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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.

Potter Cemetery

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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