HINSON CEMETERY
(Upper Coon Creek Cemetery)

 

            Labeled as Upper Coon Creek Cemetery on the U.S.G.S. Graves Springs quadrangle, Hinson Cemetery is on a hillside north of Highway 412 about a mile west of the Lewis County line. It is well maintained. There are 4-5 dozen graves either unmarked or marked with fieldstones, bricks, wood, or temporary marker plates without information.

            David Donahue recorded Hinson/Upper Coon Creek Cemetery October 4, 2001 and checked and updated it September 24, 2004. Mary (Stewart) Bowen and Melissa (Snyder) Bowen recorded the cemetery in the early 1990s. Their record appears in Mary Bowen's Perry County, Tennessee Cemetery Records (Vol. I). This earlier record is referred to as Bowen in the notes below.

 

Armstrong, Charles Everett, Sept. 26, 1923-Jan. 21, 1990, temporary marker read in 2001, McDonald Funeral Home, Centerville, Tennessee, 3 yards west of marker for Ophelia Hinson

Arnold, Richard, 1907-1908
Arnold, Eliase, b&d 1909 (homemade, painted on a poured concrete blank marker) [almost unreadable in 2004]

Curry Earnestean, Jan. 14, 1932-Jan. 16, 1932, "Dau of J. M. & E. M. Curry"

Curry, J. Perry 1903-1958
Curry, Lula M., 1913-1990

Curry, Jez, 1913-1916
Curry, Harry, 1920-1921 (homemade, painted on a poured concrete blank marker) [first names were unreadable by 2001 and were taken from Bowen]

Curry, John, no dates, military marker "Co C 48 Tenn. Inf. C.S.A."

Curry, Johnnie Pryant, Aug. 20, 1931-Oct. 28, 1932

Curry, Sarah L., 1871-1930
Curry, Amos J., 1877-1941

Duncan, Billy Hugh, Dec. 19, 1937-Dec. 20, 1937 (homemade)

Hinson, Agnes J., Nov. 29, 1943-____ [probably buried Aug.-Sept. 2004; cards on flowers read Mrs. Agnes Rader]
Hinson, Kenneth J., July 25, 1939-Dec. 26, 1991, "Father" footstone

Hinson, Alfred Elmer, Feb. 12, 1906-Mar. 21, 1968

Hinson, Alton, Sept. 24, 198_, Age 62, temporary marker, McDonald, 4 yards east of marker for John Charlie Hinson [date and age as reported by Bowen]

Hinson, Barbra, Mar. 13, 1955-Mar. 18, 1955

Hinson, C. L., Mar. 2, 1934-____, unplaced "Dad" footstone
Hinson, Margaret E., May 29, 1938-Jan. 23, 2002, "Mom" footstone

Hinson, Carl D. "Sonny," Feb. 2, 1941-July 14, 1987, "Father" footstone

Hinson, Clara, Oct. 28, 1899-Apr. 13, 1932 [adjacent to marker for Coleman C. Hinson]

Hinson, Clovia Irene, Nov. 8, 1928-____
Hinson, Grant Felner, Oct. 28, 1917-Feb. 12, 1995, military marker as foortstone "PFC US Army World War II"; "Grandchildren David & Amanda Mathis"

Hinson, Coleman C., 1893-1960

Hinson, Delia Mae [see Osborne, Delia Mae]

Hinson, Donna Marie, Nov. 26, 1990-Mar. 22, 1991

Hinson, Elese, 1910-1941

Hinson, Elmer, Feb. 12, 1906-Mar. 21, 1968

Hinson, Fate B., Oct. 10, 1896-Mar. 15, 1962

Hinson, Felner Glen, Apr. 3, 1959-Apr. 11, 1999

Hinson, George W., May 1, 1872-Dec. 17, 1910 (homemade, broken, fallen)

Hinson, Hardy Ensco, Nov. 15, 1910-Nov. 30, 1971

Hinson, Hubert L., Nov. 10, 1934-Sept. 14, 1975

Hinson, Jerry, 1956-2004, temporary marker, McDonald Funeral Home, 3 yards northeast of triple marker for Macil, Leslie H., and Hessie A. Hinson [buried September 2004]

Hinson, Joe William, Oct. 30, 1930-July 3, 1985

Hinson, John Charlie, May 5, 1939-FGeb. 4, 1994

Hinson, John Riley, Apr. 7, 1880-Feb. 2, 1919 [replacement]

Hinson, Jordon, Mar. 18, 1812-Aug. 28, 1881

Hinson, Lanny, Aug. 24, 1953-Oct. 14, 1953, temporary marker as footstone, McDonald Funeral Home, "Lannie Bruce Hinson"

Hinson, Larry Wayne, d. Apr. 30, 1952, "Aged 0 Years 0 Months 0 Days," temporary marker, McDonald Funeral Home, 4 feet north of double marker for Leonard J. and Leta U. Hinson

Hinson, Leamon J., July 18, 1924-Mar. 18, 1983, "Father" footstone
Hinson, Leta U., Sept. 1, 1931-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone, "Married July 7 1951"

Hinson, Leon H., Apr 8 1923-____, unplaced "Dad" footstone
Hinson, Maxie O., Oct. 22, 1924-Oct. 11, 1990, "Mom" footstone, "Married Jan. 23, 1943" "Parents of Herbert, Patsy, Ricky"

Hinson, Leonard H., Sept. 21, 1922-July 30, 1955, military marker "Tennessee Pvt Co C 3 Regt Tng Cen World War II"

Hinson, Lillian, 1899-1983, "With love, grandchildren" [adjacent to military marker for Ollie Carrol Hinson]

Hinson, Macil, 1907-1945
Hinson, Leslie N., 1905-1966
Hinson, Hessie A., 1924-19__

Hinson, Macil, d. Mar. 29, 1945 (disintegrating homemade concrete marker)

Hinson, Martha, Dec. 25, 1897-____ (homemade) [adjacent to marker for George Hinson]

Hinson, Mary Ann, Dec. 14, 1940-Dec. 28, 1997
Hinson, John Riley, Mar. 21, 1927-____, "Wed Apr. 3, 1956"

Hinson, Minnie C., 1880-1949
Hinson, John F., 1867-1938

Hinson, Ollie Carrol, July 10, 1895-May 27, 1976, military marker " Cpl US Army World War I"

Hinson, Ophelia, Aug. 15, 1907-Oct. 1, 1972 [adjacent to marker for Fate B. Hinson]

Hinson, Sarah [see McDonald, Sarah]

Hinson, Stanley H., Dec. 26, 1914-Sept. 12, 1966, "Elder"
Hinson, Bertha L., Apr. 12, 1920-____

Hinson, Winsel W., June 9, 1940-Mar. 24, 1941 (homemade)

Hufatedler, Rachel, Mar. 25, 1815-Aug. 10, 1857, "First Wife of Jordon Hinson" [spelled Hufatedler not Hufstedler on marker]

McDonald, Sarah, Sept. 9, 1838-Dec. 6, 1895, "Second Wife of Jordon Hinson"

Osborne, Delia Mae, May 15, 1914-Sept. 23, 1986, also temporary marker, McDonald Funeral Home, "Mrs. Delia Mae Hinson Osborn"

Rader, Agnes [see Hinson, Agnes J.]

Rodgers, Joe Wayne, Apr. 19, 1943-July 6, 1998, temporary marker, McDonald, 5 yards east of double marker for C. L. and Margaret E. Hinson

 

Unidentifiable

__________, __ __, 1945-__ __, 1988, mostly unreadable temporary marker, McDonald Funeral Home, approximately 7 yards west of marker for Carl D. Hinson and 8 yards north of double marker for Leon H. and Maxie D. Hinson

 

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