Wheeler Church Cemetery
Located at the end of the runway of the Tri-Cities Airport, on the south side on a hill across from Sinking Creek Church. From the airport, turn left onto Hwy. 75, then turn left onto Hamilton Road. The cemetery is a short distance ahead on the left.
Photographed and transcribed on July 26, 2004 and August 10, 2004 by Betty Jane Hylton, Donna Briggs and Robert Shell, the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
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LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | COMMENTS |
Akard | Abbie | 1882 | 1962 | Shared headstone w/Clint Akard |
Akard | Clint | 1881 | 1935 | Shared headstone w/Abbie Akard |
Akard | Craft | 1877 | 1923 | Shared headstone w/Mae Akard |
Akard | David | 15 Jul 1829 | 19 May 1909 | |
Akard | Ellen | 3 Sep 1833 | 5 Apr 1911 | Wife of David Akard |
Akard | Mae | 1879 | 1961 | Shared headstone w/Clint Akard |
Bachman | Sarah Hoss | 26 Mar 1846 | 30 Jun 1925 | |
Barnes | Adam Stephen | 1872 | 1938 | Shared headstone w/Sue Bachman Barnes |
Barnes | Alice Hamilton | 14 Jan 1870 | 10 Mar 1901 | Wife of N.D. Barnes |
Barnes | Alice L. | 1872 | 1954 | Shared headstone w/Fletcher A. Barnes |
Barnes | Bettie L. | 1881 | 1955 | Shared headstone w/Elbert F. Barnes |
Barnes | David T. | 1870 | 1949 | Shared headstone w/Olena .Barnes |
Barnes | Earl | 9 Mar 1903 | 23 Mar 1929 | Age 26 yrs 15 days |
Barnes | Elbert F. | 1882 | 1937 | Shared headstone w/Bettie L. Barnes |
Barnes | Fletcher A. | 1873 | 1940 | Shared headstone w/Alice L. Barnes |
Barnes | George R. | 29 Apr 1846 | 15 Mar 1902 | PVT CO A 59TN CAV. Shared headstone w/Sarah J. Barnes |
Barnes | George Wright | 2 Jan 1901 | 19 Mar 1916 | Son of A.F. & A.L. Barnes |
Barnes | James | 16 Jan 1844 | 8 Mar 1917 | Capt. Lynch’s Co. Tenn Lt. Arty. Shared headstone w/Mary A. Barnes |
Barnes | Jessie Pearl | 25 Jan 1911 | 17 May 1913 | Daughter of C.D. & E.C. Barnes |
Barnes | Lydia Kathern (Holt) | 4 Jun 1887 | 17 Jun 1922 | Wife of E.D. Barnes. Age 35 yrs and 13 das |
Barnes | Mary A. | 30 Jul 1846 | 6 Jul 1928 | Shared headstone w/James Barnes |
Barnes | Noah D. | 3 Jul 1867 | 5 Sep 1895 | Husband of Alice Hamilton |
Barnes | Olena M. | 1874 | 1971 | Shared headstone w/David T. Barnes |
Barnes | Sarah J. | 30 Jul 1844 | 12 Jul 1938 | Shared headstone w/George R. Barnes |
Barnes | Sue Bachman | 1880 | 1949 | Shared headstone w/Adam Stephen Barnes |
Blalock | James | 8 Aug 1853 | No date | “Father and Mother” Shared headstone w/Mattie Lane Blalock |
Blalock | Mattie Lane | 1 Jul 1861 | 8 Aug 1899 | “Father and Mother” Shared headstone w/James Blalock |
Bowman | Mrs. Carrie Conner | 1 Jan 1887 | 21 Jul 1914 | |
Bowman | Margaret E. | 3 Apr 1851 | 4 Aug 1941 | Shared headstone w/Theodore Bowman |
Bowman | Theodore | 16 Jul 1840 | 18 Sep 1882 | Shared headstone w/Margaret E. Bowman |
Brownlee | Lena Jane | 15 Apr 1902 | 2 Apr 1940 | |
Burke | Carrie E. | 17 Jul 1909 | 28 Jan 1912 | Daughter of J.W. & L.E. Burke |
Carter | Frances Lucinda | 6 Aug 1833 | 10 Dec 1927 | Shared headstone w/Phillip Jackson Carter |
Carter | Phillip Jackson | 5 Jun 1831 | 27 Oct 1916 | Shared headstone w/Frances Carter |
Cartright | S.J. Yoakley | 16 Sep 1881 | 22 Feb 1909 | Wife of L.F. Cartright |
Cartwright | Barbra A. | 31 Jan 1830 | 18 Aug 1898 | Shared headstone w/John S. Cartwright |
Cartwright | Fred V. | 21 Jul 1869 | 3 Jun 1907 | Son of J.S. & B.A. Cartwright (Masonic emblem) |
Cartwright | John S. | 1 Aug 1830 | 7 Apr 1914 | Shared headstone w/Barbra A.Cartwright |
Cash | Charles C. | 1867 | 1939 | Shared headstone w/Ollivene Cash |
Cash | Hannah C. | 27 Sep 1894 | 2 May 1900 | Daughter of C.C. & O.E. Cash |
Cash | Infant son | 15 Apr 1898 | 15 Apr 1898 | Infant son of C.C. & O.E.Cash |
Cash | Ollivene | 1866 | 1934 | Shared headstone w/Charles C. Cash |
Coffman | C.S. | 10 Feb 1854 | 25 Mar 1926 | Mother |
Coffman | D.G. | 19 Mar 1845 | 13 Jun 1916 | Father |
Coffman | H.E. | 12 Apr 1884 | 20 Oct 1899 | |
Coffman | M.E. | 21 Oct 1886 | 30 Mar 1897 | |
Coffman | Roy Artemus | 3 Feb 1913 | 1 Oct 1916 | Son of S.W. & C.W. Coffman |
Coffman | William David | 31 Dec 1907 | 24 Mar 1908 | Son of D.P. & N.A. Coffman |
Cox | M.C. | No date | No date | |
Cross | Allen B. | 11 Sep 1919 | 20 Oct 1985 | Shared headstone w/Gladys E. Cross |
Cross | Eliza Carlton | 17 Apr 1824 | 9 Oct 1912 | Second wife of Rev. W.K. Cross |
Cross | Gladys E. | 9 Jul 1916 | 12 Apr 1983 | Shared headstone w/Allen B. Cross |
Deakins | John H. | 17 Oct 1860 | 11 Aug 1884 | Son of R. & Mary Deakins |
Deakins | Mary E. | 12 Sep 1819 | 25 Jun 1898 | |
Deakins | Richard | 25 Nov 1820 | 5 Feb 1892 | |
Deck | Etta Barnes | 1880 | 1920 | Shared headstone Mary Lanetta Deck & infant |
Deck | Infant | No date | No date | Shared headstone w/Mary Lanetta Deck & Etta Barnes Deck |
Deck | Mary Lanetta | 1907 | 1918 | Shared headstone w/Etta Barnes Deck & infant |
Doane | Glenn Bernard | 15 May 1920 | 30 Nov 1921 | Son of T.G. & D.S. Doane |
Durham | Betty | 1863 | 1901 | |
Feathers | Clarence Cleavland | 1 Nov 1892 | 18 Nov 1892 | Son of M. _. & M.A. Feathers |
Feathers | Margaret Ann Marion | 23 Apr 1871 | 30 Oct 1948 | Shared headstone w/William J. Feathers |
Feathers | William J. | 25 Feb 1865 | 1 Oct 1948 | Shared headstone w/Margaret Feathers |
F.E.N. | No date | No date | Initials only | |
Fickle | Mary Eliza | 27 May 1898 | 30 Nov 1899 | Daughter of S.B. & Ellen Fickle |
Fleenor | Frances L. | 1936 | No date | Married 1953. Shared headstone w/James Walter Fleenor. |
Fleenor | James Walter | 1931 | 1997 | Married 1953. Shared headstone w/Frances L. Fleenor. |
Ford | George W. | 8 Oct 1861 | 1 Feb 1933 | |
Ford | James G. | 10 Feb 1857 | 31 Dec 1896 | Shared headstone w/Sarah F. Ford |
Ford | Mary A. | 2 Dec 1870 | 25 Oct 1954 | |
Ford | Rebecca A. | 1862 | 1938 | |
Ford | Sarah F. | 24 Sep 1856 | 6 Mar 1945 | Shared headstone w/James G. Ford |
Ford | W.A. | 25 Dec 1858 | 15 Jan 1925 | |
Gage | Allye L. | 19 Jun 1913 | 10 May 1991 | |
Gammon | Barbara Elizabeth | 1875 | 1925 | |
Gammon | James | 1897 | 1898 | |
Gammon | Robert Lee | 1864 | 1907 | |
Gammon | Sunshine | 1906 | 1907 | |
Hale | George W. | 27 Jul 1866 | 31 Mar 1941 | Shared headstone w/Minnie Z. Hale |
Hale | Minnie Z. | 28 Feb 1881 | 6 Sep 1950 | Shared headstone w/George W. Hale |
Hamilton | Anthony G. | 17 Jan 1841 | 9 May 1910 | |
Hamilton | Barbara E. | 28 Jun 1867 | 18 Sep 1950 | Shared headstone w/George E. Hamilton |
Hamilton | George E. | 19 Sep 1859 | 8 Apr 1893 | Shared headstone w/Barbara E. Hamilton |
Hamilton | George Opal | 13 Sep 1891 | 10 Feb 1963 | |
Hamilton | Martha Ellen | 20 Mar 1844 | 18 May 1891 | Wife of Anthony G. Hamilton |
Hawk | Harriet | 1860 | No date | Shared headstone w/J.N. Hawk |
Hawk | Hiram D. | 11 Feb 1841 | 5 Jul 1927 | CO G 19 TENN VOLS Civil War. Shared headstone w/Sarah Emma Akard Hawk. |
Hawk | Infant Daughter | Born and died | 18 May 1893 | Infant Daughter of D.E. (Rev. David Emery) & L.C. (Lena Collom) Hawk |
Hawk | J.N. | 1861 | 1934 | Shared headstone w/Harriet Hawk |
Hawk | Jesse | 30 Apr 1848 | 14 May 1921 | “Father.” Shared headstone w/Nannie J. Nighbert Hawk. |
Hawk | Nannie J. Nighbert | 19 Sep 1848 | 3 Aug 1917 | “Mother.” Age 68 yrs 11 mos 16 das. Shared headstone w/Jesse Hawk. |
Hawk | Sarah Emma Akard | 31 Dec 1851 | 17 Apr 1917 | Wife of H.D. Hawk. Shared headstone. |
Hawk | Thomas F. | 15 May 1874 | 18 Nov 1898 | Son of Jesse & N.J. Hawk |
Hawk | Valdrie D. | 3 Oct 1895 | 29 Sep 1918 | Died in France. |
Hawk | W.I. | 13 Sep 1843 | 22 Jun 1919 | |
Hawley | Leogene | No date | No date | All three Hawleys share the same headstone. |
Hawley | Susan Gammon | No date | No date | |
Hawley | William Houston | No date | No date | |
Hays | Mary Elizabeth | 15 Apr 1897 | 12 Jul 1897 | Daughter of W.T. & E.I. Hays |
Henry | Elbert E. | 1899 | 1953 | Shared headstone w/Mayme M. Henry |
Henry | Kyle D. | 27 Oct 1940 | 29 Dec 1940 | |
Henry | Mary Catherine | 30 Jul 1942 | Only one date | |
Henry | Mayme M. | 1906 | 19—(no date) | Shared headstone w/Elbert E. Henry |
Henry | Sarah J. | 1866 | 1939 | Shared headstone w/William B. Henry |
Henry | William B. | 1863 | 19—(no date) | Shared headstone w/Sarah J. Henry |
Hickam | Andrew J. | 13 Oct 1859 | 25 Feb 1903 | |
Hickam | Charlie C. | 24 Feb 1892 | 22 Jun 1949 | “Son” |
Hickam | Eva Ruth | 17 Aug 1900 | 27 Feb 1927 | Daughter of Andrew Hickam & Sarah Carter. |
Hickam | Sarah L. (Carter) | 29 Oct 1862 | 27 Nov 1953 | Wife of Andrew J. Hickam |
Hickam | William Wheeler | 26 Feb 1898 | 17 Dec 1898 | Son of L.D. & E. Hickam |
Hodges | Ama Ruth | 11 Apr 1907 | 1 Mar 1927 | |
Hodges | Bertha Ruth | 25 Aug 1913 | 15 Feb 1917 | Daughter of James & Jemima Hodges |
Hodges | E.C. | 1 Oct 1825 | 11 Feb 1906 | |
Hodges | Georgie Genevie | 3 Mar 1918 | 17 Jun 1919 | Daugh. of R.G. & M.F. Hodges |
Hodges | Noah | 19 May 1873 | 11 Jun 1897 | |
Hughes | James L. | 5 Sep 1865 | 23 Jan 1955 | Shared headstone w/wife Julia E. Lacey |
Hughes | Julia E. Lacey | 25 Jul 1871 | 29 Jun 1941 | Shared headstone w/James L. Hughes |
Isley | Roy A. | 1 Dec 1890 | 16 Feb 1920 | |
Isley | William G. | 24 Jan 1889 | 15 Aug 1926 | |
Kidd | A.A. | 1879 | 1938 | |
Kidd | Eliza Jane Tate | 15 Jan 1850 | 12 Sep 1915 | Married Sept 18, 1877. Shared headstone w/William J. Kidd. |
Kidd | Margaret E. | 12 May 1874 | 30 Jul 1915 | Wife of A.A. Kidd |
Kidd | William J. | 3 Feb 1859 | 29 Feb 1932 | Shared headstone w/Eliza Kidd |
King | E.W. | 11 May 1922 | Only one date | Son of J.E. & S.M. King |
King | Orda M. | 9 Feb 1864 | 8 May 1904 | Wife of S.S. King |
Lacy | Andrew J. | 1841 | 1912 | Shared headstone w/Sarah E. Lacy |
Lacy | Cleo | 23 Oct 1884 | 27 Nov 1903 | Daughter of W.J. & Mollie Lacy |
Lacy | G.T. | 26 Sep 1873 | 1 Apr 1893 | |
Lacy | Sarah E. | 1843 | 1919 | Shared headstone w/Andrew J. Lacy |
Marion | Abe | 15 Aug 1881 | 27 Oct 1962 | |
Marion | Chester B. | 1 Apr 1923 | 14 Aug 1963 | |
Marion | Cornelia E. (Ellen) (Sanders) | 9 Oct 1853 | 10 Feb 1904 | Wife of Matthew Marion |
Marion | Darthula (Goodman) | 19 Mar 1882 | 29 Jan 1975 | |
Marion | Lena Myrtle | 3 Jun 1902 | 13 Dec 1940 | |
Marion | Tommy | 14 Oct 1890 | 25 Sep 1896 | Son of J.F. & F.E. Marion |
Mashburn | M. Jane | 19 May 1929 | 23 Nov 1945 | |
McDonnell | Esther | 1907 | 1970 | |
McDonnell | Michael S. | 1907 | 1966 | |
Millhorn | Andrew J. | 24 Dec 1883 | 7 Apr 1904 | |
Millhorn | Eldridge J. | 27 Jan 1898 | 7 Jul 1892 | Shared headstone w/Lydia K. Millhorn |
Millhorn | George W. | 28 Aug 1840 | 7 Dec 1926 | Shared headstone w/Malissa H. Millhorn |
Millhorn | Horace | 25 Nov 1884 | 25 Nov 1884 | |
Millhorn | Howard W. | 10 Jun 1916 | 4 Apr 1984 | |
Millhorn | Jesse A. | 16 Aug 1905 | 21 Jan 1923 | |
Millhorn | John Aiken | 28 Dec 1846 | 14 Jun 1936 | PVT CO F 60 TENN INF Civil War |
Millhorn | Lydia K. | 23 Sep 1900 | 6 Aug 1987 | Shared headstone w/Eldridge J. Millhorn |
Millhorn | M. Alice | 18 Jun 1858 | 18 May 1924 | “Mother” |
Millhorn | Malissa H. | 11 Jun 1839 | 22 Aug 1923 | Shared headstone w/George W. Millhorn |
Millhorn | Nora E. | 1877 | 1951 | Shared headstone w/William H. Millhorn |
Millhorn | T. Ray | 27 Jul 1897 | 15 Jan 1930 | |
Millhorn | William Ernest | 18 Jun 1885 | 31 Jan 1965 | TENNESSEE CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II |
Millhorn | William Henry | 1862 | 1930 | Shared headstone w/Nora E. Millhorn |
Millhorne | Bessie Lee | 21 Jul 1918 | 30 Aug 1918 | |
Minga | E. Lou | 1867 | 1908 | Shared headstone w/John H. Minga |
Minga | Elizabeth (Roller) | 19 Sep 1826 | 16 Jul 1897 | Wife of Miller Minga; Aged 71 years |
Minga | James M. | 8 Apr 1906 | 9 Sep 1908 | Son of Noah S. & Elizabeth Minga |
Minga | John H. | 1853 | 1933 | Shared headstone w/E. Lou Minga |
Minga | Lizzie | 22 Jun 1871 | 24 Nov 1934 | Wife of Noah S. Minga |
Minga | Margaret (Sanders) | 1855 | 1935 | |
Minga | Miller | 28 Dec 1822 | 4 Jun 1896 | Age 73 ys |
Minga | Nannie Irene | 1904 | 1986 | |
Minga | Nell F. | 1903 | 1957 | |
Minga | Noah S. | 17 Jan 1863 | 14 Mar 1922 | |
Minga | Stella Willet | 1 Feb 1905 | 10 Sep 1905 | Daughter of John H. & E. Lou Minga |
Monteith | George W. | 16 Feb 1840 | 2 Jan 1895 | Shared headstone w/Julina Monteith |
Monteith | Julina (Fink) | 10 Jun 1840 | 21 Mar 1916 | Shared headstone w/George W. Monteith |
Monteith | Noah B. | 7 Dec 1872 | 3 Dec 1896 | |
Morrell | Rev. J.F. | 17 Nov 1841 | 19 Jan 1906 | |
Morrell | Susan C. (Carlton) | 30 Apr 1848 | 21 Aug 1929 | Wife of J.F. Morrell |
Nidiffer | Mark L. | 1872 | 1928 | Shared headstone w/Mollie E. Nidiffer |
Nidiffer | Mollie E. | 1874 | 1947 | Shared headstone w/Mark L. Nidiffer |
Norris | Infant son | 14 Jan 1891 | 14 Jan 1891 | Infant son of J.E. & L.A. Norris |
Norris | Lura Etta | 13 Oct 1910 | 27 Oct 1913 | Daughter of H.W. & Ida R. Norris |
Pence | Armetta J. Gammon | 1861 | 1936 | Shared headstone w/Samuel S. Pence |
Pence | Samuel S. | 1840 | 1925 | Shared headstone w/Armetta Gammon |
Poore | William B. | 21 Feb 1936 | 21 Jan 1937 | |
Roller | A. Fleetwood | 1885 | 1930 | |
Roller | A.H. | 19 Sep 1826 | 29 Mar 1900 | |
Roller | N. Orlena | 1861 | 1935 | “Mother” |
Roller | Nell M. | 1896 | 1980 | |
Roller | Noah T. | 1861 | 1947 | “Father” |
Russell | Elizabeth | 1854 | 1930 | |
Rutherford | Eliza A. | 3 Dec 1877 | No date | Shared headstone w/Willie J. Rutherford |
Rutherford | Willie J. | 19 Nov 1867 | 5 Jul 1906 | Shared headstone w/Eliza Rutherford |
Sanders | Abraham | 19 Jul 1821 | 10 Apr 1908 | |
Sanders | Abram | 1848 | 1927 | Shared headstone w/Sarah Sanders |
Sanders | Charlie | 1885 | 1885 | Son of M.J. (Michael Judson) & M.J. (Mary Jane Carter) Sanders |
Sanders | Cordia | 1 Sep 1886 | 31 Jan 1906 | Dau of M.J. & M.J. Sanders |
Sanders | Jamima (Yoakley) | 6 Oct 1823 | 1 May 1896 | Wife of Abraham Sanders (1821) |
Sanders | Jesse B. (Barnett) | (4 Jul) 1859 | (14 Jan) 1914 | Married Dec 25, 1881. Shared headstone w/Margaret E. Sanders. |
Sanders | Johnnie F. | May 13? 1889 | ? 1890 | Son of M.J. & M.J. Sanders. Stone is barely legible. |
Sanders | Margaret E. (Minga) | (31 Aug) 1858 | 1915 | Shared headstone w/Jesse B. Sanders. Married Dec 25, 1881. |
Sanders | Mary Brooks | 11 Feb 1898 | 31 Oct 1942 | Dau of M.J. & M.J. Sanders |
Sanders | Mary Jane (Carter) | 4 May 1865 | 1 Jun 1927 | Shared headstone w/M.J. (Michael Judson) Sanders |
Sanders | M.J. (Michael Judson “Judd”) | 23 May 1862 | 19 Feb 1942 | Shared headstone w/M.J. (Mary Jane Carter) Sanders |
Sanders | Sarah (Bowman) | 1856 | 1936 | Shared headstone w/Abram Sanders |
Sanders | Sarah J. (Jane) (Yoakley) | 8 Dec 1828 | 18 Jun 1885 | Husband: William Robert Sanders (not buried at Wheeler) |
Sell | Barbara Ann | 7 Mar 1831 | 31 Dec 1908 | Wife of Lewis A. Sell |
Sell | David Roscoe | 30 Apr 1898 | 26 Oct 1904 | Son of G.W. & S.E. Sell |
Sell | Lewis A. | (abt 1829) | 28 Jan 1902 | Aged 72 yrs 10 mos 28 days |
Sell | Sarah Elizabeth | 30 Nov 1866 | 9 Aug 1916 | Wife of G.W. Sell |
Sherfey | Charles E. | 1919 | 1949 | Son of John Henry Sherfey & Josie Eleanor Coffey. SS |
Shipley | Sarah C. Ford | 8 Sep 1858 | 6 Apr 1917 | Wife of J.T. Shipley |
Smalling | Anna Mae | 21 May 1909 | 19 Aug 1909 | |
Smith | Ellen B. | 1872 | 1950 | Shared headstone w/John E. Smith, Francis C. Smith, & John M. Smith. |
Smith | Francis C. | 1901 | 1902 | All four Smiths on same headstone |
Smith | John E. | 1910 | 1910 | |
Smith | John M. | 1869 | 1910 | |
Stidham | Reed S. | 20 Jul 1856 | 16 Mar 1928 | Shared headstone w/Sarah J. Durham |
Stidham | Sarah J. Durham | 12 Jan 1858 | 25 Sep 1915 | Married 25 October 1875. |
Webb | Joyce | 15 Jun 1933 | 17 Nov 1933 | Dau of Thurman & Dimple Webb |
Wood | J. Manley | 28 Jan 1864 | 19 May 1957 | |
Wood | Jno. W. | 17 Nov 1838 | 18 Sep 1912 | |
Yoakley | Bessie L. Millhorn | 28 Apr 1891 | 12 Feb 1921 | “Sister” |
Yoakley | Elizabeth E. (Bowman) | 24 Apr 1848 | 8 Dec 1927 | Shared headstone w/W.F. Yoakley |
Yoakley | Jesse C. (Cross) | 2 Dec 1820 | 28 Mar 1887 | |
Yoakley | King Frederick | 1905 | 1923 | |
Yoakley | Laura Ellen | 1874 | 17 Oct 1886 | |
Yoakley | M.A. (Mary A.) (Hull) | 7 Apr 1822 | 14 Mar 1901 | Husband: Jesse Cross Yoakley |
Yoakley | W.F. (William Frederick) | 7 Oct 1843 | 26 Jul 1919 | Shared headstone w/Elizabeth E. Yoakley. |
Yoakley | W.M. (Dr. Washington Jackson Miller) | 5 Feb 1875 | 21 Jul 1898 | Enlisted in C. A. 10th Regt US Infantry and fell mortally wounded in the charge of San Juan Hill in Santiago de Cuba on July 1, 1898. He died in the National Hospital Fortress Monroe. |
Yokley | Benjimen Haskew | 8 May 1855 | 17 Nov 1937 | Shared headstone w/Minerva Yokley |
Yokley | Minerva Etta Barnes | 8 May 1873 | 21 Jun 1947 | Shared headstone w/Benjimin Yokley |
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