HOPEWELL CEMETERY
From Gary Matthews take Highway 48/13 8.4 miles to Highway 13. Turn right, go 3 miles. Hopewell Baptist Church is on the left.
We try to keep families grouped together. If someone's last name is listed, it means they have a separate headstone. If it is not listed, they are sharing a headstone with someone else. Sometimes
children are on the same headstone as parents.
Since we do not personally know these families, if we aren't sure of a relationship we list who they are buried next to. Any help matching folks with their relatives will be greatly appreciated.
The information is exactly as it appears on the stones. If you know the person's full name, please let us know.
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SECTION ONE
Fenced-in area behind church
ADKINS Elza W. Sept.18,1921 - Apr.24,1959
(footstone: ELZA W. ADKINS TENNESSEE TECH 4 14
ARMORED DIVISION WORLD WAR II
SEPT.18,1921 - APR.24,1959
Modene B. Nov.15,1929 - (footstone: M.B.A.)
BAGGETT Floyd May 28,1900 - Mar.28,1973
Marie July 18,1911 - May 18,1999
married July 26,1930
BAGGETT Walter Apr.11,1882 - Mar.11,1950
Mary July 8,1888 - Dec.29,1985
BAGGETT Willard R. Jan.3,1932 - May 12,1966
(footstone: WILLARD R. BAGGETT
TENNESSEE CPL 148 TRANS TRK CO TC
JAN. 3,1932 - MAY 12,1966
Mary Grace M. Mar.24,1940 -
mamma (on the side)
BAGGETT Wm. Wade Sept.26,1921 - Sept.7,1987
(footstone: Dee Daw) CPL U.S. AIR FORCE
WORLD WAR II
Aillene E. May 27,1919 - (footstone: Granny)
married April 3,1943
BALDWIN Claude Jr. June 29,1929 - Feb.12,1997
(footstone: C.J.)
Oneal Castleberry Oct.14,1935 - Nov.25,1966
(footstone: Memaw)
In loving memory
ON BACK: Our children Debbie, Jerry, Kim, Robin
BATEMAN Hatton G. Sept.7,1933 - July 16,1971
Dorothy S. Nov.9,1943 -
married Feb.25,1961
BATEMAN Hatton G. Oct.23,1906 - Dec.6,1970
(footstone: Father)
Estelle D. Nov.29,1911 - Aug2,1998
(footstone: Mother)
Love is eternal
BOGGS James Owen TENNESSEE S1 USNR WORLD WAR II
JUNE 17,1925 - MAY20,1962
BRYANT Russell O. May 12,1918 - Aug.27,2004
BRYANT Tommy Franklin Nov.1,1904 - Aug.19,2002
BURKE Jerry Lee Nov.6,1962 - Feb.12,1996
footstone: JERRY L. BURKE SP 4 U.S. ARMY
NOV.6,1962 - FEB.12,1996
Robbie June June 10,1961 -
married Aug.28,1987
CASTLEBERRY Edgar P. July 29,1912 - Dec.25,1982
Edna B. Mar.29,1909 - Dec.12,1986
(footstone: Mother)
EADS Karen Oct.27,1962 - Mar.11,1963
(footstone: K.E.)
Sweetly resting (Photo is on the headstone)
EADS Parthenia 1897 - 1962 (footstone: P.E.)
She is just away
GIBSON CHARLIE C. TENNESSEE PVT U.S. ARMY
WORLD WAR II APRIL 13,1894 - OCT.1,1969
(Large ceramic deer by headstone)
HODGES Ann Beedie June 11,1897 - May 13,1963
Blessed are the merciful
HODGES James W. June22,1921 - (footstone: Daddy)
Agnes L. Feb.7,1931 - Mar.10,1983
JONES Mary L. 1912 - 1976
KERSTEN Albert C. Feb.28,1911 - Oct.1,1979
Stella Apr.9,1911 - Jan.2,1990
Together again
LYLE Condie Nov.29,1888 - Mar.25,1968
(footstone: Father)
Edna V. Mar.11,1890 - Mar.26,1977
(footstone: Mother)
Love lives on
MAYNARD Barnes Aug.31,1898 - Aug18,1964
(footstone: Daddy)
Laura Feb.12,1901 - Dec.9,1983
(footstone: Mother)
Our precious mother married Sept.23,1917
MAYNARD Robert Earl Aug.1,1919 - July 20,2009
MAYNARD Robert Greg April22,1942 - Aug.30,1977
(footstone: Daddy)
Edna J. Sept.15,1941 -
(footstone: Mama)
ON BACK: Should you go first, and I remain, Walk slowly dear,
For someday you’ll hear me call your name.
McWHORTER Cecil Ragan Jan.25,1926 - Nov.21,1994
Margaret McCollom Jan.24,1925 -
married Dec.24,1945
ON BACK: Our daughter Sherry and grandchildren Sonya and Jeremy
McWHORTER Herman 1902 - 1980
Elsie 1904 - 1959
Buddy father of: Denise, Kevin, Mark, Lisa, Wendy, Cinda
(no other information on headstone)
A few unmarked graves
SECTION TWO
Large new section farther back
ASHBY Rev. Lloyd Woodson Aug.25,1910 - May 25,2003
(footstone: Husband)
Jennie Mai May 19,1924 - April 19,1999
(footstone: Wife)
married April 19,1930
ON BACK: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith. (11 Timothy 4:7)
Beloved mother and father of Betty Sue and Woodson
Grandchildren Ashley, Timmy, Steve and Tessa
ASHBY Woody July 20,1937 -
Millie Nov.18,1938 - May 3,1983
ASHBY Ruby Grace Nov.17,1915 - Dec.12,2003
ATKINS Elsie Christine June 10,1917 - Nov.20,2008
ATKINS M. Dwayne Oct.7,1959 - July 24,1983
Gone to his Heavenly home
AUSTIN Opal Grace June 10,1986 - May 11,2005
AVERY Sharrie Marie Mar.26,1953 - Mar.9,2005
AVERY William Hart June 16,1956 - Jan.7,1993
BAGGETT Cullie Sept.7,1908 - Apr.25,1985
Nora Stella Sept.9,1916 - May 26,2001
Full name: Nora Stella Hayes Baggett
Gone but not forgotten
BAGGETT James Paul Jan.8,1937 - Apr.18,2005
BAGGETT Gelena Lee Dec.24,1942 - Nov.10,2000
BAGGETT J.W. June 17,1935 -
(footstone: Husband)
Barbara A. Mar.4,1946 - Sept.19,1991
(footstone: Wife)
BAGGETT Shirley Ann June 9, 1939 - Dec.30,1995
BRYANT Barbara Oct.1,1942 - June 20,2009
BRYANT Mina Marie Jan.2,1913 - June 16,1995
In loving memory
BRYANT Robert W. May 2,1935 - Feb.12,1973
At rest
BRYANT Sammie O. Dec.9,1907 -
Hautie M. Mar.18,1938 - May 3,1983
BRYANT Tommy Nov.1,1904 -
Gladys May 26,1910 - Oct.16,2004
CHRISTY Charlie Woodrow Sept,7,1918 - Nov.8,1988
In Gods care
CONATSER Erma Frances June 29,1926 - Nov.26,2004
CONATSER Johnnie Dec.4,1929 - Jan.16,1980
Ravanell Nov.19,1929 -
married June 18,1949
CONATSER Ronald Dean
May 12,1951 - September 20,1997
(footstone: Dean) Thanks for loving us.
If God be for us, Who can be against us? (Romans: 8:31)
CONATSER Sandy Brake May 16,1924 - Feb.5,2003
CONATSER Erma Frances June 29,1926 - Nov.26,2004
DAVIS Hezekiah July 20,1920 - July 8,1998 (died of cancer)
(footstone: HEZEKIAH DAVIS TEC 5 U.S. ARMY
WORLD WAR II JULY 20,1920 - JULY 8,1998) (Papa)
(wooden plaque beside headstone:
Papa Hezekiah “Dave” Davis July 20,1920 - July 8,1998)
Lola Perry July 27, - May 5,2003
(footstone: Grandma)
EADS GUS H. U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II
AUG.14,1918 - JAN.20,1996
(Footstone: Father)
Wilmoth Laverne Mar.20,1928 - Apr.14,1998
(footstone: Mother)
In God's care
HAYES Earl Douglas June 8,1932 - Dec.16,2005
HAYES Robert Edward Apr.21,1913 - Dec.31,1981
LEFTWICH James W. June 26,1926 - May 23,1984
(Footstone: JAMES W. LEFTWHICH U.S. ARMY
WORLD WAR II JUNE 26,1926 - MAY 23,1984
Minia B. Dec.25,1927 -
wed Oct.26,1946 Together forever
LEFTWICH Reba L. Feb.1,1953 - July 28,1995
(footstone: Daughter)
(Has her picture on headstone) (died from diabetic complications and was blind)
LYLE M. Allene June 11,1932 - Oct.30,2006
MADDEN R. Joseph Jan.30,1942 - Oct.6,2009
F. Margie Apr.24,1942 - July 8,2001
Sykes Funeral Home Marker: Flora Margie Madden
MATHIS Melissa Hope died Feb.4,1980 Aug.23,1958 - Dec.2,2004
McWHORTER Herman D. died Feb.4,1980 age 77 years
MEZZA F. Larry May 20,1923 - (footstone: Husband)
Eva Mae Dec. 10,1920 - (footstone: Wife)
married May 25,1974
MIXON Hermon E. Jan.22,1906 - Mar.24,1978
Betty W. Feb.4,1906 - Mar.23,1997
married Feb.2,1928 Resting in the arms of Jesus
NEBLETT T. Horace Sept.6,1926 - July 7,1987
H. Lee June 25,1932 -
Not my will but thine be done
OUTLAND Palmer Oct.15,1921 - Mar. 2000
Geneva Sept.11,1925 -
married July 23, 1947
PATRICK James Michael Sept.23,1943 -
Katherine Davis Jan.3,1952 - Oct.12,2002
married Dec.2,1989
POTTS Grady Lee May 9,1917 - Mar.20,2006
PYLE Roy G. June 15,1930 - May 15,1998
Velma S. July 16,1934 -
married Oct.6,1951
REESE Sherry Lyn Aug.18,1960 - Sept.7,2000
Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home Marker: Sherry Lyn Major Reese
She loved greatly and was greatly loved
RILEY Donald Wayne Aug.18,1960 - Sept.7,2000
SHELTON Robert C. Dec.3,1920 - Feb.16,1970
(footstone: Father)
ROBERT C. SHELTON TENNESSEE SGT 99 SIGNAL CO
WORLD WAR II DEC.3,1920 - FEB.16,1970
Odessa Sept. 11,1923 - July 30,1988
(footstone: Mother)
SHIRLEY (footstone: CHARLES L. SHIRLEY SFC U.S. ARMY
SEPT.21,1956 - MAR.8,1988
funeral home marker: SGT 1st CLASS Charles Shirley 1956 - 1988
( Full size flag pole beside grave)
SMITH Leslie "Cush" July 4,1910 - Sept.10,2005 (footstone: Daddy)
Marie S. Jan.24,1924 - Apr.3,1990 (footstone: Moma)
SMITHEY Enoch C. June 4, 1911 - June 28,1992
(footstone: ENOCH CARL SMITHEY S1 U.S. NAVY WORLD WAR II
JAN.4,1911 - JAN.28,1992
Minnie L. Mar.25,1910 - Dec.6,1996
SMITHEY Enoch Carl Jr. Apr.10,1931 - Dec.13,1995
SMITHY Henry Tommy Sept.27,1938 - Sept.20,1992
SYKES James Ray age 73 years - Dec.4,2007
Transcribed: March 27, 2000
