Potter Cemetery
Located in Sullivan County, this cemetery is in the pasture field near 2370 Denton Valley Road, Bristol, TN. The cemetery is fenced and is well tended. There are possibly a few unmarked graves and three graves marked by fieldstones.
Photographed and transcribed on 17 Sep 2013 by Donna Briggs, Jan Clark and Bob Shell, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. Additional information contributed by Dorothy Sproles.
Map Location: Shady Valley Quad
GPS Location: N36°35.516 W081°58.996 Elevation: 1852 ft.
Name |
Birth date |
Death date |
Comments |
Hilliard, Joseph Daniel | 29 Feb 1923 | 6 Aug 1992 | |
Hilliard, Thelma | [No date] | [No date] | Mom [Hand-made tombstone] |
Hilliard, Ross | [No date] | [No date] | Dad [Hand-made tombstone] |
Hilliard, Volney J. W. | 1945 | 1999 | [Funeral home marker] |
Potter, Edith | 1929 | 2002 | [Shares marker with Roby D. Potter] |
Potter, Roby D. | 1929 | 2003 | [Shares marker with Edith Potter] |
Woods, Gary L. | 24 Sep 1951 | [No date] | Married Aug. 14, 1970 [Shares marker with Phyllis G. Woods] |
Woods, Phyllis G. | 29 Apr 1951 | 13 Sep 2002 | Married Aug. 14, 1970 [Shares marker with Gary L. Woods] |
Arnold, Charlie A. | 1888 | 1974 | [Shares marker with Maggie Arnold] |
Arnold, Maggie | 1888 | 1978 | [Shares marker with Charlie A. Arnold] |
Watson, Clarence Stacey | 17 Feb 1926 | 8 Jul 1991 | US Navy, World War II |
Smith, Betty Wayne | 5 Feb 1938 | 2 Feb 1997 | |
Watson, Denver Joseph | 29 Apr 2009 | 29 Apr 2009 | [Funeral home marker] |
Watson, Barbara Ann | 22 May 1949 | 14 Sep 2008 | [Funeral home marker] |
Watson, Clarence S. | 1926 | 1991 | [Shares marker with Gladys V. Watson] |
Watson, Gladys V. | 1930 | 2009 | [Shares marker with Clarence S. Watson] |
Watson, Dora June | 27 Feb 1955 | 18 Jun 2002 | |
Potter, Hazel Bell | 24 Apr 1913 | 30 Jun 1987 | |
Potter, Conley R. | 30 Aug 1910 | 26 Jul 1962 | |
Rutherford, Walter Lee | 14 Nov 1928 | 22 Feb 1960 | Tennessee PFC HQ CO 76 HV Tank BN, World War II |
Rutherford, Frances L. | 1929 | 2012 | [Funeral home marker] |
McNew, John Roby | 1 Aug 1944 | 18 Oct 1973 | |
Wilson, Pauline Betty Watson | 1908 | 2005 | Mother |
Webster, Victor L. | 1903 | 1967 | Married Jan 16, 1946 [Shares marker with Stella M. Webster] |
Webster, Stella M. | 1924 | [No date] | Married Jan. 16, 1946 [Shares marker with Victor L. Webster] |
Hillard, Inice | 26 Mar 1894 | 1 Sep 1961 | |
Wilson, Len | 24 Apr 1932 | 20 Jan 1987 | Dad |
Wilson, Vicey O. | 1930 | 1974 | Mother |
Hilliard, Samuel | [No date] | [No date] | [Hand-written marker] |
[Unknown], Elva H. | [No date] | [No date] | [Hand-written marker] |
Arnold, Daniel M. | 1862 | 1942 | [Shares marker with Alice C. Arnold] |
Arnold, Alice C. | 1870 | 1944 | [Shares marker with Daniel M. Arnold] |
Rutherford, Infant Daughter | 11 Jun 1909 | 12 Jun 1909 | Infant Daughter of W. R. & Ida Rutherford |
Gregory, J. P. | 1877 | [No date] | |
Gregory, Maude A. | 1889 | 1955 | |
Gregory, Dora B. | 1871 | 1938 | |
Vanover, Leighton S. | 23 May 1907 | 19 Oct 1924 | Son |
Mayne, Henry S. | 21 Dec 1860 | 30 Apr 1920 | [Shares marker with Rachel T. Mayne] |
Mayne, Rachel T. | 7 Jun 1861 | 30 Oct 1922 | Wife [Shares marker with Henry S. Mayne] |
Mayne, Frank | 15 Aug 1893 | 23 Sep 1972 | |
Jones, Clarance W. | 30 Aug 1905 | 26 Oct 1907 | Son of M. M. & C. E. Jones |
Atkins, Mary | 22 Aug 1840 | 9 Sep 1899 | Wife of Lewis Atkins |
Mayne, Lelea T. | 3 Sep 1896 | 14 Jul 1913 | Daughter of H. S. & R. T. Mayne |
Jones, M. M. | 1858 | 1949 | [Shares marker with C. E. Jones] |
Jones, C. E. | 1861 | 1951 | [Shares marker with M. M. Jones] |
Potter, Susan E. | Aug 1837 | Feb 1916 | |
White, Edgar Lee | 15 Dec 1889 | 15 Dec 1904 | Killed |
Dollar, Rachel L. | 6 Jan 1882 | 2 Apr 1953 | |
Hilliard, David | 1887 | 1954 | [Funeral home marker] |
Hilliard, William I. | 1911 | 1957 | [Funeral home marker] |
Stewart, Earnest Gray | 25 Jul 1925 | 28 Oct 1930 | Father: Charles W. Stewart, Mother: Betty Coe Jones (DS) |
Strwart, Charles W. | [No date] | 8 Sep 1930 | Tennessee, PVT 117, INF 30 DIV [Surname Stewart, obviously misspelled] |
White, Sarah E. | 30 Apr 1841 | 18 Jan 1908 | Mother [Shares marker with Benjamin F. White, Sr.] |
White, Benjamin F., Sr., Rev. | 25 Aug 1837 | 10 Mar 1920 | Father [Shares marker with Sarah E. White] |
Wyatt, Robert Milton | 19 Feb 1895 | 16 Oct 1918 | |
Snyder, Roy | 18 Jan 1898 | 21 Sep 1913 | Son of D. & Lottie Snyder |
Phillips, Floy | 12 Apr 1891 | 29 Jan 1923 | Wife of J. F. Phillips [Shares marker with J. H. Phillips] |
Phillips, J. H. | 17 Sep 1921 | 19 Sep 1921 | Son of J. F. & F. M. Phillips [Shares marker with Floy Phillips] |
Snyder, Daniel | 1862 | 1949 | [Shares marker with Lottie Snyder] |
Snyder, Lottie | 1872 | 1949 | [Shares marker with Daniel Snyder] |
Martin, Delia | 27 Feb 1863 | 17 Jul 1927 | |
Maye, Danna | 17 Jun 1903 | 2 Dec 1942 | Dad [Shares marker with Vesta, Ruth, Marie, Myrtle, Virgie and Helen Maye; also shares another marker with Maggie Maye] |
Maye, Vesta | [One date] | 2 Dec 1942 | [Shares marker with Danna, Ruth, Marie, Myrtle, Virgie and Helen Maye] |
Maye, Ruth | [One date] | 2 Dec 1942 | [Shares marker with Vesta, Danna, Marie, Myrtle, Virgie and Helen Maye] |
Maye, Marie | [One date] | 2 Dec 1942 | [Shares marker with Vesta, Ruth, Danna, Myrtle, Virgie and Helen Maye] |
Maye, Myrtle | [One date] | 2 Dec 1942 | [Shares marker with Vesta, Ruth, Marie, Danna, Virgie and Helen Maye] |
Maye, Virgie | [One date] | 2 Dec 1942 | [Shares marker with Vesta, Ruth, Marie, Myrtle, Danna and Helen Maye] |
Maye, Helen | [One date] | 2 Dec 1942 | [Shares marker with Vesta, Ruth, Marie, Myrtle, Virgie and Danna Maye] |
Long, Maggie Maye | 9 Feb 1909 | 18 Dec 1992 | Mom [Shares marker with Danna Maye; funeral home marker bears the surname, “Long”] |
Cooper, Robert F. | 4 Jun 1890 | 11 Sep 1944 | |
Greer, Infant Son | 15 Jul 1928 | 15 Jul 1928 | Infant Son of Robert & Bertha Greer |
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