JOHNSON CHAPEL CEMETERY, Natchez Trace Parkway, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

Locator Mapping of the cemetery      Veterans buried at Johnson Chapel Cemetery 

ARMSTRONG, Mary Lou, 2 Jun 1973 - 3 Jun 1973.
BAKER, Perry Green, 1828 - 1900. (Co. K, 48th Tenn. Inf. C.S.A.)
BAKER, John Hay, 26 Mar 1877 - 1 Feb 1950.
BAKER, Katie Mai, 1878 - 1908.
BAKER, Green, 18 Mar 1901 - 8 Jan 1924.
BEARD, Lee. No dates. Age 79 yrs.
BEARD, Ella Mai, 15 Aug 1957 - Jun. 1987. (u. marker)
BEARD, Ben (Benjamin Franklin), 28 Aug 1893 - 4 Jul 1967; h/o Clarice Spears Beard.)
BEARD, Lula Mai, (1 Aug) 1913 - (1 Dec) 1998. (u marker.)
BEARD, Mary. No dates. ((b. cir 1871) - d. 30 Jun 1953 at 82 yrs. of age; Wife Lee Beard; Dau. Jim & Pliney Beard Halbrooks.) 
BEARD, Mrs. Clarcie, 3 Mar 1903 - 22 Jan 1984. (80 yrs.)
BEARD, Annie Marie, 15 Jun 1924 - 18 Jul 1935.
BEARD, Milton Ewing, 6 Jun 1926 - 9 Jul 1983.
BEARD, Nevere Palistine, No dates. (Apr. 1886 - 30 Aug 1962). (w/o William Frank Beard).
BEARD, Ada Gadles. No dates.
BEARD, Henry Lewis. No dates. (Note: the above last three graves are marked with wooden boards.)
BEARD, Thomas Edward, d. 3 Jun 2005. (Maury Co. native; son of Simon Peter Beard and Pauline Thurman Beard; Veteran U.S.Army, Korean Conflict; retired Columbia City policeman; owner and operator of Courtesy Cab Company; preceded in death by brothers, Earnest, Douglas, and Ewing Beard.)
BEARD, Ella Lou, 1920 - 19 Jan 2005 in Columbia, Tn. (Maury Co. native; dau. of William Frank Beard and Nervie Beard; married 3 Jul 1935 to Enoch Beard who died 1 Jul 1995; preceded in death by sons, Enoch Jr., Milton Troy and infant son Beard; daughters, Ella May Beard and Lou Jenny Beard; one granddaughter, Mary Lou Armstrong. Undertaker marker.)
*BEARD, Lou Jenny, d. 24 Sep 2003. (Maury Co. native; dau. of Ella Lou Beard Beard and Enoch Beard; preceded in death by brother Milton Troy Beard.)
BEARD, William Frank, (21 Oct 1889 - 31 Mar 1925.). (h/o Nevere Palistine Beard).
B... L., beside above. (Marked by marble slab with letters scratched on it.)
*BLACK, Thomas B., (married person), 16 Apr 1873 - 15 Apr 1923; son William & Frances Johnson Black. (unknown source of information)
BRADFORD, Dollie Elizabeth, 7 Nov 1909 - 24 May 1973.
BRADY, R. M., 11 Aug 1894 - 8 Feb 1965. (Son Redic M. & Betty Daniels Brady.)
BRADY, Lula M., 25 Mar 1894 - 29 Nov 1963. (Wife R. M. Brady; nee Lula Mai Hill.)
BRADY, Leonard C., 1919 - 1960.
BRADY, Rhoda C., 1918 - no  other date
*BRYANT, Tom, 85 years, b. in Tn., d. 22 Oct 1929; son of Jerry & Angeline Tidwell Bryant. (unknown source of information)
BURNETT, David, 14 Aug 1922 - 21 Jul 1934.
BURNETT, Diane. No dates. 'Sister of Milton E. Beard." 
CALDWELL, James E., 1 Apr 1866 - 3 Aug 1948.
CALDWELL, Emma Harris, 2 Jan 1888 - 30 Jul 1963.
CALDWELL, Ruby L., 18 Feb 1924 - 11 Aug 1938.
CANTRELL, Francis P., 10 Aug - 12 Aug 1928.
CARTER, Ruby G., 1925 - 1966.
CARTER, Juanita, 21 Apr 1950 - 1 Jun 1959.
CARTER, Roger Dale, 11 Nov 1952 - 30 Mar 1974.
DAY, Jimmy L., 14 Nov 1835 - no death date.
DAY, John W., 12 Jul 1883 - 26 Dec 1945.
DAY, William C., 10 Jul 1928.
GODWIN, Nellie E., 1889 - (23 Dec)1980. (Dau. Robert Lee Beard; Wife Noble Elmo Godwin.)
GRIGG, Richard Samuel, 1877 - 1948.
GRIGG, Richard Wiley, d. Feb 1926.
GRIGG, Winnie F. Cartwright, died Aug 1926. (We are informed the name is actually Winnie Francis Carter Griggs.)
GRIGG, William B., 1874 - 1946.
GRIGG, Mollie B., (22 Aug) 1882 - 1988. (nee Brady.)
GRIGG, Joe L.(Joseph Lelan), (May) 1881 - (31 Oct) 1930. (Son Richard & Winnie Griggs.)
GRIGG, William L., 15 Jul 1905 - 14 Jul 1983.
GRIGG, Thomas, 18 Aug 1920 - 22 Jan 1983.
GRIGG, Marvin Eugene, d. Sep 1982. (WWII Vet.) (They were opening this grave while I was there. F.L.H., 1987.)
GRIGG, Walter Richard, 23 Nov 1926 - 25 Dec 1960. Father. (Pvt. US Army, WWI.)
GRIGG, Edith A., 7 Nov 1920 - no other date. Mother.
GRIGG, Jerry, 28 Apr 1932 - 9 Feb 1985.
GRIGG, Marie, 18 May 1935 - 17 Sep 1975.
GRIGG, Herbert Lee, b & d 18 Feb 1937. Ref: e-mail to Mary Bob from cbquick@peoplepc.com )
GRIGG, Mary Jane, 26 Apr 1939 - 4 Jan 1943.
GRIGG, Shirley Ann, 1948 - 1950. 'Our Baby.'
GRIGG, Lillian K., 1949 - 1950. 'Our Baby.'
GRIGG, James Michael, 14 Aug 1956 - 15 Nov 1956.
HASKINS, Lorene Hay, 28 Jan 1919 - 5 Oct 1962.
HAY, Joe M., 19 Sep 1872 - 4 Apr 1939. Father.
HAY, Nancy H., 18 Jun 1878 - 11 Jan 1951. Mother.
HAY, James C., 28 Sep 1874 - 2 Mar 1964. (Son of Charlie & Liza Hutcheson Hay.)
HAY, Joanner H., 11 Aug 1878 - 19 Jan 1966. (nee Jo Ann Hutcherson; mar. Jim Hay, 1896.)
HAY, Eugene, 18 Apr 1897 - 13 Nay 1979. (Son of Jim & Jo Ann Hutcherson Hay.) (Pvt. US Army, WWI.)
HAY, Eva B. (Brady), 7 Apr 1896 - 24 Dec 1980. (Dau. Johnny & Rosie Potts Brady; Married Eugene Hay, 1918.)
HAY, Allen, 11 Jun 1905 - 8 Mar 1954. (Son Joe & Susie Huggins Hay; Husb. of Ethel Humphrey.)
HAY, Frank Allen, 12 Mar 1934 - 13 Jun 1948.
HAY, Leslie C. 'Ted', 15 Jun 1906 - 6 Jun 1980. (Son W.T. & Sara Springer Hay of Lawrence Co.)
HAY, Annie Laura, 13 Apr 1917 - no other date. (nee Henson; married Leslie C. Hay in 1938.)
HAY, Odie, 1911 - 1935. (Son J. C. Hay.; Husb. Irene Kelley Hay.)
HAY, E. B., 1913 - 1938.
HAY, J. C., 14 Dec 1919 - 2 Jun 1946. (Son James C. & Jo Ann Hutcherson Hay; Killed auto accident; Tenn. Pvt., 475 Engr. Combat Bn.)
HAY, Donnie Lee, 9 Apr 1953 - 7 Feb 1955.
HAY, Willie Dean, 28 Aug - 29 Aug 1962.
HILL, Francis M., (7 Apr) 1864 - 1928. (Son J. W. & Susan Rail Hill.)
HILL, Hettie S. (Hester A.), 1875 - 1955. (Dau. D. F. & Elvira Dudley Slater.)
HILL, Wilburn H., 7 Apr 1915 - 7 Jul 1971.
HILL, Effie C., 27 Jan 1915 - no other date.
HILL, J. B., 27 Nov 1924. 'Infant son of J.W. & B.M. Hill.'
HILL, Infant son of Arnold Hill, 5 May 1938.
HILL, Dudley Eugene, 2 Aug 1951 - 12 Sep 1953.
HOWELL, Leecher B., 3 May 1914 - 5 Aug 1970. (Tenn. Pvt. Bty A, 14 BN 5FA, WWII.)
HUMPHREY, John Mathias, 1876 - 1965. Father.
HUMPHREY, Rosie Kelley, 1886 - 1968. Mother.
HUMPHREY, Albert, 1889 - 1976.
HUMPHREY, John Thomas, 13 Dec 1902 - 3 Aug 1984. (Native of Hickman Co.; Son John M. & Rosie K.),(Pvt., US Army, WWII.)
HUMPHREY, Dave R., 10 Oct 1904 - 29 Jan 1982. Father. (Son John M. & Rosie K. Humphrey.)
HUMPHREY, Irma T., 16 Nov 1910 - 10 Jun 1990. Mother. (nee Thompson.)
HUMPHREY, Happy, Jan 1935 - Feb 1938. 'Child of Early & Maudie."
HUMPHREY, Baby Boy, 1943. 'Son of Early & Maude.'
HUMPHREY, Baby Boy, 1940. 'Son of Early & Maudie.'
HUMPHREY, James Elton, 22 Jan 1907 - 29 Mar 1985 at 78 yrs. of age. (Son of John M. & Rosie Kelley Humphreys.)
KELLEY, Mat M., 6 Apr 1872 - 10 Nov 1947.
KELLEY, Lou D., 31 Mar 1872 - 12 Nov 1945. (Married: 4 Mar 1891.)
KELLEY, William C., 13 Jan 1892 - 19 Mar 1965.
KELLEY, J. W., 1895 - 1962.
KELLEY, Mary J., 1892 - 1947.
KELLEY, Preston, 1911 - (12 Mar) 1942. (Son Mat M. & Lou Davis Kelley.)
KELLEY, Elbridge, 25 Dec 1918 - 24 Jun 1971. (Tenn., Sgt. US Army, WWII.)
KELLEY, Leon, 1934 - 1942.
KELLEY, Earley M., 15 Feb 1933. 'Son of Mr & Mrs E.G. Kelley."
KELLEY, Dorothy, 20 Apr 1939.
*KELLEY, Miss Essie, '19, d, last week, buried in family lot; dau. of W. H. Kelley; funeral at Johnson's Chapel.' (Daily Herald, Columbia news, 5 Apr 1928.)
**KERSH, Ophelia Kelley, 25 Jul 1926 - 6 Apr 2010. (Maury Co. native; d/o John W. and Mary Jane McCandless Kelley; wife of late Henry Edgar Kersh; employed at Weathertamer as a seamstress; Eastern Star.)
LEWIS, Michael, 13 Oct 1977. "Inf. son of Lecy Hay Lewis."
MALUGIN, Frank Turman, 15 Aug 1898 - 2 Jan 1954. (Native Hickman Co.; Son Sam & Sallie W. Tyler Malugin.)
MALUGIN, Pearl Kelley, 25 Jan 1894 - 13 Feb 1968.
McCANDLESS, Mary Alice, 1910 - (1 Jan) 1941. (Wife of James W. McCandless; Dau. J.L. & Vinia Harris Griggs.)
McCANDLESS, Lela Jane, 28 Jan 1933 - 21 Jan 1939.
McCANDLESS, Mildred Ann, 21 Jan 1949 - 2 Aug 1949. (Inf. Dau. of James & Rhoda Beard McCandless.)
*McCANDLESS, Thomas, '78, of Fly, d. 26 Dec 1939; b. Williamson Co.; Son of Willis & Jane Modlin McCandless; bur. Johnson's Chapel cemetery'. (Daily Herald, Columbia news, 26 Dec 1939.)
MITCHELL, Fred S., 14 Mar 1890 - 12 Aug 1963. (Pvt. US Army, WWI.)
MITCHELL, Evie H. (Evie Lou), 26 Jan 1893 - 14 Apr 1959. (Dau. Charley P. & Eliza Hutcherson Hay; married Fred S. Mitchell, 1913.)
PEACH, James Wayne, 25 Sep 1935 - no other date
PEACH, Clara Mae, 7 May 1929 - 22 Jan 1979. (Dau. Harlan H. & Minnie Hill Stanfill; mar. to James Wayne Peach in 1965.)
POTTS, N. Burton, 1875 - 1958.
POTTS, Hattie H., 1900 - 1986. (shares stone with H. Burton Potts.)
POTTS, Charles M., 1932 - 1940.
RAGSDALE, Willie A., 1914 - 1974.
RAGSDALE, Ollie S., 15 Apr 1919 - 15 Dec 1979. (Pfc., US Army, WWII.)
RAGSDALE, Susie S., 29 Jun 1923 - 28 Dec 1993. (shares stone with Ollie H. Ragsdale.)
RAGSDALE, Baby of Ernest & Bonnie, 24 Jun 1972.
RIPPY, Virgil, 1887 - 1962. (U. Marker.)
*SCOTT, Henry, '7, d. 10 Nov 1944, son of Mrs. Rhoda Beard McCandless.' (Daily Herald, Columbia news 11 Nov 1944.)
SLATER, D. F., (28 May) 1852 - 1924. (b. in Wisconsin, son of F. R. & Hester Ren Slater.)
SLATER, Nancy E., (4 Oct) 1857 - (25 Mar) 1937. (Dau. Billie & Nancy A. Russell Dudley.)
SLATER, Lucy Della, 4 Sep 1896 - 22 Aug 1952. (Dau. D.F. & Nancy Dudley Slater.)
STANFILL, Richard, 5 Nov 1811 - 4 Nov 1895.
STANFILL, Bettie, 5 May 1813 - 10 Mar 1913. (age 100 yrs.)(Obit. gives: d. 21 Mar 1914 at age 102; had 15 children; husband died 20 yrs ago.)
STANFILL, R. T., 6 Nov 1847 - 1 Mar 1928. "80, died Friday, near Johnson's in northern part of county; sick 2 mos.; native of Williamson Co.; lived here 50 yrs.; married to Catherine Hill. (Maury Democrat (news), 8 Mar 1928.)
STANFILL, Catherine E., 22 Sep 1852 - 13 Apr 1941. (Mrs. "Katie" Hill, '88, died 13 Apr 1941; dau. of John & Susan Rail Hill; Methodist. (Daily Herald news 15 Apr 1941.)
STANFILL, J. D., 15 Oct 1853 - 28 Aug 1928.
STANFILL, Joe Leland, 28 Aug 1861 - 22 Mar 1940.
STANFILL, Maggie, 26 Jun 1865 - 13 Dec 1954.
STANFILL, John Wesley, 1871 - 1892.
STANFILL, R. R., 1881 - 1966.
STANFILL, Betty Ann, 1889 - (Jun) 1945. (56 yrs.)
STANFILL, Dave F., 18 Feb 1887 - 23 Aug 1923. Father. (Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Hill Stanfill.)
STANFILL, Bobby Jack, 1889 - 1893.
STANFILL, Albert, 27 Jan 1891 - 12 Jan 1972. (Tenn. Pvt. US Army, WWI.)
STANFILL, Nadine, 26 Mar 1895 - 22 Jan 1985.
STANFILL, William T., 4 Oct 1893 - 25 Jan 1971. (Pvt. Inf., WWI.)
STANFILL, Katie H., 1903 - (9 Apr) 1977. (Dau. Ocie & Bessie Quirk Hill; Wife Wm. T. Stanfill.)
STANFILL, Joe Leland, Jr., 25 Jan 1893 - 20 Oct 1976. (Son Joe & Maggie Oakley Stanfill.) Photo / Photo
STANFILL, Jessie Hill, 13 Apr 1913 - 19 Feb 1999. Photo
STANFILL, Rodolphus, 11 Apr 1896 - 22 Jan 1970.
STANFILL, Pearl Hill, 21 Aug 1908 - no other date.
STANFILL, Freddie Franklin, 1897 - 1915. (Death records says: born 7 May 1898, died 21 Dec 1918; son R. T. & Catherine L. STANFILL.)
STANFILL, Harlan H., 25 Jul 1906 - no other date but deceased.
STANFILL, Minnie K., 9 Apr 1906 - 15 Aug 1976. (Dau. John & Alice Panter Hill; married 6 Aug 1925.)
STANFILL, Bessie Pearl, 1908 - 1908.
STANFILL, Hubert R., 8 Jun 1910 - 11 May 1974.
STANFILL, Ennis F., 2 Dec 1911 - 21 Mar 1980. Brother. (Son of Mrs. Nellie Beard Godwin.)
STANFILL, Lillie Mae, 1912 - 1912.
STANFILL, R. Rufe, 14 Mar 1885 - 29 Jun 1974.
STANFILL, Opal Mae, 13 Feb 1922 - 19 May 1940. (Dau. of Albert & Nadine Earles Stanfill; died by auto accident.)
STANFILL, Albert, Jr., 5 May 1926 - 26 Jun 1977. (Son of Albert & Nadine Stanfill; died in Columbia jail fire; native of Okla.; US Army, WWII.)
STANFILL, Robert Lee, 11 Apr 1928 - 27 Dec 1978. (Son of Wm. T. & Katie Hill Stanfill; mar. Ruth Potts.
STANFILL, Vester, 17 Dec 1927 - 17 Jan 1928.
STANFILL, Melinda Ann, 27 Dec 1930.
STANFILL, Buford, Infant. No dates.
STANFILL, Mary, Infant. No dates.
STANFILL, David Ray, 12 Mar 1956 - 1 May 1957. Photo
STANFILL, Charlene, 19 May 1960 - 21 May 1960. Photo
*STANFILL, Spivey, widowed; b. 8 Aug 1859, d. 11 Apr 1936; son of Richard & Bettie Griggs Stanfill.
*STANFILL, Mary, married, b. 1853, d. 24 Jul 1914; parents unknown; bur. on Leiper's Creek. (Unknown source)
**STANFILL, Frank James, 9 Feb 1933 - 14 Jun 2005 in Columbia, Tn. (Native of Water Valley cummunity; son of Albert and Nadine Stanfill; hus to Lois Davis Stanfill; Veteran, U.S. Army; prededed in death by son, James Stanfill; sisters, Opal Stanfill and Maggie Dunaway; brother, Albert Stanfill.)
**STANFILL, Lester, 17 Dec 1928 - 17 Feb 2007. (Maury Co. native; son of Rudolphus and Pearl Hill Stanfill; hus. of Audrey Hay Stanfill; preceded in death by dau., Brenda Stanfill Patterson.)
**STANFILL, Richard E., 9 Aug 1933 - 13 Sep 2002. (Maury Co. native; son of Hubert and Gladys Brady Stanfill; farmer and timber cutter; preceded in death by sisters, Lucille Potts, Rebecca Pigg, and Betty Mai Lewis; brothers, Leonard Thomas STANFILL and Paul Stanfill.)
**STANFILL, Ricky Dean, 18 Jan 1958 - 22 Jan 2003. (Williamson Co. native; son of Ruby Faulkner Stanfill and Edward Stanfill.)
**STANFILL, Fred "Bo", 11 Aug 1967 - 20 Oct 2005. (Maury Co. native; son of Fred "Tooter" Stanfill and Betty Carroll Jennings; hus. of Crystal Fitzgerald Stanfill; preceded in death by sister, Sherry Lynn Stanfill.)(Theta Cemetery)
**STANFILL, Wilma Shouse, 5 Aug 1937 - 30 Mar 2009 in Davidson Co., Tn. (Maury Co. native; dau. of James Washington Shouse and Mary Bessie Widmore Shouse; wife of David F. "Dood" Stanfill, who died 19 Jul 1991; preceded in death by son, David Ray Stanfill, sisters, Thelma Oakley, Genevieve Hill and Pauline Andrews, brothers, Raleigh, Van "Buster" and Fred Shouse.)
THOMPSON, George Fate, 1889 - 1962.
THOMPSON, Hattie V., 1893 - 1934.
THOMPSON, Eunice Marie, 8 Aug - 9 Nov 1929.

*Given or reliable sources say they were interred here but no stone was found in 1987 by FLH.
** Updated from Obituary Records compiled and sent in by Mary Bob McClain.
The above surname Stanfield was also found spelled Stanfill in many cases. Since I could not see any consistency I spelled all of them as Stanfill. If you know this to be incorrect we are willing to change it back for your immediate kin. [WA 5 Apr 2009]

JOHNSON'S CHAPEL
Johnson's Chapel was begun as a Methodist church in a log cabin on the Natchez Trace early in the history of the region. About 1883, land was given by the D. F. Slater family for a building and a frame structure vas erected. This was lost to fire in 1904 and the congregation, having became too weak to continue ceased to exist. In 1923, a group of residents decided to form a Baptist Church in the area and secured the old property and built a new frame building.
Before the building could be erected, however, the congregation used a brush arbor on what is now the cemetery. In 1925 a simple building was built and this has been expanded from time to time throughout the years. As far as can be ascertained, this is the only functioning church on the Natchez Trace in Maury Co. 

Sources: MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE CEMETERIES Page 203 - 206, by Fred Lee Hawkins 23 Sep 1986; THEY PASSED THIS WAY, Page B-14, by Evelyn Lightfoot and Marise Shackelford, abt 1963. For more notes and information see the book by Fred L. Hawkins. This cemetery has been partially updated for burials after 1987. Published here with revisions 4 Apr 2009 by Wayne Austin.