BEECH HILL CHURCH & CEMETERY, MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries, Page 764 (Listed 1 Sep 1987) and They Passed This Way, Page A-125 (Listed 5 Apr 1963).
Known Veterans Buried at Beech Hill Cemetery
Barker, A. May McAfee, 28 Mar 1890 - 20 Dec 1929 (daughter of Ed McAfee & Susie Taylor; wife of Cameron Barker) Barker, Cameron S., 1885 - 1958 (husband of A. May McAfee) Barker, Evans, 1880 - 1938 Barker, Hershel L. "Shorty", 1 Sep 1923 - 19 Dec 1962 (son of Evans & Sadie Barker; husband of Marie Runions) Barker, Irene D., 26 Oct 1853 - 8 Oct 1916. Mother (wife of William B. Barker) Barker, James L. "Beb", 1 Jan 1922 - 12 Feb 2000 (son of Evans & Sadie Barker; husband of Martha Anderson - married 18 Jul 1948; SOM3, US Navy, WWII) Barker, John Walter, 14 Jun 1892 - 3 Nov 1982 (son of William B. Barker & Irene D. Shaw; Pvt., US Army, WWI) Barker, Martha Anderson, 30 Oct 1930 - (married James L. "Beb" Barker on 18 Jul 1948; daughter of John Ervin Anderson & Mary Kathleen Pogue) Barker, Mary Lou, 1894 - 2 Sep 1987 (daughter of William B. & Irene D. Shaw Barker; not married; native of Williamson County) Barker, Raymond W., 17 May 1925 - 8 Aug 1944 (son of Evans & Sadie Barker; Tenn, Pvt, 313 Infantry, 79th Div., WWII) Barker, Sadie, 1889 - 1975 (wife of Evans Barker) Barker, William B., 9 Sep 1957 - 24 Dec 1919 "Father" (son of George Barker & Lucrecia Dodson; husband of Irene D. Shaw) Bradburn, Frances Rail, 24 May 1923 - (married Raymond Odell Bradburn on 20 Jan 1946; daughter of Henry Urbin Rail & Anna Kelly; back side of stone: "Our Children: James Urbin, Mary Ann, Eddie Paul) Bradburn, Raymond Odell, 11 Aug 1922 - 5 Jan 1983 (married Frances Rail on 20 Jan 1946; back side of stone: "Our Children: James Urbin, Mary Ann, Eddie Paul; US Navy, WWII) Cook, Florence Evelyn McKennon Runions, 1924 - (married 1st to Maybern Runions and 2nd to James T. Cook, Sr.; daughter of Odey Gray McKennon & Rosie M. Church) Cross, William H., 4 Jan 1904 - 10 Oct 1992 Cross, Bessie I., 8 Jan 1908 - 24 Dec 1990, (Wife of William H. Cross) Crowell, Jessie L. Wisdom, 1903 - 1985 (daughter of Thomas H. Wisdom & Rhoda Ida Hinson; married 1st to Ethridge Floyd & 2nd to ? Crowell; U. Marker) Eastep, Gladys Louise Hendrix, 4 Apr 1920 - 10 Jul 2004 (wife of Marvin Thomas Eastep; daughter of John Harvey Hendrix and Katherine McClain) Eastep, Jessie L. Jr., Jr., 30 Nov 1941 - 28 Dec 1989 (son of Jessie Lee Eastep & Maggie Carena Dugger; Pvt., US Army) Easter, Jessie Lee, Sr., 5 Mar 1920 - 26 Feb 1975 (son of Mack Eastep & Margaret Caldonia Stewart; husband of Maggie Carena Dugger) Eastep, Joann, 12 Aug 1942 - 13 Mar 1943 (daughter of Marvin Thomas Eastep & Gladys Louise Hendrix) Eastep, Jonnie, 1939 - 1939 (son of William Marion Eastep & Oner Jewell Duboise) Eastep, Mack, 1 Sep 1891 - 6 Dec 1945 "Father" (native of Athens, Alabama; husband of Margaret Caldonia Stewart; son of William I. Eastep & Judy Adams) Eastep, Maggie Carena Dugger, 26 Dec 1915 - 24 Feb 2000 (married Jessie Lee Eastep Sr. on 26 Feb 1941; daughter of William Dugger & Annie Franzier) Eastep, Margaret Caldonia "Maggie" Stewart, 1891 - 30 May 1979 "Mother" (native of Marshall County; wife of Mack Eastep; married 27 Dec 1913 in Maury County; daughter of William D. Stewart & Caldonia "Callie" Ledbetter) Eastep, Marvin Thomas, 27 Feb 1916 - 29 Apr 2001 (husband of Gladys Louise Hendrix; son of Mack Eastep and Margaret Caldonia Stewart) Eastep, Mary Beatrice, 10 Nov 1935 - 10 Nov 1935 (daughter of William Marion Eastep & Oner Jewell Duboise) Eastep, Newton Edward, 19 Aug 1928 - 21 Feb 1938 (native of Athens, Alabama; son of Mack Eastep & Margaret Caldonia Stewart) Eastep, Oner Jewell Duboise, 12 Nov 1911 - 21 Dec 1994 (wife of William Marion Eastep; daughter of Porter Duboise & Myrtal Tucker) Eastep, William Marion, 2 Oct 1914 - 11 Sep 1945 (son of Mack Eastep & Margaret Caldonia Stewart; husband of Oner Jewell Duboise) Floyd, Everett Allen, 1920 - 2 Aug 1979 (U. Marker; son of Ethridge Floyd & Jessie Wisdom; married Ruby Brumley in 1952) Hinson, George Washington, 16 Apr 1853 - 27 Jun 1924 (son of George Washington Hinson Sr.; husband of Winnie Frances Boshers; one of the earliest members of the Beech Hill Church) *Hinson, Newt D., 7 Apr 1920, age 2 years, 10 months, and 5 days (once marked by U. Marker, but is no longer there) Hinson, Virgie Irene, 14 Dec 1909 - 12 Jan 1911 (daughter of George Washington Hinson & Winnie Frances Boshers; stone broken) Hinson, Winnie Frances Boshers, 16 Sep 1855 - 6 Jan 1941 (last child to die of 25 children born to Jason Wilson "Wilkes" Boshers and his 2 wives; her mother was his 2nd wife, Winnie Weaver; wife of George Washington Hinson; one of the earliest members of Beech Hill Church) Johnson, James M., 26 Jan 1874 - 17 May 1944 "Father" (2nd husband of Minnie Lou Mahuldia "Lucy" Stewart) Johnson, Lucy Stewart, 2 Sep 1899 - 31 Jul 1978 (daughter of William D. Stewart & Caldonia "Callie" Ledbetter; married 1st to John Thomas "Tom" Eastep who died in 1918 and 2nd to James M. Johnson who died in 1944; full name Minnie Lou Mahuldia Stewart) Kelsey, Eudora Etta "Dora" Hinson, 24 May 1875 - 4 Apr 1961 (daughter of George Washington Hinson & Winnie Frances Boshers; wife of Rufus Marvin Kelsey) Kelsey, Rufus Marvin, 7 Sep 1876 - 26 Jul 1948 (husband of Eudora Etta Hinson) King, Julie Ann, 1 Oct 1987 (only date) Lee, Annie Mae, 1932 - 1935 "Daughter" Lee, Hazie, 1905 - 1987 (U. Marker) Lee, Henrietta Bowling, 1889 - 1968 (wife of Henry Ernest Lee) Lee, Henry Ernest, 1898 - 31 Jan 1981 (native of Hardin County; son of John Henry Lee & Martha Jane Rose; husband of Henrietta Bowling) Lee, James Kenneth, 28 Feb 1935 - 19 May 1996 (SP4, US Army) Lee, John Henry, 25 Dec 1872 - 16 Jul 1966 (husband of Martha Jane Rose) Lee, John Virgil, 28 Feb 1901 - 10 Nov 1963 Lee, Martha Jane Rose, 14 Feb 1879 - 11 Jan 1937 (wife of John Henry Lee) Lee, Wanda E., 15 Dec 1937 - *Mas__, ______, d. Jun ____, age 10 yrs. (damaged U. Marker found by Fred Hawkins in 1987, no longer at site) *McClain, Leslie Ward, Nov 1957 - Nov 1957 (once marked by an U. Marker, but no signs of it can now be found; infant son of Ara Alton McClain & Mary Catherine Stewart; grandson of John Turley McClain & Allie Mai Kennedy) Merrett, Hattie T. Stills, 15 Dec 1882 - 13 Jan 1924 (daughter of William & Jane Scott Stills) Morton, Comber, 6 Sep 1904 - 9 Mar 1905 Morton, Della V., 1879 - 1921 "Mother" (wife of Samuel D. Morton) Morton, Harold, 1924 "Son of Arla - Leacie Morton" Morton, Roy, 21 Oct 1898 - 21 Feb 1913 Morton, Samuel D., 1874 - 1937 "Father" (son of Mary E. Morton; step-son of Richard Jackson Rail) *Noles, Tyre, dates unknown (buried on the north or right side of the church; baptized at Beech Hill in 1896 at 77 years of age) O'Dair, Margaret Bumpass Eastep, 2 May 1924 - 17 Dec 1957 (native of Athens, Alabama; daughter of Mack Eastep & Margaret Caldonia Stewart; wife of Jasper L. O'Dair) Osborne, Gladys Wisdom, 1923 - 1974 (U. Marker; wife of Homer Orville Osborne Sr.) Osborne, Homer Orville, Jr., 1949 - 1949 (U. Marker) Osborne, Homer Orville, Sr., 1907 - 1982 (U. Marker; son of Jonathan & Fannie Osborne; husband of Gladys Wisdom; native of Lawrence County) Osborne, Jerry Roane, 1952 - 1952 (U. Marker) Osborne, Richard D., 1956 - 1956 (U. Marker) Pitts, Marie A. Runions Barker, 13 Aug 1926 - 21 Apr 1989 (daughter of Clifford C. Runions & Annie L. Webb; married 1st to Hershel L. "Shorty" Barker and 2nd to James Pitts) Rail, Andrew J., 1889 - 1954 (son of Richard Jackson Rail & Mary E. Morton) Rail, Anna Kelly, 9 Oct 1898 - 4 Oct 1983 (wife of Henry Urbin Rail; native of Ireland) Rail, Francis E., 25 Jan 1892 - 21 Oct 1911 "Father" (son of Richard Jackson Rail & Mary E. Morton) Rail, Henry Urbin, 7 Feb 1900 - 6 May 1933 (husband of Anna Kelly; son of Richard Jackson Rail & Mary E. Morton; shot and killed) Rail, Jeffrey Lynn, 23 Feb 1962 - 25 Feb 1962 Rail, Lula Maye, 1889 - 1934 (wife of Andrew J. Rail) Rail, Mary E. Morton, 1853 - 1934 (wife of Richard Jackson Rail - married 10 Oct 1880 in Maury County) Rail, Richard Jackson, 23 Jul 1850 - 21 Feb 1925 "Father" (son of James "Jim" Rail & Nancy Sarah Victory; married 1st to Sallie M. Hood in 1876 & 2nd to Mary E. Morton in 1880; early member of the Beech Hill church; donated the land for the building of the church and for the use of the cemetery) Rail, Sallie M. Hood, 7 Dec 1865 - 30 Dec 1915 (1st wife of Richard Jackson Rail - married in 1876) Rose, Mary E. Lee, 13 Jul 1856 - 2 Sep 1930 (wife of George W. Rose) Rose, Tina Mae, 10 Jan 1894 - 24 Oct 1977 (native of Hardin County; not married; daughter of George W. Rose & Mary A. Lee) Runions, John Calvin, 1959 (only date) Runions, Maybern, 1920 - 1969 (son of Clifford C. Runions & Annie L. Webb; 1st husband of Florence Evelyn McKennon) Sims, John Eugene "Gene", 11 May 1906 - 14 May 1991 (husband of Lois Lee) Sims, Lois Lee, 27 Sep 1922 - 15 Sep 1995 (wife of John Eugene "Gene" Sims) Sims, Thomas Lee, 29 Jul 1944 - 9 Dec 1988 (son of Gene & Lois Sims) Smith, Raymond, Sr., 1922 - 1995 (husband of Frances Johnson; U. Marker) Smith, Sarah E. Rail, 14 Oct 1858 - 14 Dec 1930 (daughter of James "Jim" Rail & Nancy Sarah Victory) Stewart, Caldonia "Callie" Ledbetter, 30 Jul 1870 - 11 Oct 1955 (wife of William D. Stewart) Stewart, Charles M., no dates "Son of Walter & Earlene" Stewart, Charles Walter, 23 May 1904 - 24 Oct 1955 (son of William D. Stewart & Caldonia "Callie" Ledbetter) Stewart, Edgar Louis, 16 Jan 1932 - 25 Oct 1993 (husband of Jeraldine Pogue) Stewart, Eunis, no dates "Infant Daughter of Walter & Earlene" Stewart, James Forrest, 26 Apr 1927 - 29 Aug 1983 (son of William Marion Stewart & Laura Eastep) Stewart, Jeraldine Pogue, 15 Dec 1931 - (wife of Edgar Louis Stewart) Stewart, Laura Eastep, 11 Nov 1901 - 9 Aug 1962 (wife of William Marion Stewart) Stewart, William D., 3 Feb 1867 - 20 Aug 1933 (husband of Caldonia "Callie" Ledbetter) Stewart, William Marion, 4 Apr 1902 - 24 Sep 1960 (husband of Laura Eastep; son of William D. Stewart & Caldonia "Callie" Ledbetter) *Unknown, dates unknown (a second grave is known to be buried beside Tyre Noles on the north or right side of the church building; no one is sure who this person is) Walker, Auther George, 1 Apr 1917 - 31 Aug 1918 *Wisdom, John Frank, 1914 - 1969 (grave once marked by U. Marker; no marker found today; son of Thomas H. Wisdom & Rhoda Ida Hinson) *Wisdom, Rhoda Ida, 25 Aug 1885 - 1970 (grave once marked by U. Marker, but no signs of it today; wife of Thomas H. Wisdom; daughter of George Washington Hinson & Winnie Frances Boshers) *Wisdom, Thomas H., 1879 - 1968 (grave once marked by U. Marker, but no signs of it today; husband of Rhoda Ida Hinson; son of Francis Marion Wisdom & Emily Jane Wright) Wright, James Odie, 9 Oct 1916 - 30 Apr 1995 "Our Loving Daddy and Papa" (Pvt., US Army, WWII) Surveyed and photographed by Rick Gray, Friday, July 23, 2004. Some photos provided by Mary Bob Richardson Aug 2004.
