TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES
IN CARROLL COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2000

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WINGO CHAPEL CEMETERY

Located north of Trezevant, Tennessee. Turn from Highway 79 onto Wingo Chapel Cemetery Road and drive about .3 mile; then turn north to access lane into this cemetery. Wingo Baptist Church is nearby.

JESSIE LEE HARRIS
April 16, 1942-August 10, 1975

D/W. H. HOWARD
January 25, 1906-
CORA LEE HOWARD
May 29, 1912-August 6, 1991

D/BEOLIA HARRIS
December 15, 1914-April 30, 1994
ELNORA T. HARRIS, no dates

ROY HARRIS
PFC U. S. Army, World War II
November 22, 1920-April 7, 1991

HARDY ROY WADE
March 12, 1944-March 20, 1978

ESTHER PHILLIPS READ
November 6, 1924-November 27, 1997
Bond FH marker

D/ROBERT HARRIS, SR.
1885-1976
PEARLIE HARRIS
1891-1980

ESTHER daughter of Frankie,
Granddaughter of Callie,
Mother of Nine
November 6, 1924-November 27, 1999

D/CHESTER ADKISSON
1881-1956
CALLIE H. ADKISSON
1894-1973

JOE A. ADKISSON
August 6, 1905-February 14, 1973

LIZZIE HANFORD, Mother
1900-1958

D/ANDREW "Bro" HILLSMAN
1906-1960
KATHLENE HILLSMAN
1921-
Their Children, Bettie 1945-1960; Andrew, Jr., 1952-1960;Maxine, 1954-1960; Lessie, 1956-1960
Erected by Ray Watkins & wife

ROXIE MAI PORTER
March 1, 1944-November 15, 1991

MARY AUGUSTA HARRIS, Loving Mother
April 15, 1920-June 13, 1989

D/GRANVILLE ROGERS
December 4, 1912-
JUANITA H. ROGERS
March 6, 1919-February 17, 1987
wed February 15, 1936

GERTHA MAY HOWARD
August 3, 1900-July 26, 1980

O. D. HOWARD
April 23, 1921-September 21, 1984

D/JOE C. WADE
March 10, 1910-December 7, 1983
MARY ANN WADE
July 12, 1915-March 7, 1973

O. D. "Billy" ADKISSON
1920-1994

LULAR WEBB
December 3, 1877-February 6, 1930
Rest mother rest while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep

CHARLIE HILLSMAN
1854-1927

 

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D. V. HILLSMAN
May 9, 1900-February 11, 1923
(a broken tombstone)

JOHN P. E. NEWBILL
Tenn. PVT Co 3 11 QM TN G Rgt.
World War II
October 3, 1923-February 24, 1963

D/CLEVELAND FOSTER
1885-1971
MARTHA FOSTER
1889-1972

ROBERT LEE TAYLOR
May 1, 1950-October 21, 1990

CHARLES H. TAYLOR
1917-

FANNIE MAE HOWARD
1927-1977

JOHN LEE FOSTER
May 8, 1931-November 1, 1986

WILL CLAY
March 5, 1902-May 18, 1965

IRENE FOSTER
January 31, 1907-August 27, 1992

MADORA CLAY
Died 1951

INFANT of ADELL CLAY
B & D September 10, 1917

FRANK CLAY
Born July 23, 1901
Died February 15, 1914

SALLIE OTTERBRIDGE
Died February 15, 1956

ELSIE ADKISSON, no dates

NEPPIE TAYLOR, no dates

MALINDA ADKISSON
1857-1923 At rest

MOLLIE HANTON
Born June 1872
Died May 27, 1917

BESSIE M. SCATES
Born October 18, 1875
Died December 24, 1918

ALVIN JULIUS ADEISSON
September 13, 1932-September 18, 1933

"Sister", no further information

OSBORNE TRAVIS
1916-1928

PEARLIE SNEED wife of Eugenie
1895-1924

ARCHIE LEE NEWBILL
July 22, 1909-February 8, 1995

RRENNA NEWBILL
June 27, 1911-May 31, 1970

JOHN NEWBILL, no dates

BENNETT NEWBILL, no dates

EMMA NEWBILL, no dates

ADELL ROPER , Mother
February 22, 1898-July 30, 1953

OSCAR LEE WILLIAMS
U.S. Army, Vietnam
April 6, 1944-July 1, 1983

H. OTTERBRIDGE
1906-1978 FH marker

HURLEY TAYLOR, no dates

EMMA TAYLOR
October 27, 1892-December 7, 1967

LEE FOSTER
Co F, 113 U. S. CD Inf., no dates

JAMES FOSTER
1909-1974

LAWLIA CLAY
Died 1934

H. C. CLAY
1863-1924

RUTH M. BIGAM
Born November 14, 1901
Died September 28, 1918

PHILLIS THOMAS
Wingo Circle No. 1358
Died January 26, 1926

ROSA HOWARD, Mother
1882-1930

TRANZIE HAMTON
Born October 1907
Died May 27, 1917

MALINDY HAXTON
Born February 22, 1914
Died March 27, 1917 Age 3 years
(a broken tombstone)

ROSETTA SCATES
April 11, 1929-March 10, 1930

PEARL MONTGOMERY
Tenn. PVT 164 Depot Brig.
Died March 1, 1952

LOU WILLIAMS
Died 1930

ROBERT WILLIAMS
Died 1933

 

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D/JAMES E. WILLIAMS
1867-1945
ADA WILLIAMS
1878-1954
Photo of them on tombstone

BIRDIE COLEMAN SCATES
August 6, 1909-January 19, 1998
Our precious Mother

D/CLAUDE WILLIAMS
1900-1971
DAISEY BIRDIE WILLIAMS
Died 1982
Photo of them on tombstone

EUGENIE H. DENNIS
1893-1959

AUGUSTA SMITH
1905-1979
Behold thy Mother

D/ROBERT E. WILLIAMS
June 12, 1917-January 14, 1996
CORRINE H. WILLIAMS
June 15, 1917-April 6, 1994

JAMES STRAYHORN
October 5, 1956-January 13, 1997

MILDRED ADKISSON
1928-1928

GEORGE, JR.
1931-1945

CHARLIE DOUGLASS, Husband
1917-1965

BABY BOY ADKISSON, no dates

S. K. ADKISSON
1918-1963

CLARENCE BONDS
November 12, 1924-November 22, 1975

D/EVESTER ADKISSON, no dates
PHYLLIS ADKISSON
June 8, 1923-December 24, 1990

W. M. SCATES
1873-1936

SAMUEL SCATES
August 22, 1939-October 1, 1940

CHARLIE SCATES, Father
1905-1979

LUCILLE SCATES ADKISSON
June 18, 1907-October 8, 1995

GENTRY JOE WILLIAMS
1910-1960

MARVIN WILLIAMS
October 13, 1947-January 23, 1948

D/HILLIARD WILLIAMS
April 22, 1894-November 21, 1971
MARY J. WILLIAMS
February 18, 1897-April 6, 1972

JAMES HILLIARD WILLIAMS
Sgt., U.S. Army, World War II
1920-1981

LUTHER WILLIAMS
March 28, 1950-August 23, 1994

D/PRIEST ADKISSON
1882-1941
VIRDA MAI ADKISSON
1895-1928

ANNER DOUGLASS
July 4, 1879-July 25, 1947

LOUISE WILLIAMS ADKISSON
July 14, 1918-July 17, 1951

CONNIE NEWBILL
June 15, 1882-January 12, 1975

RICHARD L. ADKISSON
September 21, 1940-February 4, 1979

MARY L. BONDS
1960-1986

L. C. ADKISSON, Father
November 29, 1916-June 28, 1991

 

Death certificates indicate burials here:
ELBERT CLAY, November 10, 1894-December 12, 1918
MARY GREY, January 9, 1867-January 9, 1919; dau of John Gilbert
WILLIS SWEARINGEN died September 19, 1914 aged about 80 years

Cox Funeral Home indicates burials here:
W. M. SCATES died May 23, 1946 aged 53 years; son of Phillip Scates
CHARLIE CLAY died August 25, 1935 aged 36 years
LUCALIA CLAY died augdust 21, 1934 aged 30 years
ANNA DOUGLASS died July 25, 1947 aged 68 years
BILL DOUGLASS died June 5, 1935 aged 72 years
LEE FOSTER died May 25, 1937 aged 94 years
AMY HARRIS died May 1, 1957 aged 52 years
ANDREW HILLSMAN died November 5, 1960 aged 63 years

 

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EARSLEY HILLSMAN died May 2, 1947 aged 62 years
ROBERT HOWARD died October 8, 1956 aged 72 years
JOHN NEWBILL died June 6, 1950 aged 65 years; son of Peter Newbili
CLINTON ROGERS died July 29, 1945 aged 23 years
ED ROGERS died June 30, 1936 aged 51 years
BERTHA HILLSMAN died November 19, 1956 aged 91 years; dau of Anthony Adkisson
EMMA JONES died October 7, 1944 aged 65 years; dau of Lee Foster
MATTHEW JONES died May 14, 1945 aged 68 years

 

1900 U.S. Census (June 14), Civil District 20, Carroll County, Tennessee. Enumerator District 136, Sheet 6-B.

SAM S. McVAY, born November 1850, born Tennessee; farmer
MILLIE A. McVAY, wife, born Feb. 1852, born Tenn.; twelve children, seven living
NEWT M. McVAY, son, born December 1875, Tennessee
HOMER A. McVAY, son, born September 1878, Tennessee
HATTIE McVAY, daughter, born August 1880, Tennessee
POLEY McVAY, son, born June 1882, Tennessee
ROCKEY McVAY, daughter, born May 1885, Tennessee
LUTHER McVAY, son, born May 1887, Tennessee
HERSEY McVAY, son, born August 1891, Tennessee

IBID. (June 20), Civil District 2, Carroll County, Tennessee. Enumerator District 123, Sheet 14-B.
LEE FOSTER, born May 1850, Arkansas; farmer
RENA FOSTER, wife, born May 1870, Tennessee; seven children
EMMA FOSTER, daughter, born April 1878, Tennessee
CLEVELAND FOSTER, son, born April 1886, Tennessee
ERA FOSTER, son, born March 1890, Tennessee
MONETTA FOSTER, daughter, born April 1892, Tennessee (twin)
MARYLEE FOSTER, daughter, born April 1892, Tennessee (twin)
MAGGIE FOSTER, daughter, born March 1895, Tennessee
ADELL FOSTER, daughter, born February 1897, Tennessee
GEORGE FOSTER, son, born June 1898, Tennessee
VIRDA FOSTER, daughter, born May 1899, Tennessee

 

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