Corinth Cemetery
Corinth Cemetery

Contributed and Transcribed by
Lynn Sherman
© May 24, 2001


Corinth Cemetery, Corinth Road and Butler Bridge Road, Oak Grove, TN.
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason, "5 miles west of Portland on Hwy 52")

Dedicated in honor of Robert and Ruby Shanklin
For their generous donation to Corinth Cemetery
(Written on Granite Stone at Cemetery entrance).


CAROL FARMER
BORN 1920
DIED 1982

ELIZABETH FARMER
BORN 1893
DIED 1967

BABY FARMER, SON OF DAVID AND FLORENCE
BORN AND DIED FEB. 24, 1929

FARMER, GEORGE
BORN FEB. 6, 1856
DIED SEPT. 1, 1941
HELEN
BORN MARCH 6, 1859

FINN
ROBERT L.
BORN 1878
DIED 1947
KATE E.
BORN 1880
DIED 19__ NO DATE FILLED IN.

MANY SMALL STONES IN CEMETERY MARKED "UNKNOWN"

R. A. BARBER, WIFE OF D. L. WILLIAMS
BORN 1.29.1885
DIED MAY 11, 1893

D. L. WILLIAMS
BORN 12/24/1847
DIED 12/10/1907
DIED SEPT. 27, 1927
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has R. A. Born in 1845)

ALLISON
WILLIAM L.
BORN 1873
DIED 19__ DATE NOT FILLED IN.
EMMA W.
BORN 1893
DIED 19__ DATE NOT FILLED IN.

JAMES BARBER
BORN MAY 26, 1852
DIED FEB. 11, 1936

W. H. BARBER
BORN FEB. 23, 1835
DIED JAN. 22, 1909

ANDREW BLAIR MATTOX, JR.
BORN JULY 6, 1864
DIED SEPT. 23, 1928
"ANDY"

JOHN OLIVER MATTOX
BORN FEB. 26, 1859
DIED APRIL 20, 1934
HAND ENGRAVED LETTERING
DIED SEPT. 27, 1927
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list John)

ELIZA HEAD MATTOX
BORN APRIL 10, 1842
DIED MARCH 31, 1902
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list Eliza)

ANDREW BLAIR MATTOX
BORN MARCH 4, 1832
DIED MAY 25, 1922
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list Andrew)

MOYE
CAMMIE
BORN OCT. 23, 1871
DIED DEC. 13, 1954
DIXIE
BORN DEC. 3, 1868
DIED DEC. 9, 1944

BROWN
G.A. BROWN
BORN NOV. 17, 1859
DIED JULY 11, 1944
MAGGIE N. BROWN
BORN JUNE 12, 1866
DIED JULY 21, 1921
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason lists G. A. as born in 1857 & Maggie born in 1868)

WESLEY SHERMAN,
SON OF C.A. AND M. N. BROWN
BORN MAY 12, 1912
DIED MAY 19, 1912
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason lists name as Esley son of G. A. and M. N.)

R.A. STEWART
BORN MAY 12, 1835
DIED AUG. 25, 1910
AGE 75 YR. 3 MO. 13 DAYS
"I GO TO MY REWARD, FOLLOW ME"

ELIZA STEWART
NO INFO ON STONE; OVERLAY ON GRANITE STONE
IS HAND PUNCHED ALUMINUM-NAME WRITTEN IN DOTS.

GANT BABY
SAME HAND PUNCHED ALUMINUM-NAME IN DOTS PUNCHED INTO METAL PLATE

VELMA GANT
SAME METAL PLATE AS ABOVE.

LACE OR LEGH GANT
SAME METAL PLATE AS ABOVE.

GANT
DEBORAH C.
BORN APRIL 26, 1893
DIED JUNE 21, 1947
VIRGIE M.
BORN JUNE 2, 1888
DIED OCT. 9, 1972
"GONE TO REST"
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list name as Virgil)

WALTER CECIL RIPPY
BORN JULY 7, 1912
DIED JULY 17, 1934
"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN:"

HODGES,
JAMES W.
BORN 1879
DIED 1960
BEULAH M.
BORN 1906
DIED 1987

JAMES C. HODGES
BORN AUG. 16, 1929
DIED APRIL 2, 1936

CLYDA MAE HODGES
BORN NOV. 1, 1934
DIED DEC. 11, 1934

MARY A. BARBER
BORN OCT. 8, 1893
DIED DEC. 6,1984
"STAND BY THE RIVER, MAMA, AND WAIT FOR ME."
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list Mary)

MOONEYHAN
WILLIAM L.
BORN 1911
DIED NO DATE
MABEL A.
BORN 1915
DIED 1936

POLLY SUE BARBER
BORN AND DIED APRIL 4, 1953
"OUR LITTLE ANGEL"
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list Polly)

RAY BARBER
BORN AND DIED JULY 26, 1945
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list Ray)

JUDY KAY HUNTER
BORN AND DIED NOV. 11, 1950

B. MACMILLAIN BARBER
BORN AUG. 2, 1880
DIED JAN. 6, 1942
"STAND BY THE RIVER, DADDY, AND WAIT FOR ME"

BERTHA PERDUE
BORN JUNE 27, 1887
DIED JAN. 12, 1960

SEATON A. PERDUE
BORN AUG. 4, 1865
DIED MARCH 1, 1918

J. C. PERDUE
BORN JUNE 22, 1855
DIED MARCH 9, 1918

WOODSON RIPPY
BORN JAN.1, 1859
DIED NOV. 4, 1920
"FATHER"
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason does not list Woodson)

AUTHOR AUSBROOKS
BORN OCT. 18, 1916
DIED NOV. 5, 1917
HAND ENGRAVED STONE-HARD TO READ

ROSALIE STUBBLEFIELD
BORN 1913
DIED 1999

SARAH ALICE STUBBLEFIELD
BORN 1918
DIED 1997

LARGE STONE "STUBBLEFIELD" NO NAMES ON IT.

ELLEN STEWART
BORN DEC. 29, 1882
DIED JUNE 27, 1947

LARGE STONE "STEWART" NO NAMES ON STONE.

A.C. STEWART
BORN JULY 17, 1877
DIED MARCH 1, 1980
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list death year as 1950)

LUMMIE STUBBLEFIELD
BORN 1904
DIED 1949

BUTTORFF STUBBLEFIELD
BORN 1910
DIED 1927

ALICE CARMAN
BORN 1859
DIED 1931

MARY KEEN
BORN 1841
DIED 1935

LOWELL STUBBLEFIELD
BORN 1906
DIED 1988

LORANA C. STUBBLEFIELD
BORN 1886
DIED 1968

PERDUE
JOHN MARK
BORN MAY 24, 1891
DIED AUG. 28, 1951
BEULAH LEE
BORN MAY 14, 1894
DIED MARCH 3, 1967

MARGARET BARBER
NO INFO-HAND ENGRAVED STONE

ELMER BARBER
NO INFO-HAND ENGRAVED STONE

BARBER
CHARLIE N.
BORN AUG. 25, 1883
DIED FEB. 9, 1975
HATTIE T.
BORN APRIL 10, 1885
DIED APRIL 20, 1972

EARL ODELL
SON OF C. AND H. BARKER
BORN DEC. 1, 1905
DIED JAN. 5, 1909
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list birth year as 1906)

HOBDY
LIZA
BORN JAN.1, 1889
DIED MARCH 23, 1949
JOE
BORN JUNE 5, 1890
DIED JULY 21, 1960

MANNIE A. PERDUE
BORN AUG. 23, 1878
DIED FEB. 27, 1950
"AT REST"
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list name as Nannie)

HOY CARROL TRAMMEL
BORN AUG. 13, 1918
DIED OCT. 3, 1984

PEGGY
BORN SEPT. 6. 1939
DIED NOV. 1, 1939
NO LAST NAME; STONE BETWEEN TWO TRAMMEL HEADSTONES

MARIE TRAMMEL
BORN JUNE 10, 1921
DIED AUG. 5, 1982
"MOTHER"

GANT
CHARLIE D.
BORN APRIL 15, 1876
DIED SEPT. 27, 1945
BUENA V.
BORN JAN. 6, 1881
DIED APRIL 17, 1951

QUEEN ELIZABETH WHITSON
DIED JAN 12, 1950
HAND WRITTEN IN CEMENT HEADSTONE
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list last name as AUSBROOKS)

DOLLIE ARIDELLIE WHITSON
BORN 1874
DIED 1949
"AT REST"

RUSSELL T. WHITSON
BORN NOV. 24, 1911
DIED APRIL 15, 1955
TENNESSEE PVT. 87 ARMD FA BN WW11

JERRY OWENS
BORN NOV. 2, 1915
DIED JAN. 27, 1917
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list birth year as 1945 and death year as 1947)

GLADYS O. VANCE
BORN SEPT. 13, 1923
DIED APRIL 11, 1988
MOTHER OF BETTE JOHNSON
"LOVING MOTHER"

PERDUE
ANNIE LEE
BORN 1899
DIED 1985
MACK GEARY
BORN 1894
DIED 1945
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list name as Amie not Annie)

PERDUE
GEORGE A.
BORN 1865
DIED 1943

R. G. SON OF G. A. AND F. L. PERDUE
BORN MAY 6, 1900
DIED NOV. 3, 1900

B. J. MINOR
BORN APRIL 20, 1871
DIED OCT. 12, 1926
NORA MINOR
BORN JAN. 6, 1873
DIED MAY 28, 1956

COOK
EARL DUNCAN
BORN NOV. 26, 1919
DIED JULY 27, 1987
PAULINE
BORN NOV. 1, 1912
DIED JAN. 19, 1998

COOK
GEORGIA E.
BORN FEB. 5, 1924
DIED SEPT. 5, 1976
VIRGIL ROY
BORN SEPT. 16, 1922
DIED APRIL 19, 1991
"IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS"

JIMMIE SHEUCRAFT
BORN 1929
DIED 1971

SHEUCRAFT
ALEEN C.
BORN AUG. 21, 1912
DIED MARCH 16, 1996
TOM
BORN JULY 4, 1906
DIED JULY 14, 1965

CLAUDIA BARBER
BORN JULY 18, 1867
DIED DEC. 15, 1888
MARRIED E.B. MARTIN
OCT. 8, 1882
THIS HEADSTONE HAD VERY HARD TO READ DATES.
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason lists name as Martin, Claudia Barber)

ELMORE D. MARTIN
BORN APRIL 15, 1861
DIED AUG. 11, 1912

MARY MARTIN
BORN 1864
DIED 1948

ALMA MARTIN COOK
BORN DEC. 10, 1890
DIED JAN. 9, 1939

COOK
LOUISA S.
BORN 1911
DIED 1990
VIRGIL M.
BORN 1893
DIED 1966
MARRIED JUNE 3, 1939
"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

HOUSE
HESTER
BORN 1894
DIED 1968
KENT
BORN 1897
DIED 1948

BROWN
MARGARET BARBER
BORN 1858
DIED 1920
WILLIAM CLARK
BORN 1855
DIED 1937

ELLEN STEELE
BORN 1896
DIED 1977

DOUGLAS V. CLAIBORNE
BORN JUNE 19, 1942
DIED JULY 22, 1978

RAYMOND CLAIBORNE
BORN MAY 5, 1928
DIED JUNE 16, 1929
"OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

NADINE CLAIBORNE
BORN JAN. 13, 1930
DIED SEPT. 10, 1950

BETTY JANE CLAIBORNE
BORN SEPT. 27, 1933
DIED MAY 22, 1934
"OUR BABY"
VERY CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL PHOTO HERE.

JERRY RONALD CLAIBORNE
BORN JUNE 14, 1935
DIED APRIL 10, 1939
VERY CLEAR CHILD'S PHOTO ON STONE

ESTELLE CLAIBORNE
BORN NOV. 10, 1903
DIED JAN. 20, 1942
"MOTHER"
PHOTO, VERY CLEAR

CLAIBORNE
EDITH
BORN JAN. 29, 1925
DIED NO DATE
JULIUS
BORN JAN. 27, 1904
DIED SEPT. 7, 1983
MARRIED FEB. 28, 1945
"NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE"

HOMER HOUSE
BORN MAY 13, 1892
DIED APRIL 24, 1931

CLAIBORNE
SUSIE M.
BORN DEC. 10, 1902
DIED OCT. 28, 1969
MARVIN V.
BORN AUG. 13, 1900
DIED JULY 13, 1982

MAHONEY
MARK T.
BORN 1891
DIED 1976
"OUR FATHER" "REST IN PEACE"
VIRGIE E.
BORN 1894
DIED 1969
"OUR MOTHER" "REST IN PEACE"

WILLIAM P. MAHONEY
NO INFO
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason has the following information: Tenn Pvt US Army Korea 10 Aug 1929 - 20 Oct 1961)

ALVIN LEON MAHONEY
BORN NOV. 14, 1925
DIED AUG. 20, 1950
"NONE KNEW THEE BUT TO LOVE THEE"

DIXON
ETTA P.
BORN NOV. 15, 1874
DIED APRIL 9, 1967
WILLIAM L.
BORN FEB. 15, 1862
DIED JULY 24, 1937

FREELAND
WILLIAM OMAR
BORN FEB. 3, 1892
DIED NOV. 4, 1977
ALVIA PERDUE
BORN FEB. 13, 1889
DIED NOV. 24, 1966
WILMER OPAL
BORN APRIL 19, 1918
DIED NO DATE

FREELAND
LLOYD
BORN FEB. 17, 1916
DIED JAN. 30, 1993
MARY
JULY 9, 1922
ONLY ONE DATE
EVANGELINE
APRIL 2, 1947 ONLY ONE DATE

LUCY, WIFE OF J.L. BARBER
BORN DEC. 1, 1822
DIED MAY 13, 1898
"WEEP NOT MY HUSBAND, DEAR
3 MORE LINES UNREADABLE
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list birth year as 1877)

AUTHOR RUE, SON OF J.L. AND LUCY BARBER
BORN DEC. 18, 1892
DIED JUNE 12, 1896
(Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason list birth year as 1897 & death year as 1898)

BARBER
LARGE STONE; NO NAMES ON IT.

FAROUGH
DELORIS L.
BORN AUG. 13, 1925
DIED NO DATE
EARL H.
BORN JAN. 14, 1916
DIED DEC. 14, 1974

EMMA, DAUGHTER OF WADE AND LOU FREELAND
BORN AUG. 25, 1898
DIED DEC. 5, 1918

D. W. JAKE BARBER
BORN 1834
DIED 1892

HERBERT, SON OF WADE AND LOU FREELAND
BORN DEC. 11, 1887
DIED JAN. 17, 1901

SINA E. BARBER
BORN 1838
DIED 1924

VICTOR LLOYD FREELAND
BORN FEB. 17, 1916
DIED JAN. 30, 1993
TEC 4 US ARMY WW11

WADE T. FREELAND
BORN 1868
DIED 1954

LOU BARBER FREELAND
BORN 1868
DIED 1917

FARMER
WALTER P.
BORN SEPT. 29, 1879
DIED APRIL 2, 1973
LIZZIE MAY
BORN MARCH 6, 1896
DIED JUNE 6, 1967

CLAIBORNE
MAGGIE L.
BORN 1880
DIED NO DATE
BERTIE G.
BORN 1877
DIED 1957

CLAIBORNE
WILLIAM E.
BORN SEPT. 14, 1920
DIED SEPT. 13, 1995
ELIZABETH
BORN APRIL 24, 1916
DIED NO DATE
MARRIED FEB. 13, 1939
"OUR LOSS IS HEAVEN'S GAIN"

GILES ELTON, SON OF I.D. AND NETTIE ROBINSON
BORN AUG. 20, 1889
DIED NOV. 25, 1909

SHANKLIN
ROBERT A.
BORN NOV. 14, 1905
DIED FEB. 1, 1997
RUBY L.
BORN MARCH 24, 1913
DIED DEC. 11, 1992
"OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN"

LELON E. THOMPSON
BORN JAN 21, 1896
DIED NOV. 28, 1953

BERTHA F. THOMPSON
BORN NOV. 30, 1895
DIED MARCH 7, 1965

WINFORD H. THOMPSON
BORN DEC. 3, 1918
DIED APRIL 15, 2000

Note by DP: Book by Snider & Yorgason also lists the following people:
Perdue, Lemuel A. 5 Mar 1870 - 27 May 1955
Parker, Joe D. 1966
McReynold, Bertha 1888 - 1960 (Temporary Marker)
McReynolds, Sis 1 Aug 1858 - 13 Apr 1925
Lee, William R. 1898 - 1970


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