Beason Cemetery


The Beason Cemetery is three miles northwest of Chattanooga. Follow highway # 27 from Chattanooga to the Cherokee Tourist Camp. Turn southwest on Hills Wood Drive, one mile to Woodland Height Baptist Church. Just at the back of the church is the cemetery. The land was given by Mr Grant Beason. He and his wife were buried there in 1837 and 1838, but their graves have no markers. There are about one hundred and fifty unmarked graves. Sarah Green was the oldest person at death, her age being 102.
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Moore, Mary - Wife of John Moore - Dec 23, 1863 - Nov 7, 1889 - 'At rest.'
Smith, Sallie Moore - Wife of J P Smith - Apr 5, 1838 - Aug 13, 1905
Moore, Mary Emeline - Oct 16, 1830 - Feb 19, 1906
Smith, J P - July 29, 1839 - Jan 25, 1907 - 'At rest.'
Hunley, Gertie - Jan 30, 1882 - June 15, 1903
Mavitt, Susan Ople - May 28, 1888 - Aug 11, 1890
Shelton, Alice - Feb 17, 1891 - May 1, 1926
Shelton, Addie - Jan 31, 1907 - Aug 4, 1936
Shelton, Paire Lee - Died Apr 10, 1872 - Age 63 yrs - 'Our dear mother.'
Dunnington, Nancy Fay - Feb 11, 1935 - Apr 1, 1937
Murphy, Gilbert - Feb 22, 1935 - Dec 22, 1935
Essex, Boyd - Jan 9, 1904 - July 9, 1921
Essex, John - Nov 4, 1867 - Mar 19, 1922
Essex, Boyd - July 4, 1921 - Dec 11, 1922
Drake, James Franklin - Jan 9, 1902 - Jan 6, 1904 - 'Another little Angel before the Heavenly throne.'
Wade, Mary A - May 31, 1836 - Oct 2, 1924
Rhea, L O - Jan 30, 1882 - June 15, 1903

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Rhea, Harvey - June 25, 1846 - June 4, 1904 - 'In my Father's house are many mansions; A light from our household is goen, a voice we loved is stilled a place is vacant in our hearts which never can be filled.'
Lambert, Annie - 1922 - 1929
Mavity, J M - Oct 6, 1861 - Oct 23, 1903
Mooney, Frank
McSpadden, Inez - May 26, 1909 - June 5, 1922
McSpadden, Zenda - Nov 22, 1900 - May 15, 1921
McSpadden, Amy - Aug 24, 1903 - Mar 16, 1921
Brooks, Arthur Darrel - Feb 27, 1898- Sept 29, 1916
Fine, Phillip - 1855 - 1925
Mother - Thomas, Sarah Welch - Wife of J L Thomas - 1855 - 1925
Wright, William - Died Nov 7, 1905 - Age 82 yrs
Wright, Rebecca - Dec 25, 1835 - Aug 8, 1904
Williams, R M - May 4, 1840 - Mar 11, 1904 - Age 63 yrs 10 mos 24 days
Little Bunch, Bessie - Sept 20, 1896 - Mar 31, 1903
Miller, Minnie - 1810 - Aug 1, 1927
Miller, Keney Lee - Nov 29, 1927 - Dec 8, 1927
Nelson, George - Dec 14, 1880 - Nov 1, 1895 - 'Safe in the arms of Jesus.'
Grubb, A J - Co C - 5th Tenn Cav - CSA
Mother - Kennedy, Allie - April 22, 1877 - April 2, 1931
Father - Kennedy, J P - Nov 1, 1859 - Feb 9, 1924 - 'Non Sil Ba. Sed Ant.'
Kennedy, Gladish - Daughter of J P and A Kennedy - Mar 20, 1914 - April 5, 1917 - 'A little time on earth she spent 'till God called for her.'

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Whitten, Bessie - Jan 23, 1922 - Sept 28, 1932 - 'At rest.'
Mother - Whitten, Bethania - Oct 10, 1892 - Aug 22, 1937 - 'At rest.'
McGuire, Infant son of W L and D B McGuire - Nov 11, 1916 - Nov 13, 1916
Little McGuire, Lucy - Dec 14, 1918 - Feb 2, 1919
McGuire, W L - Mar 16, 1890 - Mar 6, 1921
Mother - Carroll, Lucinda - Wife of S F Carroll - Oct 30, 1844 - Dec 29, 1918
Wolff, Infant son of Mr and Mrs John Wolff - June 15, 1930
Killough, Annie M - Died may 5, 1930
Griffith, John W - Jan 8, 1923 - Apr 8, 1923
Griffith, Woodrow - Jan 10, 1919 - Jan 17, 1919
Parks, Carl Dennis - Son of Jno. and Maggie Parks - Aug 29, 1922 - July 13, 1924 - 'Our darling.'
Ball, J W - Son of J W and Nancy Ball - Feb 15, 1889 - Jan 1, 1912 - 'Thy will be done.'
Roberts, W C - Jan 22, 1862 - Feb 20, 1926
Payne, Will - Mar 14, 1926 - Age 40 yrs 3 mos 9 days
Duncan, Mack - 1881 - 1931
V B D - Downey, Beatrice - Nov 17, 1915 - Mar 28, 1917
Reno, Jess - Oct 7, 1854 - Dec 26, 1920
Reno, Sarah - Died June 11, 1925 - Age 75 yrs
Green, Jessie - Apr 9, 1900 - Dec 17, 1936
Green, Maggie J - Sept 3, 1901
Green, John E - June 13, 1862 - Apr 29, 1934

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Green, Pearl G - May 15, 1875
Green, Sarah J - 1827 - 1929 - Age 102
Mother - Reel, Millie F - Nov 25, 1860 - May 3, 1934
Bunch, J D - Sept 24, 1910 - June 6, 1912
Bunch, Sherman - June 22, 1915 - Jan 27, 1917
Bunch, Sellar - Jan 18, 1925 - Dec 28, 1925
Suttles, Jim W - Jan 22, 1933 - Feb 9, 1933
Suttles, Louis B - Dec 9, 1933
Suttles, N Carline - Died 1934
Suttles, Ida B - Died 1936
Brown, Mary Lou - Dec 18, 1897 - Apr 30, 1925
Smith, Mayetta - Daughter of John and Cordelia Smith - Aug 24, 1915 - June 27, 1934
Smith, John P - Husband of Cordilla Smith - Dec 20, 1895 - Oct 10, 1918
Smith, Mr J M
Lewis, George - Son of C W and S A Lewis - Oct 10, 1910 - Apr 15, 1917 - 'Our darling has gone before to greet us on the blissful shore.'
Sawyer, Elizabeth M - Wife of J E Sawyer - Nov 9, 1823 - Nov 24, 1863
Sawyer, Infant son of R M Sawyer - Born and died Apr 13, 1856
Sawyer, Mary E - Daughter of J E and E N Sawyer - June 26, 1861 - Nov 24, 1863
Sawyer, Infant son of George Sawyer - Born and died Dec 18, 1863
Jenkins, W B - Aug 20, 1849 - May 31, 1922 - 'At rest.'
Edwards, Infant son of J J and Lula Edwards - 1895 - 1896

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Lewis, Allie - Duaghter of C W and S A Lewis - Mar 21, 1896 - May 7, 1917 - 'Her happy soul has winged its way, to one pure bright eternal day.'
Lewis, C W - Jan 29, 1874 - Nov 22, 1933 - 'At rest.'
Kennedy, Johnie Leachy - Daughter of G C and Bertha Kennedy - Nov 4, 1915 - Nov 2, 1916 - 'Our darling has gone to greet us on the blissful shore.'
Smith, Lou
Smith, Abe
Malone, Bonard - Age 3 mos
Kennedy, G C - May 26, 1888 - Nov 13, 1918
Our mother - White, Sarah A - Diec Sept 27, 1923 - Age 90 yrs
White, Jessee - Son of J P and Myra White - Feb 4, 1908 - Feb 29, 1908
Pippins, Kench - 1869 - 1901
Pippins, Horace - 1892 - 1934
Pippins, Frank - 1882 - 1937
White, Rhoda A - Wife of John M White - And mother of J L and F L Pippins - Sept 9, 1870 - June 1, 1927
Stringer, Nancy
Howser, John - Son of J M and Margaret Howser - Mar 23, 1875 - Jan 17, 1904 - Age 28 yrs 9 mos 24 days - 'Remember youth as you pass by As you are now, so once was I, as I am now, you soon will be, prepareing for death and follow me.'
Vandergriff, Lillie Mae.
Vandergriff, Geo. - Feb 12, 1890 - Feb 38, 1890
Vandergriff, Mary - July 29, 1867 - Nov 29, 1933
Eversole, John Melvin - Feb 18, 1863 - Oct 20, 1891 - Age 28 yrs 9 mos 2 days
Eversole, Bachel - 1852 - Mar 18, 1900

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Fairbanks, Agnes Mccullor - Daughter of W M and Clemmie McCullor and wife of John Fairbanks - Nov 4, 1877 - Dec 4, 1917 - (Member of Holiness church).
Bouayer, Mandy - 'At rest.'
Pickett, J A , Jr - May 13, 1902 - Jan 5, 1932
Stringer, Mollie C - Daughter of J T and M C Stringer - Jan 31, 1862 - Nov 29, 1883
Our baby - Carter, Claude Willie - Infant son of James and Georgia Carter - Aug 25, 1882 - Jan 26, 1883 - Age 9 mos 13 days
Carter, Walter Edward - Infant son of James and Georgia E Carter - Jan 6, 1892 - Jan 17, 1892
Snyder, Donald
Father - Carter, J H - Dec 26, 1853 - July 9, 1922 - 'At Rest.'
Thomas, Ulise - Diec June 23, 1931 - 22 yrs old
Fairbanks, Hayzel - Nov 21, 1920 - Oct 21, 1921
Fairbanks, Zethel Lee - Oct 29, 1921 - Nov 29, 1921
Fairbanks, G L Aydis - Feb 6, 1917 - July 19, 1918
Fairbanks, Homer - May 5, 1919 - May 9, 1919
Brooks, Ollie Luther - Oct 22, 1891 - May 7, 1911 - 'The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of Jesus.'
Shipley, Fred - Son of J W and Jimmie Shipley - Sept 25, 1915 - July 4, 1915
Torbett, Mrs - Wife of J C Torbett
Fox, Ida Bell - May 30, 1890 - June 20, 1929
Smith, Jesse A - Aug 22, 1898 - Nov 10, 1929
Shannon, J S - Mar 1, 1874 - May 29, 1924 - 'We will meet again.'
Haggard, Miss Francis - Mar 14, 1935 - Age 23 yrs

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Kelly, Delila - Apr 7, 1816 - Apr 12, 1885 - 'Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest, God called thee Home He thought it best; Our home has been lonely since God called you to live with Him.'
Thomas, Jessie - Sept 5, 1867 - Nov 26, 1922 - 'Saved by grace.'
Kerley, Sarah - Feb 16, 1875 - Dec 19, 1925
Gibson, J B - 1882 - 1930
Birdett, James - 1849 - 1909
Birdett, Sarah - 1854 - 1919
Gibson, Carl - 1906 - 1921
Green, M F - Aug 11, 1845 - Oct 24, 1918
Carroll, Rudolph Lou - Son of L C and Lou Carroll - Sept 23, 1918 - Feb 24, 1920
Mitchell, R G - Mar 29, 1888 - June 16, 1921 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Mitchell, Mary C - Mar 4, 1880 - Oct 31, 1918 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Winesburgh, Joe - Mar 6, 1886 - Mar 16, 1911 - 'Lord I cannot let you 'till a blessing thou hast bestow, do not turn away thy face.'
Winesburgh, Harry - Mar 11, 1909 - Apr 11, 1911
Black, Will Reader - Aug 23, 1909 - Aug 26, 1911
Walker, G W - June 29, 1861 - Jan 4, 1911 - 'May he find joy in the life everlasting.'
Mathis, James K - Dec 1878 - April 4, 1925
Jackson, Marie - Dec 5, 1846 - Dec 16, 1927 - Age 81 yrs 11 dys
Wise, C W
M H B A D - 1846 - Nov 6, 1896


Addition 15 Jan 2000 contributed by K Seals

Burns, John, Jr. - Born July 15, 1867 - North Carolina - Died August 8, 1942 - Chattanooga,TN buried beside his son-in-law Smith, Jesse A - see page 6


Addition 14 Aug 2001 contributed by Ronald Vaughn

Couch, Fred W., Jr. - Born 10/17/1928 - Died 02/15/1973
Vaughn, Charles Fred - Born 1916 - Died 1942
Vaughn, Robert James, Sr. - Born 10/19/1901 - Died 10/14/1967 - Gone but not forgotten
Vaughn, Billy (on marker) - Vaughn, William Russel - Born 10/28/1936 - Died 10/17/1973


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