LEWTER CEMETERY (Stephenson Rd, near Ardmore) GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area Views of the cemetery: 3264/3265/3266/3373/3374

COFFMAN, Robert E.  Mar. 27, 1846 -  Jan. 16, 1936. Co K, 10 Ala Calvary, Confederate States Army, At Rest 3336/3337/3338
FAISON, H. T.  May 5, 1818 -  Jan. 22, 1893. 3356/3355/3357/3359
FAISON, M. A.  Aug. 6, 1832 -  Feb 12, 1890. 3358/3359
HALL, J. D.  Nov. 21, 1854 -  Mar. 19, 1931. 3317
HALL, Nancy L.  Sep. 26, 1860 -  Jul. 20, 1927. wife of J.D. Hall. 3319C/3319/3320/3321/I cut this Rosebush to get to Nancy's monument 3318
HARGROVE A.T. (Andrew Lewis),  Mar. 9, 1875 -  Sep. 28, 1904. A dutiful son, a loving brother, a faithful friend. 3369C/3369/3370
HARGROVE Easter Adella Scott Oct. 15, 1857 -  Oct. 13, 1898. 3300C/3299/3300/3301
HARGROVE Luther A.  Feb 18, 1888 -  Jun. 5, 1934. 3303
HARGROVE Erma G.  Apr. 21, 1897 -  no other date given 3303
HARGROVE J.(John) R.  Mar. 4, 1834 -  Nov. 13, 1908. His words were kindness his deeds were love, his spirit humble, he rest above. 3269C/3269/3270/3279/3280
HARGROVE Fannie  Sep. 20, 1834 -  Oct. 17, 1931, wife of John R. Hargrove (surname spelled Hargrave) 3268C/3268/3267/3277
HARGROVE George T.  Aug. 29 187(?) -  Sep. 28, 1904.3368/3367/3370/footstone G.T.H.:3366
HARGROVE India  Nov. 3, 1880 -  Mar. 27, 1898. Daughter of G.T. & E. A Hargrove 3291/3292/3293
HARGROVE Infant,  Jun. 3, 1898 -  Jun. 4, 1898. daughter of G.T. & E.A. Hargrove 3289C/3289/3290
HARGROVE J. A.  Mar. 9, 1836 -  no other date given. 3281/3285
HARGROVE S. M. (Sophronia Elizira Holland?) May 28, 1833 -  Sep. 19, 1900, wife of J. A. Hargrove. 3283/3285
HARGROVE M.J. (Mary Jane)  Mar. 27, 1864 -  Mar. 18, 1891. 3282/3285
HARGROVE Lena  No dates given (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
HARGROVE Luce Ann Hall  1865 -  1898, wife of T.C. Hargrove. 3286
HARGROVE Mary  1849 -  1926. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
HARGROVE Mary L.  Apr. 17, 1891 -  Apr. 18, 1891. Daughter of G.T. & E.H. Hargrove. 3287C/3287/3288
HARGROVE Mollie  Aug. 12, 1871 -  Dec. 4, 1904.wife of E. H. Harvove. 3296C/3296
HARGROVE W. V.  Aug. 20, 1843 -  Jun. 7, 1917. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
HARGROVE, A. P.  Jul. 18, 1898 -  Oct. 21, 1899.Dau of E.H. & Mollie Hargrove. 3294/3295
IVEY, Carann/(Cora Ann?)  1931 -  1933. 3353/3354
IVEY, Infant of L.L. & F.P. Ivey, No dates given.(fieldstone marked grave outside the fence. surveyed in 1973, by Peggy Ivey Line, no longer found)
IVEY, Wilson Tolliver  1906 -  1960. (fieldstone marked grave outside the fence. surveyed in 1973, by Peggy Ivey Line, not found)
IVEY, Pearlie, 1882 - 1954. (findagrave list her as Fannie Pearl Ivey Van Hoozer) 3351/3352
JONES, Evvie L.  Feb 27, 1904 -  Jul. 25, 1905. Child of J.A. & B.J. Jones. 3312/3313
JONES, Gracy L.  Jun. 30, 1906 -  Mar. 18, 1907. Child of J.A. & B.J. Jones. 3312/3313
LEWTER, Ada Ann  Oct. 25, 1869 -  Jan. 24, 1885. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
LEWTER, Alexander Marion  Sep. 22, 1846 -  Sep., 1922 (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
LEWTER, J.M.(James M.)  Oct. 19, 1837 -  Feb 17, 1902. 3348/3350
LEWTER, M. R.  Feb 13, 1836 -  no other date given wife of J.M. Lewter. A fond wife, a mother dear lies buried here. 3349/3350
LEWTER, Laura Ellen Scott  Aug. 1, 1850 -  Jan. 10, 1897. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
LEWTER, Martha Elizabeth Sullivan  Dec. 23, 1859 -  Dec. 27, 1945. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
LEWTER, Mary Etta  Sep. 8, 1888 -  Sep. 29, 1968. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
LEWTER, Mat  Dec. 31, 1885 -  Apr. 10, 1942. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
LEWTER, Robert L.  1875 -  1937. 3304/3305/3308
LEWTER, Jennie L.  1875 -  1948. 3304/3305/3308
LEWTER, Sarah L.  Apr. 15, 1911 -  Apr. 19, 1911. 3283L
LEWTER, Unice Lorine  Jul. 8, 1909 -  Aug. 23, 1910. /part of footstone found in south area of cemetery U.L.L.: 3314
LEWTER, Woodrow Wilson  Sep. 8, 1915 -  Sep. 28, 1916. /footstone W.W.L.:3360/3364
LEWTER, Wesley, son of A.M. & E. Lewter, May 20, 1880 - Oct 20, 1881. Stone found on far side of cemetery & dug from the ground. 3323C/3323/3324/3325
MATHEWS, Mattie Pearl  Feb 5, 1877 -  Aug. 22, 1938. Rest is thine & sweet remembrance ours. 3345/3346/3347
PARSLEY, Lizzie Pearl  Sep. 28, 1901 -  Jul. 9, 1929. She was a kind and affectionate wife, A fond mother and a friend to all 3330/3331
PHILLIPS, Rosie M.  1881 -  1955. 3334/3335
PHILLIPS, T. J. No dates given (died 1900). 3302
PHILLIPS, Twin daughters of G.M.& R.M. Phillips, Born & Died Dec. 6, 1899 & Died Dec. 20, 1899. 3332C/3332/3333
RIGGAN, Rebecca K. Lewter  Feb 26, 1806 -  Jul. 29, 1888. A loving wife and mother dear lies buried here. 3339/3340
RIGGAN, Rev William H.  Jan. 15 1829 - Dec. 24, 1904. An honest man, the noblest work of God. 3343/3344
RIGGAN, John F.P.  Mar. 5, 1832 -  Apr. 29, 1900. An honest man the noblest work of God. 3297C/3297/3298/3328/3329
RIGGAN, Mary J.C.  Aug. 1, 1834 -  Dec. 23, 1892. Sister has gone to be an Angel.  3327/3328
RIGGAN, Sarah R.C.  Jun. 1, 1836 -  Dec. 27, 1904. Sister has gone to be an Angel. 3341/3342
STROUD, John W.  Oct. 29, 1845 -  Aug. 29, 1917. 3273/3271/3278
STROUD, Dartha Caraline  Jun. 15, 1838 -  Jan. 3, 1914. wife of J.W. Stroud. (stone broken) 3274/3275/3271/3278
STROUD, W. H.  Dec. 10, 1847 -  Aug. 28, 1909. A husband dear, a father kind, a friend indeed. 3272/3271/3278
STROUD, Martha E.  Apr. 19, 1840 -  Oct. 9, 1904. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey. See findagrave.com for further info)
SWANER, John W.  1847 -  1914. (modern granite monument) 3310/3311
SWANER, Willie A., 1867 - 1939. 3310/3311
USSERY, Corine L.  Oct. 17, 1897 -  Apr. 2, 1949. 3306/3307/3308
VAN HOOZER, L. J. Jul. 29, 1948 No other dates given. (no stone found May 29,2012 survey)
VAN HOOZER, M. J.  Sep. 22, 1861 -  Aug. 24, 1949. 3365C/3365
VAN HOOZER, P. C.  May 30, 1869 -  Sep. 1, 1901.Our fondest Hope lies buried here. 3361/3362/3363
VAN HOOZER, J. P.  Jul. 30, 1914 -  Jun. 20, 1916. Gone so sone 3371/3372
WALLACE, R.M., born Aug 7...890 R. M. Wallace was Born August the 7. . . . Died May . . . . son of . . . .)(fragment of stone found on far side (south) of cemetery broken only partial inscription very old & faint & I blurred the photo.) 3325L/3325/3326C/3326
unknown - Behind this thicket of Bramble briars is a memorial stone I could not cut out. I had already exceeded my physical limit of brush cutting. 3315/3322
 

Hardly any of these memorial stones are standing. I set many of them back together for the photography session so from the photo you cannot necessarily see the damage, but they are badly broken from livestock and tree limb damage along with any vandalism that may have been present here in the past. Also many other stones were knocked over and sunken into the ground and I dug them up and up righted the bases and temporarily set these up too. In this case I left the base upright. It does no good when cattle are present to set stones back up. The cattle will brush against the stone and they will tumble and possible fracture. Now there was no livestock when I was there and has not been in a while. I venture to say a lot of the damage here is from falling limbs. You can imagine the damage from a 1/2 ton tree limb crashing down to the the ground striking the stones from 50 feet up in a tree. Area views were not really possible because all the stones were covered in brush and weeds. Of course I cut some of it to get to the stone display, but the overall area was still too overgrown.

Photographed on May 29, 2012. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. First it was compiled by Faye Bradford, 23 Feb 2012.  Listed on page 196-197 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society 1988. Added here 5 Mar 2013. Listed on findagrave.com but several (26) of the stones were missing from photographs.