Harness Cemetery (Laurel Grove)
The following tombstone listings were previously published on Bonnie Phillips’ website and are being republished by permission. The photographs that were published with the listings are no longer available.
Information provided by Rick Chambers and Nancy Adkins Carroll
CLYDE RAY HUMPHREY-March 23 1942-December 2 2000
son of Elbert Humphrey
CONDY RICHARDSON-1910-1967
MARY C RICHARDSON-1910-1998
PATRICIA ANN LOVETT-January 5 1952
JOHN I FIELDS-March 14 1886-August 21 1974
LULA B FIELDS-September 15 1892-November 12 1979
CHARLES E NEAL-August 8 1925-May 17 1985
STELLA CHEEK NEAL-July 28 1900
LUCRETIA PATTERSON BYRGE ROBBINS-September 24 1904-July 10 1998
daughter of Calvin Patterson and Sarah “Sallie” Aslinger
ROY A CHEEK-March 4 1910-December 25 1949
VANELL LOUGH-September 20 1902-January 5 1988
(surname possibley Smith before marriage)
EARLY JONES-December 2 1896-October 30 1987
son of Harvey D Jones and Sallie C Daugherty
MYRA JANE LOWE JONES-December 2 1904-April 11 1982
daughter of Jacob “Jake” Lowe and Nancy Emily Burris
JERRY A RICHARDSON-May 2 1950-June 15 2000
LOUIE MACK MCGHEE-September 26 1946-February 12 1972
LONNIE J ROBBINS-November 13 1947-September 18 1967
son of Henry Robbins and Lucretia Patterson
HENRY FRANK ROBBINS-December 15 1885-February 11 1968
LAURA ELLEN JONES KING-April 21 1934-February 1997
daughter of Early Jones and Myra Jane Lowe
MELTON PATTERSON-May 5 1897-February 17 1987
son of Calvin Patterson and Sarah “Sallie” Aslinger
FRED BULLMAN-October 29 1920-March 11 1980
son of Lloyd Bullman and Sarah Tackett
JOYCE ANN WALLACE STANFIELD-June 22 1944-December 10 1999
daughter of James H Wallace and Helen Lowe
CLAUDE DAY-January 25 1885-April 12 1953
ROSCOE ODEDIOUS SIMPSON-March 20 1916-August 18 1952
FRANK L HERRON-December 29 1915-January 5 1994
son of Jack Herron and Sinda Parks
CLYDE R HERRON-December 3 1913-October 9 1951
son of Jack Herron and Sinda Parks
ELBERT HENRY WALLACE-April 27 1927-October 25 1965
son of James Henry Wallace and Ida Ault
CPL JAMES L CHAMBERS-April 7 1949-May 8 1968
son of James H Chambers and Edna J Wallace
EDNA WALLACE CHAMBERS RAY-December 12 1929-September 9 1985
daughter of James Henry Wallace and Ida Ault
JAMES HENRY WALLACE-May 11 1898-July 30 1968
son of Elbert Harrison Wallace and Aletha “Allee” Rutherford
(birth date on stone is listed as 1889 but it really was 1898)
IDA AULT WALLACE-February 25 1896-April 24 1940
daughter of Richard and Mary Ault
ALICE PHILLIPS HALE-December 25 1900-July 29 1978
daughter of Thomas Phillips and Mary Kennedy
ANGELA MICHELLE MADISON-born and died June 1 1972
AVERY AUN HALE-November 29 1922-December 6 2000
son of Clinton Hale and Alice Phillips
CHARLES A ALLEN-June 1 1908-November 28 1985
ESTES PIKE ALLEN-February 19 1912-November 6 1983
daughter of Isaac Pike and Elizabeth Pyles
JACK ANDERSON-October 18 1876-April 18 1948
BARBARA “SISSY” DRUCILLA PARKS-August 14 1926-July 10 2002
BILLIE JEAN TACKETT-May 4 1939-December 27 1977
FRED BLANKENSHIP-February 27 1897-January 8 1958
TENNIE E BLANKENSHIP-October 16 1898-July 27 1992
MARY ELLAR BLANKENSHIP-April 19 1906-June 27 1928
BEN OVERBAY-March 20 1900-August 13 1962
son of James Overbay and Dorsey Lay
MARY PIKE OVERBAY-December 15 1903-September 2 1980
daughter of Isaac Pike and Elizabeth Pyles
LEON BROCK-1952-1953 son of Jeremy Brock and Alice Carroll
LAWRENCE BROCK-September 20 1935-December 15 1957
DONALD DEWEY BROYLES-May 2 1938-May 27 1998
RUTH JANE SMITH BUNCH-May 2 1915-December 10 2000
daughter of Arnold Smith and Rachel Daugherty
CALLIE RUTHERFORD HUNLEY-June 8 1909-June 18 2000
CREATIE PARKS-January 4 1904-April 12 1964
CHARLIE L RUTHERFORD-December 18 1907-May 15 1966
CLINTON JOSEPH HALE-February 14 1899-March 30 1968
son of Mary Hale
GRACE EDMONDS HALE-January 7 1916-August 28 1980
HOYLE E CRABTREE-September 12 1938-November 5 1999
TRACY DION CRABTREE-October 17 1966-October 25 1971
VELMA L CLOTFELTER-April 25 1929-January 16 1966
DORA MAE TACKETT-May 6 1895-March 22 1978
EUGENE H PIKE-October 25 1940-November 11 1966
ERVIN WAYNE SIMPSON-November 9 1951-December 28 1987
ELIJAH TACKETT-March 27 1894-July 5 1977
son of Isaac Tackett and Nancy Marlow
RAYMOND MCGHEE-March 10 1915-November 4 1965
son of Birchfield McGhee and Maggie Lowe
EDNA IRENE PARKS MCGHEE-December 22 1920-December 2 2002
daughter of Charles Parks and Pearl Harness
GEORGE L LOVETT-June 4 1922-May 8 1969
HELEN PARKs COLE-February 1 1919-May 8 1954
daughter of Charles Parks and Pearl Harness
GARY WAYNE BUNCH-January 12 1950-August 7 1971
son of Robert and Edna Bunch
ALLISON R HALE-July 16 1977-June 5 1997
daughter of Arzo Hale and Kathy Ward
DAVID HARNESS-November 25 1865-January 6 1926
HENRY HARRISON-January 11 1878-February 2 1943
MAE HATMAKER-
WADE HERRON-June 3 1919-April 3 1961
son of Jack Herron and Sinda Parks
BOYD ELBERT HUMPHREY-May 25 1948-June 1 1951
son of Elbert Humphrey and Ellen Wilson
BETTY LOU HUMPHREY-December 6 1957-June 11 1960
daughter of Elbert Humphrey and Ellen Wilson
WILLIAM LEE HOUK HUMPHREY-October 25 1899-November 9 1949
son of Thomas Humphrey and Katherine Wallace
LINDA D HUNLEY-1948-1953
GERALDINE PIKE HALE-February 23 1934-March 30 1974
ISAAC W WARD-June 25 1890-October 3 1967
son of James Ward and Elmira Phillips
JAKE F PILKEY-September 8 1915-May 1 1984
ETHEL LEE HERRON PILKEY-December 1 1911-January 19 2001
daughter of Jack Herron and Sinda Parks
JOHN “JAKE” ROGERS-June 5 1927-February 19 1977
J H NANCE-May 11 1929-March 6 1975
JIM RAY FIELDS-May 6 1935-July 28 1985
JACK HERRON-April 9 1883-August 17 1969
SINDA PARKS HERRON-October 21 1891-April 17 1977
LEROY HARGROVE-July 18 1921-January 22 1988
LORETTA M “SISSY” SIMPSON-March 11 1954-February 3 1981
L C SMITH-May 17 1929-December 10 1964
son of Lindsay Kenneth Smith and Willie Ethel Rutherford
MOUNTERVILLE BUNCH-April 4 1912-August 27 1970
son of Luster Bunch and Mary West
MART HARNESS-1910
MICHAEL E SMITH-July 18 1958-December 28 1959
son of L C Smith and Juanita Violet
MARTHA MARLOW WARD-November 5 1891-April 18 1981
daughter of Alexander Marlow and Surelda Wilson
CHERYL D PETERSON MCGHEE-October 29 1962-March 31 2002
daughter of Johnny and Doris Peterson
FANNIE MILLER-March 16 1910-March 30 1986
JESS MILLER-February 17 1905-July 21 1981
JASPER “SMOKEY” OAKES-December 8 1900-March 10 1971
RUBY OAKES-August 28 1912-January 30 1984
PENNY HUTSON-October 22 1959-August 17 1961
PAUL ARNOLD BUNCH-August 1 1954-April 2 1998
son of Mountville Bunch and Ruth Smith
CHARLIE M PARKS-February 6 1890-September 5 1981
PEARLIE HARNESS PARKS-October 10 1891-March 26 1961
daughter of Marion Harness and Catherine Paul
MILLARD W PATTY-November 6 1929-January 6 1930
PERRY N PATTY-January 12 1886-April 15 1955
MARTHA D PATTY-February 10 1890-December 10 1977
CHARLES GENE PATTY-March 18 1954-March 20 1954
CHARLIE PIKE-February 15 1907-September 10 1981
son of Isaac Pike and Elizabeth Pyles
IDA WRIGHT PIKE-November 11 1912-September 25 1982
ISAAC “IKE” PIKE-March 29 1881-June 4 1940
son of George Pike and Rachel Pyles
RAY JACKSON PILKEY-January 20 1935-June 14 2001
son of Jake Pilkey and Ethel Herron
R H BUNCH August 25 1924-June 6 1999
JERRY MAXINE ROGERS-April 14 1930-June 19 1955
SUSIE ANN ROGERS-June 19 1955-June 21 1955
daughter of Jerry Maxine Rogers
PARIS “PEEDAB” ROGERS-April 17 1953-August 14 1998
CORA RUSSELL-1888-1964
CARL RUSSELL-1920-1972
ELIZABETH RUSSELL-February 22 1961-March 21 1961
ROBERT A RUSSELL-June 26 1917-November 25 1999
WILLIAM H RUSSELL-October 26 1877-August 14 1964
SUSIE LORENE ROGERS-September 24 1926-December 5 1991
SARAH J GOODMAN SMITH-March 24 1873-December 4 1954
daughter of Jesse Goodman and Julia Massengale
CLYDE LEO STOOKSBURY-October 12 1927-June 10 1995
son of Charlie Stooksbury and Tennie Raines
FLOYD G TACKETT-September 27 1918-April 6 1976
WALTER VITATOE-June 30 1893-August 7 1950
LENA VITATOE-June 9 1897-September 16 1983
BRENDA GAIL WARD-July 18 1953-April 26 1956
ORA PARKS WELCH-December 14 1925-January 28 1997
daughter of John Parks and Marlena Cross
ANTHONY SCOTT MILLS-February 4 1965-April 21 1995
ERVIN L SIMPSON-July 6 1924-September 23 1958
STELLA M SIMPSON-January 12 1929-May 24 1980
C DAVID HARRIS-December 14 1944-May 6 1992
MARY ELLEN HARRIS-July 27 1921-December 22 1979
KENT ASBURY-October 31 1959-September 27 1979
LUCILLE ARLINGTON TACKETT-February 12 1914-April 26 1964
LILLIAN R PIKE-June 3 1925-May 28 2000
CLIFFORD EUGENE KIRKLAND-September 6 1924-August 29 2002
son of Roscoe and Ida Kirkland
JAMES T HARRIS-born and died October 2 1952 son of H W Harris
HAROLD W HARRIS-July 15 1898-December 27 1963
HAZEL MCGHEE-October 1 1917-February 15 1989
NICK C SELLERS-July 3 1878-October 14 1952
ROBERT J MCGHEE- June 1942-November 1999
LORI MCGHEE-
HOMER RAY MILLER-March 25 1954
JOHN WARD-died in 1927
ANDY E HARRISON-June 5 1915-January 5 1990
MARY LYONS WHITAKER-April 11 1899-November 17 1990
JAMES FESTUS LYONS-November 10 1899-December 23 1938
ELI WARD-October 4 1885-January 26 1946
son of James Ward and Elmira Phillips
NANCY MARLOW WARD-March 21 1876-November 26 1956
daughter of Alexander Marlow and Surelda Wilson
FRANKLIN D C SMITH-December 10 1935-November 10 1936
T EUGENE SMITH-November 12 1931-September 30 1932
WILLIAM H BUNCH-June 21 1897-June 18 1939
CLARA J BUNCH-November 14 1905-April 12 1976
BETTY SUE RUTHERFORD-1941-1988
SELENA RUTHERFORD-2000-January 8 2000
daughter of Charles Rutherford Jr. and Anita Cupp
MARIE LOWE-February 2 1917-December 19 1975
ELBERT HENRY RUTHERFORD-April 5 1936-June 14 1951
FAY LAWSON-October 27 1932-December 22 1932
daughter of Mike and Mossie Lawson
JANIE EVON WARD-born and died April 1 1942
PATSY JEAN DUNCAN-1945
THOMAS LEE DUNCAN-1941
GRACE MCGHEE-March 23 1914-November 19 1978
MILLARD MCGHEE-August 16 1907-July 5 1972
WANDA SUE BOSHEARS-February 19 1939-July 18 1939
HURLEY BOSHEARS-May 11 1904-June 8 1939
NELLIE R BOSHEARS-March 18 1907-November 14 1987
MARTIN KENNEDY-April 6 1888-May 1 1949
ALBERT E RAINES-August 2 1910-August 17 1948
son of Charles Raines and Elizabeth Chapman
JAMES W ELLISON-May 30 1881-August 17 1934
ARTEMPA “TEMPIE” ADKINS ELLISON-January 26 1886-June 8 1968
daughter of Christopher Adkins and Nancy Hatfield
CHARLEY RAINES-July 29 1865-September 14 1935
ELIZABETH “LIZZIE” CHAPMAN RAINES-November 14 1862-December 18 1958
daughter of John Chapman and Lucinda Burris
DOROTHY FAY EPPERSON-1939 daughter of J E Epperson
JOSEPH RICHARD BEACH-August 13 1912-March 19 1942
JAMES FLOYD COX-October 11 1939-April 25 1940
AUSTIN JACKIE SHAWN “TATER” KITTS-April 23 1997-April 4 2000
THOMAS EDISON WARD-September 3 1915-August 20 1990
son of Ferdinand Ward and Lucretia “Creasy” Phillips
PATRICIA ANN WARD-July 28 1948-August 4 1948
TOMMY LEE WARD-born and died February 6 1944
FERDINAND A WARD-January 10 1873-October 2 1939
son of Eli Loveday Ward and Susannah Roberts
LUCRETIA “CREASY” PHILLIPS WARD-May 27 1879-January 21 1957
daughter of Moses and Sabra Phillips
MINNIE LOUISE WARD-July 29 1933-August 5 1933
MITT DOWELL-July 14-August 15 1930
DELFORD LEE DOWELL-May 24 1911-April 10 1933
J W RICHARDSON-January 16 1932-October 2 1934
SHEILA KAY RICHARDSON-May 1 1948-July 26 1948
MARY DOWELL-May 17 1882-May 30 1961
MIKE MCCLOUD-born and died March 30 1967
son of Delores McCloud
JOHN PARKS-April 7 1884-July 18 1944
son of John and Anna Marie Parks
MARTHA JANE GARNER-March 15 1911-August 19 1974
TONY WALLACE-May 4 1919-January 10 1952
JOSEPH MCGHEE-September 9 1874-June 12 1960
son of Alexander McGhee and Louisa Carroll
ELIZABETH WILSON MCGHEE-May 15 1877-September 15 1939
daughter of Jonathan Wilson and Sarah Phillips
SAMUEL LOUGH-January 13 1917-July 28 1984
son of Jacob Lough and Nancy Emily Burris
AARON MCKINNEY-October 8 1875-October 21 1949
ABRAHAM MARLOW-June 17 1904-September 21 1988
son of Alexander Marlow and Surelda Wilson
MAE WEST MARLOW-February 27 1904-September 23 1973
ALEXANDER MARLOW-April 5 1856-July 8 1938
son of Thomas Marlow and Profanis “Fanny” White
SURELDA J WILSON MARLOW-February 3 1861-April 30 1941
daughter of Susan Jane Wilson
ALONZO PHILLIPS-August 22 1918-September 9 1962
AUD DAY JR.-born and died April 22 1946
BIRTIE SMITH-March 8 1894-October 12 1945
BRENDA SUE SHETTERLY-born and died August 20 1947
CARL JOHNSON-August 19 1898-April 15 1950
CHARLES “CHARLIE” ADRIN WATSON-January 5 1910-March 3 1988
son of Thomas Watson and Martha Phillips
DEWEY M MAY-July 23 1928-July 27 1928
E B ADKINS-February 29 1872-May 31 1937
ED WILSON-
EDNA JUNE MARLOW LAMB-June 4 1919-August 13 1940
ELIZABETH TACKETT-March 18 1899-April 25 1937
ERNEST “WHIMPEY” MCKINNEY-January 22 1919-July 24 1969
GEORGE R LOVETT-June 4 1922-May 8 1969
GEORGE DAVIS-March 15 1875-June 27 1959
GEORGE EDWARD PHILLIPS-May 14 1914-December 6 1948
HENRY GOODMAN-November 9 1950
HURSTLE ROBBINS-October 6 1906-November 30 1991
VERDA “VERDIE” MARLOW ROBBINS-October 2 1902-October 1 1960
daughter of Powell Marlow and Hannah McGhee
IVAN L DOWELL-April 20 1909-August 1949
JAMES ALVIS VANN-August 26 1915-June 5 1947
son of Samuel Vann and Josephine Hatfield
JAMES CHEEK-December 7 1873-November 17 1953
ANNA CHEEK-January 25 1877-June 17 1966
JAMES JACKSON-1862-January 7 1936
SARAH M J JACKSON-1864-February 7 1944
JANICE KAY WILSON-August 23 1959-December 27 1974
JESSIE WARD-July 10 1938-February 19 1979
LYDIA MAE WALLACE WARD-December 17 1940-October 18 1986
daughter of John and Jessie Wallace
JOHN PHILLIPS-February 14 1893-February 25 1977
son of Rhoda Duncan
RHODA ANN DUNCAN JEFFERS -November 6 1868-September 14 1949
JOHN ROBBINS-August 10 1892-May 17 1951
JOSEPH CROSS-June 7 1885-April 17 1948
son of Thomas Cross and Elizabeth Phillips
DELORA NEWPORT CROSS-March 14 1899-January 20 1967
LILLIE E MCCULLEY-1902-1946
MAE MCKINNEY-March 10 1885-September 8 1949
MAGGIE ROBBINS-March 27 1896-February 9 1971
MARY W MILLER-November 12 1897-September 29 1978
PATSY ANN PATTERSON-March 1 1947-March 3 1947
PEGGY WILSON-
PHOEBE “PHEBY” DAUGHERTY DUNCAN-May 14 1878-December 11 1947
daughter of Riley Harrison Daugherty and Rosa White
POWELL E MARLOW-1880-July 1961
son of Alexander Marlow and Surelda Wilson
NOAMA DAUGHERTY MARLOW-1893-1945
DAVID M PRESSNELL-February 6 1880-August 28 1945
MINNIE PRESSNELL-1889-1949
ROSE WILSON MCCLOUD-
R P PAT MCCULLEY-1901-1964
SARAH JANE VANN WATSON-June 12 1912-November 19 1950
daughter of Samuel Vann and Josephine Hatfield
THEODORE E COOPER-June 18 1904-March 6 1989
THOMAS HOBERT ROBBINS-September 1 1914-November 23 1986
VINA WILSON TACKETT DAUGHERTY-August 14 1874-September 26 1949
daughter of Jonathan Ramsey Wilson and Sarah Phillips
WILEY MCGHEE-September 15 1902-August 25 1978
son of Joseph McGhee and Elizabeth Wilson
NORA MCGHEE-May 6 1909-Janaury 2 1983
WILLIAM DAUGHERTY-June 28 1850-April 14 1946
son of James Daugherty and Melvina West
WILLIAM L PARKS-1900-1947
WILLIS DUNCAN-July 3 1875-April 29 1946
son of William Isaac Duncan and Elizabeth Brown
PAUL E MARLOW-October 8 1923-October 30 2004
son of Powell Marlow and Naomi Daugherty