EAST HILL CEMETERY – Located on East State Street, Bristol, Tennessee. Annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown. Additional information submitted by Donna Briggs and Brenda Gemmell.

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ARNOLD, Annie Gaynelle Snead Lebanon, VA age 80 – 30 Oct 2000 (F = Paul Snead M = Minnie Hawkins H = Morris James Arnold. Son = Billy Sharrett. Special Son = Morris Arnold, Jr. Special Dau = Betty Wampler, & Mary Durand. Bros = John & Cecil Snead Sis = Marie Jessie, & Virginia Mitchell)

ASHLEY, Arthur C. age 83 – 8 Oct 2001 (F = Clarence S. Ashley, Sr. M = Hattie Lowe. Bro = Clarence S. Ashley Jr. Sis = Margaret J. Collin & Mary L. Mitchell Sis = Myrtle Eva Lunsford & Josephine Lunsford, Bro = Albert J. Ashley Grandparents = Alfred Lowe & Fanny Arrowood & James Ashley & Hassie McClain)

ASHLEY, Clarence Severe Feb. 22, 1889 – Aug. 24, 1926. (Father – James Ashley – Mother – Hassie McClain) PS

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BAKER, Margaret J. Fairfax, VA age 74, 18 Dec 2000 H = Daniel Upton Baker Son = Daniel Riley Baker

BEIDLEMAN, Jennie Smalling 23 Jan 1907 – 31 Oct 1962   F = A. T. Smalling M = Jennie Akard H = Roy Beidleman

BOATWRIGHT, Charles L. Dr. 8 Mar 1926 Jonesville, VA age 75, 3 Jan 2002 Christiansburg, VA (F = John Calhoun Boatwright M = Flora Clendenen W = Bonnie W. Boatwright Sons = Dr. John Charles & Joseph White Boatwright Dau = Jamie B Haines Stepdau = Tracie G. Jimenez. Preceded in death by brothers, D. C. & James C. Boatwright and a sister Mona B. Bodnar)

BOLLING, John 1856 – 24 Jan 1932 (F = Isaac Bolling M = Nancy Hayes)

BOLLING, Nancy Elizabeth 28 Mar 1861 29 Mar 1950 (F = James Hayes M = Polly Alfred H = John Bolling)

BOOHER, David Henry age 47, 9 Nov 1932 (F = Josiah Booher M =—Marx.)

BOOHER, Josiah 21 Feb 1850 4 May 1912 (F = David Booher M = Susanna Peters W = Tina M. Marks)

BOOHER, Lois Ann age 68 17 Sep 1933 – 12 Dec 2001 (F = Jack Ferrell M = Nellie Flournoy H = Eldridge H. Booher Dau = Judy Kennedy. Son = Paul Snead. Preceded in death by a brother James Ferrell)

BOOHER, Mittie Fain 22 Oct 1886 – 18 Jun 1969 (F = Millard DeArmond M = Margaret Rader H = Henry David Booher)

BOOHER, Tina M. 27 Mar 1862 5 Feb 1929 (H = Josiah Booher)

BYARS, Jane Bailey 15 Dec 1872 Locust Glenn, Washington Co., VA – 9 Sep 1948 Blountville, TN (F = David F. Bailey M = Eleanor Preston H = Joseph Cloyd Byars Dau = Virginia Byars Caldwell. Son = Bailey Preston Byars Sis = Mrs. W. T. Tillar Newspaper obit)

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CARRIER, Jacob age. 70, 20 Dec 1931 (F = Delaney Carrier)

COLLIN, Allie April 10, 1878 – May 1878. (F=Christopher Columbus Collin; M=Melissa Sweet) PS

COLLIN, Berlie Hampton April 29, 1880 – Dec. 22, 1960. (Father- Christopher Columbus Collin – Mother – Melissa Sweet) PS

COLLIN, Carl Hampton 11 Feb 1921 – 4 Mar 2003. (Father=Christopher Clinton Collin – Mother- Cellia Elizabeth Grubb) PS

COLLIN, Cellia Elizabeth Grubb Jan 11, 1896 – Oct. 29, 1991. (Father- Joshua Grubb – Mother – Grace Vestal) PS

COLLIN, Christopher Clinton Dec. 4, 1886 – Nov 27, 1936. (Father- Christopher Columbus Collin – Mother – Melissa Sweet) PS

COLLIN, Christopher Columbus March 8, 1845 – March 13, 1921. (Father – John F. Collin – Mother Catherine Collin) PS

COLLIN, Melissa Katheryn Jane Sweet Oct 20, 1850 – Dec 12, 1930. (Father – Firman Preston Sweet – Mother – Charity Ann Larimer) PS

COLLIN, Myrtle Lavenia April 19, 1926- 1931. (Father – Christopher Clinton Collin – Mother- Cellia Elizabeth Grubb) PS

COLLIN, Robert Edward Dec 27, 1918 – Oct. 17, 1942. (Father – Christopher Clinton Collin – Mother- Cellia Elizabeth Grubb) PS

COLLIN, Ruby March 15, 1893 – June 1893. (Father- Christopher Columbus Collin – Mother – Melissa Sweet) PS

COLLIN, Samuel May 11, 1876 – April 22, 1877. (Father- Christopher Columbus Collin – Mother – Melissa Sweet) PS

COMBS, Charles Joseph 3 May 1864 BR VA 1 Feb 1933 (F = James M. Combs (VA) M = Nicey Ann Osborne)

COMBS, Nicey A. Osborne 11 Nov 1835 – 4 Jul 1916 (H = Charles Joseph Combs)

COMBS, Joseph M. 16 Feb 1828 31 May 1901

COMBS, Hops 1877 – 1948

COMBS, Margaret Q. 1886 – 19— (stone not cut)

COMBS, Ernest Anderson 1893 – 1979 (W = Minnie Crumley)

COMBS, Minnie Crumley 1895 – 1975 (H = Ernest Anderson Combs)

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DELANEY, H H. 1 Jan 1844 – 1 Sep 1921

DELANEY, Sarah King 18 Dec 1844 19 Mar 1915

DENTON, Georgia Poore 3 Jul 1879 – 18 Jul 1940 (F = Robert J. Poore M = Della Jones H = H. M. Denton)

DETTOR, James William 10-01-1908 – 30 Jan 1971 MD

DOUGHTERY, William Fredrick “Fred” age 49 – 7 Jun 2000 (F = William Fredrick Dougherty, Sr. M = Martha Ross W = Valerie Dougherty. Stepfather= Raymond Ross Dau = Lucretia Mann Son = William F. Dougherty III Stepdaughter= Carmen Fitch. Stepsisters= Dinah Mettetal, and Becky Childress. Stepbrothers = Mark Dorton and Arthur Ross.

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EADS, William Everett 25 Apr 1888 – 21 Nov 1945 (F = Nathan Eads M = Jane Whitlock W = Sina Hickman)

ECHOLS, Mary Ann Cordelia Deloach 9 Dec 1890 – 19 Jun 1986 (F = Kineda Deloach M = Margaret Mays)

ECHOLS, Roy 19 Dec 1906 – 21 Sep 1992 (F = William Echols M = Mary Ann Cordelia Deloach)

ECHOLS, William 1877 – 1934 (W = Mary Ann Cordelia Deloach)

EDWARDS, E. Victor Feb 01, 1908 (same stone as Lora K. Edwards) PS

EDWARDS, Lora K. 15 Feb 1908 – 06 Jul 1964 f=Morgan “Taylor” Newman m=Cora Lee Chapman PS

ELLER, Raymond M. age 78 – 9 Jun 2001 Johnson City, TN F = John J. Eller M = Rose Thomas W = Dorothy Loew Eller. Daus= Susan Gentry & Michelle Crockett Sons = Larry, Morris, & David Eller Sis = Margie Capps, Elizabeth Hawk, & Juanita Wilson

EMMERT, John W.    (17 Mar) 1842 – 26 Feb 1917  Private, Company F, 63rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, CSA. Constable of Bristol, and a pallbearer for his commander Colonel Abram Fulkerson.  Original grave marker is lost; monument placed by the family in the Confederate Section in November 2011. See story on the Bat Creek Stone. SSS

EPPERSON, Carolyn Sue Worley age 47 4 Feb 2002 Sons = Travis Buchanan & Eddie Worley Sis = Wilma Cumbow, Juanita Jones, Lisa Brown & Tammy Rhymer. Bro = Robert Franklin Epperson III. Stepdau = April Dawn Worley

EVERETT, Simon Isaac   age 36 Kaye Evans

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FULKERSON, Abram 1834 – 1902
Inscription on the tombstone SSS

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GEMMELL, Janet Hamilton   1847 – 1931  w/o  John Gemmell  BG

GEMMELL, John    b. 16 Sep 1842    d. 6 Feb 1918  (our great-uncle from Scotland)  BG

GEMMELL, Margaret McGrigor    1870 – 1969  w/o Thomas Gemmell  BG

GEMMELL, Thomas    b. 10 Dec 1869    d. 8 Jan 1955  s/o John and Janet Gemmell  BG

GEMMELL, William McGrigor    b. 3 Aug 1904    d. 2 Mar 1912   s/o Thomas and Margaret  BG

GIVENS, Annie T. no dates funeral 18 Mar 2000 F = John Stines M = Josie H = William Dewey Givens. Dau. Shirley Brooks & Ruth Strouth

GRUBB, Alta C. age 93 2 Feb 2001  F = Jeff Grubb M = Alice S. Brown

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HARKLEROAD, John A. 1855 – 1932   F = William H Harkleroad M = Sarah H. Boy W = Mary E. Mallonee

HARKLEROAD, Mary E. Mallonee 15 Oct 1862 – 24 Jun 1921    H = John A Harkleroad

HARKLEROAD, Wm H. 25 Jul 1882 13 May 1920  F = John A Harkleroad M = Mary E. Mallonee

HAYES, Bridget “Bid” age 92 4 Apr 2001   F = Jacob “Jake” Faulkner M = Betty Lutcken Moody H = Walter Price Haynes. Daus= Susie Walker & Bobbie Carter Sons = Chuck, Walter, Larry, Allen & Jerry Haynes. Preceded in death by her husband and a daughter Betty Lutcken and a son Hal Haynes

HICKS, Allie S. 22 Apr 1896 – 4 Dec 1990   Nee: Sproles H = John C Hicks

HICKS, Cynthia M. 15 Sep 1894 – 17 Sep 1961 H = James F Hicks

HICKS, James F. Jr. 13 Jul 1920 4 Feb 1980 Sgt. US Army WW II   Parents= James J. & Cynthia M Hicks

HICKS, James F. 17 Oct 1884 – 17 Sep 1961  W = Cynthia M Hicks

HICKS, John C. 11 Mar 1892 – 27 Jun 1955   W = Allie Sproles

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KESNER, P.M. (Peter Minnick) 15 Apr 1831 – 27 Mar 1920 (S/o David Kesner & Catherine Minnick, Husband of Mary Catherine Jones.) SK/SSS

KIRK, Gladys age 81 – 23 Dec 2000 (F = Christopher Kirk M = Lillian Thomas Sis = Willie Mae Woods)

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LANE, Bessie Gould Pendleton, 18 Oct 1900 – 1964; m1: Frederick Cameron Dance m2: Mr. Lane Marker OP

LOVE, Elizabeth Ellen 8 Mar 1885 VA – 1 Oct 1963 BR TN   F = Henry Offield M = Mary Counts H = Robert Love

LOWE, Alfred J. – Aug. 22, 1851 – Jan. 22, 1924.  Father- Alfred Lowe – Mother Catherine Lucinda West  PS

LOWE, Fanny Arrowood Aug. 11, 1854 – June 18, 1914.  Father – Thomas Arrowood – Mother – Clarissa Presley PS

LOWE, Margaret age 75 – 4 Sep 2000 Johnson City, TN  Parents Raymond & Viola Faddie Hyatt H = Granvile Lowe Son = Mike Wheeler Sis = Violet Whitaker.

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McCOWAN, Margaret Mays Deloach Sykes Howell 16 Jan 1858 – 2 Nov 1943

MOORE, Ellis Stuart age 72 5 Feb 2002 (Sons = Robert, Michael & Daniel Moore Daus= Sandra Culbertson & Keith Vance)

MOZINGO Opal 1 Aug 1905 – 30 Aug 1914 9yrs. 29days old of typhoid fever (F = Frank Mozingo born in Delaware, Ohio on 9 Jan 1884 buried on 2 Sep 1914 Rush County IN Health Dept (death records) pg.61-book5) SS

MORLEY, William Howard age 80 – 25 Jun 2000 Mountain Home, TN (Parents = Robert & Ida Morley. Son = William Randolph Morely)

MUTTER, Edna M. Arnold Bristol, VA age 54 – 16 Jun 2001 Bristol, TN (F = Edward Jewell Moore. Lucille V. Moore Blevins W = William Edward “Punch” Mutter Sis = Judy Stout, Debbie Branch & K. Stout. Bros= Fred “Buddy” & James Edward Moore. Aunt= Coralee Hearl)

MUTTER, William Edward age 56 Plasterco, VA – 11 Dec 2001 (F = Joseph William Mutter M = Vivian Whited W = Edna Jewel Mutter Daus= Mary Joe Mutter, Rhonda Hutson, & Shannon Cross. Sons = Greg Hartley & Sam Hutson Sis = Bertie Ratcliff, Marie Hall, Rosemary Smithson, Elizabeth Crawford, & Patricia Raines. Bros= Joseph William, Frank, & George Mutter)

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NAVE, Florence Ackerly No dates TN (F = William Ackerly M = Nancy T H = Isaac Lucius Nave. m. 12 Oct 1880 (graves unmarked located beside husband))

NAVE, Mollie King 3 Jan 1876 10 Mar 1953 (F = Samuel Gordon King M = Susan Morrell H = Isaac Lucius Nave Brothers = Thomas Leander King)

NAVE, Isaac Lucius No dates (1^st W = Florence Ackerly 2^nd W = Mollie King) (his grave is unmarked He is buried next to Mollie King Nave and his 1^st wife is on the other side of him)

NEWMAN, Cora Lee Chapman 1890-1977 h=Morgan “Taylor” Newman PS

NEWMAN, Taylor 02 Jun 1886 – 04 Dec 1964 w=Cora Lee Chapman PS

NEWTON, Benjamin (Ben) 25 Jul 1879 – 1946 (F = William Newton M = Ellen Weddle W = Nellie I. Ward) FS

NEWTON, Charlie Brackford 18 Jun 1877 – 1951 (F = William Newton M = Ellen Weddle W = Nannie Rush (his marker reads 1876 – 1951)) FS

NEWTON, Ellen Weddle 3 Dec 1851 9 Apr 1931 (F = Calvin Weddle M = Ann Bowman H = William B. Newton)

NEWTON, Nannie Rush 1874 – 1955 (H = Charlie Newton) FS

NEWTON, William Barnett 22 Oct 1840 – 29 May 1909 (F = Dr. Thomas J. Newton; M-Sarah Newton; W- Ellen Weddle) FS

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OSBORNE, Sylvia “Sidale” age 56 21 Feb 2001 (F = V. R. Osborne M = Naomi Reed. Bro = Jon Osborne)

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PAYNE, Bessie Lee 29 Aug 1893 Rural Retreat, VA 1 Apr 1983 BR TN (F = Emmett H. Martin M = Mary Elizabeth Dickerson)

PENDLETON, Ann Maria Murphy 17 Feb 1822 – 22 Feb 1909; m: James Vance Pendleton Marker OP

PENDLETON, Bascom Wood, 22 Jun 1857 – 9 Apr 1931; m: Mary E. Watson Horn Marker OP

PENDLETON, Mary E. Watson Horn, 1 Jan 1868 – 11 Oct 1919 m: Bascom Wood Pendleton Sr. Marker OP

PETERS, John Moody 2 May 1871 – 12 Jun 1858 (F = Dailey Peters M = Mary Stewart W = Sallie Estep John & Sallie Peters other children buried in Rooty Branch Cem. )

PETERS, Sallie Estep 20 Aug 1972 – 14 Jul 1957 (F = Robert Estep M = Jennie Rouse H = John Moody Peters)

PETERS, Harvey Lee 24 Aug 1904 – 19 Dec 1954 (F = John Moody Peters M = Sarah “Sallie” Estep)

PETERS, Pauline V. 22 Aug 1926 – —–

PETERS, Martha Emma 24 Mar 1891 27 Feb 1965

PETERS, Martin Luther 5 Aug 1849 – 28 Oct 1951 (W = Dorothy E.)

PETERS, Dorothy E. wife of M. L. 4 Oct 1854 13 Apr 1918 (H = Martin Luther Peters)

PETERS, George A. 28 Mar 1881 – 10 Jan 1919

PETERS, Oneita Ray 22 Sep 1903 – 6 Sep 1972

PETERS, Charlie A. 1 Sep 1878 – 10 Oct 1970

POORE, Walter B. 17 Dec 1900 – 14 Oct 1945 (F = William C. Poore M = Sarah Elizabeth Hardsock)

POORE, Will H. age 28, 21 Sep 1916 Big Stone Gap VA ( F = W. C. Poore)

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RYAN, J. Peter 11 Aug 1861 – 30 May 1908  This stone is difficult to find.It is flat in the ground on the outside of a low wall close to the road.  F= Patrick Ryan M= Matilda Coley W= Ida Rhymer S= James Daniel Ryan & Oscar David Ryan D= Dora Ryan GMc

RYAN, James Daniel 30 Apr 1905 – 22 Sep 1967 GMc

ROYSTON, Hattie Lowe Ashley, March 26, 1893 – March 24, 1976. (Father – Alfred J. Lowe – Mother – Fanny Arrowood) PS

ROYSTON, James Hardin, Dec. 19, 1897 – July 6, 1983. PS

ROYSTON, Mary Ann Elizabeth Prater, 14 May 1857 – 27 Jan 1928 d/o Unknown John Franklin Prater and Eliza Jane Little Elizabeth Phipps, married James Royston Note: Updated information based on Death Certificate See below. MB

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SEXTON, Harry Earnest age 77 2 Apr 2002 Mountain View, TN (F = Francis J. Sexton M = Bertie Pippin W = Euna Sexton. Bro = Nathaniel M. Sexton Sis = Leola Barlow)

SEXTON, Ruby Ruth Collin July 29, 1933 -Oct. 27, 1997. (Father – Christopher Clinton Collin – Mother- Cellia Elizabeth Grubb) PS

SHARPE, Kate Margaret 1 Mar 1895 28 Feb 1963 (F = John Bolling M = Nancy Hayes H = Lelon E. Sharpe, Jr.)

SHIPLEY, Robert L. “Bob age 76 21 Apr 2000 (Dau = Susan Shipley Sons = R. Lynn, Ron, & Scott Shipley Stepson = Ben Holmes)

SKEENS, Fred R. “Red Dog” 4 Jun 1924 age 78, 13 Jul 2001 (F = John Skeens M = Alice Brushingham W = Frances Marie Skeens Sons = Fred Jr., Terry “Ted”, & Steve Skeens Daus = Karen Lowery & Tina Skeens Sis = Mary Smallwood, Shirley Trainor, Jewell Leonard, Grace Dishner, & Carol Walls. Bros= Raymond, Allen, & Jerry Skeens)

SMALLING, Andrew J. 13 Jan 1900 – 17 Jun 1930 (F = A. J. Smalling M = Jennie Akard)

SMALLING, Lavenia Alice Collin Feb 14, 1874 – May 24, 1936 (Father- Christopher Columbus Collin – Mother – Melissa Sweet) PS

STEWART, Jane Reeve 5 Aug 1922 – 21 Jun 1970 (F = David H. Booher M = Mittie DaArmond)

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VANCE, Charles Luther 27 Aug 1880 – 1 Jun 1958 (F = James Vance M = unknown W = Nora)

VANCE, Mary Bowers 13 Jun 1877 – 6 Sep 1959 (F = David A. Bowers M = Sallie Crouch H = Samuel M. Vance)

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WALSH, Clarence Colonel 16 Jul 1931 Johnson Co. TN – 14 Sep 1982 Bristol TN (F = Kelly Walsh M = Laura Snyder W = Ann Poore)

WHITTAKER, Franklin L., 23 Jan 2001 Bristol, VA (M = Macie Jo W = Leann Whittaker Dau = Micky J. Miller. Son = Brian Keith. Stepdaus= Jackie Howell, & Candy Love. Bros= Larry Green & William Jardy StepSis = Debbie Kiser. StepBro = Daryl Kiser.Stepfather Buford Kiser)

WINSTON, Frank 24 Dec 1857 – 14 Jul 1935 Johnson City TN (F = John H. Winston M = Charlotte Payne W = Nellie Wallace)

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ZORAH, Nannie Ann 29 Jul 1902 – 2 Nov 1964 (F = Charles Smalling M = Mollie Barr H = John Zorah)

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Death certificate no.
file no.15
registered no.831
place of death…Sullivan Co TN
civil dist…17
ward…2nd
Name…Mary Ann Royston
widow
race…white
date of birth…May 14…no year
age…67 yr.s, 8 mo.s, 17ds.
date of death…Jan.27 1928
occupation…domestic
birthplace…TN
father…not known
mother…Eliza Jane Little
birthplace of mother…TN
Signed by…Dr A.? G? Edwards…Bristol,TN
Place of burial…East Hill Cemetery
date of burial…1-29-1928
informant…C.H. Tayl…rest of name is smeared..Taylor? & Mrs Gladys Hardaway?
clerk…JBAkard
undertaker…V?L Funeral Home Inc…Bristol TN

Submitters

FS Faye Street

GMc Glenna McCroskey

MB Mary Brown

MD Mary Dettor

OP Orvill & Judith Paller

PS Peggy Arnold Stout

SK Sue King

SS Shirley Slaughterbeck

SSS Sharon Steele-Smith