The following is from Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, V. II, page 277, used with permission by Loraine B. Rae.
Two and 1/2 miles Southwest of Jonesboro, on the left side of the Memphis to Bristol Hwy. [Old State Route 34]. Established about 1827 and discontinued about 1913. This information given by William Allison of Jonesboro, whose grandmother, Mrs Chester was buried here in 1913.
The Lyle Cemetery is also known as the Chester-Mahoney Cemetery (CMB 2-1 and 2-WCCL)
From the WCCL in volume 2 of CMB
CHESTER-MAHONEY—2-1/2 miles Southwest of Jonesboro, on the left side of the Memphis to Bristol Hwy. Established about 1827 and discontinued about 1913. This information given by William Allison of Jonesboro, whose grandmother, Mrs. CHESTER was buried there in 1913.
The William Allison mentioned was William Chester Allison (1895-1962 buried at Maple Lawn). His parents were Archibald Allison and Jessie Rebecca Chester. William Allison’s maternal grandparents were William Patterson Chester (1925-1955, buried Old JBO) and Elizabeth C. Lyle Chester. Elizabeth C. Lyle Chester was the grandmother, Mrs. CHESTER, whom William was referring to. She was born 1827, and probably died in 1911, not 1913.
The Katie Chester enumerated in CMB’s Lyle entry (Vol2-1) was a sister of Jessie R. Chester and a daughter of Elizabeth C. Lyle Chester.
Archibald Piper was married to Julia Caroline Lyle, who was a sister of Elizabeth C. Lyle Chester. Their son, Charles Piper, was married to Sarah Eva Mahoney, daughter of Josiah and Mary Ann Walker Mahoney.
Elizabeth C. Lyle Chester, Julia Caroline Lyle Piper, and Cyrus W. Lyle were all children of Samuel Alexander Lyle and Cassandra Boren.
Although no familial connection has been found, Julia I Nave Lewis and her husband James F. Lewis were buried at this burial ground. A cursory deed review has been done and Julia Nave’s parents owned the subject property at the time of her death.
Information researched and furnished by Gordon Edwards, member of the Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN and a volunteer with Heritage Alliance of NE TN and SW VA.
See also Lyle Cemetery.