Tombstone Inscriptions, Et Cetera from the Black Cemeteries of Chester County, Tennessee
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2000FRYE'S POINT CEMETERY
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From Mifflin, Tennessee drive south on Glendale Road 3.2 miles to Frye’s Point Road, turn east thereon and drive .5 mile to a concrete columned entrance into the cemetery and drive over a gravel lane .1 mile north of this entrance to reach the cemetery. The Frye’s Point CME Church is located about a half mile further east.
OTIS TRICE, April 2, 1923-____\RUBY MAE TRICE, January 23, 1920-May 29, 1988, wed May 25, 1942
RACHEL L. MASSEY, March 4, 1936-Sept. 9, 1985
CLIFFORD H. CAWTHON, January 26, 1902-Apr. 10, 1981\LONA L. CAWTHON, November 5, 1904-Dec. 23, 1985, In loving memory
JOHNNIE BELLER ARNOLD, January 26, 1913-____\GEORGIA LOIS ARNOLD, Apr. 26, 1908-Mar. 18, 1965 (Eastern Star emblem)
ROBERT FRYE, March 13, 1872-Mar. 28, 1931 (Masonic emblem)\ANNA CAWTHON FRYE, February 15, 1876-March 4, 1928, Gone but not forgotten
CALVIN JOE HENRY HART, June 12, 1900-June 15, 1974
JOHN HENRY HART, August 12, 1991, Age 53 years, Stephenson-Shaw Fun. Home Marker
CHARLEY V. HARRELL, January 15, 1886-Jan. 21, 1954\REBECCA HARRELL, February 27, 1906-Sept. 18, 1993
CARL T. COOPER, Father, February 10, 1894-____, World War I\LIZA JANE COOPER, Mother, August 9, 1892-Nov. 4, 1968
STEVEN LEE PATE, Born March 24, 1961, Died September 20, 1961
LORETTER CAWTHON, 1932-1932\TOM CAWTHON, 1943-____
BENNY W. CAWTHON, May 20, 1946-January 24, 1989
MARSHALL T CAWTHON, PFC US Army, Vietnam, October 10, 1938-May 21, 1988, We love you,Dedicated by the wife & children: Michael, Diane & Vickie
"Boy" F. G. HARMON, October 13, 1910-December 23, 1994\LUNNIE ANN HARMON, June 17, 1908-February 3, 1997
BOBBY JOE MASSEY, 1953-1953
DAVID FRY, PFC 4 Serv Command, World War II, July 18, 1901-December 4, 1963
J. L. FRYE, husband of Elsie M. Frye, October 16, 1910-July 7, 1994, Asleep in Jesus
OZALAR CAWTHON TRICE ROSS, known as Shane, August 15, 1903-May 2, 1983
MARSEES HART, Died 1966, Stephenson-Shaw Fun. Home Marker
C. T. HARRILL, Born October 1934, Died July 9, 1935
SWONIE LEE JOHNSON, February 11, 1904-____\CALLIE ANN JOHNSON, October 30, 1907-____ /These graves are mounded but dates are not on tombstones/
JUAN SUZSE PATE, Born April 5, 1965, Died June 12, 1967, At rest
JESS B. CAWTHON, Father, July 29, 1860-April 26, 1950\MANDY J. CAWTHON, June 30, 1862-September 1, 1906
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LEWIS E. HART, Tennessee - PVT 804 Pioneer Inf., World War I, February 16, 1894-September 17, 1949 "LORENE"; only so inscribed
UDELL THOMAS, Born March 28, 1927, Died March 28, 1927\IDELL THOMAS, Born March 28, 1927, Died March 28, 1927
ELLA CAWTHON ASHCRAFT, Mother, Died May 23, 1927
ISHAM WILLIAM MOTEN, PVT US Army, World War II, 1912-1988
WM. HARMOS ARNOLD, August 18, 1902-October 6, 1996\SALLIE E. ARNOLD, July 17, 1902-April 27, 1985, married October 8, 1922
CLIFTON JONES, JR., 6-26-1927 - 6-16-1995, Stephenson-Shaw Fun. Home Marker
Rev. J. H. HODGES, 1895-1947\LULA HODGES, 1896-1974, Our Father which art in heaven
CHARLIE CLIFFORD, 1872-1939
D. C. ROBERTSON, no dates
BOBBIE L. HOLMES, Tennessee - PVT Co H, P. Inf. World War I, October 3, 1892-April 22, 1963
JESSIE FRY, Tennessee - PFC Co. C, 521 Engineers World War I, March 10, 1891-January 19, 1964
JOHN HENRY McHANEY, SR., Father, May 6, 1905-November 18, 1972
FLOYD JESSE CAWTHON, Tennessee - PVT 9 Co RCT Camp 5 World War I, November 20, 1899-January 3, 1957
UTHER L. BARHAM, January 15, 1893-May 18, 1959\ETHEL C. BARHAM, July 21, 1893-January 17, 1983
DORA THOMAS, no dates
WILEY THOMAS, Born 1863, Died October 29, 1928, At rest
SAM C. FRYE, Died 1937
ADA CAWTHON FRYE, no dates
DELLA CAWTHON TRICE, no dates
JIMMY EARL "Bud" ROBERTSON, March 12, 1940-April 4, 1992
WILLIAM COFFEE UDELL, Born 2-28-1932, Died 1-15-1997
EUGENE HARRELL, Father, 1927-1993\MARY E. HARRELL, Mother, 1927-____, married September 14, 1952
HUGH HODGES, Father, 1891-1967\FLORA HODGES, Mother, 1900-1957
BERTHA M. ROBERTSON, 1933-1981\EARLY V. ROBERTSON, Tennessee - Sgt Us Army, Korea, Jan. 19, 1930-July 5, 1965
MAULDY C. BRASIERS, Tennessee Mech 368 Inf. 92 Div., /died/ July 8, 1943
WILLIE FRYE MOTEN, 1886-1948
MATTIE BEATRIC TRICE FRYE, 6-20-1906 - 4-12-1983
JOE CEPHIS TRICE, 1879-1944
FLORENCE VIRGINIA McHANEY, Mother, May 11, 1895-November 11, 1984
R. D. THOMPSON, October 16, 1912-April 1, 1987
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SENNIE G. THOMPSON, May 5, 1917-Dec. 16, 1990
ESTERLEE DEPRIEST, 1918-1981, Gone but not forgotten
JAMES H. SMITH, PFC US Army, World War II, September 19, 1924-Nov. 20, 1990
THOMAS BASS TRICE, Tennessee - Sgt 39 Co 158 Depot Brig World War I, October 11, 1895-March 16, 1967
DETROIT ROBERTSON, May 23, 1912-Sept. 15, 1974
PAULOS DEPRIEST, Feb. 17, 1901-Nov. 3, 1978, Gone but not forgotten
BETTY SMITH, no dates
LEANA B. TRICE, 2-13-90, Age 80, S. B. Moore Fun. Home Marker
PEARLIE C. ROBERTSON, Born 3-10-1890, Died 3-10-1968
LUETTA R. HOWARD, Mother, Jan. 4, 1919-Mar. 26, 1985
There are many funeral home markers at graves in this cemetery that no longer have their informational panels. Among others buried here, according to their death certificates:
JAKE COTHAN, October 29, 1872-July 14, 1915; son of Dan Cothan and Franky Barham
LOWESE EDWARD, 1842-December 11, 1918
MARY FRY, Died June 16, 1920, aged about 45 years; Lewis Phelps, father
SARAH SHERROD, Died February 20, 1922, aged about 98 years; born in Mississippi
MINERVA CAWTHON, Died July 21, 1923, Aged about 80 yrs.; dau of Charles Altom (Virginia)
HENRY CLIFFORD, April 10, 1844-July 15, 1924
The old antebellum white cemetery adjoins this cemetery on its north margin; among these white families were Beavers, Allens, Johnson and Wilsons.
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