SPENCE CEMETERY

            This is a well-maintained cemetery on Spence Store Road in northern Decatur County. The cemetery is indicated on the U.S.G.S. Sugar Tree quadrangle (1986) as an unnamed cemetery immediately west of State Highway 69 about a mile south of the interchange of TN 69/U.S. 641 and I-40. There are 10 fieldstone-marked graves and about 10 unmarked graves. David Donahue recorded this cemetery May 5, 1997; checked and updated it February 17, 2002; and updated it December 25, 2003.

            Margarett Alexander and Blanche Tuten recorded this cemetery on April 2, 1978. Their record appears in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records published by the Captain Daniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 567-570. They noted "at least 20 unmarked graves." This is referred to as the UDC transcription in notes below.

 

Adams, Timothy L., Mar. 30, 1958-July 19, 2003, "Father of Zachary and Dylan"

Akin, B. C., Aug. 17, 1883-Aug. 29, 1910 [Woodmen of the World memorial]

Akin, J. D., Aug. 11, 1832-Jan. 25, 1905 [Masonic symbol]

Ayers, John, Feb. 6, 1818-Aug. 28, 1875 (broken and repaired)

Bowman, Naomi Cox, Jan. 9, 1916-Dec. 19, 1999, unplaced "Mother" footstone
Bowman, Jesse Herman, July 25, 1913-Dec. 21, 1988, "Father" footstone, "Married Oct. 10, 1936"

Box, Billie M., 1930-____, "Mother"
Box, Van Lee, 1926-1983, "Father"; "; military marker as footstone "Cpl US Army Korea"; dates on military marker Mar. 30, 1926-Dec. 6, 1983; "Married Sept. 20, 1950" "Our children Larry Gail Wanda Cheryl

Budde, J. W., Feb. 16, 1889-Aug. 16, 1892
Budde, W. E., Feb. 16, 1889-July 8, 1889 [replacement]

Budde, Miriah, Nov. 2, 1839-Dec. 2, 1927

Budde, W. M., Aug. 31, 1859-July 15, 1932
Budde, E. J., Jan. 29, 1858-____, "His wife"

Cantrell, Zula [see Spence, Zula Cantrell]

Carrington, Dean, Aug. 10, 1929-____
Carrington, Hulon, Jan. 21, 1922-____

Clingman, Beverly, Mar. 15, 1926-Sept. 25, 1991, "Mother" footstone
Clingman, James, Feb. 12, 1921-____, "Father" footstone [ground disturbance indicates he is buried here]

Cox, Barney, Jan. 25, 1901-Sept. 5, 1903, "Son of H. E. & B. B. Cox"

Cox, Cathran, Feb. 17, 1843-May 27, 1923
Cox, Hugh, Oct. 16, 1843-May 12, 1916

Cox, Elmore, Nov. 13, 1878-July 6, 1964

Cox, Erna [see Spence, Erna Cox]

Cox, Infant, 1902, "Infant son of John & Maudie L. Cox" [replacement]

Cox, J. Golden [see Jordan, J. Golden Cox Malin]

Cox, Johnnie, Aug. 6, 1871-Feb. 19, 1932

Cox, Lera Olive, Nov. 8, 1919-Sept. 4, 1998

Cox, Maudie Leila, Oct. 25, 1880-May 31, 1961
Cox, John Oscar, Oct. 9, 1880-Apr. 2, 1965

Cox, Naomi [see Bowman, Naomi Cox]

Douglas, Florence, Dec. 19, 1911-May 5, 2003
Douglas, Zelmer, Sept. 17, 1907-Oct. 29, 1977

Douglas, Margaret P., 1875-1964, "Mother" footstone
Douglas, James P., 1874-1964, "Father" footstone

Gossett, A. M. C., Sept. 20, 1839-Apr. 8, 1907, "Rev.," military marker as footstone "Pvt Co H 5 Tenn Inf Confederate States Army" [Masonic symbol]

Gossett, Ida [see McIllwain, Ida Gossett]

Gossett, Louesa, Oct. 27, 1840-May 1, 1913, "Wife of Rev. A. M. C. Gossett"

Haynes, Opal, July 8, 1915-____
Haynes, Gary L., Oct. 1, 1958-Jan. 6, 1878, "Son" footstone

Hickerson, Isabella A., Jan. 17, 1927-____
Hickerson, James C., Nov. 17, 1923-____ [had been buried by 2003]

Hicks, Ellen, Sept. 11, 1883-Oct. 21, 1934
Hicks, Dolph, Dec. 24, 1889-____

Hicks, Elvis Jesse, June 4, 1896-May 17, 1982, "Father" footstone; military marker, "Pvt US Army World War I"

Hicks, Odie O. [see Wilbanks, Odie O. Hicks]

Hicks, Queenie, Jan. 27, 1901-Sept. 29, 1956, "Mother" footstone [adjacent to marker for Elvis Jesse Hicks]

Inman, Sue, 1944, "Dau. of W. H. & Mary"

Inman, Wardell, Aug. 24, 1924-____, "Father"
Inman, Mary, July 22, 1919-June 17, 1992, "Mother" "Married Jan. 25, 1943"

Johnson, Lillian [see Spence, Lillian Johnson]

Jordan, J. Golden Cox Malin, Oct. 31, 1903-May 10, 1985

Lamrock, John, d. Aug. 16, 1903, "Aged 82 Ys 7 Ms, 24 Ds"

Lamrock, Sarah, d. Nov. 18, 1906, "Aged about 78 Ys" "Wife of John Lamrock"

Luper, Elizabeth, Jan. 3, 1838-June 9, 1887, "Wife of S. W. Luper"

Malin, J. Golden [see Jordan, J. Golden Cox Malin]

Mammoser, Laverne, Oct. 1, 1907-Dec. 20, 1998
Mammoser, Eldora, Dec. 15, 1910-Oct. 10, 1999

Mathes, Robert W., 1860-1945
Mathes, Recy, 1864-1923

McIllwain, Cleo A., Aug. 2, 1893-Mar. 23, 1971, "Mother" footstone
McIllwain, Fred L., Sept. 26, 1895-May 2, 1970, "Father" footstone

McIllwain, Freddie Rye, May 21, 1914-Apr. 19, 1995, "Pop" footstone
McIllwain, Bonnie Dee, June 29, 1915-____, "Dee Dee" footstone, "Married Nov. 29, 1935"

McIllwain, John Jessie, Nov. 17, 1857-Apr. 12, 1945
McIllwain, Ida Gossett, Oct. 31, 1867-Feb. 13, 1923

Miller, Donna L., July 13, 1960-Dec. 1, 2002

Modlin, Dorothy L., Nov. 11, 1923-____

Modlin, Douglas McArthur, 1942-1957

Modlin, Ellen A., 1903-1969
Modlin, Claude J., 1898-1971

Modlin, Lois L., Feb. 4, 1938-____
Modlin, Perry J., Aug. 31, 1932-____

Modlin, Marion Alice, 1929, "Dau. of Claude & Ellen Modlin"

Odle, R. T., d. Dec. 23, 1906, "Aged 70 ys 9 ms 17 ds" "Son of Tom & Lucinda Odle" (broken and repaired)

Odle, Sarah, Oct. 26, 1847-Oct. 7, 1924 [replacement]

Newsom, Ethel M., Mar. 6, 1898-Aug. 3, 1905, "Dau. of M. D. & Kate Newsom"

Newsom, R. C., Feb. 24, 1842-July 12, 1896, "Wife of G. B. Newsom" (lichen encrusted)

Pierce, Wanda L., Nov. 13, 1919-Sept. 16, 1947

Prince, Mary, Nov. 2, 1904-Nov. 18, 1912, "Dau. of N. C. & E. J. Prince"

Rainbolt, Robert Wayne, 1948-1948 [replacement]

Spence, Bertha, d. Aug. 25, 1882, "Aged 10 ms 20 ds" "Dau of George W. & Elizabeth Spence"

Spence, C. P., Mar. 19, 1808-Apr. 21, 1887
Spence, Elizabeth, Dec. 10, 1810-Sept. 26, 1882 (lichen encrusted)

Spence, Dorothy E., July 6, 1924-____, "Mother" footstone
Spence, Jim S., Aug. 15, 1909-Nov. 3, 1976, "Father" footstone

Spence, Edward Carmack, Nov. 28, 1906-Apr. 12, 1975, military marker as footstone "PFC US Army World War II"

Spence, Erna Cox, 1908-1993
Spence, Joseph Iley, 1906-1957, "Married Dec. 11, 1927" "Their children Harold L./Oscar W."

Spence, Ernest Gray, 1898-1959, "Brother" footstone

Spence, Felix Brown, 1912-1974, "Brother"

Spence, Geo. W., d. Mar. 27, 1913, "Aged 70 Ys. 10 Ms. 9 Ds." "Husband of Elizabeth Spence," military marker as footstone "George W. Spence" "3D Cpl Co. C 18 Tenn Cav Confererate States Army"
Spence, Elizabeth, d. Apr. 16, 1883, "Aged 33 Ys. 6 Ms. 18 Ds." "Wife of Geo. W. Spence" [UDC transcription gives birth date as May 18, 1842]

Spence, Georgia P., Nov. 23, 1914-Nov. 11, 1977 [UDC transcription reports a temporary marker which disignated her as "Miss"]

Spence, Harold Login, Oct. 18, 1933-June 1, 1989, military marker as footstone "A2C US Air Force Korea"

Spence, James A., 1873-1936, older homemade marker used as footstone with "James Allen Spence"

Spence, James E., 1934
Spence, Walter E., 1933, "Sons of John & Zulamae" [replacement]

Spence, Lillian Johnson, 1877-1951
Spence, Sanford Daniel, 1877-1944

Spence, Lizzie E., 1889-1945
Spence, Charlie P., 1880-1958

Spence, Mary P., 1850-1922 [replacement]

Spence, Parker Wayne, Apr. 8, 1952-Mar. 4, 1985

Spence, Richard E., 1875-1936
Spence, Fannie G., 1875-1914

Spence, Sally S., Aug. 17, 1903-Sept. 30, 1985, "Loving aunt & sister"

Spence, Wilford P., July 21, 1910-Dec. 13, 1986, military marker as footstone "Sgt US Army World War II"
Spence, Earlene, May 8, 1919-Dec. 30, 1991

Spence, Zula Cantrell, Nov. 27, 1904-Nov. 2, 1981, "Mother" footstone
Spence, John T., Sr., Oct. 6, 1900-Feb. 3, 1972, "Father" footstone

Wilbanks, Odie O. Hicks, Sept. 15, 1921-Mar. 14, 1998

Wilson, Patricia S., Aug. 7, 1944-Sept. 16, 1990

 

Unidentifiable

D. H. (footstone) [possibly footstone is for Dolph Hicks; if so, it was about 30 yards out of place in 1997 and in 2000 seems to be in use as a space holder about 50 yards northeast of the marker for Dolph Hicks]

 

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