Hensley Cemetery #2 of 19W

Hensley Cemetery #2 of 19W Spivey Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee Surveyed and documented by Beth Bradford-Pytel updated on 12/11/23	HOME
Hensley Cemetery #2 is also known as the Van Hensley Cemetery named after former property owner and WWI veteran Sylvanus Hensley. DIRECTIONS: From Erwin, take I-26 towards Asheville, NC and exit at Temple Hill Road. At the end of the ramp, make a left, proceed under the highway and at the stop sign turn right onto US Highway 19-23W. Continue for about 1.5 miles after which time, the road forks at Ernestville. Make a left on US 19W [Spivey Mountain Road] heading towards Burnsville, NC. The winding road cuts through the Spivey Mountain pass. Proceed on 19W for about 1.3 miles and make a right turn onto Dale Hensley Road [next to the old general store]. After you cross the bridge, the paved road ends turning into a gravel road. Continue up the steep hill, the gravel road narrows passing a home on the right; the road bends to the left to the top of the hill nestled in a knoll. The small cemetery is fenced in. 4WD is strongly recommended to negotiate the hill. PHOTO: bbpytel, Spring 2006
SURNAMES: HENSLEY [#1-2; 8-10], LEWIS [#7], WATTS [#3-5]
1. HENSLEY, Hobart D. b. July 26, 1923 - d. June 23, 1995 [s/o Sylvanus and Katherine E. Hensley #8/9] 2. HENSLEY, Lola Bell [HENSLEY] b. March 29, 1917 - d. April 21, 2005 "Married January 11, 1958" [w/o Hobart #1; d/o William G. and Lucinda E. Hensley buried Old Hensley #3] NOTE: Left Photo-Lola Hensley; another photo of Lola with niece Milam Hensley-Bradford in fur coats - circa abt. 1933

3a. WATTS, Vernon b. January 29, 1913 - d. February 18, 1961 [s/o William Merritt Watts and Pansey Hensley buried Watts Cem. Bee Log, NC] 3b. WATTS, Geneva [HENSLEY] b. May 15, 1925 - d. January 2, 2017 [d/o Sylvanus Hensley and Katherine Hensley; w/o Vernon Watts. OBITUARY: "Geneva H. Watts, age 91, 2172 Spivey Mountain Road, Erwin, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017 in the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. She was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County and a daughter of the late S. V. and Catherine Hensley. Mrs. Watts was an employee of the former Red Kap Industries where she worked as a seamstress. She was a member of Mountain Dale Freewill Baptist Church. Other than her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Watts in 1961; one son, Reggie Watts and one infant son; three brothers: Hobert, Dale and Roger Hensley; one sister, Annabelle H. Lewis. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P. M. until the hour of service on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Robert Ledford Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Rodney Deyton will officiate at the 7:00 P. M. funeral service. Committal will be held at 11:00 A. M. on Friday in the Hensley Family Cemetery, Spivey Mountain Community. Family, friends, minister and pallbearers are asked to assemble at the cemetery by 10:45 A. M. on Friday." ~Ledford Funeral Home.

4. WATTS, Reggie b. July 8, 1945 - d. June 22, 2000 [s/o Vernon Watts and Geneva Hensley] 5. WATTS, private

6. LEWIS, James 7. LEWIS, Anna Belle [HENSLEY] b. June 23, 1927 - d. March 3, 1992 [d/o Sylvanus and Katherine E. Hensley #8/9] NOTE: photo of AnnaBell -school days, courtesy of Treva Peterson

8. HENSLEY, Sylvanus b. February 28, 1892 - d. October 16, 1978 [s/o Hiram Cornelius Hensley and Mary Ann "Polly" Hensley - buried Old Hensley #3] NOTE: Photo of "Van" in WWI Uniform circa abt. 1911; served in US Army.

9. HENSLEY, Katherine E. [HENSLEY] b. March 8, 1900 - d. May 31, 1999 [w/o Sylvanus "Van" #8; d/o Cornelius E. "Big" Hensley and Rebecca Jane Hensley buried Old Hensley #3; children: Roger E. #10, Hobart #1, Anna Belle #7; Dale #11; Veda Maxine] NOTE: photo of Katherine courtesy of Damaris Higgins

10. HENSLEY, Roger E. b. November 17, 1941 - d. September 6, 1967 *"Not My Will But Thine By Done"* [s/o Sylvanus and Katherine E. Hensley #8/9] NOTE: photo of Roger - school days, courtesy of Treva Peterson

11. HENSLEY, Dale b. 1933 - d. October 10, 2011 [s/o Sylvanus Hensley and Katherine E. Hensley; he never married] NOTE: Dale ran a general store located on 19W for a good part of his life. Photo of Dale sitting in front of his store with his best friend - courtesy of Lisa Chandler. OBITUARY Dale Hensley Store - Oct 2012

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