SHORES (ON HILL) CEMETERY, (On Hill above old Phillips-Shores Mill site) GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Mapping the location       

Cemetery overview photos: 7446/7447/7448/7449/7450/7452 /7453/7588/7589/7590
Memorial Dedication 29 Sep 2013 of the new Military marker for 1st Serg. James Jordan Phillips, C.S.A., the ceremony - gathering of friends, descendents and military honors.  0632/0633/0631/0619/0620/0621/0622/0623/0624/0625/0626 /0627/0628/0629/0630/Wes Pullen's Ceremonial (58 each) Photos

BEELER, William C. (Clayton), 1849 - 1929. (s/o John Hudspeth and Mary Frances Buchanan Beeler). 7557/7557A
BEELER, Sarah E., 1861 - 1934. (w/o William Clayton Beeler) 7557/7557A
BEELER, Alex (Steven Alex C.), 7 Oct 1883 - 14 Nov 1975. (h/o of Ada Bell Phillips) 7558 / Obituary
BEELER, Ada Bell, (7 Jan) 1887 - (14 Nov) 1970. (d/o of John Milton Phillips; married to Steven Alex C. Beeler 4 Apr 1909.  7558 / Obituary
BEELER, Lois Lucile, 6 Sep 1911 - 6 Sep 1912. 7556
BEELER, Zella Florine, 12 May 1921 - 24 Feb 1922. (d/o Steve Alex and Ada Bell Phillips Beeler). 7556
BOONE, Verlie V., 30 Jan 1931 - 30 Jan 1931. (d/o George A. and Callie A. Glover Boone (not found this survey)
BRYANT, James Malon, 2 Jun 1943 - 18 Apr 2005. SN US Navy Vietnam. 7472/7473//7474    
BRYANT, Hazel Gail Tucker, 4 Jun 1949 - no other date. 7471/7473  
CATES, O. (Ollie) Huell, 26 Apr 1919 - 2 May 1974, (h/o Bernice Virginia Locke Cates; s/o Avie and Elsie Bivens Cates) Tennessee TEC 5, US Army WWII. 7562/7563 / Obituary
CATES, Bernice L., 25 Jul 1926 - 29 Nov 1997. Mother (nee Bernice Virginia Locke; w/o Ollie Huell Cates; d/o Sam and Bertha Jones Locke)  7562/7564
GLOVER, Grady R., 9 Jul 1907 - 24 Sep 1999.  Daddy. 7568/7566/7571 / Obituary
GLOVER, Maggie E., 16 Jun 1910 - 2 Apr 1993. Mother.  7567/7566/7570 / Obituary
GLOVER, Edward Samuel, 4 Apr 1929 - 24 Apr 1993.  A2C US Air Force Korea. (s/o Grady Roosevelt and Maggie Elizabeth Locke Glover)  7565/7569 / Obituary
HANNAH, R. A., 15 Aug 1856 - 12 Jul 1922. 7458
HANNAH, Mary E.(Elizabeth), wife of R. A. Hannah, 25 Jun 1855 - 3 Oct 1900. (w/o Robert Andrew Hannah; d/o ? & ? Phillips)  7457
HARWELL, James N., ___ - 1818.  (only date Listed, thought to be the death date. (s/o Ambrose and Mary Brown Harwell) 7451
HARWELL, Nancy Payne,  ___ - 1820. (only date listed, thought to be the death date. (w/o James N. Harwell) 7451
HASTINGS, Howard, 30 Apr 1915 - 24 Apr 2004.  7543
HASTINGS, Mary T., 18 Dec 1921 - 20 Apr 2001. married 11 Mar 1938 to Howard Hastings.  7543
HOOD, William Nathan, 23 Apr 1911 - 19 Jul 1974. Father. (h/o Chloe Lydia Morris Hood; s/o Walter Duncan and Martha Frances Curtis Hood) 7541/7542 / Obituary
HOOD, Chloe L., 19 Jan 1920 - 13 May 1983. Mother. (w/o William Nathan Hood; d/o William and Snella McCafferty Morris. 7541/7542 / Obituary
HOOD, Morris Wayne, 30 Apr 1949 - 18 Mar 1993. Spc 4 US Army Vietnam. 7538/7539/7540
HUDSON, Angel Johns, 7 Oct 1997 - 7 Oct 1997. (s/o Avery and Teresa Johns Hudson) 7536
JOHNS, Elsie Mae Smith, 30 Oct 1907 - 20 Oct 1989. (w/o Claude Elmer Johns; (d/o Charlie and Lizzie Childress Smith) 7507 / Obituary
JOHNS, ReJunior E., 17 Aug 1930 - 23 Aug 1930. (s/o Claude Elmer and Elsie Mae Smith Johns) 7508
JOHNS, Donnie Joe, 14 Dec 1965 - 29 Mar 2003. 7523
JOHNS, Donald Jean, 1938 - 2008. Funeral Marker - Carr & Erwin, 7524/7525
JOHNSON, Bob T., 28 May 1910 - 29 Jan 1969. (h/o Eva Louise Locke Johnson; s/o William and Tinnie Campbell Johnson) 7572 / Obituary
JOHNSON, Louise, 31 May 1913 - 26 Jan 1994.  (w/o Bob Taylor Johnson; (d/o Samuel Rollin and Bertha Mae Jones Locke) 7572 / Obituary
JOHNSON, John Robert, 19 Mar 1946 - 27 Nov 2007. Spc 4 US Army "Ball diamond image on monument"  7579/7585/7586/7587/7580/7578
JOHNSON, Glenda M., 22 Jul 1948 -  no other date. married 18 Apr 1966 to John Robert Johnson. Children are Chris, Carman & Jo. Grandchildren are Haley, Jordan, Brooklyn & Kolby. 7581/7585/7587/7580/7576/7577/7578
LOCKE, Samuel R., 16 Aug 1883 - 9 Jun 1977. (h/o Bertha Mae Jones Locke; s/o George and Mary Elizabeth Harwell Locke) 7573 / Obituary
LOCKE, Bertha M., 9 Jul 1893 - 4 Apr 1962.(w/o Samuel Rollin Locke; (d/o Steve and Magdalene "Maggie" Hester Jones) 7573 / Obituary
LOCKE, George M., 9 Sep 1921 - 29 Sep 1991. (h/o Mary Frances Wilcoxson Locke; s/o Samuel Rollin and Bertha Mae Jones Locke) 7574/ Obituary
LOCKE, Mary F., 3 Sep 1925 - 8 Mar 2005. (w/o George Madison Locke; d/o Newt and Minnie Lou Howard Wilcoxson) 7575/ Obituary
LUCURS, Robert Neal, 10 Jan 1887 - 20 Jul 1961. (h/o Mary Olga Lucurs; (s/o William E. and Nancy Doggett Lucurs) 7546 / Obituary
LUCURS, Mary Olga, 5 Jul 1886 - 8 Oct 1982.(w/o Robert Neal Lucurs; (d/o George Washington and Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper) 7547 / Obituary
LUCURS, Cliffie, Daughter of R. N. & Olga Lucurs, 2 Jun 1915 - 18 Oct 1916. (d/o Robert Neal and Mary Olga Lucurs). 7548/7549
LUCURS, Earskin M., 31 Jul 1908 -9 Apr 1998. (h/o Susie Bell Bassham Lucurs; (s/o Robert Neal and Mary Olga Tipper Lucurs)  7559 / Obituary
LUCURS, Susie B., 7 Oct 1909 - 16 Dec 1991. (d/o Thomas N. and Selena Craig Bassham; w/o Earskin Milo Lucurs) 7559 / Obituary
MASHBURN, Rebecca Jean, 8 Mar 1974 - 16 Nov 1987. 7561
NORWOOD, Elmira J., 21 Jun 1861 - 29 Oct 1866.  (d/o Charles N. S. and Lena Garner Norwood) 7511
NORWOOD, C. N. S. (Charles Neal S.), 16 Nov 1833 - 24 Nov 1862. (C.S.A. Cross of Honor, Company C, 32nd Tennessee Infantry. died during the early part of the Civil War; h/o Selena Mason "Lena" Garner Norwood; s/o Lucinda Larwood & William Mitchell "Billy" Norwood, Jr.) 7512/7513 / Obituary
PETTY, Ada Ann, wife of E. L. Petty, 20 Mar 1879 - 14 Aug 1899. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."(w/o Erskine L. Petty; married 5 December 1897 GCT; d/o David Russel and Sarah M. Hannah Shores) 7476
PHILLIPS, James Alfred, "Alfred", 19 Mar 1806 - 18 Mar 1881. (Founded Shores Mill and later sold it to James Shores. Thought to be interred here in unmarked grave, perhaps in this large open area north of his grandson James his wife Bettie Phillips.) 7456/7455/Phillips Unmarked
PHILLIPS, Mary Massey, abt 1800 - 12 Mar 1870. (wife of J. Alfred Phillips; interred here in unmarked grave, beside her husband, perhaps in this large open area north of her grandson James his wife Bettie Phillips.) 7456/7455/Phillips Unmarked
PHILLIPS, James Jordan, 11 Jan 1832 - 20 Nov 1891. (son of James Alfred "Alfred" Phillips & Mary (Massey) Phillips.) 1st Serg. C.S.A. Confederate Vet. Registrar of Giles Co. 8 yrs. Military marker dedicated 29 Sep 2013  0632/0633/descendents & cousins, 2013
PHILLIPS, Sarah Ann Shores,  27 Mar 1835 - 4 Sep 1889. (daughter of James C. (b. 1804, m. 1 Nov 1832, d. 17 Apr 1884) & Elizabeth Ann (Scott) Shores, (b. 5 Oct 1813, d. 20 May 1876) {interred in Phillips unmarked lots beside her husband James Jordan}/Military marker set 29 Sep 2013 for her husband. 0633
PHILLIPS, James, 1852 - 1889. (h/o Margaret Elizabeth Kimbrough, married Mary E. Kimbrough 24 Oct 1872 GCT; s/o James Jordan Phillips (b.1832) & Sarah Ann (Shores) Phillips. (b.1835) 7454/7456
PHILLIPS, Bettie, 1854 - 1895. (w/o James Phillips; d/o Elijah Anthony and Rebecca White Kimbrough)  7454/7456
PHILLIPS, John Milton, 1857 - 1946.  h/o Mary Lou Harwell Phillips s/o James Jordan Phillips & Sarah Ann Shores Phillips 7460
PHILLIPS, Mary Lou Harwell, w/o of James Jordan Phillips, 1856 - 1938. 7460
PHILLIPS, Dennie, 27 Feb 1949 - 28 Feb 1949. 7462
PHILLIPS, Perry P., 14 Dec 1881 - 15 Sep 1925. s/o John Milton Phillips & Mary Lou Harwell Phillips.  7459
PHILLIPS, Spencer Dixon,, 29 Sep 1883 - 14 Mar 1963.   (h/o Lizzie Jones Phillips; s/o John Milton and Mary Lou Harwell Phillips) 7463 / Obituary
PHILLIPS, Lizzie Jones, 2 Sep 1887 - 30 Sep 1980. (w/o Spencer Dixon Phillips; d/o Steve and Maggie Hester Jones) 7463 / Obituary
PHILLIPS, Milus Milton, 4 Mar 1919 - 2 Sep 1991. MAM3 US Navy WWII. (s/o Spencer and Lizzie Jones Phillips; h/o Katherine Morris)  7502/7503 / Obituary
PHILLIPS, Infant daughters, (no dates), half sisters of Iva Phillips Gaines, daughters of Thomas Wiley and Fannie Mae Johnson Phillips 7555
PRINCE, Frank E., 24 Oct 1884 - 16 Sep 1953 (h/o 1. Annie Green Prince 2. Elizabeth Tipper Prince; s/o James and Mary Malone Prince) 7535
PRINCE, Elizabeth E., 15 May 1897 - 18 Oct 1979. 7535
RACKLEY, Nancy Ann, 12 Aug 1855 - 2 Jul 1902. "A tender mother and a faithful friend" 7521/7522/7520
ROLIN, James, 25 Aug 1835 - 19 Sep 1907. Grandfather. "Erected by Ed Rolin." 7550/7551
RUTHERFORD, R. Herbert, 1893 - 1958. (h/o Mattie Phillips Rutherford.) 7461
RUTHERFORD, Mattie G., 1892 - (only date). (w/o R. Herbert Rutherford; Mattie is buried in Maplewood; d/o John Miltin and Mary Lou Harwell Phillips) 7461
SHORES, James C., 1804 - 17 Apr 1884. (Owner operator of Shores Mill down the road; m. Elizabeth Ann Scott  5 Oct 1832; s/o Charles and Margaret Kimbrough Shores) 7481/7482
SHORES, Elizabeth Ann, consort of James C. Shores, 5 Oct 1813 - 20 May 1876. (nee Elizabeth Ann Scott w/o James C. Shores; d/o Samuel and Hannah (?) Scott) 7479/7480
SHORES, Sarah M., wife of David R. Shores, 23 Dec 1845 - 8 Jan 1894. "Died in the triumph of a Christian faith" (w/o David Russell Shores; d/o Andrew and Elizabeth C. Reed Hanna; 1850 census: Andrew Hannah 33, Elizabeth [Reed} 30, Sarah M. N. J. 5, Cynthia Ann 1/12, Edward Glover 16) 7477
SMITH, Charley D., 10 Oct 1877 - 9 Apr 1953. (h/o Sarah Elizabeth Childress) 7496
SMITH, Sarah Lizzie, 28 Jan 1883 - 5 Jan 1968. (w/o Charlie Daniel Smith; d/o John Dallas and Fannie Rose Turner Childress) 7496
SMITH, Finnis E., 13 Nov 1921 - 26 Aug 1971. 7497/7498/7500
SMITH, Bernice E., 18 Jul 1923 - (only date listed). (w/o Finnis Earl Smith; d/o Gilbert and Vada Bobo Rich) 7497/7499/7501
SMITH, Jimmy, 5 Mar 1881 - 1 Jan 1913. (s/o Caleb and Maggie Neely Smith) 7510
SMITH, Cable, 1845 - 1900. (h/o Grace Maggie Neely Smith; s/o Solomon B. and Rose Anna Leath Smith) 7509
SMITH, Maggie, 1852 - 1907.(w/o Capriel/Capel Smith; d/o James P. and Lucretia Maben Neely) 7509
SMITH, Ruthie Howell, 12 Feb 1919 - 13 Aug 1942. (w/o Solomon Lewis Smith; d/o Charlie Edward and Elizabeth Williams Howell)  7494
SMITH, Hester Ann, 10 May 1854 - 28 May 1920.(w/o William Allen Smith; d/o Solomon and Rosa Leath Smith)  7492
SMITH, Florence, 16 Jul 1897 - 25 Oct 1921. (d/o Charlie D. and Sarah Elizabeth Childress Smith) 7493
SMITH, William Alin, 29 Jan 1902 - 4 Dec 1918. 7491
SMITH, William Allen, 28 Jul 1855 - 16 May 1895. (h/o Hester Ann Smith Smith; married 16 Jul 1871 GCT; (s/o (?) & (?) Smith) 7490
SMITH, Junus Gifford, 19 Apr 1924 - 13 Jan 1992, (h/o Virginia Marie Smith; s/o Charlie and Sarah Elizabeth Childress Smith) PFC US Army World War II. 7464 / Obituary
SMITH, V. Marie, 25 Dec 1926 - 15 Jun 1991. (w/o Junus Gifford Smith; d/o Spencer and Lizzie Jones Phillips) 7464 / Obituary
SMITH, Minnie Bell, 24 Feb 1994 - 8 Mar 1994. 7488
SMITH, Willie, 14 Mar 1876 - 28 Jan 1898. 7489
SMITH, Solomon Lewis, 19 Nov 1917 - 24 Feb 1992. (h/o Ruthy Howell; s/o Charlie Daniel and Sarah Elizabeth Childress Smith) 7495 / Obituary
SMITH, General David, 28 May 1904 - 5 Mar 1987. (shares stone with Ada Voila Smith; s/o Charlie and Sarah Elizabeth Childress Smith) 7504/7506
SMITH, Ada Viola, 27 Dec 1907 - 3 Aug 1985. (shares stone with General David Smith; w/o General David Smith; nee Howell) 7505/7506
STANFORD, James William, 26 May 1911 - 11 Apr 2000. Pvt US Army WWII. (h/o Myrtle Leona Stockman Stanford; s/o Samuel Register and Zona Maude McDougal Stanford) 7553/7552 / Obituary
STANFORD, Myrtle S., 1 Sep 1909 - 8 Apr 1998. (Same stone as James William Stanford & w/o James William Stanford; d/o Charles Madison and Nora Lee Phillips Stockman) 7553 / Obituary
STOCKMAN, Annie Lee, 31 Dec 1906 - 22 Sep 1908. (d/o Charles Madison and Nora Lee Phillips Stockman) 7560
TIPPER, S.(?), (footstone next to (out of place?) C.C. Tipper footstone.) 7518/7517/7519
TIPPER, Nancy Ann, 7 Apr 1827 - 9 Sep 1899, (w/o Silas Tipper) Grave Unmarked (d/o William and Lucinda Larwood Norwood)
TIPPER, Charles Crow, 28 Jul 1855 - 1 May 1895. To my Husband (h/o Nancy A. Hagwood; s/o Silas and Nancy Ann Norwood Tipper) 7514/7516/footstone C.C.T.:7517/footstone out of place?:7519
TIPPER, George W. (Washington), 31 May 1857 - 2 Apr 1947 (h/o Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper; s/o Silas and Nancy Ann Norwood Tipper) 7532 / Obituary
TIPPER, Nancy L., 1865 - 1918. (w/o George Washington Tipper; d/o Edmond. T. and Tabitha Eliza Norwood) 7532
TIPPER, Edmond Silas, 19 Jan 1881 - 21 Apr 1958. "Erected by son Clyde Tipper." (He has two stones; h/o Melissa Ann Tomerlin Tipper; s/o George Washington and Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper) 7554/7528
TIPPER, Melissa Ann, 8 Jan 1883 - 26 Apr 1922. (She has two stones; w/o Edmond Silas Tipper; d/o (?) & (?) Tomerlin) 7554/7529
TIPPER, Florence, 9 Jun 1895 - 11 Aug 1971. (d/o George Washington and Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper) 7534 / Obituary
TIPPER, George W., 21 Jan 1893 - 4 Jul 1966. (h/o 1. Lola Nell Pitts Tipper 2. Carrie Hood Tipper; s/o George Washington and Nancy Lousia Tabitha Norwood Tipper) 7544 / Obituary
TIPPER, Lola N. (Nell), 24 Feb 1901 - 2 Dec 1945. (w/o George Winstead Tipper; d/o James Albert and Mary Ann "Molly" Pitts) 7544
TIPPER, George A., 14 Oct 1920 - 19 Dec 1920. (s/o George Winstead and Lola Nell Pitts Tipper) 7545
TIPPER, James Rufus, 21 Jan 1884 - 27 Nov 1927. "How desolate our home bereft of thee. He died as he lived, a Christian." (h/o Vera Mae Legg; Vera Mae is buried in Lawrence Co. Memorial Garden; s/o George Washington and Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper)  7537
TIPPER, James B., 14 Aug 1921 - 1 Sep 1921. 7527
TIPPER, Marvin, 12 Apr 1889 - 1 Mar 1904. (s/o George Washington and Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper) 7530/7531
TIPPER, Marcie A. (Ann), 1891 - 1949. (d/o George Washington and Nancy Louisa Tabitha Norwood Tipper) 7533
TUCKER, Martha Gail, 11 Dec 1945 - 9 Mar 2004. 7465/7466
TUCKER, Harold Waymon, 17 Feb 1918 - 24 Nov 2001. 7468/7469
TUCKER, Mattie Glover, 13 Mar 1926 - 10 Oct 2004. Mother. 7467/7469/7470
VAUGHN, Eliza Hannah, 10 Mar 1837 - 10 Mar 1882. (w/o 1. Elisha S. R. Walden) md. 29 Jan 1860, GCT.; 2. w/o George W. Vaughn; d/o James C. and Elizabeth Scott Hanna) 7478
WELLS, A. G. (Albert G.), 24 Oct 1823 - 13 Feb 1912. [h/o 1. Martha Burge Wells, md 24 Nov 1867 GCT. {where is she buried?}; h/o 2. Martha J Shores, m. 10 Apr 1881 GCT {lies here beside him}; h/o 3. Martha A. Prince McGill, m. 9 Jun 1898, GCT, {buried Booth Chapel}; Albert is the s/o Jesse and Nancy Harwell Wells) [From Jesse�s will.] 7484/7485/7486/7487 / Obituary
WELLS, Martha J., wife of Albert G. Wells, 8 Dec 1840 - 2 Aug 1897. 7483-/7483/7487 / Obituary
WEST, Mary I., wife of W. J. West, 13 Dec 1848 - 22 Apr 1924. "T'was hard to give thee up, but thy will O-God be done." 7475




Some death records
Issue of Thursday, September 5, 1889:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Phillips, wife of J. J. Phillips, died on East Hill, in this city, yesterday (Wednesday) morning at 6:20 o�clock.
Issue of Thursday, November 26, 1891:
Mr. J. J. Phillips died at his home near town on the Lamb�s Ferry Pike last Friday. His remains were interred at the Shores Graveyard Saturday.
Issue of Thursday, January 6, 1881:
Ida, an infant daughter of Mr. John M. Phillips of this place, died Thursday night last of pneumonia. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of many friends.


Cemetery photos by Wayne Austin 05 Nov  2009. Typing by Faye Bradford. Added here by Wayne Austin 8 Jul 2010.
Also listed on page 359 of the book Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries by the Historical Society 1986. Also listed on Find A Grave by Lin Canamore Quigley.