signal Mountain *
Paul B Huff Cleveland * Charles L. McGalia Cosby * Vernon McGarity Model *
Troy A. McGill Morrostown * Elbert Luther Kinser Greeneville * John Harland Willis Columbia
Korea
Ray E. Duke Whitwell * William F. Lyell Old Hickory
Vietnam
James A. Gardner Memphis * Don J. Jenkins Nashville * David Robert Ray McMinnville *
Walter K. Singleton Memphis * Mitchell W. Stout Loudon County
Fifth Stone
The U.S. Veterans Memorial
"To those who fought for it, life has special meaning that the protected will never know:...
Written on a C Ration Box Khe Sanh RNV 1967 or 68. Unknown U.S. warrior author
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The American Veterans of Foreign Wars "AMVETS" erected this monument to our nation's veterans and to the honor of those who have laid so costly and dear a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom and to remind all Americans to never forget those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom
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[carved AMVETS and U.S. service branch symbols]
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It is a sad day for America when so few remember the so many who fought and died to give us our past and to assure our future and that of our children. Thanks to sacrifices of the American Veterans both past and future that have allowed us to live in a free country. We Americans must always kep a strong defense to remain forever free.
James R. "Buddy" White March 12, 1995