RIDLEY CHAPEL CEMETERY
This is cemetery is located behind the church at the intersection of Center Point Road and Ridley Chapel Road, just south of State Highway 100. The cemetery is maintained.
David Donahue recorded this cemetery October 20, 1992 and checked and updated it 13 years later on October 20, 2003. An earlier record is available for this cemetery. Betsy Patterson and Anita Webb recorded this cemetery circa 1975. Their record appears in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), Vol. II, pp. 303-304. This earlier work is referred to as "Patterson and Webb" in the notes below.
Brown, Georgia Lee, Sept. 14, 1926-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone
Grissom, Billy Joe, 1933-1934, "Son of Lois & Collie Grissom"
Grissom, Della Marie, 1935-1936, "Dau. of Lois & Collie Grissom" [Patterson and Webb reported these two Grissom children's markers being here in 1976 but in 1992 the markers were at Mt. Moriah Cemetery; they may have been moved because Lois and Gollie (note G in Gollie) have an earlier infant buried at Mt. Moriah and erected a marker for themselves there]
Jones, Asa, Nov. 14, 1832-Feb. 3, 1919
Jones, Amanda J., May 7, 1832-Feb. 17, 1914Jones, Jasper, Jan. 16, 1877-June 13, 1949
Lewis, Bertha E., May 9, 1902-July 11, 1958, "Mother" footstone [probably daughter of J. R. and Mary L. Roby, whose matching double marker is adjacent]
Lipe, Emma, Dec. 1, 1861-Jan. 28, 1880
Lipe, G. W., Oct. 1, 1822-Sept. 30, 1907
Lipe, Seinith, Dec. 1, 1829-May 6, 1917Lipe, Isaac H., Jan. 26, 1855-June 26, 1860, "Son of G. W. & Seney Lipe"
Lipe, Mary J., May 1, 1844-June 12, 1864, "Wife of Reuben Lipe" [headstone and footstone are in different locations]
Lipe, Reuben, 1837-Mar. 11, 1864 (broken) [broken at birth date; birth year from Patterson and Webb]
Lipe, Sarah Ann, Sept. 15, 1832-Mar. 23, 1866
Mooney, Maude E., Apr, 6, 1936-____
Mooney, Troy D. "Shorty," June 28, 1926-June 9, 2002, "Married May 5, 1950"Parker, Ily B., Feb. 2, 1876-Dec. 26, 1881, "Son of A. H. & S. M. Parker"
Parker, Infant, no dates [replacement]
Parker, Infant, no dates [replacement]
Parker, Norah A., Sept. 2, 1878-July 11, 1879, Dau. of A. H. & S. M. Parker" [headstone and footstone are in different locations]
Powers, ______, Two graves with "Powers" (homemade markers)
Ridley, Alice, 1890-1974
Ridley, George W., 1877-1958Ridley, Ben F., 1889-1960, "Father"
Ridley, Charlotte E., Mar. 2, 1835-Sept. 21, 1914, "She spent her life waiting on the afflicted"
Ridley, Grace, July 3, 1916 [replacement]
Ridley, Infant, 1917, "Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement]
Ridley, Infant, 1918, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement]
Ridley, Infant, 1919, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement]
Ridley, Infant, 1920, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. & Alice Ridley" [replacement]
Ridley, John, d. Aug. 23, 1850, "Aged about 45 Ys"
Ridley, John R., July 15, 1841-Sept. 15, 1857
Ridley, Levina, d. Oct. 27, 1889, "Aged 75 Ys, 7 Ms, & 17 Ds"
Ridley, Nancy A. York, July 25, 1845-Apr. 27, 1872, "Dau. of John & L. Ridley" (very shallow carving; bring chalk to read this marker) [actual burial positions are represented by a line of four marble footstone, the nearest lying northwest of main marker, and the others running north from it]Ridley, Martha, June 29, 1928-July 19, 1928 [replacement]
Ridley, Oder N., June 13, 1884-Jan. 18, 1888, "Dau. of W. T. & C. E. Ridley"
Ridley, R. F., Mar. 10, 1877-Jan. 16, 1878, "Son of W. T. & S. A. Ridley"
Ridley, Sintha Elizabeth, Jan. 3, 1854-Mar. 9, 1928
Ridley, W. A., Oct. 9, 1884-Aug. 9, 1885, "Son of W. T. & S. A. Ridley"
Ridley, W. T., May 8, 1832-Mar. 1, 1917, "Husband of S. E. Ridley" [headstone and footstone are in different locations]
Roby, Aubrey Troy, Oct. 10, 1894-Apr. 11, 1897, "Son of J. R. & Mary L. Roby"
Roby, Bertie J., May 9, 1902-Sept. 27, 1902, "Son of J. R. & Mary L. Roby
Roby, J. R., Feb. 3, 1870-Aug. 27, 1936, "Father"
Roby, Mary L., June 11, 1871-Oct. 5, 1953, "Mother"Sifford, Alice, 1936-2002, temporary marker, Pafford Funeral Home, 4 feet south of marker for Georgia Lee Brown
Stanfield, Sarah E., Aug. 28, 1871-Sept. 30, 1872, "Dau. of O. W. & Mary F. Standfield"
Stanfill, E. A., Oct. 15, 1840-Aug. 6, 1929, "Wife of J. T. Stanfill"
Stanfill, J. T., Oct. 16, 1843-Aug. 22, 1922, "Husband of E. A. Stanfill"Taylor, Isaac W., Oct. 3, 1847-Jan. 15, 1872
Taylor, Isaac, Aug. 14, 1799-May 20, 1884 (eroded)
Taylor, Jacob, Mar. 28, 1820-June 1872 (broken and repaired)
Taylor, R. R., Dec. 16, 1863-Aug. 10, 1876, "Son of J. M. & Harriet Taylor"
Taylor, Ruben R., Jan. 3, 1838-June 26, 1882 [replacement marker at base of repaired original marker which reads R. R. Taylor
Taylor, Salley, Jan. 9, 1802-Oct. 28, 1883, "Wife of Isaac Taylor" (eroded, cracking)
Taylor, Saul, 1878-1909 [replacement]
Thompson, D. K., 1862-1949
Thompson, Elcie McAdams, 1866-1899, "His Wife"Thompson, Hattie M., Sept. 14, 1896-Nov. 26, 1941
Thompson, James W., Jan. 19, 1894-Nov. 15, 1972Thompson, Herman (Doc), Oct. 26, 1913-Aug. 25, 1986
Thompson, Jimmie Nina, June 23, 1916-Mar. 9, 2003Thompson, Howard, Dec. 4, 1909-Mar. 8, 1910 [replacement; probably son of Tennessee and D. K. Thompson]
Thompson, James R., Sept. 21, 1870-Dec. 11, 1870, "Son of J. J. & C. A. Thompson"
Thompson, Kenneth Ray, Nov. 10, 1956, "Infant son of J. W. & Thelma Thompson"
Thompson, Lora Mae, Jan. 19, 1905-Nov. 2, 1932
Thompson, Lucinda Davis, Aug. 10, 1865-Apr. 10, 1951, "Mother" footstone/William Wilson, Mar. 8, 1865-June 6, 1942, "Father" footstone
Thompson, Mary P., Apr. 16, 1875-Sept. 10, 1875, "Dau. of J. J. & C. A. Thompson"
Thompson, Mary, Dec. 24, 1814-Mar. 1869, "Wife of Samuel Thompson"
Thompson, N. E., Oct. 27, 1845-Aug. 9, 1928, "Wife of S. J. Thompson"
Thompson, Nettie, 1890-1976
Thompson, Jeff, 1888-1961Thompson, Rosellar L., Oct. 9, 1868-Oct. 19, 1870, "Dau. of J. J. & C. A. Thompson"
Thompson, S. J., June 18, 1843-June 18, 1912, "Husband of N. E. Thompson" [Masonic symbol]
Thompson, Sallie J., Oct. 27, 1872-Nov. 1873, "Dau. of S. J. & N. E. Thompson"
Thompson, Samuel, Aug. 6, 1814-Apr. 16, 1848
Thompson, Tennessee, June 22, 1870-Feb. 16, 1963, "Wife of D. K. Thompson"
Thompson, Verner, Dec. 26, 1881-Feb. 3, 1963
Thompson, William Hazy, Dec. 14, 1886-Feb. 28, 1887, "Son of D. K. & A. C. Thompson"
Thompson, William Joseph, Dec. 24, 1894-Nov. 14, 1895, "Son of W. W. & J. D. Thompson"