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Hensley
Cemetery #2 of 19W Spivey Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee Surveyed and documented by Beth
Bradford-Pytel
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 Hensley
Cemetery #2 is also known as the Van Hensley Cemetery named after former
property owner and
WWI
veteran Sylvanus Hensley.
DIRECTIONS: From Erwin, take I-26 towards Asheville, NC and exit
at Temple Hill
Road. At the end of the ramp, make a left, proceed under the highway
and at the stop sign turn right onto US Highway 19-23W. Continue for
about 1.5 miles after which time, the road forks at Ernestville. Make
a left on US 19W [Spivey Mountain Road] heading towards Burnsville, NC.
The winding road cuts through the Spivey Mountain pass. Proceed on 19W for
about 1.3 miles and make a right turn onto Dale Hensley Road [next to the old
general store]. After you cross the bridge, the paved road ends turning
into a gravel road. Continue up the steep hill, the gravel road narrows
passing a home on the right; the road bends to the left to the top of the hill
nestled in a knoll. The small cemetery is fenced in. 4WD is strongly
recommended to negotiate the hill.
PHOTO: bbpytel, Spring 2006
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SURNAMES: HENSLEY [#1-2;
8-10],
LEWIS
[#7], WATTS
[#3-5]
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  1.
HENSLEY, Hobart D.
b. July 26, 1923 - d. June 23, 1995
[s/o Sylvanus and Katherine E. Hensley #8/9]
2.
HENSLEY, Lola B.
[HENSLEY]
b. March 29, 1917 - d. April 21, 2005
"Married January 11, 1958" [w/o Hobart #1;
d/o
William G. and Lucinda
E. Hensley buried
Old Hensley #3]
NOTE: Left Photo-Lola Hensley;
another photo of Lola with niece
Milam Hensley-Bradford in fur coats - circa abt. 1933
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  3. WATTS, Vernon
b. January 29, 1913 - d. February 18, 1961
[s/o
William Merritt Watts and Pansey Hensley
buried Watts Cem. Bee Log, NC]
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WATTS, Reggie
b. July 8, 1945 - d. June 22, 2000
[s/o Vernon Watts and Geneva
Hensley]
5.
WATTS, private
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  6.
LEWIS, James
7. LEWIS, Anna Belle
[HENSLEY]
b. June 23, 1927 - d. March 3, 1992
[d/o Sylvanus and Katherine E. Hensley #8/9]
NOTE: photo of AnnaBell -school days, courtesy of Treva Peterson
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  8.
HENSLEY, Sylvanus
b. February 28, 1892 - d. October 16, 1978
[s/o
Hiram Cornelius Hensley and Mary Ann "Polly" Hensley
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buried
Old Hensley #3]
NOTE: Photo
of "Van" in WWI Uniform circa abt. 1911; served in US Army.
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HENSLEY, Katherine
E. [HENSLEY]
b. March 8, 1900 - d. May 31, 1999
[w/o Sylvanus "Van" #8; d/o
Cornelius E. "Big" Hensley and Rebecca Jane Hensley
buried Old Hensley #3; children: Roger E.
#10, Hobart #1, Anna Belle
#7; Dale #11 [others alive]
NOTE: photo of Katherine courtesy of
Damaris Higgins
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  10.
HENSLEY, Roger E.
b. November 17, 1941 - d. September 6, 1967
"Not My Will But Thine By Done"
[s/o Sylvanus and
Katherine E. Hensley #8/9]
NOTE: photo of Roger -
school days, courtesy of Treva Peterson
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 11. HENSLEY, Dale
b. 1933 - d. October
10, 2011
[s/o Sylvanus Hensley
and Katherine E. Hensley; he never married]
NOTE: Dale ran a
general store located on 19W for a good part of his life.
Photo of Dale sitting in front of his store with his best friend -
courtesy of Lisa Chandler.
OBITUARY
Dale Hensley Store - Oct 2012
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