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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

Hite Cem

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.

 


Comments

Hite Cemetery — 1 Comment

  1. 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.

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