Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery
2004
This cemetery is located at 1779 Bailey Bridge Rd. Hwy. 353, Limestone, Tennessee, directly across the road from Asbury United Methodist Church. It is about 1 1/4 miles north of Bailey’s Bridge, which crosses the Nolichucky River. The cemetery is well kept. Some graves are marked with field stones and there are several unmarked graves.
GPS location: 36° 11.06N 082° 35.13W
Name Birth date Death date Comments
Humphrey, Charles Fletcher 03 Jun 1918 04 Apr 1990 [Same stone as Dana Faye Brown Humphrey]
Humphrey, Dana Faye Brown 22 Jul 1920 30 Nov 1998 [Same stone as Charles Fletcher Humphrey
Fox, Jerome David 13 Aug 1898 30 Jun 1981 [Same stone as Myrtle Ruth Henley Fox]
Fox, Myrtle Ruth Henley 20 Dec 1902 16 Nov 1992 [Same stone as Jerome David Fox]
Fox, Rollie Thomas 16 Feb 1894 22 Dec 1982 [Same stone as Gladys Henley Fox]
Fox, Gladys Henley 28 May 1898 06 Jun 1987 [Same stone as Rollie Thomas Fox]
Leonard, Andrea Nichole 09 Jun 1983 10 Jun 1983
Brobeck, William Kirk 24 Sep 1926 15 Apr 2002 Wed Dec. 21, 1946
[Same stone as Josephine Barnes Brobeck]
Brobeck, Josephine Barnes 09 Nov 1928 [No date] Wed Dec. 21, 1946
[Same stone as William Kirk Brobeck]
Patton, Gordon Keith 20 Dec 1931 11 June 1994 SP4 US Army
[Same stone as Dixie L. Patton]
Patton, Dixie L. 14 Nov 1931 [No date] [Same stone as Gordon K. Patton]
O’Dell, Charlie A. 1881 1960
Brobeck, Dale J. 05 Jun 1928 20 Feb 1994 Daddy
Brobeck, Herbert J. 12 Aug 1947 19 Aug 1950 Son of Dale and Martha Brobeck
Brobeck, Mary Henley 06 Nov 1892 22 Mar 1972 [Same stone as James Ross Brobeck]
Brobeck, James Ross 17 Sep 1891 10 Jul 1959 [Same stone as Mary Henley Brobeck]
Willard, Hugh Metherland 30 Apr 1884 28 Jun 1987
May, Lena E. Beard 15 Apr 1891 27 Jul 1910
May, Infant Daughter [No date] [No date] Infant Dau. of Charles and Lena May
May, W. H. [No date] 24 Apr 1915 Aged 53yrs, 7mos, 23d’s
Mauk, Josephine Presnell 26 Oct 1842 18 Feb 1985 Wife of J. S. D. Mauk
Payne, James R. 14 May 1874 07 Aug 1998
Cloyd, Robert Wayne 24 Nov 1920 04 Sep 1987 Wed Dec. 24, 1942
[Same stone as Irene Saults Cloyd]
Cloyd, Irene Saults 28 Sep 1924 05 Nov 2011 Wed Dec. 24, 1942
[Same stone as Robert Wayne Cloyd]
Stuart, William D. 1884 1956 [Same stone as Miss Hattie Stuart]
Stuart, Miss Hattie 1871 1958 [Same stone as William D. Stuart]
Hylton, David Tate 02 Nov 1893 09 Oct 1978 PFC US Army World War I
[Same stone as Gertie L. Hammer Hylton]
Hylton, Gertie L. Hammer 08 Jul 1908 27 May 1992 [Same stone as David Tate Hylton][Note: Death date incorrect. Gertie was born 1905, not 1908.]
Saults, Herbert Hoover 10 Nov 1928 13 Jul 2013 U.S. Army
[Son of William Max Saults and Gertie Hammer]
Saults, Sanford Ray 18 Sep 1926 08 May 1962 Tennessee SGT CO A 245 Tank BN Korea
[Son of William Max Saults and Gertie Hammer]
Douglas, Julia M. 07 Apr 1903 17 Dec 1922
Brobeck, William A. 1863 1948 [Same stone as Martha A. Brobeck]
Brobeck, Martha A. 1866 1936 [Same stone as William A. Brobeck]
Mayfield, Infant Son [No date] 25 Oct 1845 Infant son of William Mayfield. Aged 19d
Brobeck, Margaret Rosanna 29 Aug 1858 31 Jan 1937 Dau. of J. Morrison & Martha Gann Brobeck
Hensley, T. H. 01 Jan 1916 29 Feb 1916
Glaze, Humphreys 16 Jun 1835 07 Feb 1913
Henley, Daniel Boone 14 Mar 1874 19 May 1933 [Same stone as Florence E. Sligar Henley]
Henley, Florence E. Sligar 29 Aug 1874 30 Sep 1917 [Same stone as Daniel Boone Henley]
Salts, Dayton 1871 1949 [Same stone as Ada K. Salts]
Salts, Ada K. 1877 1941 [Same stone as Dayton Salts]
Salts, William Max 01 Feb 1901 21 Feb 1931
Salts, Roxie 1898 1967
Britt, Aaron [No date] 05 Oct 1938
Salts, Paul 1909 1987
Lamb, Phyllis 1936 2004 [Funeral home marker]
Tipton, Jeter C. 26 Jan 1895 26 Nov 1961 North Carolina PFC 342 Field Artillery World War I
[Same stone as Maude Henley Tipton]
Tipton, Maude Henley 05 Jun 1905 [No date] [Same stone as Jeter C. Tipton]
Henley, Joseph A. 1861 1944 [Same stone as Neppie Henley]
Henley, Neppie 1877 1926 [Same stone as Joseph A. Henley]
Henley, Mary M. 19 Jul 1833 05 Nov 1918 Wife of William M. Henley
Henley, William M. 22 Nov 1829 26 Oct 1913
Henley, Henderson 1864 19-- [Death date not inscribed. Same stone as Mattie L. Henley]
Henley, Mattie L. 1867 1943 [Same stone as Henderson Henley]
Henley, Margaret 1857 1912 [Same stone as Charles W. Henley]
Henley, Charles W. 1854 1933 [Same stone as Margaret Henley]
Henley, Arthur G. 13 Apr 1881 04 Jul 1903
Bovell, Mary Nelle 21 Apr 1917 23 Jan 1919 Daughter of S. W. Bonnie Bovell
Bovell, Steve W., Jr. 20 Apr 1920 11 Jul 1921 Son of Steven Bonnie Bovell
Bovell, Stephen W. 1888 1956 [Same stone as Bonnie Henley Bovell]
Bovell, Bonnie Henley 1887 1950 [Same stone as Stephen W. Bovell]
Henley, Stanley W. 1900 1976 [Same stone as Cassie S. Henley]
Henley, Cassie S. 1896 1977 [Same stone as Stanley W. Henley]
Kimery, James 05 Nov 1859 23 May 1935 [Same stone as wife, Nannie L. McCracken]
Kimery, Nannie I. 27 Jan 1868 19 Dec 1928 [Same stone as husband, James Kimery]
Kimery, William R. 08 Jul 1892 20 Mar 1931 Son of James and Nannie Kimery. A World War Veteran
Henley, Alma D. 1904 2000 Married April 8, 1925
[Same stone as Cecil W. Henley]
Henley, Cecil W. 1904 1967 Married April 8, 1925
[Same stone as Alma D. Henley]
Hawk, Mattie E. 1880 1929 [Same stone as Thallie M. Hawk]
Hawk, Thallie M. 1870 1938 [Same stone as Mattie E. Hawk]
Grubbs, Steven Henry 04 Aug 1921 06 Mar 1922
Broyles, Bulah 1892 1924
Kimery, Margaret C. 28 May 1862 27 Apr 1928 [Same stone as Eldridge Kimery]
Kimery, Eldridge 18 Aug 1857 17 Jun 1926 [Same stone as Margaret C. Kimery]
Kimery, Herold E. 25 Mar 1928 05 May 1928
Kimery, Aileen P. 1896 1976 [Same stone as Max J. Kimery]
Kimery, Max J. 1898 1956 [Same stone Aileen P. Kimery]
Kimery, Zazle D. 30 Mar 1922 01 Feb 1931 Dau. of M. J. and A. P. Kimery]
Dillow, Paul 20 Dec 1922 27 Dec 1922 Son of C. F. and V. M. Dillow]
Dillow, Velma Mae 22 Feb 1904 18 Nov 1978 Married Mar. 22, 1922
[Same stone as Cecil Fay Dillow]
Dillow, Cecil Fay 23 Apr 1904 24 Aug 1983 Married Mar. 22, 1922
[Same stone as Velma Mae Dillow]
Humphrey, Reid 13 Dec 1932 29 May 1934 Son of R. M. and Blanch Humphrey
Green, William Mck. 30 Jun 1896 14 Mar 1948 Tennessee PVT Co A 383 Infantry World War I
Green, Fred C. 02 Nov 1927 07 Jan 1928 Son of W. M. and Lena Green
Hylton, Robert Willis 08 Apr 1915 12 Feb 1921 Son of J. O. and Callie Hylton
McCracken, James F. 02 Jun 1876 18 Aug 1948 Father
[Same stone as Sue E. and Anna M. McCracken]
McCracken, Sue E. 27 Jun 1874 01 Nov 1906 Mother
[Same stone as James F. and Anna M. McCracken]
McCracken, Anna M. 04 Aug 1904 17 Feb 1907 Daughter
[Same stone as James F. and Sue E. McCracken]
McCracken, Robt. [No date] [No date] Co. I Tenn. Cav.
McCracken, John Wesley 05 May 1873 20 Nov 1946 [Masonic emblem]
McCracken, Lon 1906 1907 Son of W. A. and Florence McCracken
McCracken, Chester 1908 1908 Son of W. A. and Florence McCracken
McCracken, S. Florence 1869 1956 [Same stone as William A. McCracken]
McCracken, William A. 1862 1949 [Same stone as S. Florence McCracken]
McCracken, Nellie V. 1904 [No date]
McCracken, Susan A. 10 Aug 1836 02 Jul 1894 Wife of R. W. McCracken
Shanks, Clifford R. 1904 1996 [Same stone as Virginia Mae Shanks]
Shanks, Virginia Mae 1911 1970 [Same stone as Clifford R. Shanks]
McGhee, Mary Jane 03 May 1838 05 Oct 1921 Wife of John N. McGhee
Foster, Catherine 08 Oct 1845 05 Jun 1929 Mother
Foster, Abraham H. 06 Feb 1855 14 Apr 1909
Greene, George R. 16 May 1889 05 Nov 1890 Son of W. R. and S. J. Greene
Greene, John W. 06 Jan 1856 05 Apr 1927
Guinn, Carroll Dwight 02 Sep 1908 16 Sep 1912
Greene, Laura T. 17 Feb 1869 27 May 1903 Wife of J. W. Greene
Green, Terry G. 07 Jun 1892 06 Sep 1895 Son of J. W. and Laua Green
[Mistake in spelling “Green” and “Laua”]
Green, Dana W. 11 Sep 1888 07 Jan 1889 Son of J. W. and Laura Green
[Mistake in spelling “Green”]
Green, Walter 20 Jul 1882 27 May 1889 Son of J. W. and Margaret Green
[Mistake in spelling “Green”]
Greene, Margaret A. 22 Oct 1857 27 Feb 1885 Wife of J. W. Greene
Green, Katherine 16 Oct 1824 07 Sep 1900
Greene, Thomas B. 29 Mar 1824 09 Oct 1884
Grubbs, James A. 12 Mar 1829 04 Mar 1905
Grubbs, Rebecca J. 30 Aug 1826 14 Aug 1904 Wife of James A. Grubbs
Prichard, Infant Daughter 17 Jun 1898 17 Jun 1898 Infant Dau’t’r of H. and D. E. Prichard
Black, Loda F. 17 Jan 1887 23 Jul 1906 Son of J. K. and M. A. Black
Foster, Edmonia 19 Apr 1885 16 Feb 1888 Daughter of A. H. and C. Foster
Henley, Fred 30 Jun 1890 30 Nov 1890 Infant son of L. H. and M. A. Henley
Henley, Martha A. Seaton 27 Nov 1843 26 Aug 1891 Wife of L. H. Henley
Henley, Wiley L. 24 Sep 1871 27 Jan 1912 Son of L. H. and Martha Henley
Henley, Isaac 02 Nov 1840 12 Mar 1905
Henley, Frances 1836 25 Aug 1916 Wife of Isaac Henley
Henley, Wood F. 1871 1944 [Same stone as Lillie J. Henley]
Henley, Lillie J. 1895 1977 [Same stone as Wood F. Henley]
Green, Jack S. 28 Nov 1934 20 Jan 1935 Son of W. M. and Lena
Henley, Jerome 1867 1949 [Same stone as Victoria Henley]
Henley, Victoria 1873 1946 [Same stone as Jerome Henley]
Waddell, Laura Smith 1878 1915
Waddell, Rilla 06 Feb 1911 07 Aug 1913 Daughter of C. F. and Laura Waddell
Kirk, Catherine 18 Dec 1836 13 Dec 1924
Kirk, John K. 30 Sep 1830 25 Jul 1906
Kirk, John A. 24 May 1806 23 Jan 1894
Kirk, Samuel Robert 15 Feb 1865 27 Jan 1955 [Same stone as Lula Logan Kirk]
Kirk, Lula Logan 10 Aug 1869 24 Aug 1961 [Same stone as Samuel Robert Kirk]
Waddell, T. H. 19 May 1832 12 Dec 1908
Holtsinger, James B. 18 Mar 1857 17 Apr 1940 [Same stone as Ida E. Holtsinger]
Holtsinger, Ida E. 07 Nov 1856 25 Aug 1935 [Same stone as James B. Holtsinger]
Holtsinger, Chal D. 1887 1942
Henley, Hazel Blanche 30 May 1911 23 Aug 1992 [Same stone as Claude Jerome Henley]
Henley, Claude Jerome 18 Sep 1907 02 Oct 1948 [Same stone as Hazel Blanche Henley]
Henley, Ellen 1871 1960 [Same stone as John Henley]
Henley, John 1868 1942 [Same stone as Ellen Henley]
Henley, Paul B. 24 Jun 1890 30 May 1972 [Same stone as Grace H. May Henley]
Henley, Grace H. May 21 Oct 1890 22 Nov 1967 [Same stone as Paul B. Henley]
Henley, Theona Lee 18 Jan 1928 06 Dec 1933 Dau. of P. B.and Grace Henley
Foster, Dana S. 25 Jun 1883 30 May 1945 [Same stone as wife, Maude Bright Foster]
Foster, Maude Bright 25 Feb 1885 06 Nov 1964 [Same stone as husband, Dana S. Foster]
Foster, Infant Son [No date] 04 Apr 1941 Infant son of Wilson and Gwendolyn
Foster, C. Wilson 1912 1994 [Same stone as L. Gwendolyn Foster]
Foster, L. Gwendolyn 1917 1976 [Same stone as C. Wilson Foster]
Humphrey, Anna Lee 25 Dec 1931 10 Aug 1941 Dau. of Maynard and Ruth Humphrey
Snapp, Lester W. 19 May 1911 13 Jul 1985 [Same stone as Frances Stanton Snapp]
Snapp, Frances Stanton 09 May 1914 26 Mar 1991 [Same stone as Lester W. Snapp]
Stanton, Frank 1885 1949 [Same stone as Ivory Kimery Stanton]
Stanton, Ivory Kimery 1887 1948 [Same stone as Frank Stanton]
Browning, Van Ray 07 Oct 1947 21 Nov 1959
Brown, James F. 1897 1972 Married Dec. 28, 1923
[Same stone as Georgia K. Brown]
Brown, Georgia K. 1901 1987 Married Dec. 28, 1923
[Same stone as James F. Brown]
Brown, Robert F. 1926 1951 USNR S2c World War II
Our dear son and brother
Henley, Guy F. 09 May 1905 29 Oct 1968 [Same stone as Cpl. Lewis J. Henley]
Henley, Lewis J., Cpl. 15 Mar 1929 23 May 1956 526 MP SV CO US Army
[Same stone as Guy F. Henley]
Henley, Kathy Darlene [No date] 06 Nov 1953
Odom, Mary O’Dell 15 Aug 1891 17 Apr 1963
O’Dell, Floyd C. 16 Nov 1888 15 Jul 1957 [Same stone as wife, Gertrude Brobeck]
O’Dell, Gertrude Brobeck 17 Apr 1887 24 Jun 1981 [Same stone as Floyd C. O’Dell]
Dillow, Thomas P. 13 Nov 1877 12 Aug 1960 [Same stone as Mollie H. Dillow]
Dillow, Mollie H. 23 Nov 1883 16 Jan 1967 [Same stone as Thomas P. Dillow]
Henley, Charley L. 25 Aug 1918 [No date] [Same stone as Ruth J. Henley]
Henley, Ruth J. 08 May 1917 29 Dec 2001 [Same stone as Charley L. Henley]
Broyles, Charles E. 17 Feb 1916 20 Aug 1980 TEC 3 US Army World War II
[Same stone as Gladys H. Broyles]
Broyles, Gladys H. 17 Jun 1917 05 Sep 2004 [Same stone as Charles E. Broyles]
Greene, J. Dean 1903 1972 [Same stone as Bertha P. Greene]
Greene, Bertha P. 1921 2001 [Same stone as J. Dean Greene]
Curtis, Bertha Elizabeth [No date] 23 Mar 1971 Twin Dau. of Jerry and Laura Curtis
Curtis, Laura Bell 08 Jul 1942 16 Jan 1996 Mother
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web8 Apr 2004 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
One marker with initials only, H. E. V.
Marker for Saults, William D., who died in October 1949 has been missing since April 1977.
A funeral home marker for Browning, Maxine 1924- 1991 is missing.
Additional information
Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908 – 1916 by Eddie M. Nikazy
GRUBBS, Alice Greenway, born 30 mar 1852, married, parents: Eldridge Greenway and Sarah (illegible), death cause: “tuberculosis of bowels”, informant: A. S. Grubbs (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 3 Oct 1914, record (1914) 328
HENLEY, Mrs. Francis, age: 74 years, born: Sullivan County, widow, parents: not stated, death cause: “heart disease”, buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: Limestone, 25 Aug 1916, record (1916) 371
MAY, William Henry, born 1 Aug 1860, married, parents: William May and Eliza King (VA), death cause: “typhoid fever”, informant: Mrs. W. H. May (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 24 Apr 1915, record (1915) 180
PATTON, J. Montie, born: 6 Jan 1838, divorced, parents: George Patton and Jane Pitman, death cause: “lagrippe”, informant: H. N. Dillow (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 10 Mar 1915, record (1915) 116
SALTS, John, age 70 years, widower, parents: Isaac Salts and Emeline McCarty, death cause: “lobar pneumonia”, informant: Steve Bovell, buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 6 Mar 1915, record (1915) 95
WADDELL, Laura Hassie, born 5 Feb 1878, married, parents: James W. Smith and Roina Brown, death cause: “pulmonary tuberculosis”, informant: Clyde Waddell (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 11 Feb 1915, record (1915) 94
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The Tennessee Death Records state the following people are buried at Asbury Cemetery. Markers were not found for them in this survey.
TDR = Tennessee Death Records
Britt, Rhetta, 20 Nov 1875 – 5 Dec 1935, TDR 1935/29212
Ensor, Annis, 16 Jun 1860 – 23 Mar 1939, TDR 1939/6833
Infant Female, Jun 1917, TDR 1917/287
Randall, Margaret, 1851 – 2 Aug 1921, TDR 1921/345
From the Herald and Tribune, Jonesborough, Tennessee
Gann, Jimmie, d. 20 Sep 1893, Vol. XXV, #21
Odell, Jennie C., d. 21 Mar 1896, Vol. XXVII #51