JAMES CEMETERY

Joy Beth Bartholomew Campbell

            James Cemetery is located on the south side of Baudy James Road in northwestern Henderson County. Joy Beth Campbell recorded the cemetery on April 15, 1998 (David Donahue updated the cemetery on October 14, 2003) and compared it with the 1976 record by Joel James which appeared as "James or McVay Cemetery" in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (Memphis; R. H. Harris, 1976), pp. 41-42.

 

Readable Markers

Arthur, Dennis, 1914-2003, temporary marker, reed's Chapel, 8 feet north of homemade marker for Hayes Ray Gordon III

Branch, A. B., Aug. 13, 1898-Mar. 3, 1920 (marker loose on its base in 2003)

Branch, Curtis, Son of A. B. & L. M. Branch, Jan. 6, 1920-June 12, 1922

Branch, Joe D., 1872-1953
Branch, Sallie J., 1873-1963

Clark, Alige, Jan. 1, 1958-Nov. 18, 1910

Douglas, Martha J., June 5, 1870-Oct. 26, 1903

Douglas, Thomas J., May 21, 1867-Feb. 27, 1912

Gordon, Hayes Ray, Jr., Mar 21, 1929-Apr. 24, 1999, military marker Sgt US Army Korea

Gordon, Hayes Ray III, Aug. 16, 1965-Apr. 19, 1991 (homemade)

James, Albert, Son of James & Haran James, May 5, 1877-Jan. 5, 1879

James, Alko, Infant son of Wm. & Mattie James, no dates [replacement]

James, Aubry "Shiley," Aug. 26, 1925-Oct. 29, 2001
James, Mary Catherine, Mar. 4, 1933-____, Married Aug. 28, 1949

James, Bant., no dates [probably child of W. T. and Dissie James]

James, Ben David, born & died Aug. 14, 1957

James, Ethal, no dates [noted by Joel James as son of W. T. & Dissie]

James, Hester B., Apr. 20, 1888-May 29, 1962, Mother footstone
James, David W., July 1, 1889-Dec. 21, 1970, Father footstone [noted by Joel James as David Wilford James]

James, Infant, no dates [probably child of W. T. and Dissie James]

James, Infant, no dates [probably child of W. T. and Dissie James]

James, Infant, no dates, Infant son of Wm. & Mattie James, no dates [replacement]

 

James, John R., Aug. 26, 1859-Nov. 24, 1897 [replacement]

James, Lonnie, no dates [noted by Joel James as son of W. T. & Dissie]

James, Mattie Victor, Feb. 20, 1894-Apr. 11, 1963
James, Williams Haywood, Jan. 14, 1893-Feb. 21, 1965

James, Minnie, Mar. 17, 1930-Oct. 28, 1932 [replacement]

James, Monroe, no dates [noted by Joel James as son of W. T. & Dissie]

James, Sherman (Cat), Sept. 30, 1917-Aug. 29, 1986

James, W. T., Apr. 26, 1853-Sept. 18, 1925
James, Dissie, Apr. 4, 1864-Aug. 2, 1945

Lindsey, Thelma J., Jan. 28, 1939-Feb. 3, 1991

Stewart, Edward, Dec. 27, 1924-Dec. 28, 1924 (marker loose on its base in 2003)

Stewart, James T., 1877-1939, Father footstone
Stewart, Larcie M., 1880-1929, Mother footstone [replacement]

Stewart, Jessie, Dec. 30, 1926-Dec. 30, 1926 (marker loose on its base in 2003)

Thompson, Addie, Wife of J. T. Thompson, 1875-1899, Mother

 

Other People Known to be Buried Here

Beranum, Dellie Caldony James, 1886-1920

James, Betty Stanford, Wife of Lee James, 1866-1941

James, Bivie, Son of Lee & Betty James, 1905-1909

James, Dennis, Son of Jessie & Lila James, 1929-1931

James, Francis, Wife of Louis James

James, Johnny Lee, Son of Jessie & Lila James, d. 1921

James, Lee, 1858-1938 [noted by Joel James as son of Louis]

James, Louis

James, Lucille [noted by Joel James as Dau. of W. T. & Dissie]

James, Maudie Lee, Dau. of Lee & Betty James, 1891-1893

James, Nancy H., Wife of W. M. James, d. Mar. 28, 1909

James, Sherman, Son of Lewis Thomas and Nancy James, Nov. 30, 1891-Dec. 19, 1891

James, W. M., d. Mar. 27, 1909

Lindsey, Shelia Delores, Dau. of L. C. & T. J. Lindsey, Sept 3, 1966-Sept. 3, 1966

Stanford, J. T., Son of Broddie & Avie Stanford

Williams, Francis, d. Aug. 19, 1921, aged 80 (a black woman) [reported by Jonathan K. T. Smith; burial here known from her death certificate]

Willis, Avie, Mother of Dissie James

Willis, John, Brother of Dissie James

Willis, Thomas, Father of Dissie James

 

Note: These graves extend into the thicket behind the graveyard.

 

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