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Perry County, Tennessee

Tate Cemetery analysis

 

 

Analysis contributed by:  Joyce Warner Douglass

10 March 2009

Photos contributed by:  Sandy Daniel

 

Tate Cemetery is in the general vicinity on Lost Creek Road between the Buffalo River and Lost Creek.  Turn left at Gilmer Bridge Road.  The cemetery is on the right near the road.  The cemetery is in the Lost Creek section of the Buffalo River Watershed, East Side.  The cemetery is well maintained.

 

 

The following are the known transcriptions of this cemetery:

  • Recorded in the Bowen book in the 1990's.  Click here to view it;

  • David Donahue recorded the cemetery on 01 April 2001 and checked it on 23 Sept 2004;

  • Photographs of the tombstones were taken by Sandy Daniel in 2009, which are shown below;

 

 

 

                   

Tate Cemetery, February 2009

 

 

 

 

Burial ID

Grave ID

First Name

Middle Name

Other Name

Surname

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes on this burial

Photo of this tombstone

Photo of this person or couple

 

126474

B5

James

Dee

 

Baker

6 Jan 1896

14 Jan 1973

Double headstone with Louise T. Baker

 

 

 

 

126475

B5

Louise

T.

 

Baker

10 Jul 1908

12 Jul 1977

Double headstone with  James Dee Baker

 

 

126476

 

Earl

 

 

Chandler

4 Nov 1918

25 Dec 2000

Double headstone with Gussie Hester Chandler. "Married Nov. 11, 1939"

 

 

 

126477

 

Gussie

Hester

 

Chandler

8 Sep 1918

14 May 1998

Double headstone with Earl Chandler

 

 

126478

C2

Mary

E.

 

Coble

-

-

[see Tate, Mary E. Coble]

 

 

 

126480

A4

Lloyd

A.

 

Curry

25 May 1891

22 May 1969

Double headstone with Mattie T. Curry

 

 

 

126479

A4

Mattie

T.

 

Curry

24 Aug 1890

4 Dec 1967

Double headstone with Lloyd A. Curry

 

 

126481

B2

Maude

B.

 

Curry

-

-

[see Tate, Maude B. Curry]

 

 

 

126482

 

Eddie

Ray

 

Daniel

26 Aug 1954

28 Dec 2003

"Married Tammy Sharp Oct. 19, 2000" [Masonic symbol]

 

 

126483

 

June

 

 

Dowland

-

-

[see Tate, June Dowland]

 

 

 

126484

A2

Alta

Ann

 

Dudley

20 Aug 1938

2 Jul 1960

 

 

 

126487

A3

Annie

Tate

 

Dudley

1882

1961

Double headstone with William H. Dudley

[Eastern Star symbol]

 

 

 

126485

A1

Fay

Norman

 

Dudley

1907

1967

 

 

 

 

126486

A3

William

H.

 

Dudley

1876

1952

Double headstone with Annie Tate Dudley

[Masonic symbol]

refer to photo under Annie Dudley

 

 

126488

D1

Billy

D.

 

Hester

6 Aug 1927

7 Mar 1971

Double headstone with Richard D. Hester

 

 

 

126490

D3

Foy

Wadell

 

Hester

1914

1917

"Son of G. E. & Ida Hester" [replacement]

 

 

 

126491

D2

Gus

E.

 

Hester

29 May 1891

9 Sep 1963

Double headstone with Ida L. Hester

 

 

 

126493

 

Gussie

 

 

Hester

-

-

[see Chandler, Gussie Hester]

 

 

 

126492

D2

Ida

L.

 

Hester

16 Feb 1893

9 Apr 1969

Double headstone with Gus E. Hester

refer to photo under Gus Hester 

 

 

126494

 

Jack

W.

 

Hester

26 Jul 1933

26 Sep 1992

Double headstone with Kathy H. Hester

[Masonic symbol] military marker as footstone "SFC US Army Korea Vietnam"

 

 

 

126499

C1

John

T.

 

Hester

1 Mar 1916

16 Sep 2002

Double headstone with Sophia J. Hester

unplaced "Daddy" footstone  "Son of Gus and Ida Hester" "Parents of Netty Barber, Johnnia Elliott, Thomas Hester"

 

 

126495

 

Kathy

H.

 

Hester

3 Apr 1954

-

Double headstone with Jack W. Hester

 refer to photo under Jack Hester

 

 

126496

E1

Leslie

Joe

 

Hester

30 Mar 1980

7 Apr 1980

"Son of Marty and Candi"

 

 

 

126497

 

Leslie

Lemuel

 

Hester

30 Jan 1921

28 Nov 1987

military marker "SSgt US Army Air Corps World War II"

Bowen: No listing

 

 

 

126489

D1

Richard

D.

 

Hester

13 Dec 1952

5 Dec 1999

Double headstone with Billy D. Hester

 refer to photo under Billy Hester

 

 

126498

C1

Sophia

J.

 

Hester

9 Feb 1915

14 Mar 1991

Double headstone with John T. Hester unplaced "Mama" footstone  "Daughter of Richard and Ida Peercy"

 refer to photo under John Hester

 

 

126500

B4

Lounie

Tate

 

Leeper

21 Jun 1891

30 Sep 1987

Bowen has name misspelling

 

 

 

126501

D5

Sam

E.

 

Miller

12 Sep 1950

-

Double headstone with Vera G. Miller

unplaced "Daddy" footstone

 

 

 

126502

D5

Vera

G.

 

Miller

2 Oct 1945

2 Jul 1991

Double headstone with Sam E. Miller "Mama" footstone "Married Aug. 11, 1979"

Bowen has name misspelling

 

 

126503

A1

Fay

 

 

Norman

-

-

[see Dudley, Fay Norman]

 

 

 

126504

C1

Sophia

J.

 

Peercy

-

-

[see Sophia J. Hester]

 

 

 

126505

D4

E.

Garfield

 

Qualls

23 Oct 1909

29 Dec 1995

Double headstone with Mary F. Qualls

"Daddy"

 

 

 

 

126506

D4

Mary

F.

 

Qualls

5 Feb 1913

17 Oct 1979

Double headstone with E. Garfield Qualls

"Mama" "Wed June 22, 1939"

 

 

126508

B7

Billy

F.

 

Sharp

16 Jul 1931

9 May 1988

Double headstone with Martha T. Sharp

"Daddy" footstone "Married July 2, 1957" "Our children Elizabeth, Billie, Tommy, Stacy, Douglas"

 

 

 

 

126507

B7

Martha

T.

 

Sharp

1 Mar 1938

-

Double headstone with Billy F. Sharp

unplaced "Mama" footstone

 

 

126509

A3

Annie

 

 

Tate

-

-

[see Dudley, Annie Tate]

 

 

 

126516

B1

Bertyle

Elizabeth

 

Tate

2 Nov 1912

3 May 1988

Double headstone with Lemuel Douglas Tate

"Wed July 26, 1946"

 

 

 

126525

A5

Charles

L.

 

Tate

17 Feb 1897

1 Feb 1974

Double headstone with Mildred G. Tate

[?][Old English/Manuscript-style lettering; capital letters/initials are difficult to read]

Bowen: No middle initial noted.  Per email from grandson Terry B. White 13 Mar 2010 - his middle name was "Lemuel".(tlbjww at att dot net)

 

 

 

126523

B6

Cornelius

 

 

Tate

7 Oct 1910

17 Oct 1982

Double headstone with Mary Rue Tate "Daddy" footstone

"Married Dec. 20, 1933"

 

 

 

126510

B2

Douglas

H.

 

Tate

1887

1948

Double headstone with Maude B. Curry Tate

 

 

126512

 

Jesse

Gray

 

Tate

22 Apr 1921

25 Nov 2003

military marker "US Air Force Korea"

 

 

 

126513

 

John

Dowland

 

Tate

9 Nov 1951

12 Dec 1971

"Son" [probably son of of June Dowland Tate, whose marker is adjacent]

Bowen: Not listed

 

 

 

126521

C2

John

T.

 

Tate

26 Aug 1880

7 Aug 1954

Double headstone with Mary E. Coble Tate

unplaced "Father" footstone

replacement?

Bowen has year only

 

 

 

126514

 

June

Dowland

 

Tate

2 Dec 1924

23 Jun 1995

"Mother" [adjacent to marker for Jesse Gray Tate]

 

 

 

126519

B3

Lemuel

 

 

Tate

1859

1938

Double headstone with Martha L. Tate

 

 

126515

B1

Lemuel

Douglas

 

Tate

3 Apr 1917

22 Dec 1967

Double headstone with Bertyle Elizabeth Tate

military marker as footstone "Mississippi PFC US Army World War II"; dates on military marker Apr. 3, 1917-Dec. 24, 1967 [note death date discrepancy on markers]

refer to Bertyle tombstone photo 

 

 

126517

B4

Lounie

 

 

Tate

-

-

[see Leeper, Lounie Tate]

 

 

 

126518

B3

Martha

L.

 

Tate

1858

1933

Double headstone with Lemuel Tate

 refer to Lemuel Tate tombstone photo

 

 

126520

C2

Mary

E.

Coble

Tate

26 Jul 1877

27 Oct 1952

Double headstone with John T. Tate

unplaced "Mother" footstone

replacement?

Bowen: No maiden name listed; year only

refer to John Tate tombstone photo 

 

 

126522

B6

Mary

Rue

 

Tate

16 May 1914

12 Jun 1987

Double headstone with Cornelius Tate

"Mama" footstone

refer to Cornelius Tate tombstone photo 

 

 

126511

B2

Maude

B.

Curry

Tate

1886

1964

Double headstone with Douglas H. Tate

"His Wife"

 refer to Douglas Tate tombstone photo

 

 

126524

A5

Mildred

G.

 

Tate

6 May 1902

2 May 1986

Double headstone with Charles I. Tate

Bowen:  Mildred O. Tate, no death date

 refer to photo of Charles Tate tombstone

 

 

126526

C3

Vera

 

 

Tate

12 Mar 1902

31 Aug 1915

Donahue has birth year incorrect

 

 

 

 

 

 

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