Powell Cemetery
Haywood County, Tennessee
Last Name |
First/Middle/Maiden |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Notes |
|
Bright |
Hallowell |
4 May 1808 |
1 Feb 1870 |
Masonic stone, husband of Mary E. Bright |
|
Bright |
Mary E. |
3 May 1803 |
5 Dec 1881 |
wife of Hallowell Bright |
|
Britton |
Lenl (Sue) |
12 Apr 1929 |
5 Jun 1996 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Carney |
Lizzie |
2 Mar 1901 |
No Date |
no death date but grave mounded in line with tombstone; wife of Willis Carney; double marker w/Willis Carney; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Carney |
Willis |
3 Dec 1904 |
2 Apr 1976 |
picture; h/o Lizzie Carney; Double Marker W/Lizzie Carney; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Clark |
Katherine (Rena) |
abt 1920 |
23 Jul 2005 |
age 85; w/o Jeff Clark Sr. |
|
Currie |
Alice |
30 May 1908 |
No Date |
w/o Jack Currie; Double Marker W/Jack Currie; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Currie |
Jack |
1 Aug 1914 |
2 Mar 1989 |
h/o Alice Currie; Double Marker W/Alice Currie; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Currie |
Jack |
Aug 1913 |
23 Feb 1989 |
Rawls FH marker; from JKT Smith book |
|
Duckworth |
Allen |
25 Dec 1866 |
18 Feb 1953 |
Double Marker W/Willie A. Duckworth; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Duckworth |
Green |
1886 |
1937 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Duckworth |
Willie A. |
18 Jun 1872 |
22 Jun 1942 |
Double Marker W/Allen Duckworth; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Jackson |
Ida Joe |
26 Aug 1925 |
8 Oct 1995 |
Double Marker W/Jimmie Lee Lewis; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Lewis |
Isiah Jr. |
25 Nov 1940 |
30 May 1995 |
Double Marker W/Opal P. Merriweather; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Lewis |
Jim T. |
22 Apr 1895 |
5 Oct 1986 |
Masonic Emblem; Double Marker W/Mary D. Lewis; mar 28 Dec 1915; "Yet have I seen the righteous forsaken"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Lewis |
Jimmy Lee (Bud) |
6 Mar 1920 |
1 Aug 1998 |
Double Marker W/Ida Joe Jackson; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Lewis |
Mary Duckworth |
20 Jun 1901 |
9 Apr 1996 |
w/o Jim T. Lewis, preacher; Mar 28 Dec 1915; Double Marker W/Jim T. Lewis; "Yet have I seen the righteous forsaken"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
McCoy |
Fannie Elizabeth Stanly |
16 May 1825 |
9 Jul 1884 |
wife of Henderson McCoy; dau of David & Nancy Stanly |
|
McNeil |
D. E. |
6 Sep 1865 |
28 Nov 1918 |
W.O.W. |
|
McNeil |
Neil A. |
5 Nov 1805 |
22 Oct 1872 |
husband of Sarah A. McNeil |
|
McNeil |
Sarah A. |
28 Oct 1824 |
10 Jun 1905 |
wife of Neil A. McNeil |
|
Merriweather |
Opal P. |
6 Jun 1901 |
3 Jul 1987 |
Double Marker W/Isiah Lewis Jr.; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Pearson |
James |
abt 1814 |
1990 |
age 76 yr.; either born in 1914 or died in 1890 |
|
Powell |
Mary C. |
4 Oct 1848 |
22 Jul 1872 |
Wife of John W. Powell |
|
Rayner |
Eddie Lou (Mrs.) |
|
ca May 2004 |
w/o Grady Rayner |
|
Rayner |
Grady "Buddy" |
abt 1916 |
25 Sep 2006 |
age 90; h/o Eddie Lou Rayner |
|
Rayner |
Will Dyra |
abt 1938 |
28 Apr 2002 |
age 64; h/o Assie L. Rayner |
|
Shaw |
Claud |
2 Mar 1895 |
19 Jan 1975 |
"father"; h/o Emma D. Shaw; Double Marker W/Emma D Shaw; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Shaw |
Emma D. |
23 Jan 1895 |
23 Jul 1978 |
"mother"; w/o Claud Shaw; Double Marker W/Claud Shaw; From JKT Smith Book |
Directions: From Brownsville take Highway 70 east to the Union community (about 8 miles). Turn left on to Dr. Hess Road and go to the Joyner farm (north of Wellwood). Cemetery is located on the former Betts farm (right side of road), across road from Joyner farm. [35 37’ 29” N & 89 6’ 30” W]
Source: Obituaries, reading by Homer & Carlene Betts Wiltshire, 1987, compiled by Franklin King 6/10/1992 & “Tombstone Inscriptions From Black Cemeteries In Haywood County, Tennessee,” by Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1998. (Used with permission)
Note: Also known as Betts Cemetery.
4 Sep 2008