WEST EMORY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GRAVEYARD
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
This graveyard is located at West Emory Presbyterian Church on Westland Drive at Emory Church Road. Except for a playground built in the
oldest area of the graveyard behind the old church building, this graveyard is in good condition. Perhaps 40 percent of the graves are unmarked
or marked only with plain, uncarved cut marble slabs. This graveyard was recorded March 4, 1989. It was checked October 12, 1989 and
updated January 20, 1997.
Ault, Helen [see Lawhorn, Helen Ault]
Bailey, Dora Delaney, 1/19/1891-3/24/1923 [replacement; adjacent to marker for Thomas Creso Bailey
Bailey, Thomas Creso, 12/6/1892-2/16/1923 [replacement]
Ball, Ralph Max, 4/25/1893-8/10/1909 [marker actually reads "Ralph Maxball"]
Ball, S. M., 4/3/1850-3/20/1921, "Father"\Ball, Cynthia C. Hill, 2/12/1855-9/16/1908, "Wife of S. M. Ball"
Ballard, Eugenia, no dates (homemade)
Barger, Anna Mae [see Dunn, Anna Mae Barger]
Barger, Charles H., 12/25/1879-9/10/1939\Barger, Oma Joiner, 6/2/1886-5/5/1935, "Wed Dec. 25, 1910" [replacement]
Barger, George W., 1850-1926
Barger, J. J., 7/15/1849-12/1/1928
Barger, Leila [see Gambill, Leila Barger]
Barger, Martha E. Nipper, 7/4/1843-8/11/1913, "Married Geo. Barger" 1/7/1872
Barger, Oscar Richard, 6/28/1882-4/16/1957 [artificial flowers spelling "Dad"]\Barger, Mary Morley, 8/7/1898-7/30/1984 [artificial flowers
spelling "Mom"]
Bowers, Ada [see Fortner, Ada Bowers]
Braley, Rosa Delaney, 11/23/1894-3/22/1955
Brewer, Della Holt, 11/4/1868-2/3/1941, "Mother" [of Teddie Drew Holt]
Byerley, Rosa Longbottom, 10/21/1867-7/13/1903, "Wife of Edd Byerley"
Cabe, Roy C., 6/15/1924-7/3/1956 (sunken)
Cagle, John Elmer, 5/31/1919-8/10/1924
Cagle, Viola, 1/15/1924-1/15/1925
Chrisman, Eva O., 8/23/1867-4/18/1927
Cook, Wilma Jane, 11/8/1945-2/4/1952
Craig, Lou, 12/4/1860-12/10/1931\Craig, James W., 9/26/1845-2/6/1926
Davidson, Cora Rae, 6/19/1875-7/11/1918
Davidson, John C., 4/27/1841-3/25/1913
Davidson, Nettie Lynn, 10/1/1880-5/2/1912
Davidson, Sarah J., 2/22/1851-7/4/1924 [adjacent to marker for John C. Davidson]
Davidson, Susan, 12/12/1812-9/6/1881
Delaney, Arthur, 1917-1976, military marker "S2 US Navy World War II"
Delaney, Arthur Delaney, Sr., 4/2/1917-11/3/1976 [artificial flowers spelling "Dad"]\Delaney, Johnnie M., 5/31/1922-____ [buried before 1997;
artificial flowers spelling "Mom"]
Delaney, Dora [see Bailey, Dora Delaney]
Delaney, George, 8/12/1866-11/10/1947, "Our beloved brother"
Delaney, John Lee, 3/25/1879-5/11/1947
Delaney, Mary Lavonia, 5/3/1855-12/25/1926, "Mother"\Delaney, John William, 10/1/1840-9/11/1933, "Father"
Delaney, Mattie, 1887-1923\Jim, 1880-1970
Delaney, Luther E., 2/12/1885-8/3/1975\Delaney, Bertie M., 8/5/1904-____
Delaney, Rosa [see Braley, Rosa Delaney]
Duffey, Randy Ray, 5/2/1967-3/11/1969, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. S. S. Duffey"
Dunn, Anna Mae Barger, 4/13/1884-4/20/1923, "Wife of Andy Dunn"
Epps, Tammy K., 6/30/1968-3/30/1970
Ezell, Mindie [see Koon, Mindie Ezell]
Fortner, Ada Bowers, 8/1/1880-6/6/1971
Fox, Joseph Omer, 1879-1965\Fox, Aileen Ray, 1897-1992
Frew, David, 11/13/1926-9/14/1993\Frew, Louise, 6/19/1929-1/4/1992
Gambill, Allen Jackson, 1/27/1905-6/17/1985, "Daddy"
Gambill, Blanche Marine, 7/6/1906-8/19/1969, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Allen Jackson Gambill]
Gambill, Larry Richard, 1/20/1948-10/29/1957
Gambill, Zolly C., 1857-1944, "Father"\Gambill, Leila Barger, 1877-1945, "His Wife" "Mother
George, Annie E., 6/29/1864-1/24/1941
George, Elsie L., 12/7/1894-3/8/1985\George, Homer S., 2/1/1880-4/24/1958
George, John R., 5/5/1897-12/12/1960
Gilbertson, Robert Bruce, 11/28/1926-____, "M.D."\Gilbertson, Peggy Mayer, 10/31/1927-10/19/1988
Gordon, Lee Meade, 2/11/1910-3/4/1995\Onyx, 8/24/1904-3/6/1986 [a temporary marker reads "Mr. Onyx Gordon"]
Gunter, Jerry Wason, 11/7/1880-3/15/1946, "Father"
Gunter, William Herbert, 6/8/1912-7/12/1974, "Father"
Hammond, George H., 1/25/1923-11/23/1952
Hammond, George R., 1/1/1897-4/7/1950
Hammond, Mallie [see Long, Mallie Hammond]
Hancock, Herman, 3/5/1949-3/6/1976, military marker "Sp4 US Army Vietnam"
Hancock, Myrtle Malone, no dates, "Mrs." [temporary marker 1 yard south of marker for Jerry Wason Gunter]
Hancock, Stella Hunter, d. 1/19/1962, "Mrs." [temporary marker south of the double marker for Oscar Richard Barger and Mary Morley Barger;
one of tree graves marked by temporary markers surrounded by a low, white garden fence; Stella Hunter Hancock may have been 45 years of
age - there is a "45" on the marker below the death date]
Hart, James Lester, 1/30/1907-11/25/1911 [replacement]
Hearon, Sarah, 1870-1930\HearonPink, 1868-1943
Hill, Cynthia C. [see Ball, Cynthia C. Hill]
Hill, Mary [see Rader, Mary Hill]
Hill, Susan L., 1/6/1818-2/12/1905 (fallen)
Hodge, Mary Frances, 5/23/1928-10/11/1952
Holt, Andrew B., 10/19/1861-9/15/1913, "Father"
Holt, Della [see Brewer, Della Holt]
Holt, Teddie Drew, 9/22/1898-12/21/1935, "Brother"
Hulen, Susanah [see Koon, Susanah Hulen]
Hunter, Stella [see Hancock, Stella Hunter]
Hutson, Birdie, 12/24/1882-7/29/1947\Hutson, John, 11/22/1852-2/15/1934
Jenkins, Howard J., 10/4/1920-____\Jenkins, Margaret, 10/8/1918-____
Johnson, Charter N. "Buster," 6/1/1948-3/2/1993, "Dad" footstone\Johnson, Sara J., 1/3/1947-____, "Mom" footstone
Joiner, Oma [see Barger, Oma Joiner]
Kedzie, Waneta, 12/29/1921-1/3/1923
Kelley, W. H., 12/30/1838-3/15/1932\Kelley, Sarah E., 12/24/1836-2/25/1923, "His Wife"
Kirby, Julia A., 2/2/1904-____\Kirby, Henry J., 3/11/1904-4/5/1986
Kirby, Roy Lynn, 1/3/1938-1/17/1952
Knight, Kathleen, dates unreadable, "Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. S. D. Knight" [engulfed by tree root]
Koon, Albert, 6/16/1910-7/8/1910, "Son of B. W. & M. A. Koon"
Koon, Annie L., 1863-1907, "Wife of C. A. Koon"
Koon, Ella R., 1881-____ [ground disturbance suggests she is buried here]\Koon, John H., 1870-1929
Koon, Goldie Berniece, 9/18/1927-10/30/1934
Koon, Harry B., 9/7/1897-11/13/1970
Koon, Henry A., 4/18/1846-2/1/1901\Koon, Sarah A., 11/21/1842-10/12/1903
Koon, J. Frank, 6/5/1900-7/18/1920
Koon, J. H., Sr., 1861-1908\Koon, Mary E. Longbottom, 1858-1931, "His Wife"
Koon, Janie, 12/8/1881-8/19/1905 (fallen)
Koon, Jennie, 9/10/1880-9/28/1966
Koon, Lou Emma, 7/27/1902-12/1/1926
Koon, Margrette Ann, 6/27/1854-11/6/1938 [adjacent to marker for William D. Koon]
Koon, Mary Ann, 8/28/1843-4/12/1910
Koon, Michael, 1807-11/12/1907 [replacement]
Koon, Mindie Ezell, 1/3/1885-3/18/1929\Koon, Adolph Grant, 12/4/1882-10/19/1958
Koon, Samuel A., 10/2/1887-6/4/1970
Koon, Susanah Hulen, 1815-2/12/1891 [replacement; adjacent to marker for Michael Koon]
Koon, Troy B., 5/17/1929-12/23/1931
Koon, William D., 1/1/1849-12/25/1924
Larue, Alice A., 3/1/1854-12/31/1921 [she probably was a Koon]
Lawhorn, Alma Ellen, 3/19/1944-6/9/1944
Lawhorn, Bertha Mae, 10/29/1932-5/19/1949
Lawhorn, Carl H., 2/6/1920-____\Lawhorn, Helen Taylor, 12/17/1924-1/6/1975
Lawhorn, Ed W., no dates (homemade) [carved on third of four temporary markers; 4 yards north of marker for J. H. Lawhorn]
Lawhorn, Elbert, 6/15/1891-5/4/1953
Lawhorn, Ella H., 7/22/1931-12/15/1984, "A loving mother"
Lawhorn, Helen Ault, 8/9/1894-1/12/1966 [adjacent to marker for William Franklin Lawhorn]
Lawhorn, Helen H., 1977-1977 [temporary marker just behind marker for Alma Ellen Lawhorn]
Lawhorn, J. H., 1858-1940, "Grand Dad" "Honor of Sally Ann Lakey"
Lawhorn, Pamela Mae, 12/6/1961-12/10/1961
Lawhorn, Wesley H., 5/30/1899-7/20/1964\Lawhorn, Ella C., 7/28/1895-1/14/1992
Lawhorn, William Franklin, 8/14/1887-4/9/1966
Lee, Ida B., 1871-1938\Lee, C. A., 1868-1902 [replacement]
Lee, Jas. R., 5/21/1865-10/19/1916
Lee, Joseph F., 3/21/1883-8/6/1955
Lee, Nancy J., 2/14/1832-9/25/1916 [adjacent to marker for Samuel F. Lee]
Lee, Samuel F., 8/7/1830-10/15/1911
Lee, Sarah E., 3/29/1881-11/14/1949
Long, Mallie Hammond, 10/23/1898-____ [adjacent to marker for George R. Hammond - his wife???]
Longbottom, Belle, 10/30/1856-4/14/1891
Longbottom, Benjamin F., 6/17/1830-10/7/1879
Longbottom, Elizabeth, 10/30/1826-6/4/1894
Longbottom, J. Mack, 10/3/1852-8/3/1883
Longbottom, Mary E. [see Koon, Mary E. Longbottom]
Longbottom, Rosa [see Byerley, Rose Longbottom]
Lyons, Katie Newcomb, 7/1/1896-7/5/1935, "Wife of R. T. Lyons"\Lyons, Infant, 7/5/1935, Infant son of Katie Newcomb Lyons and R. T.
Lyons" [also on this marker is Elizabeth Newcomb]
Malone, Myrtle [see Hancock, Myrtle Malone]
Maples, Clara M., 5/1/1909-9/28/1982, "Mother" [twin sister of Clarence A. Moore???]
Marley, B. Louise, 5/20/1908-9/20/1936 [probably daughter of Frank Marley]
Marley, C. B., 11/26/1864-2/19/1908
Marley, Charles, Jr., 1928-1934
Marley, Charles E., 9/2/1951-9/2/1981, "Beloved son and brother"
Marley, Dorothy, 1926-1935
Marley, Frank, 4/27/1858-11/27/1936
Marley, Jim M., 3/8/1913-4/1/1995, "Dad" footstone\Marley, A. Jean, 8/1/1920-10/2/1989, "Mom" footstone [buried early October 1989]
Marley, John S., 1/21/1903-6/3/1923
Marley, L. K., 5/1/1870-3/8/1937\Marley, Alice, 7/22/1879-2/27/1959
Marley, Lottie Lou, 11/18/1900-3/29/1902, "Dau. of L. K. & Alice Marley"
Marley, Lloyd Erwin, 12/29/1919-1/3/1968, military marker "Tennessee SP3 USCG World War II"
Marley, Margaret R., 8/5/1927-9/18/1969
Marley, Mary Jane, 1830-1920 [replacement]
Marley, Meadie E., 4/23/1906-2/9/1971, "Mother" footstone\Marley, Charles R., 1/21/1905-5/5/1971, "Father" footstone
Marley, Rowena [see Reed, Rowena M.]
Marley, Ruth [see Templin, Ruth M.
Marley, Stacy Touton, 12/25/1874-10/15/1951 [adjacent to marker for Frank Marley]
Marley, Thomas, 6/23/1866-10/8/1903
Maxball, Ralph, 4/25/1893-8/10/1909 [possibly miscarved Ralph Max Ball]
Mayer, Peggy [see Gilbertson, Peggy Mayer]
McDaniel, Lessa Tressia, born & died 6/15/1952
Mentzer, J. Earl, 1871-1924 [replacement]
Mentzer, Mary K., 1877-1935 [replacement; adjacent to marker for J. Earl Mentzer]
Milsap, Dorothy Jane, 8/5/1927-9/30/1932
Moore, A. O., 1874-1947
Mentzer, Charles Lawson, 6/3/1914-8/5/1953 [Masonic symbol]
Mentzer, Clarence A., 5/1/1909-10/1/1987, military marker "PFC US Army World War II" [temporary marker reads "Clarence Andrew Moore"]
Mentzer, Fannie Belle, 8/2/1879-1/31/1969
Newcomb, Elizabeth, 6/30/1862-1/13/1933, "Mother of Katie Newcomb Lyons" [shares triple marker with Katie Newcomb Lyons and Infant
Lyons]
Newcomb, Katie [see Lyons, Katie Newcomb]
Nipper, Della Mae, 5/9/1898-5/16/1967
Nipper, Frank K., 1863-1925\Nipper, Iowa, 1867-1955
Nipper, Martha E., 7/4/1843-8/11/1913, "Married Geo. Barger" 1/7/1872
Nipper, Mary A., 2/3/1824-12/12/1907, "Our Mother" [fallen and broken]
Nipper, Rena Nipper [see Wheeler, Rena Nipper]
Owens, Arthur, 1919-1925
Owens, Bonnie Mae, 7/18/1906-6/24/1876, "Mother"
Owens, Caldona, 1882-1925
Owens, Earl, 6/18/1932-7/12/1973
Owens, Gladys, 5/29/1915-____, "Mammaw"\Owens, Bill, 4/2/1916-10/13/1978, "Poppie," military marker as footstone "William H, Owens"
"US Army"
Owens, Susie A., 1890-1961, "Mother" footstone\Owens, Ernest E., 1895-1968, "Father" footstone
Peterson, Effie Lorraine [see Scates, Effie Lorraine Peterson]
Pitts, Dorothy A., 12/24/1939-1/29/1940
Price, Callie Smith, 11/5/1849-11/1/1928, "Wife of Henry Price"
Price, George W., d. 9/18/1890, "Age 86 Years" "Father and Mother"\Price, Mary W., d. 8/4/1887, "Age 92 Years" [this marker is within the
fenced playground]
Price, Henry H., 1/15/1840-11/19/1919
Proffitt, J. W., 12/6/1874-7/25/1933
Proffitt, Ray, 10/31/1912-8/28/1926, "Son of J. W. & Rhoda Proffitt"
Proffitt, Rhodia, 12/22/1885-7/7/1969
Rader, Cornelia L., 12/15/1875-1/15/1929, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Isaac Joe Rader]
Rader, Elsie Ann, 7/18/1905-1/3/1937, "Mother"
Rader, Isaac Joe, 1/15/1873-4/14/1945, "Father"
Rader, Joe W., 3/15/1910-10/16/1992, "Cremation" [inserted between the markers for Isaac Joe Rader and Cornelia L. Rader]
Rader, Mary Hill, 1850-1934, "Wife of Ike Rader" "Mother"
Rader, Pearl, 9/18/1984 [footstone reads "7-04-06"]
Ray, James H., 4/1875-11/1967
Reed, S. Boyce, 9/23/1904-____ [a temporary marker gives dates 1904-1986]\Reed, Rowena M., 8/29/1902-3/5/1985 [a temporary marker reads
"Rowena Marley Reed"]
Russell, John B., 10/19/1894-7/2/1954
Sammons, J. C., 6/22/1898-7/23/1962, "Father"
Scates, Alex J., 12/13/1850-8/17/1922\Scates, Angie C. Yarnell, 1/21/1855-____, "His Wife"
Scates, Annie, 2/16/1879-8/2/1899
Scates, James Robert, born & died 4/10/1941
Scates, Loyed Brockwell, 5/12/1932-10/16/1935
Scates, Mildred Ruth, 3/25/1936-7/4/1939
Scates, R. L. C., 3/17/1906-8/23/1923 (homemade)
Scates, Rose Anna, 7/28/1878-4/7/1947
Scates, William, 10/8/1902-5/13/1982\Scates, Lavada, 2/21/1906-12/31/1983
Scates, William T., 12/20/1895-5/14/1928\Scates, Effie Lorraine Peterson, 4/29/1904-9/29/1987, "Wife of William T. Scates"
Schroeder, Victor L., 12/2/1908-12/17/1993, military marker "Pvt US Army World War II" (sunken)
Smith, Callie [see Price, Callie Smith]
Smith, Calvin, 10/19/1853-11/23/1929, "Father"\Smith, Nancy J., 7/28/1866-1/21/1935, "Mother"
Smith, Donna Fay, 7/18/1966-11/13/1966 [temporary marker "Donna Faye Smith, d. 11/14/1966"]
Smith, Fred Warren, 6/3/1921-8/13/1964, military marker "Tennessee PFC Army Air Forces World War II"
Smith, James L., 2/28/1880-2/14/1946
Smith, Jessie Stalcup, 5/20/1894-7/6/1927, "Wife of W. S. Smith"
Smith, Park M., 7/16/1914-10/16/1973\Smith, Othella M., 2/8/1911-10/15/1994
Smith, Virginia K., 7/17/1908-10/30/1949
Smith, Von O., 9/27/1912-____\Smith, Christina M., 7/2/1917-8/20/1972
Smith, William S., 4/30/1887-2/14/1974, "Father"
Snyder, David L., 11/18/1924-2/8/1982
Stalcup, Jessie [see Smith, Jessie Stalcup]
Tallent, Cora Maud, 1/15/1894-10/14/1919 [adjacent to marker for William Ralph Tallent]
Tallent, William Ralph, 3/27/1895-1/9/1920
Taylor, Helen [see Lawhorn, Helen Taylor]
Templin, George M., 10/4/1902-3/15/1987\Templin, Ruth M., 8/24/1904-7/28/1996; also temporary marker, Kyker Funeral Home, "Ruth
Marley Templin"
Templin, John W., 1926-1937 [replacement]
Tipton, Fred W., 9/2/1941-9/11/1941
Touton, Stacy [see Marley, Stacy Touton]
Webb, Margaret M., 3/31/1904-10/15/1996\Webb, Tracy A., 3/26/1900-9/9/1980
Wheeler, Edward, 9/21/1889-8/4/1964
Wheeler, Newt A., 5/20/1867-4/11/1938
Wheeler, Rena Nipper, 10/5/1868-2/28/1934 [adjacent to marker for Newt A. Wheeler]
Williams, W. E., 1878-1945
Wright, David Edward, 1/30/1949-1/31/1945, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wright"
Wright, James R., 8/1/1945-12/14/1965, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wright"
Yarnell, Angie C. [see Scates, Angic C. Yarnell]
Young, A. J., 1/4/1865-7/15/1953, "Father"
Young, Conrad L., 8/5/1894-3/17/1952
Young, Minnie B., 11/8/1875-8/31/1955, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for A. J. Young]
Unidentifiable
J. R. S. [footstone, a Smith?]
R. M. B. [footstone; possibly a placeholder]
S. J. H. [footstone; possibly a placeholder]