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Location: South of Bristol via Hwy 421 going toward Shady Valley.

Description: Turn right toward Friendship Boat Dock (stay on this road; do not make a 2nd turn toward boat dock) continue on this road and cross a small bridge; then take the first road which bears to the right (narrow—paved), go to top of hill; cemetery is on the left.

Copied by Hugh & Linda Gilley, Bluff City Hwy. Bristol, TN 9 Dec. 1990. There were unmarked graves through the cemetery and many marked only by field stones in one section.

Survey from the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast TN has also been applied. They photographed and transcribed the cemetery on 06 Feb 2005.

Burial records: 168

Recorder: Photographed and transcribed 06 Feb 2005 by Jan Clark and Donna Briggs of the Cemetery Survey Team

USGS Map: Holston Valley

GPS Location: 36.543724, -82.007347

Elevation: 1959 ft.

Searchable burial information, an interactive map and additional information on this cemetery can be found by visiting the cemetery database click here

Additional burial information that has yet to be confirmed by an official survey.

GUESS, Sophia E. 1895 – 1972 (Funeral home marker)

JOHNSON, L. D. 5-11-1866 d. 12-18-1887

WAMPLER, Bonita Jean Thomas age 58 d. 8-4-2000. (H= James Wampler Sr. Sons= James Wampler Jr. & Tim Wampler. Dau= Tammy Berry. Sis= Clarice Nichols, Reba Catsulis & Donna Widener. Bros= Kyle, Vernon, & Wade Thomas. Preceded in death by two brothers Billy & Gilbert Thomas and a sister Teresa Hudson)


 

The following records were extracted from S. Kathryn Bowling McKown’s TVA Cemetery Relocation

CLARK, Darrell age 3 dod 1934 Signed for by James Clark, gr-father

CLARK, Gathon age 28 dod 1934 Signed for by James Clark, father


ELLER, Infant gr 50 from Cem 6 gr 50


GROSS, Infant Inf. dod 1932 Signed for by J. C. Gross, father

GROSS, Robert L. age 5 dod 1920 Signed for by Samuel Gross, father


JOHNSON, Edgar gr 48 from Cem 6 gr 48

JOHNSON, I. D. age 71 dod 1937 Signed for by E. B. Johnson, son

JOHNSON, Joel gr 33 from Cem 6 gr 33

JOHNSON, Lelia gr 29 from Cem 6 gr 29

JOHNSON, Ora Lee gr 30 from Cem 6 gr 30

JOHNSON, Walas gr 32 from Cem 6 gr 32

JOHNSON, Wilis gr 31 from Cem 6 gr 31


PICKEL, Arvil gr 173 from Cem 20 gr 173


RUST, John Benjamin gr 172 from Cem. 20 gr 172


TRIVETT, Lula age 0 dod 1935 Signed for by Blanchie Trivett, mother


WATSON, Alfonso age 39 dod 1937 Signed for by Mattie Watson, wife

WILLIAM, Infant 0 dod 1941 Signed for by Hattie William, mother


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Rust Cemetery — 3 Comments

  1. Please check the database for a duplication:

    South, Albert Lewis, b 12-5-1919, d 8-24-1977
    South, Albert, b 12-5-1919, d 8-24-1977

    Appreciate your indexing and volunteering to research and prepare this database, Hugh and Linda – Thanks

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