{"id":7184,"date":"2015-07-14T01:17:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T05:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/?p=7184"},"modified":"2015-07-14T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T05:22:14","slug":"spears-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/spears-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Spears Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located behind 165 Fox Hollow Lane in the Bluff City area of Sullivan County. This cemetery is next to the Nance Cemetery. A chain link fence surrounds both cemeteries.<\/p>\n<p>Photographed and transcribed May 6, 2004 by Donna Briggs and Bob Shell, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Map Location: Bluff City Quad<\/p>\n<p>GPS Location: 36\u00b025.10N 082\u00b015.98W<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cemeteries\/index.html#!cm=1270967\" target=\"_blank\">TNGenWeb Cemetery Database 1270967<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Spears-Cemetery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-7185 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Spears-Cemetery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Spears Cemetery\" width=\"503\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Spears-Cemetery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Spears-Cemetery-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Spears-Cemetery.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"192\" \/>\n<col width=\"116\" \/>\n<col width=\"117\" \/>\n<col width=\"248\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Name<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Birth date<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Death date<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"248\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Comments<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Nelson, Billy Jack<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">8 Nov 1954<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">4 Jun 1996<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Spears, Georgia May<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">10 Aug 1955<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">27 Nov 1955<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Shannon, Shirley Spears<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1935<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1981<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Spears, Clabern J.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">10 Jun 1904<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">10 Sep 1973<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Father<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Tennessee PVT US Army World War II<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Spears, Kenneth Jack<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">12 Feb 1932<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">21 Jun 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">CPL US Army Korea<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Betty J. Spears]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Spears, Betty J.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">6 Jan 1934<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">31 May 1989<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Kenneth J. Spears]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Tyree, Fred Harvie<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">9 Mar 1934<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">25 Jun 1988<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">SSGT US Air Force Korea Vietnam<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Spears, John D. <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">5 Jul 1943<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">5 Aug 1943<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum Babies<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[No dates]<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[No dates]<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">3\u2019 Rosenbaum Baby\u2019s<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Frank Jr.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1945<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1993<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Harding, Roy Raymond<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">3 Aug 1942<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">14 Jun 1943<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Harding, Hazel V. <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1919<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1974<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Tyree, Sue Nelson<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">26 Mar 1936<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">20 Apr 1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Mother<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Nelson, J. C. <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1935<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1963<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Unknown, George<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">29 Apr 1929<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Illegible]<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Illegible funeral home marker]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Stevens, Betty Lou<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">18 Jul 1940<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">9 Feb 1997<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Turner, Carl <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">10 Oct 1919<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">8 Sep 1998<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">SGT US Army World War II<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Married Sept. 12, 1946<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Hildred Turner]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Turner, Hildred<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">14 Aug 1920<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">5 Sep 1995<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Married Sept. 12, 1946<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Carl Turner]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Charles F. <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">10 Sep 1899<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">6 Feb 1970<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Holly T. <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1893<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">1969<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Martin R. <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">5 Jan 1925<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">25 Sep 1945<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Tennessee PVT 11 Engr. Combat BN World War II<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Mollie<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[No date]<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[No date]<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Harding, Lynn<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">10 Jun 1943<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">2 Sep 1943<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Baby<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Miller, Anita Maria<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">13 Aug 1961<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\uf098 \u2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[It is unclear what the symbols mean where the death date appears. She may have been stillborn; same stone as Angela Louise Miller]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Miller, Angela Louise<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">13 Aug 1961<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">15 Aug 1961<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Anita Maria Miller]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Morris, Pamella Jean<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[One date]<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">12 Sep 1964<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Richard Allen<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">19 Dec 1962<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">28 Mar 1999<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Clifford Roy<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">8 Oct 1929<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">No date<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Bessie Jane Rosenbaum]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"192\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">Rosenbaum, Bessie Jane<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">9 Apr 1933<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">11 Oct 1997<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif\">[Same stone as Clifford Roy Rosenbaum]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located behind 165 Fox Hollow Lane in the Bluff City area of Sullivan County. This cemetery is next to the Nance Cemetery. A chain link fence surrounds both cemeteries. Photographed and transcribed May 6, 2004 by Donna Briggs and Bob <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/spears-cemetery\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cemeteries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7188,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions\/7188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}