Tyner Cemetery


The Tyner Cemetery is located twelve miles northeast of Chattanooga. Follow highway # 64 to Tyner taking the road left to the Hickory Valley road. The land was bought by the Citizens of Tyner from John Hancock. There are one hundred and fifty unmarked graves.
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Hilliard, Julia - Jan 16, 1894 - July 27, 1930
Hilliard, Jake A - 1857 - 1931
Hilliard, Ann Elizabeth - Infant - Dec 1, 1933
Hilliard, Clyde - 1892 - 1931
Bearden, Lester H - June 26, 1903 - Feb 12, 1929
Gardenshire, William - Son of Mr and Mrs A B Gardenshire - Aug 12, 1912 - Dec 16, 1928 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Sedman, Frank - July 6, 1884 - Dec 28, 1928
Weatherford, J H - Mar 12, 1856 - Apr 17, 1930
Walters, Lillie - 1884 - 1932
Walters, Helen Joyce - Daughter of L S and Ada Walters - Nov 26, 1932 - Mar 11, 1933
McKee, Aline - July 9, 1931 - Feb 20, 1932
Walker, John R - 1873 - 1931
Hickman, Sarah A Jewel - Wife of E P Hickman - Aug 15, 1870 - Feb 17, 1931
Waller, Leonard - Oct 13, 1907 - Aug 23, 1932 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Elrod, Ruth - Wife of Mathew Elrod - Dec 28, 1895 - Apr 1, 1930
Cook, Rev F M - Apr 4, 1860 - Dec 26, 1935 - 'When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall I also appear with Him in glory.'
Shepherd, James U - Son of Mr and Mrs J L Shepherd - Dec 20, 1916 - Mar 22, 1935 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Glover, Elizabeth - June 24, 1935 - Age 19 yrs.
Glover, William - Dec 15, 1937 - Age 44 yrs.
Glover, Josephine - Infant daughter of Avit and Blanche Glover - Sept 26, 1931

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Webb, James C - 1929 - 1932
Scott, Wesley S - Mar 24, 1936 - Age 58 yrs.
Croft, Maggie Mae - July 31, 1936 - Age 33 yrs. 8 mos. 21 days.
Wyatt, Hattie M - Apr 20, 1869 - Nov 15, 1936
Moss, Howell L - 1868 - 1934
Flynn, James N - Jan 2, 1937 - Age 66 yrs.
Conner, Luther B - 1893 - 1930 - He served his country 1914 - 1918 - 'Be thou faithful until death and I will give thee a crown of live.'
Conner, Harriett Elizabeth - Wife of W F (Franklin) Conner - Oct 8, 1863 - Aug 11, 1932
Ward, Jeremiah - Jan 18, 1848 - Aug 22, 1907
Perry, Charles L - 1908 - 1935 - 'At rest.'
Wilson, W J - Feb 13, 1858 - July 27, 1930
Wilson, Rachel - Feb 13, 1858 - July 27, 1930
Wilson, Carlton - Apr 14, 1918 - Dec 31, 1933
Dyer, George N - Mar 9, 1928 - Age 33 yrs.
Haney, Hubert - Feb 5, 1912 - Oct 13, 1927
Haney, Martha Welch - Wife of H A Haney - Oct 8, 1866 - May 9, 1937
Gill, J B - Aug 1, 1861 - July 22, 1932 - 'His toils are past, his work is done; he fought the fight, the victory won.'
Gill, Mrs J B - Aug 1, 1871 - Mar 15, 1937 - 'God's greatest gift returned to God; our mother.'
Raby, Sam R - 1870 - 1935 - 'At rest.'
Raby, Annie - Wife of Sam R Raby - Feb 12, 1867 - Apr 27, 1931
Wolback, D Clinton - Oct 1, 1879 - Mar 24, 1927
Reid, Polly - Sept 10, 1853 - June 23, 1921
Brumlow, F C - May 7, 1927

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Witt, F M - Oct 17, 1850 - July 6, 1927
Witt, Susan A - June 6, 1857 - July 31, 1937
Fryar, Jane - Mar 13, 1865 - Sept 21, 1923
Fryar, Leon - Son of Mr and Mrs Mack Fryar - Oct 17, 1928 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Coffman, Odessa - May 14, 1912 - Oct 18, 1934
Standeffer, Addie - Apr 10, 1892 - Jyly 27, 1927
McMillen, Winfred - Daughter of S A and Ruth McMillan - 1932 -
McAmie, M E - Nov 13, 1865 - Aug 30, 1921
Wooten, David Irwin - 1882 - 1925
Wooten, W A - Oct 22, 1857 - Oct 22, 1933
Cooley, Sim M - July 6, 1853 - Jyly 5, 1928 - Tenn Pvt 51 Inf - 6th Sliv
Lecroy, Lena D - Oct 25, 1907 - June 9, 1909
Lecroy, Robert David - Oct 16, 1926 - Aged 76 yrs.
Lecroy, Robert P - July 22, 1894 - July 4, 1921
Williams, C M Harper - July 2, 1883 - June 19, 1928 - Wife of Eli Williams
Harper, Dorothy Huskey - Wife of I F Harper - May 3, 1847 - Feb 19, 1928
Duncan, Grizella - Wife of J G Duncan - Feb 25, 1873 - Feb 27, 1922
Duncan, Elmer - Son of J G and Grizzie Duncan - Oct 16, 1893 - Jan 12, 1913 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Moss, Willie R - Nov 28, 1914 - Dec 12, 1921
Tankersley, B M - 1867 - 1916
Tankersley, Charlie - 1903 - 1931
Tankersley, Clifford - 1901 - 1932
Mother - McDowell, Nellie Lawson - 1869 - 1920

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Mother - Lawson, Lula N - Jan 25, 1873 - Apr 11, 1935
Conner, John E - Aug 11, 1853 - Sept 22, 1916
Conner, Sallie M - Dec 21, 1863 - Mar 31, 1936
Walker, Lee - Son of A and M Walker - Dec 26, 1906 - Nov 26, 1919 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Mother - Lightfoot, Lucy - Wife of William Lightfoot - Dec 20, 1853 - Sept 17, 1918 - 'Her happy soul has winged its way to one pure bright eternal day.'
Mother - Lightfoot, Lena - 1881 - 1925
Lightfoot, William F - Son of Lena Lightfoot - Nov 25, 1912 - Jan 25, 1914
Lightfoot, Erma G - Sept 1, 1933 - Sept 9, 1933
Gill, W G - May 8, 1864 - Feb 18, 1915
Rowland, Rev L E - Mar 24, 1876 - 1916 - 'He has finished his work and gone to rest.'
Father - Gate, W P - Sept 10, 1860 - Dec 19, 1919 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Mother - Gate, Nancy E - Aug 20, 1864 - May 7, 1936 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Cook, William G - Jan 15, 1851 - Mar 28, 1918 - 'Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep.'
Talley, Elizabeth Ellen - Wife of G M Talley - Apr 9, 1870 - Feb 18, 1917
Neighbors, Mary J - Apr 22, 1839 - Aug 5, 1911
Tonkin, Frederick Cooper - Nov 7, 1911 - Dec 12, 1911
Fowler, Annie Tonkin - Wife of J S Fowler - 1902 - 1931 -[Anna - repeated on page 6]
Cooper, Dan F - Jan 4, 1882 - Apr 27, 1928 - [repeated on page 6]
Cooper, Alice - Wife of A L Cooper - Oct 17, 1856 - Feb 16, 1909 - 'A lovely wife, a mother dear lies buried here.'

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Cooper, Ben C - June, 1890 - Dec, 1916 - 'As you are now, once was I, As I am now, some day you'll be, when this you see, think of me.'
Shields, Lucile Cooper - Wife of De Foe Shields - Sept 18, 1888 - Mar 2, 1919 - 'At rest.'
Jones, Lloyd Earnest - Son of F M and E O Jones - Aug 14, 1911 - Sept 20, 1916
Wooten, Bernie - Daughter of T A and H M Wooten - Apr 22, 1904 - May 7, 1904
Sweeney, John F - Husband of Ethel Parks - Oct 9, 1887 - May 23, 1931
Parks, W D - Husband of Osie Cooley - Jan 2, 1870 - Oct 4, 1936
Parks, Sim M - Son of W D and Osie A Parks - Jan 13, 1911 - Mar 27, 1931
Parks, Russell L - Oct 10, 1899 - Jan 12, 1904
Parks, Mary L - Jan 29, 1850 - Jan 19, 1917
Parks, Wm. M - Feb 20, 1847 - Aug 28, 1920
Roberson, Lewis S - 1867 - 1936
Roberson, Jesse Carroll - Son of Lewis and Myrtle Roberson - Jan 19, 1907 - June 6, 1908
Varnell, Thomas Benton - Mar 31, 1850 - Jan 2, 1909 - 'By grace ye are saved.'
Varnell, Mary A Orr - Wife of T B Varnell - Mar 15, 1862 - Mar 19, 1926 - 'God is love.'
Short, Mrs. Ella - Sept 2, 1850 - Apr 18, 1908
Eblen, T N - 1872 - 1935
Eblen, Georgine - Infant daughter of Dr. T N and Delia Eblen - Oct 28, 1901 - Oct 30, 1901
Eblen, Ellen Marie - Infant daughter of Dr. T N and Delia Eblen - May 29, 1906 - Apr 24, 1907

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Emery, I W - Mar 7, 1860 - Jan 16, 1931
Emery, Roy J - Mar 6, 1897 - Jan 3, 1931
Dyer, Margaret A - Mar 14, 1858 - May 15, 1910 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Bedford, Thomas L - May 4, 1890 - Sept 2, 1912 - 'No pains, no grief, no anxious fear can reach our loved one sleeping here.'
Henry, William - May 29, 1848 - May 8, 1913
Varnell, Virginia C - Wife of W H Varnell - Dec 7, 1852 - Nov 23, 1926
[Varnell?], Stella - Aug 18, 1890 - Oct 28, 1903
Varnell, Crawford M - Dec 3, 1886 - Feb 23, 1913
Walker, Lena Varnell - Wife of S R Walker - 1878 - 1926
Varnell, Tennessee J - Aug 18, 1852 - Nov 4, 1908
Varnell, Robert E Lee - Oct 22, 1867 - May 29, 1912
Millikens, James - July 30, 1822 - Aug 19, 1915
Millikens, Fannie M E - Wife of James Millikens - Jan 28, 1843 - Oct 13, 1927
Stephenson, Susan Christine - Apr 30, 1854 - Mar 12, 1917 - 'To die is to gain.'
Stephenson, G C - June 26, 1873 - Aug 17, 1928
Armour, Ineze - Mar 29, 1897 - Apr 23, 1907
Armour, Myrtle - Jan 29, 1905 - Jan 28, 1917
Walker, R C - Mar 29, 1852 - Feb 7, 1906 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Gardenhire, Minnie - Wife of A B Gardenhire - July 20, 1885 - Feb 17, 1910

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Shull, John H - June 20, 1852 - Jan 5, 1910 - 'At rest.'
Benton, Mary Luvena - Dec 16, 1913 - June 20, 1914 - 'Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest; God called thee Home, He thought best.'
Benton, Lurena - Wife of R M Benton -Sept 28, 1852 - Dec 30, 1913
Drehmer, John G - Nov 18, 1849 - Oct 12, 1906
Hall, Wm. - Co. B - 34 Ky. Inf.
Conn, Henry I - Husband of N A Conn - Jan 4, 1859 - Apr 29, 1908 - 'He was loving, kind and true to all.'
Lynn, Martha E - Apr 18, 1865 - Jan 22, 1916
Friar, C T - July 26, 1885 - Nov 8, 1917
Friar, Charline - Daughter of A G and Ada Friar - Oct 29, 1909 - Nov 24, 1918 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Friar, Alva G - July 23, 1883 - July 23, 1923 - 'Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.'
Thomas, Beulah E - Daughter of I H and M C Thomas - Feb 11, 1909 - Aug 21, 1918
Mullins, William - 1837 - 1923
Mullins, Jerusha - 1848 - 1929
Denham, James R - Tennessee Pvt. U S Army - Aug 31, 1929
Bowers, William Henry - 1891 - 1921
Bowers, Laura - 1899 - 1918
Bowers, Francis Ward - 1918
Dawson, A E, MD - Dec 28, 1879 - May 24, 1916
Dawson, A E, Jr. - Sept 13, 1903 - July 10, 1932
Hicks, Emma Lee - Feb 23, 1908 - Apr 7, 1925
Chapman, Lemuel - Feb 3, 1907 - June 27, 1907

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Chapman, Clyde - 1908 - Sons of E L and M E Chapman
Smith, Judson R - 1858 - 1928
Smith, Grover - 1886 - 1905
Smith, Louisa E - 1889 - 1911
Smith, Hazel B - 1888 - 1932
O'Neal, Phillip L - July 17, 1836 - Oct 19, 1920 - 'At rest.'
Denman, Robert Lowell, Jr. - Mar 25, 1915 - Apr 3, 1915
Haenseler, Konrad - Nov 26, 1853 - Oct 22, 1905 - 'Rest in peace.'
Haenseler, Rose A - June 1, 1908 - Aug 1, 1909 - 'Our darling.'
Poe, Margaret - Wife of James A Poe - June 16, 1854 - Oct 22, 1924 - 'A tender mother, a faithful friend.'
Poe, Edwin W - Son of W J and N E Poe - Oct 9, 1909
Poe, W J, Jr. - Dec 6, 1874 - Aug 25, 1918
Friar, Dorthy Elnora - June 8, 1919 - Sept 8, 1920
Sanders, Syntha A Williams - Wife of James Sanders - 1850 -1921
Sanders, James - 1845 - 1926
Haven, Sarah E - Mar 9, 1855 - Jan 8, 1931
Haven, Emmaline - Mar 2, 1828 - May 23, 1920
Cliver, G W - Apr 14, 1840 - Feb 19, 1922
Hadden, Minnie Oliver - Wife of W A Hadden - Feb 20, 1879 - Apr 27, 1933
Bryant, Parris A - Apr 15, 1895 - May 2, 1916
Mother - Bryant, Lelah Moore - 1873 - 1937
Bryant, Terrah Seth - Oct 27, 1898 - Sept 7, 1932 - 'At rest.'

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Hancock, John G - Aug 21, 1851 - Dec 28, 1918
Hancock, Martha E - Feb 9, 1852 - June 10, 1923
Hatcher, William S - Jan 1, 1859 - Oct 10, 1913 - 'He has gone to the Mansion of rest.'
Hatcher, Eleanor - Daughter of W S and Dosia Hatcher - July 5, 1908 - Sept 18, 1909
Potter, Elizabeth - Daughter of B H and Ora Potter - 1917 - 1924
Smitherman, Otto - Oct 19, 1901 - June 12, 1921 - 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see, God.' Matt V. 8
Oliver, Josephine - Infant daughter of Ovit and Blanche Oliver - Sept 26, 1931
Witt, Susan A - June 6, 1857 - July 31, 1937
Buddy - Webb, James C - 1929 - 1932
O'Neal, Annie E - Feb 17, 1856 - Mar 12, 1938
Penland, Mary - Oct 8, 1919
Smith, Virginia - Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A K Smith - Sept 28, 1917 - June 28, 1918
Vinson, Hazel Miller - Wife of G W Vinson - July 13, 1895 - Jan 3, 1932
Son - Vinson, Walter H - June 6, 1901 - June 5, 1924


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