Hite Cemetery
Located across from 342 Oak Haven Drive in the Rock Springs area of Sullivan County. The cemetery is fenced, and kept mowed. There are obviously some unmarked graves. The sign reads “Hite’s Family Cemetery.”
Photographed Oct 2002 by Gary Sawyer and Donna Briggs, part of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Map Location: 5375B Sullivan Gardens Quad
GPS Location: 36°27.17N 082°34.04 Elevation: 1554 ft.
TNGenWeb Cemetery Database: 1287910
|
Name |
Birth date |
Death date |
Comments |
| Albright, Rachel P. | 22 May 1872 | 6 Feb 1969 | |
| Bernard, Mary Ruth | 1950 | 1978 | [Funeral home marker] |
| Bingham, Beatrice | 1926 | 1980 | |
| Bingham, Marvin Don | 25 Jul 1925 | 28 Mar 2000 | US Army |
| Blakley, Charley | 5 May 1865 | 2 May 1929 | |
| Blakley, Nancy E. | Jul 1847 | 15 Nov 1912 | Wife of Taylor Blakley |
| Chase, Claude T. | 28 Jan 1908 | 19 Jul 1999 | [Same stone as Jessie K. Chase] |
| Chase, Jessie K. | 5 Aug 1910 | 23 Apr 2001 | [Same stone as Claude T. Chase] |
| Copas, Millard | 12 Dec 1898 | 30 Dec 1898 | [Same stone as sister, Myrtle Copas] |
| Copas, Myrtle | 28 Sep 1908 | 6 Nov 1908 | [Same stone as brother, Millard] |
| Crawford, Bertha | 1904 | 1945 | |
| Crawford, Charlie | 14 Feb 1874 | 14 Apr 1946 | |
| Crawford, Gussie Hyatt | 11 Jun 1885 | 15 May 1926 | Wife of Charles Crawford |
| Edwards, Sally | 1950 | 1988 | [Funeral home marker] |
| Fair, M. L. | 3 Aug 1911 | 19 Feb 1912 | |
| Ford, John | 17 Sep 1866 | 28 Mar 1911 | |
| Ford, Roda Hite | 12 Jul 1877 | 4 Oct 1954 | |
| Gaddy, William E. | 7 Mar 1927 | 22 Jul 1974 | S 1 US Navy |
| Gazaway, Inez M. | 11 Sep 1898 | 3 Jan 1921 | |
| Hayes, Goldie | 25 May 1902 | 27 Mar 1986 | |
| Hite, Anna Archer | [No date] | Sep 1923 | |
| Hite, Barberry | 1798 | About 1860 | [Wife of Jacob Hite] |
| Hite, David J. | 19 Dec 1875 | 20 Sep 1925 | [Son of W. A. & Hannah Hite; married-Ruth Blakley] |
| Hite, Elizabeth | 22 Sep 1856 | 19 Jan 1928 | [Wife of John Wesley Hite] |
| Hite, Everett C. | 25 Aug 1887 | 25 Apr 1953 | |
| Hite, Fleming | 1888 | 1971 | |
| Hite, Floyd | 12 Sep 1881 | 4 Dec 1942 | |
| Hite, George Lee | 1 Jul 1910 | 29 Aug 1974 | [Same stone as Mary Kate Hite] |
| Hite, Hannah S.
[Boyer] |
30 Sep 1852 | 18 Jun 1913 | [Wife of W. A.] |
| Hite, Henry Jack | 4 Feb 1877 | 24 Dec 1958 | |
| Hite, Homer V. | 15 Sep 1935 | 14 May 1991 | |
| Hite, J. Fred | 1931 | 1931 | Infant son of Clifford Tip & Leona Hite |
| Hite, J. Jackson | 1822 | 14 Jul 1892 | [Son of Jacob and Barbary Hite; CW soldier-60thTN Mounted Infantry] |
| Hite, J. W. | 4 Jul 1849 | 15 Mar 1921 | |
| Hite, J. W. | 1 May 1922 | 15 Mar 1942 | Son of Everet & Mary Hite |
| Hite, Jacob | 14 Apr 1790 | 13 Dec 1854 | PVT Tenn Mil War of 1812 |
| Hite, James Howard | 1 Sep 1933 | 30 Aug 1952 | |
| Hite, Kate | 1838 | 1867 | |
| Hite, Leona Ferguson | 1908 | 1938 | |
| Hite, Lucinda | 9 Jun 1880 | 4 Sep 1884 | [Daughter of W. A. & Hannah Hite] |
| Hite, M. Mildred | 24 Nov 1917 | 31 Jan 1991 | |
| Hite, Malinda | [No date] | [No date] | |
| Hite, Margaret Ruth | 16 May 1937 | 31 May 1998 | |
| Hite, Margie | [No date] | 1906 | 3 mo. |
| Hite, Mary | 1821 | 1901 | |
| Hite, Mary C. | 4 Mar 1893 | 19 Dec 1967 | |
| Hite, Mary E. | 1824 | 1856 | [1st wife of J. Jackson Hite] |
| Hite, Mary Kate | 7 Feb 1921 | 20 Aug 1995 | [Same stone as George Lee Hite] |
| Hite, Pink Pap | 1882 | 1977 | [Handmade marker] |
| Hite, Rhoda | 1834 | 1900 | |
| Hite, Ricky Lynn | 1963 | 1995 | [Funeral home marker] |
| Hite, Rosa L. | 25 Apr 1914 | 13 Nov 1936 | |
| Hite, Ruth Elizabeth [Blakley] | 1877 | 1940 | [Wife of David J. Hite] |
| Hite, Taylor | [No date] | Apr 1921 | |
| Hite, Trisha Lynne | 1980 | 1980 | [Funeral home marker] |
| Hite, W. A. | 20 Feb 1854 | 11 Apr 1903 | |
| Hoch, Helen Jean P. | 5 Jan 1933 | 16 Sep 1990 | |
| Lawson, Chad | 1979 | 1979 | [Funeral home marker] |
| Little, Danny W. | 31 Mar 1965 | 9 Feb 1983 | |
| New, Avery | 1908 | 1980 | PFC US Army |
| New, Polly | 10 Dec 1944 | [No date] | |
| New, Wille M. | 12 Mar 1927 | [No date] | |
| Oler, John | [No date] | 1858 | [Died in a buggy accident] |
| Oler, Nancy | [No date ] | 1858 | [Died in a buggy accident] |
| Painter, Allen Kipling | 26 Aug 1925 | 10 Jan 1945 | S2 US Navy
World War II Purple Heart |
| Painter, Andia M. | 1899 | 1973 | [Same stone as Herman R. Painter] |
| Painter, Herman R. | 1897 | 1973 | [Same stone as Andia M. Painter] |
| Price, Victoria | 13 May 1881 | 23 Jun 1979 | |
| Sherfey, Melvin | 17 Mar 1856 | 13 Jul 1927 | [Same stone as Rebecca Sherfey] |
| Sherfey, Rebecca [Hite] | 20 Oct 1848 | 1 Jan 1902 | [Same stone as Melvin Sherfey] |
| Short, Agnes Rogers | 5 Nov 1916 | 4 Aug 2000 | |
| Short, Andrew | [No date] | 25 Jan 1942 | |
| Short, Chester K. | 2 Mar 1925 | 24 Jan 1981 | PFC US ARMY World War II |
| Short, Devodia | 1924 | [No date] | [Same stone as Homer F. Short] |
| Short, Evelyn | [No date] | 23 May 1942 | |
| Short, Haskel L. | 1910 | 1965 | |
| Short, Homer F. | 1921 | 1985 | [Same stone as Devodia Short]
PFC US Army World War II |
| Short, Howard W. | 18 Jan 1915 | 1 Mar 1999 | Beloved husband |
| Short, Jack | 25 Jun 1920 | 19 Jan 1973 | |
| Short, Jessie Dezarn | 16 Feb 1915 | [9 Oct 2004] | [Same stone as John Wesley Short] Married 65 years |
| Short, John Wesley | 10 Oct 1910 | 14 Apr 1999 | [Same stone as Jessie Dezarn Short] Married 65 years |
| Short, Kenneth W. | 14 Oct 1973 | 7 Jul 1998 | |
| Short, Lucille | [No date] | 23 Mar 1944 | |
| Short, Mary A. | 1925 | 1947 | |
| Short, Mary H. | 8 Jul 1889 | 15 Nov 1969 | |
| Short, Paul A. | 26 Dec 1912 | 1 Feb 1970 | |
| Short, Paul Ray | 1943 | 2003 | [Funeral home marker] |
| Short, Ray C. | 21 Jun 1878 | 8 Feb 1955 | |
| Smith, Charles R. | 20 May 1930 | 30 Jul 1994 | |
| Smith, Margaret S. | 8 Jul 1930 | 7 Dec 1990 | |
| Thompson, Willie F. Dezarn | 16 Feb 1915 | 21 Mar 1993 | |
| Triplett, Martha | 1884 | 1954 |
Additional information
Death records indicate that Eddie Ford, son of John Ford and Mariah Hite is also buried here. He was born on 4 Jul 1897, died 18 Sep 1918, of “septicemia and typhoid.”
The book, 100th Anniversary Rock Springs Methodist Church, 1861-1961, indicates that Mary Whitehorn Blakely was one of the first people buried in the Hite Cemetery.
I have been told that my three times great-grandfather is butied in this cemetery along with his wife Elizabeth. Is there anyway I can verify this? Thank you for your help.