GRAY'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
This cemetery seems to have been created in the mid 1960s across the road from Gray's Chapel Church but includes a child's grave from the 1940s. The church is indicated at the bottom of the U.S.G.S. Scotts Hill quadrangle (1986) and is labeled "Graves Chapel."
David Donahue recorded Gray's Chapel Cemetery June 27, 1991; updated it December 28, 1996; and checked and updated it July 8, 2004. Blanche Tuten and Margarett Alexander recorded Gray's Chapel Cemetery May 23, 1976, by. It appears, with an update as late as 1979, in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records produced by the Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 234-235.
Box, Mark, July 18, 1966-Dec. 27, 2002, "Daughter Amanda Rose"; also temporary marker, Spry Funeral Homes, Inc., Florence-Rissellville-Sheffield, Mark Anthony Box
Box, Willie, Aug. 2, 1929-____
Box, Lorene, Aug. 8, 1928-____, "Children Shelia Mike Pamela Mark Amie Phillip"Cagle, Juanita Ivey, May 12, 1937-____
Cagle, Ralph, Oct. 20, 1934-Nov. 30, 1998, "Wed May. 11, 1057" "Son Mike grandchildren Matthew & Taylor-Mari"Cordle, Franklin, 1956-2004, temporary marker, Decatur County Funeral Home, 4 feet south of double marker for Wilma S. and Cecil W. Watson
Cordle, Sarah E., June 21, 1921-May 14, 1990, "Momma" footstone; from temporary marker, Boyd Funeral Home, read in 1991: Sarah Kindle Cordle
Cordle, Liggie L., Apr. 4, 1920-Aug. 8, 1993, "Daddy" footstone, military marker as footstone "Ligge Lonzoe Cordle" "PFC US Army World War II"; "Married June 1, 1940"Dyer, Earl "Bubby," May. 26, 1979-Oct. 7, 2003 [Masonic symbol]
Forshee, Charlie, Mar. 9, 1903-Apr. 18, 1985
Forshee, Gertrude [see Paschall, Gertrude Forshee]
Funderburk, Ray, Dec. 9, 1933-Aug. 2, 1997
Gilbert, John Franklin, Feb. 18, 1965-June 8, 1986
Gilbert, Wm. earl, Dec. 16, 1946-____, unplaced "Pa" footstone
Gilbert, Mary Frances, Mar. 31, 1941-Sept. 11, 1999, "Ma" footstone, "Our children John Mary Ann" "Our grandchildren Mary Beth Jessica Rachel"Horton, Hiram F., Apr. 13, 1908-Nov. 24, 1979, "Daddy" footstone
Horton, Velma L., Apr. 27, 1903-Oct. 21, 1980, "Mother" footstone, "Married Dec. 22, 1929"Ivey, Burma, 1915-1977
Ivey, Vernon, 1911-1982, "Married Apr. 27, 1929" "Our children Alton. J. R., Juanita"Ivey, Dortha M., Rev., Oct. 26, 1930-____
Ivey, J. C., Rev., Sept. 9, 1922-____, "Our children Bobby Brenda Linda"Ivey, Johnnie F., Feb. 3, 1937-____
Ivey, John R., June 19, 1934-Dec. 26, 1994, "Wed Nov. 22, 1956" "Our children Pamela Jeffrey Dennis Stephen" "Our grandchildren Brian Cassie Kelly Stephanie," military marker as footstone "A2C US Air Force Korea"Ivey, Juanita [see Cagle, Juanita Ivey]
Ivey, Mattie H., Mar. 21, 1906-Jan. 14, 1993, "Mother" footstone
Ivey, W. C., May 18, 1903-Feb. 28, 1978, "Father" footstoneIvey, Ricky Lynn, Nov. 5, 1964-July 8, 1991, "Wife - Leigh Ann" "Children Wendy - Nathan" [carving with 18-wheeler truck, "Ace Trucking" "B. J. Harris Trucking Co."]
Ivey, Ronnie B., Mar. 7, 1955-Sept. 17, 1992, "Ronnie and Pam married Feb. 3, 1978" ; (on back) "Pam Tabitha Regina Amy," military marker as footstone "Sgt US Army"
Ivey, Shirley A., Dec. 27, 1937-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone
Ivey, Johnnie B., June 8, 1932-____, unplaced "Father" footstone, "Married June 23, 1951" "Our children Patsy-Ronnie-Ricky"Kindle, Sarah E. [see Sarah E. Cordle]
Lee, Robert R., 1922-2000
Lee, Jimmie V., 1924-1986Maness, James Ulys, Jan. 3, 1922-Jan. 2, 1984, military marker "PFC US Army World War II"
Mayo, Alice A., Jan. 26, 1932-____
Mayo, James W., July 17, 1922-Nov. 15, 2000, "Our children Thomas Jessie Brenda Kathy Linda Fred Lee Joyce Karen"Montgomery, Cloy S., July 30, 1931-June 10, 1984
Montgomery, Irma K., 1915-1967
Montgomery, George A., 1920-19__Newman, Shawn, Feb. 21, 1983-Feb. 21, 1983
Newman, Vernie B., May 2, 1927-Aug. 27, 1989; also temporary marker as footstone "Vernie Box Newman"
Newman, Clyde H., June 9, 1918-____ [buried before July 2004], carved wedding rings with "Mar. 28, 1947," "Our children Judy, Pam, Wayne, Anette, Steve, Marlene"Newton, Wilma M., Aug. 6, 1943-Apr. 14, 1994, "Mother" footstone
Newton, Willard S., Feb. 12, 1937-____, unplaced "Father" footstone, "Wed Oct. 18, 1958" "Our children Tony-Debbie-Venita-Terry" "Teresa-Chris-Jeff"Paschall, Gertrude Forshee, Aug. 19, 1937-Sept. 5, 1995
Phillips, Geneva C., May 17, 1926-____, unplaced "Mama" footstone
Phillips, Louis E., Sept. 2, 1926-Mar. 16, 1981, "Daddy" footstone, "Children Ralph Harold Dale Diane Mary Martha"Phillips, Pamela P., 1953-____
Phillips, Roger D., 1951-1976; also temporary marker as footstone, "Roger Dale Phillips," d. Feb. 25, 1976, "Aged ____ Years 4 Months 23 Days"Roach, ______, Jan. 1968, "Daughter of Gerol Roach"
Roach, Billy Joe, Sept. 29, 1940-Mar. 29, 1942, "Son of Dewey-Maudie" [replacement]
Roach, Dewey W., Aug. 9, 1915-Nov. 9, 1990
Roach, Maudie M., Apr. 6, 1919-Oct. 26, 1986Roach, Glen DeWayne, Jan. 28, 1952-July 28, 1989, "Father" footstone
Roach, Rosa Diane, Dec. 27, 1951-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone, "Married April 3, 1970" "Our children Rita Gary"Roach, Jean, Sept. 7, 1931-____
Roach, J. D., Sept. 28, 1926-Sept. 1, 2000, "Married May 24, 1947" "Children Gerol, Patsy, Riley, Jimmy, Kathy, Jeff"Roach, Kimberly Mashell, Aug. 5, 1969-Aug. 6, 1969, "Dau. of Robert Geraldine"
Roach, Lisa Lynn, June 14, 1967-June 15, 1967, "Dau. of Robert Geraldine"
Roach, Rebecca Chain, Jan. 23, 1964, "Gerald & Terry" (homemade) [recorded in 1991 but not found in 2004; 6 yards northwest of double marker for Mattie H. and W. C. Ivey; probably replaced with marker for "Daughter of Gerol Roach" though the dates do not match]
Roach, Riley D., July 13, 1953-Aug. 12, 1979, "Father" footstone
Roach, Venie M., Apr. 12, 1909-Feb 2, 1997
Roach, Jessie A., July 30, 1897-May 23, 1993, military marker as footstone "Pvt US Army World War I"Roach, W. R., July 18, 1939-____
Roach, Betty Ann, May 16, 1939-Sept. 13, 2003Roe, Kathy M., July 17, 1954-____
Roe, Teddy Wayne, Dec. 30, 1952-July 5, 1993, "Wed Dec. 18, 1970" "Our children Lisa Mark"Sweatman, Lydia Mae, Oct. 2, 1910-Mar. 27, 1998, "Mother"
Wade, Alma M., 1926-2000
Wade, James R., 1922-1983, military marker as footstone "James Riley Wade" "SSgt US Army World War II"Wade, Isabel, Nov. 20, 1933-July 4, 1995
Wade, Cleavie, Oct. 2, 1923-June 25, 1996, "Wed June 18, 1949" "Our children Sandra Wanda Katy Eddie Kenneth Timmy Barbara Charlotte Tammie"Wade, Timmy Joe, Aug. 25, 1966-Nov. 21, 1966, "Son of Mr.-Mrs. Cleavie Wade"
Watson, Wilma S., June 5, 1941-____, "Mother"
Watson, Cecil W., Oct. 16, 1918-May 26, 2000, "Married Aug. 2, 1969" "Our children Diane Lisa Linda Julie" "Grandchildren Regina Shawna Emily Candace David Dustin Kayla"White, Jerrell J., Mar. 27, 1939-Dec. 19, 1992
White, Evelyn J., May 11, 1941-____, "Wed May 23, 1981"
The Bobby Gray Grave
Gray, Bobby, no dates, "The Grave of Bobby Gray deceased over 100 years. The original founder of Grays Chapel Church over 100 years ago." [replacement] [This grave is by itself on the side of the road about 100 yards north of Gray's Chapel Cemetery.