Oak Grove Cemetery - McNairy, Life & Times of McNairy County, TN

OAK GROVE CEMETERY
Oak Grove, sometimes called the Reed Cemetery, is the southwest part of the county south of Chewalla
and almost in Mississippi. Take Hwy 57 to Ramer. Turn left just across the railroad tracks on Chewalla
Rd. Go several miles, through the little community of Chewalla, across the railroad tracks. Turn right
on Turner Road, go ½ to 1 mile and turn left on Reed School House Rd. (Road used to be called Oak
Grove Rd.) It is 1 ½ to 2 miles on the left, just before you go into Mississippi. Don’t know if there is a
marker showing the Mississippi line. Harold Cox says “there are several unmarked grave, some marked
with sandstone, concrete blocks, etc.”One unmarked grave is Sarah Sellie Mask Graham, first husband
was Louis Caste Austin. From Cemeteries of McNairy County by Nancy Kennedy
Thanks to Helah Wilson & Janice Switcher
Surveyed 06/11/2006
Please allow for errors. Some old tombstone are hard to read and typo’s are sometimes made.
* Double Stone
Name Birth Date Death Date Remarks
Baldwin, E. G. Johnson (Ede) 10/24/1900 03/15/1931
Baldwin, Anner E. * 02/26/1883 12/17/1973
Baldwin, Jimmy I. * 05/18/1890 01/02/1963
Baldwin, Dewey 02/22/1942 09/06/1964
Baldwin, James (Baby) 08/31/1940 09/19/1940
Baldwin, Orbin 11/26/1914 01/06/1988 (Pete) "Daddy Pete"
Baldwin, S. J. (Sugar) 08/30/1917 10/05/1936
Barnes, Benny Clyde 08/11/1945 01/13/1985
Barnes, Chris 09/17/1907 04/20/1980
Barnes, Clyde B. * 01/28/1913 12/22/1979 (Father)
Barnes, Lillian M. * 10/16/1918 01/04/1969 (Mother)
Barnes, Doris W. * 02/23/1925 **-**-****
Barnes, Johnny N. * 09/09/1949 **-**-****
Barnes, Grady * 12/01/1925 01/18/1991
Barnes, Homer 05/09/1926 02/15/1927
Barnes, Infant Son of 07/12/1944 J.C. & Lola Barnes
Barnes, J. R. 06/22/1924 08/14/1925
Barnes, James Clifford 10/03/1903 02/21/1962

Barnes, L. Vira Butler (Mother) 11/09/1884 12/01/1953 Mother, wife of R B Barnes
Barnes, Lola Mae 05/23/1908 01/20/1948
Barnes, Maxine W. * 10/16/1927 **-**-****
Barnes, G. H. (Shorty) * 05/01/1927 01/15/1996
Barnes, Melzar 01/15/1929 03/03/1970
Barnes, Michael 05/08/1998 (Funeral Marker says 05/07/1998)
Infant son of Victor & Stacie Barnes
Barnes, Robert Bennett 01/18/1880 05/21/1954 Father
Barnes, Willie B. 08/24/1923 10/10/1932
Bingam, Linda Sue 09/05/1948 02/23/2006 Age 57
Boren, Lillie Mae 09/05/1907 01/01/1977
Bowden, Infant Irene
No dates
Butler, Adell 06/10/1925 06/01/1926 Dau of J.E. & B.M. Butler
Butler, Bernese * 09/04/1926 **-**-****
Butler, Robert D. * 06/24/1905 04/20/1981
Butler, Bertha B. * 10/11/1901 12/01/1988
Butler, Jim Edd * 12/01/1898 03/26/1974
Butler, Betty E. * 06/03/1933 **-**-****
Butler, John D. * 03/04/1927 04/29/1982 Married 09/17/1949
Butler, Cecil M. 10/24/1922 11/30/1925 Dau of J.E. & B.M. Butler
Butler, Robert Lee 1928 1928
Butler, Earl * 11/29/1890 04/25/1976
Butler, Maggie * 03/28/1905 03/28/1987
Butler, Gladys M. * 10/06/1926 05/14/2006
Butler, Vernice * 02/01/1925 **-**-**** Married 02/08/1946
Carter, Mary Susan * 1867 1945
Carter, Joseph A. * 1865 1949
Carter, Samantha A. 04/20/1900 01/27/1993
Carter, Sophia Ann 12/18/1890 10/31/1981
Conaway, Eunice Barnes 07/19/1914 09/24/2004
Conaway, John C. 02/05/1907 05/07/1950
Conaway, Ludie 1885 1916

Crabb, Leland L. * 11/12/1921 01/26/1977
Crabb, Doney M. * 06/13/1922 **-**-****
Crabb, Columbus C * 04/12/1895 07/06/1979
Crabb, Lillie M * 11/08/1905 01/09/1981
Crabb, Lester C. 03/28/1924 12/10/1944 Tennessee Sgt. 2047
Engineer FFGT Plat. WWII
Crabb, Michael Daniel 12/12/1979 04/01/1980 Photo on stone
Crabb, Perry A. 03/**/1856 01/**/1931
Crabb, Mary R. 04/**1861 08/**/1940
Crabb, Mary E. * 05/25/1923 **-**-**** Married 02/19/1943
Crabb, Leonard H. * 01/31/1919 02/12/2003 Pvt. US Army WWII
Crabb, William A. * 10/29/1880 03/21/1936
Crabb, Anner * 08/03/1886 01/07/1969
Crompton, 09/15/1864 07/06/1928
Dawson, Betty M. * 05/02/1936 10/24/2005 Married 12/31/1957
Dawson, Aaron M. * 08/03/1934 03/06/1999 Sgt. US Air Force Vietnam
Dawson, Lillie M. * 01/06/1905 08/20/1984
Dawson, Harry M. * 09/05/1888 07/14/1969 Military Info: Harrison M.
Tenn Pvt. Co B 46 Eng. WWI
Dix, Ewell C. * 09/24/1914 06/01/1994
Dix, Linda Ellen * 06/10/1915 09/03/2005
Dix, E. C. 08/30/1935 02/26/1961 (Bud) (Elmer Clyde Dix)
US Pvt. Marine Corps / Korea
1953-1957
Dixon, Melvin J. 08/11/1967 09/23/1967
Downen, Tonya Moss 07/25/1952 05/01/1997
Driskell, Martha 04/04/1806 05/15/1873 (My Mother)
Age 67 years 1 Month 11 Days
Eaker, D. Kathryn * 01/24/1944 03/22/1984
Eaker, Truman W. * 06/28/1939 11/22/2000
Eaker, John 1880 1958

Eaker, Luther Edward 01/24/1932 03/18/1932
Eaker, Mary E. 01/03/1858 12/20/1933
Eaker, Thomas E. * 1889 1982 Married 07/07/1929
Eaker, Pauline * 1905 1970 P of Maizelle Eaker Hollis
Foster, Mary E. * 07/10/1957 **-**-****
Foster, Phillip S. * 11/23/1955 **-**-****
Foster, Vergie M. * 02/04/1932 **-**-****
Foster, Walter W. * 07/26/1924 04/20/1984
G, Lde (unreadable) 01/**/1862 07/??/1922 or 29?? Home Made Stone
Gardner, Nancy A. 05/24/1839 06/10/1901 Age 62 Years 25 Days
Hamilton, Ben Ella * 12/08/1870 01/07/1951
Hamilton, Willie Bee * 11/19/1900 12/01/1944
Hamilton, Lee Monroe * 06/06/1868 02/14/1937
Hamilton, Charlie B. 02/16/1899 01/02/1919 Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Emma Lee 05/08/1905 12/31/1918 Dau of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, James E. 12/27/1916 12/29/1918 Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Lula I. B/D 08/22/1923 Dau of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Thomas B. 03/08/1919 02/06/1920 Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Willie B. 06/30/1914 12/30/1918 Son of J.W. & Ida Hamilton
Hamilton, Sam 05/15/1909 01/09/1928 Woodmen of the World
Hamilton, Jake Ray 04/03/1904 07/25/1964
Hamilton, J.W. * 05/10/1872 09/30/1958
Hamilton, Lou Ida * 02/27/1882 11/06/1972
Harris, Lessie Mae * 1889 1958
Harris, Albert Grady * 1875 1960
Hawkins, E. 02/27/1895 01/13/1963
Hinton, Cecil Elbert 01/28/1920 09/11/1977 S1 US Navy WWII
Hiveley, L. M. 11/11/1889 11/30/1911
Hiveley, Lillie Lee 09/22/1955 Death date unreadable
Hollis, Maizelle Eaker * 01/28/1934 **-**-****
Hollis, Hughey C. * 12/04/1928 03/16/1998
Hollis, Misty Dawn * 05/20/1981 12/31/1983
Hutcheson, John W. * 12/11/1931 **-**-****

Hutcheson, Anice B. * 09/03/1932 **-**-****
Hutcheson, Pamela Lee * 03/09/1956 **-**-****
Hutcheson, Donnie Ray * 11/23/1953 02/23/1978 Photo on stone
Jenkins, Angela M. Fowler 05/17/1968 12/16/1994 Chris is my son 02/16/1990
Photo on stone
Johnson, Lillie Uila 09/11/1896 01/31/1914 Dau of J.W. & S T. Johnson
Johnston, Edna J. 03/01/1921 04/29/1983
Jones, Fannie * 10/31/1891 07/21/1989
Jones, Luther * 12/25/1884 11/27/1965
Jones, Martha L. 1901 1960
Jones, Raymond Lee 1943 1967
Jones, Robert L. (Pud) 01/25/1922 03/01/1998 US Army WWII
Jones, Sidney J. 1901 1978
Jones, Susan H. 1948 1967
Jones, Vera Lucille Suggs * 09/15/1923 10/16/2004
Jones, M. L. (Pete) * 02/13/1919 **-**-**** Married 12/24/1940
Jones, Vernell 10/01/1924 04/03/1958
Kelley, Celia 03/20/1839 10/19/1907
Kelley, Eddie Jo 04/22/1928 **-**-****
Kelley, Horace C. 11/07/1924 11/15/1992
Kelley, George W. 06/22/1856 01/05/1939
Kelley, Jim B. 09/09/1938 No other date
Kelley, John * 10/27/1862 07/07/1929
Kelley, Katie S. * 11/23/1888 11/21/1930
Kelly Robert L. * 01/08/1878 01/27/1954
Kelley, Serene V. 12/03/1856 06/07/1927
Kelley, William H. 09/10/1922 05/05/1945 TN Sgt. 128 Infantry WWII
King, Maudie 06/11/1889 06/11/1912
Mathis, Odessie 06/10/1886 05/13/1963
Mathis, Thomas Walter 05/03/1886 09/15/1959
Mayfield, James 11/09/1919 09/09/1985 MM1 US Navy WWII
Mayfield, James Anthony 10/02/1952 04/02/1999 AMH1 US Navy

McDonald, J. R. 12/02/1875 04/18/1913 Woodmen of the World
McDonald, Rosa 05/08/1873 01/21/1958
Mercer, Carrie * 06/03/1870 03/02/1953
Mercer, Arch * 02/29/1872 03/30/1958
Mercer, Hershel Ray 10/13/1935 03/03/1936
Mercer, Roxie C. * 02/20/1904 01/24/1989
Mercer, Guy Sherman * 05/10/1905 04/303/1983 Age 77
Morphis, Dea Ann 04/22/1905 04/22/1959
Moss, Baby
No information
Moss, Baby
No other information
Moss, C. E.
No information
Moss, L. V. (Mother) * 04/20/1924 01/20/2000
Moss, D. J. "Hubert" (Father) * 11/27/1921 09/28/1997 Married 03/18/1950
Newell, Joe D. 03/27/1862 11/10/1932
Newell, Mrs. Susan E. 06/03/1828 04/25/1890
Newell, Nancy 01/26/1865 06/18/1948
Newell, Riar 08/05/1900 01/24/1960
Oren, Etta 1896 1954
Osborne, Ruby D. * 12/22/1914 11/30/1990
Osborne, Onnie O. (Jack) * 12/28/1910 01/24/1992 Married 08/22/1930
Ragan, Kathleen D. * 01/13/1931 02/11/2004
Ragan, Eugene R. * 12/31/1915 09/24/1991
Rainey, T. A. 08/20/1833 10/25/1912
Ramer, Devillar 06/05/1888 10/08/1933
Ramer, Lucille 1911 1953 Home Made Stone
Ramer, Robert 1866 1957? Home made stone
Reed, Caldonia 11/24/1860 03/22/1940
Reed, Clara Reece 09/19/1928 10/21/1986
Reed, Daisy E. * 08/21/1922 **-**-****
Reed, Malcom W. * 10/22/1917 01/01/2001 US Army Corps of Engineers
B.P.P. No.8
Years of service 1949 to 1979
Reed, Dee 04/10/1891 01/23/1978

Reed, Ellen L. * 03/15/1893 12/22/1973
Reed, Ambus C. * 11/10/1885 03/20/1972
Reed, Ellis 04/19/1930 09/26/1992 Age 62 Pfc. US Army Korea
Reed, Gregy **-**-1834 02/09/1918
Reed, J.C. (Papa) * 12/05/1924 11/29/1999 Pfc. US Army WWII
Reed, Avis * 11/13/1929 **-**-**** Married 12/13/1947
Reed, Jim (Father)
No dates
Reed, John 09/19/1833 10/06/1919
Reed, Julia 03/06/1864 07/22/1936
Reed, Lillie 09/22/1881 06/10/1922
Reed, Martha * 02/20/1889 12/18/1979
Reed, Edgar * 06/08/1893 11/07/1965
Reed, Emma * 10/22/1871 02/01/1946
Reed, Martha Aquilla 1889 1979
Reed, Mollie 1863 1944
Reed, Ollie M. * 06/25/1916 09/21/2001
Reed, Leonard K. * 12/13/1921 11/24/1993 Pvt. US Army WWII
Reed, Rebeca (Mother) * 10/16/1857 06/21/1954
Reed, Decalp (Father) * 10/17/1864 05/15/1946
Reed, Ruth Uila 01/17/1920 08/24/2005
Reed, S. G. * 02/22/1863 03/11/1900
Reed, T.B. * 06/15/1867 09/13/1907
Reed, Will 1883 1944
Reed, William 07/29/1905 Age About 75 Years
Reed, Winston 1888 1970
Smith, Armelia * 01/01/1847 04/14/1923
Smith W. J. * 01/11/1846 11/11/1918
Smith, Georgia A. 08/07/1878 08/17/1905 Dau of W. J. & A. G. Smith
Smith, Jane 10/23/1835 03/06/1902
Smith, Martha E. 08/10/1870 09/15/1878 Dau of W. J. & A. G. Smith
Smith, Samuel Jeff 10/11/1918 Age 32 Years 2 Mo 6 Days

Smith, William Lawson 08/07/1881 08/12/1886 Son of W J. & A. G. Smith
Snell, Pearl Mae 07/19/1907 08/25/1946
Sweat, Alonzo No dates Shackleford Funeral Home Marker
Sweat, Cubby No dates Shackleford Funeral Home
Sweat, Dellar 1885 1912 Dau of L.H. & Melley Sweat
1885 to 1912
Sweat, L. H. (Husband) 1845 1918
Sweat, Melley (Wife) 1852 ****
Sweat, Minter A. 10/19/1878 02/03/1899 Son of L.H. & M. Sweat
Sweat, Ophelia 01/17/1880 07/07/1880? Dau of M/M Vestel H. Sweat
Sweat, Raymond A. 03/06/1900 09/11/1901 Son of W.L. & M.K. Sweat
Sweat, Theadore
No dates
Sweat, Vestal H. 05/01/1841 09/09/1909 Pvt. Co. K.
73 IL Infantry Civil War
Sweat, Willie Lee 1871 1925
Tabor, Roger 08/20/1947 01/01/1971
Taylor Joyce Cedailus 07/08/1936 09/25/2005 Age 69
Taylor, Baby
No information
Ward, Baby
No information
Ward, John 1855 1898
Ward, Johnnie 1898 1900 Baby Girl
Ward, Louvicie Reed 1860 1923
Wilbanks, Ollie Hinton 1924 1987
Wilcher, Jane 12/12/1860 01/10/1945
Wooten, Cicero Edd * 1898 1972
Wooten, Nettie F. * 1898 1993 Married 1927
York, Drewsyler * 02/08/1920 01/09/2000 Emblem of Sewing machine
York, Thetus Leamon * 02/12/1914 01/29/2002 Emblem of train
Our Children: Marvin, Bruce,
Travis, Cathy, Peggy Sue
J.T. & George
York, Ruby J. 1928 1929
York, Virgie A. * 1886 1957
York, John E. * 1876 1931