McClain Cemetery

McCLAIN CEMETERY, LEWIS COUNTY-COUNTY WEST OF MAURY

Listings & Photos by Rick Gray & Mary Bob McClain Richardson.

The Old James W. Kennedy Home on Mt Joy Road.

(note:* represents a difference in tomb stone readings from Maury Co. Cemeteries by Fred L. Hawkins. [MBMCR])

AKIN, James F., 18 Dec. 1887 - 19 Aug 1949. (Husband to Mary Alice "Mamie" Sims Akin.) * 2 Dec. 1887

AKIN, Lawrence, 20 Apr. 1911 - 15 June 1963; (Son of James F. and Mary Alice "Mamie" Sims Akin;) Lawrence H. Akin was born 20 Apr 1911 in Maury County, Tennessee. * d. 25 Jun 1963

ATKIN, Mary, 1920 - 1995.

AKIN, Mamie, 25 July 1883 - 19 Oct 1967. (Mary Alice "Mamie" Sims was born in Maury County, Tennessee; daughter of Jones Hunter Sims & Theresa J. "Tressy" Worley. She married James F. "Jim" Akin; children: Virginia Mae Akin, Lawrence H. Akin, Vera Eugenia Akin Runions, Thelma Akin York, and Mary Akin Whitlock; buried beside James & son Lawrence; at the foot are the graves of daughters, Virginia Mae Akin & Mary Akin Whitlock; members of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Maury Co., Tn.) Note: *The book, Maury County, Tennessee Cemeteries, list her birth date as July 25, 1885, while the tombstone shows July 25, 1883. The last date is supported by census records. (Rick Gray)

AKIN, Virginia Mae, 25 July 1908 - 10 Oct 1910. ( Born in Maury Co., Tn; dau of James F. & Mary Alice "Mamie" Sims Atkin; 2 yrs, 2 mos.16 days. There are two tombstones at McClain Cemetery for Virginia. The original tombstone remains, but no longer stands erect. It is laying on the ground near her grave. A new tombstone has been placed by a family member in recent years. Ref: Rick Gray)

BAILEY, J. Elizabeth, 4 June 1852 - 2 July 1901. " We Love You." (mar. 24 Mar 1870, Lewis Co., Tn. Jones Hunter Bailey ( son of Jesse W. & Jane Bailey; born in 12 Apr 1850 in Lewis Co., Tn., died 27 Apr 1930 in Ellis Co., Texas.); nee; McKennon: daughter of Daniel & Martha F.Wood McKennon. Children: William Walter Bailey, Cordelia Bailey, James Edward Bailey, Jones E. Bailey, Fannie R. Bailey, Janie M. Bailey, Annette "Nettie" Bailey, and Oliver B. Bailey.) ref: Rick Gray

BEASLEY, Barbara A. Seaton, 24 Mar. 1953 - 17 Nov. 1999. (daughter of James Milton "Jim" & Freda Lois McClain; wife of Jim Everett Beasley.)

BECKUM, James Lon, 12 Oct 1918 - 4 July 1973. "Outlaw" ( Husband of Ada Bell King Beckum; mar. 15 Jan. 1944; son of Almon Basil & Rena Gilmore Beckum who are buried at Bailey Cemetery, Mt. Joy, Maury Co., Tn.; ref: Mrs. Lera Powell.)

BELL, H.L. (Hardy Lee), 1873 - 1960, 87 yrs of age. (Maury Co. native; son of Willis and Mona Neeley Bell; mar. to Bessie Church Bell.) (Info from Obit & other sources)

BERRY, Jeffery Cheyenne, 12 Sept 1977 - 8 Sept 1995. (Black Marble Stone with picture of a baseball player; number 1 across shirt; Mt. Pleasant; Footstone: " J.B. #1"; died in car accident.)

BISHOP, Infant son, d. 20 July 1959. "Infant son of Zula M. and Bobby Bishop." (born & died in Columbia, Maury Co., Tn.)

BRITTON, Tommie R., 13 Apr 1917 - 11 Jan 2008. (Clay Co. native; dau. of Robert Franklin and Nina Jones Rogers; Nee: Tommie Myrtle Rogers; widow of Rev. Frank Britton; preceded in death by brothers, Charlie, Robert and William C. Rogers, sisters; Hester Brown and Edith Myers.) "Eastern Star."

BROWN, Fred L. 2 April 1913 - 9 Feb 1987. (U. Marker)

BROWN, Melvin, 1880 - 1960. (father of Lillian Brown McClain; husband of Ollie Goodman Brown; son of A.W. & Lulu Skelton Goodman.)

BROWN, Ollie Goodman 1886 - 1924. (Wife of Melvin Brown; mother of Lillian Brown McClain.)

BROWN, Robert W. Jr., 27 Nov 1927, only date. .(Remains buried in another state.[ mb 26 Dec 2009.])

COOPER, Alexander Duval, 11 Sept. 1838 Maury Co., Tn. - 29 Nov 1860 Lewis Co., Tn.(son of Col. Robert Melville & Catherine Cooper Cooper; (Private, Company H, 3rd Clack's Tennessee Infantry - C.S.A.; mar. Mary (Mollie) E. Johnston. When Capt. Theodore Cooper was organizing his company, both his twin brothers, Alexander and Samuel joined him. They were encamped at Bowling Green, Ky.; Alexander became ill with the measles and his brother sent him back home on furlough. He never recovered and died in the summer. Mollie Johnston, who was said to have been his cousin, bore his only child, and a son, after he died. When the boy was 5 she married Fountain E.P. McBride. The son was Alexander Cooper, he died in 1862; brother to: Albert Gallatin, Paris, John Hamilton, William McAdams, Eleanor Jane Cooper Houser, James Carlisle, Mary Catherine Cooper Williams, Henry Augustus, Robert Theodore, Thomas Simpson, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper Pickard, Alexander Duval, Samuel Gwin, Leander Bruce and Alfred Theodorick Cooper.)

COOPER, Alfred Theodorick, 18 Sept. 1844 Lewis Co., Tn. - 22 April 1931 Lewis Co., Tn. "9th Tenn. Reg., Forest's Cav." ( son of Col Robert Melville and Catherine Cooper Cooper; Private, Company H, 19th (Biffle's) Tennessee Cavalry. After the service with Biffle, he joined Forrest's Cavalry to serve with his cousin, Col. Duncan Brown Cooper; C.S.A. He was taken prisoner by the Yankees at Mt. Pleasant, and given permission to return home dated 10 May 1865. Residence; Palestine, Lewis Co., Tn. Shot in the thigh at Brentwood, Tn., March 23, 1863. The youngest of 15 children, and the last of forty-eight children of three brothers who lived in Maury Co., Tn. Alfred was brother of Albert Gallatin, Paris, John Hamilton, William McAdams, Eleanor Jane Cooper Houser, James Carlisle, Mary Catherine Cooper Williams, Henry Augustus, Robert Theodore, Thomas Simpson, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper Pickard, Alexander Duval, Samuel Gwin, Leander Bruce, and Alfred Theodorick Cooper.)

COOPER, Catherine Cooper, 5 Oct. 1799 Smith Co., Tn. - 16 April 1863 Maury Co., Tn.(daughter of John Cooper and Eleanor McAdams; wife of Robert Melville Cooper. So far as known John Cooper was not related to the family of Robert Melville Cooper. On Catherine's stone is engraved: "To the memory of Catherine wife of Robert M. Cooper, Died 16 Apr 1863. 64 yrs 6 mo. 11 da."; mother of Albert Gallatin, Paris, John Hamilton, William McAdams, Eleanor Jane Cooper Houser, James Carlisle, Mary Catherine Cooper Williams, Henry Augustus, Robert Theodore, Thomas Simpson, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper Pickard, Alexander Duval, Samuel Gwin, Leander Bruce, and Alfred Theodorick Cooper.)

COOPER, Cornelia, 28 Mar 1834 Maury Co., Tn. - 13 Aug. 1917 Maury Co., Tn. (wife of L. B. Cooper; married 5 Nov 1868, mother of Katie Cornelia, Orin Duffe, Alfred Bruce and Henry Otis Cooper. Member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1885.)

COOPER, E.J. "Dink", 13 July 1961 - 2 Oct. 1903. (Nee: Eliza Jane "Dink" Beckum; daughter of Jim T. and Lettie King Beckum; wife of Martin McClain Cooper(son of Thomas Simpson & Lavonia McClain Cooper); mother of Seth Cooper.)

COOPER, Henry Otis, 20 Nov 1874 - 14 Nov. 1956. (son of Leander Bruce & Cornelia Cooper; brother to Katie Cornelia, Alfred Bruce, Orin Duffee Cooper; member Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1885.)

COOPER, Katie C., 18 Oct. 1869 - 14 July 1950. (daughter of Cornelia & Leander Bruce Cooper, sister of Alfred Bruce, Orin Duffee, and Henry Otis Cooper, member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1885.)

COOPER, Lavonia McClain, 13 Dec. 1844 Maury Co., Tn. - 24 April 1863. (of the old and established McClain family of Lewis Co., Tn.; daughter of William T. & Mary Coleman McClain; mar. Thomas Simpson Cooper (b. 3 Sept 1834 - 1923. buried; Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Maury Co., Tn.), a man 10 years her senior, and she was not over 16 when they married. After Lavonia died, Thomas married Sarah E. McKennon, who was five years his senior, Sarah is buried beside TS. Cooper at Zion Presbyterian Church.)

COOPER, Leander Bruce, 2 Sept 1841 Maury Co., Tn. - 28 Mar. 1926 Maury Co., Tn. (3rd Tenn Reg C.S.A.; husband to Cornelia Cooper; member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1885; son of Col. Robert Melville & Catherine Cooper Cooper.)

COOPER, Louisa Elizabeth Toombs, 24 Dec. 1824 - 6 Mar. 1900. (d/o Garner McConnico & Catherine Smith Toombs; 1st husband was William McAdams Cooper, ( 2nd Lt., C.S.A.; mar. 12 Jul 1843; buried in Mississippi; son of Col. Robert Melville Cooper) 2nd husband Judge Graham; mother of Eleanor Catherine Cooper (wife of Samuel Henry Grimes) Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick Whitwell (wife of William A. Kilpatrick; #2 Judge Thomas Whitwell.) Sarah Elizabeth Cooper, John J.A. Cooper, Martha Euralla Cooper, Clarence Volney Wright Cooper, Frances Amelia Isabella Cooper Grinder, and Narcissa (Sissy) Clementine Cooper Carter.)(Marker set recently, 2009)

COOPER, Martin McClain, 12 Aug. 1861 Tn.- 1 Jan. 1933 Maury Co., Tn.. (mar. (1) Elizabeth Jane "Dink" Beckum;(b. 13 Jul 1861 - 1 Oct 1903.); married 2nd to Mrs. Bessie (Elkins) Goodman living in 1967 at Columbia, Tn., with her son Lehman Goodman. Martin McClain Cooper was named for his Great Uncle Martin McClain. He was the Uncle of Lavonia McClain (daughter of William T. McClain), this we know from the letters written back and forth from Martin to his niece. Martin's father was Thomas Simpson Cooper (the son of Col. Robert Melville and Catherine Cooper Cooper of Chester Co., South Carolina.) Children of Martin M. and Elizabeth Jane Beckum Cooper are: Oatie Cooper ( b. 22 Dec. 1884), and Seth Cooper (b. 11 Oct. 1894.) Mart Cooper died at Sandy Hook, Maury Co., Tn.; joined the Mt. Joy Church in 1893.)

COOPER, Oren Duffee, 15 Jan. 1873 - 3 June 1957. (brother to Henry Otis, Katie Cornelia, and Alfred Bruce Cooper; son of Leander Bruce & Cornelia Cooper.)

COOPER, Col. Robert Melville, 29 Dec 1790 Chester Co., So. Carolina - 9 Nov. 1878 Maury Co., Tn. (mar. Catherine Cooper, 29 Mar. 1816, Maury Co., Tn.; fifteen children (12 boys and 3 daughters). Robert Melville was Private in Capt. Bird S. Hurt's Company, 1st Regiment Tennessee Militia (Col. William Metcalf) Smith's Brigade, Carroll's Division, Gen Andrew Jackson's Army from Nov. 13, 1814 to May 13, 1815, and according to his own statement participated in the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815. On June 6, 1817, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel and commandant of the 51st Regiment of the State Militia of Tennessee. Robert Melville Cooper was the12th child of Capt. Robert (Rev. War Soldier)& Jane Hamilton Cooper, grandson of Hugh Cooper (1720 - 1798) Fishing Creek, So. Carolina; Robert Melville Cooper is noted for identifying the remains of Meriwether Lewis, by the nails he forged for the casket. His brother was Hugh Cooper II - Teressa Patton Cooper Hunt (Mama Clain great grandmother- Fountain Delmar Hunt (Mama Clain's granddaddy) - Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy (Mama Clain's Mother) - Allie Mai Kennedy McClain So this makes Robert Melville Cooper a 5th great Uncle. Robert Melville's son, Wm. McAdams Cooper (Papa Turley's great grandfather) - Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick(Papa Turley's grandmother) - Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain (Papa Turley's mother)- John Turley McClain-Robert M. McClain, thus our 5th Great Grandfather. Matthew Delmare Cooper, brother of Robert Melville Cooper, is buried at Zion Cemetery, in Maury Co., Tn. Matthew D. Cooper was a wealthy man with slaves and homes in Maury Co., and New Orleans. His son Col Duncan Brown Cooper was said to have shot U.S. Senator Edward Ward Carmack, who is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, in Columbia, Maury Co., Tn.

COOPER, Sara Elizabeth, 5 Nov. 1848 - 17 April 1874. (d. Lewis Co., Tn.; unmarked grave at end of row of Cooper graves next to Mrs. Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick Whitwell; Sarah was unmarried; daughter of William McAdams (C.S.A., 2nd Lt.) and Louisa Elizabeth (Eliza) Toombs Cooper; sister to Eleanor Catherine Cooper Grimes, Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick Whitwell, John J.A. Cooper, Martha Euralla Cooper, Clarence volney Wright Cooper, Frances Amelia Isabella Cooper Grinder, and Narcissa (Sissy Clementine Cooper Carter.)

COTHRAN, Myrtle Elizabeth Pruitt, 24 Jan 1912 - 2002. (Lewis Co. native; dau. of Sam and Elizabeth Odom Fuller and wife of J.T. Pruitt who died in 1979 and Johnnie Cothran who died in 1989; preceded in death by son Tommy Pruitt.)

COX, Martha McClain, 12 April 1831 - 22 Oct. 1892. (daughter of John & Elizabeth McMillan McClain; sister W. T., Martin, Godfrey Mack, Dr. Ephraim McClain, Elizabeth and Lavonia McClain; Inscription: " Wife of Joel Cox; professed religion Sep 1845, joined Missionary Baptist in Apr 1850." "61 yrs, 6 mos., 10 days."

CREWS, Jack Wayne, 2 Mar 1938 - 21 Jan 2005. (Maury Co. native; son of George Denton and Roselee Dodson Crews; mar. to Patty Allen Crews; preced in death by brothers, George Denton, Jr., William and James Crews.)

DALE, Alice, 22 July 1932 - 9 Feb. 1933.

DALE, Douglas, 16 Mar. 1942 - 28 July 1942. ( One of triplet sons; brother of Arthur, & Mack.)

DALE, Mack, 16 Mar. 1942 - 1942. (On of triplet sons; brother of Arthur, & Douglas.)

DALE, Arthur, 16 Mar. 1942 - 17 Mar. 1942. (One of triplet sons; brother of Douglas, & Mack. Put the names together and one has Douglas Mack Arthur after the famous WWII general.)

FULLER, Anna, 15 Mar. 1901 - 8 Jan 1944. ( daughter of Samuel Fuller) 2nd District 1900 census Samuel Fuller 29 b Sep 1871 TN; wife Lizzie b Apr 1878 TN; daughter Arianna b. Mar 1898 TN. # of yrs married for Samuel and Lizzie 4 yrs, they would have married around 1896. ref: Rick Gray. *9 Mar. 1901

GOODMAN, A.W.( Ansel Williams), 27 Dec. 1861 - 14 Mar. 1920. Mason - Meriwether Lewis Lodge 192."( married Lulu Skelton who was born in 1869; father of Claude Goodman, Com Goodman, Otie Goodman, Dena Goodman Lewis (Derring John), Ollie Goodman Brown; brother of Joe Goodman.)

GOODMAN, Ben E., 4 Oct. 1887 - 30 Mar. 1909. (Son of A.W. and Lula Skelton Goodman; Ben died from typhoid pneumonia. Married to Bessie Elkins May 6, 1904, shares stone with Bessie Cooper. ) ref: daughter of Lehman Goodman.

GOODMAN, Bessie Elkins Cooper, 1 Aug. 1889 - 1978. (wife of Ben Goodman, mar. 6 May 1904; 2nd wife of Martin McClain Cooper they married 1910; only child of Ben and Bessie was Lehman Goodman, b. 29 Oct 1907 - d. 8 Mar 1970, mar. Virginia Hamby 6 July 1930 (their only daughter was Katherine George Goodman Smith) * (note: granddaughter Katherine says Bessie died 1973 and the stone date is incorrect. I don't understand why Bessie's tombstone has Goodman, Mart M. Cooper was her last husband. mbmcr)

GOODMAN, Joe W., 19 Nov. 1870 - 30 Dec. 1916. ( Joe Goodman was a farmer; mar. Martha Sharp (daughter of Willis and Paralee Sharp of Gordonsburg); father to Edith Goodman Wilson, Neva Goodman Hayes, and Era Goodman Johnson; brother to A.W. Goodman.)

GOODMAN, Lula S., 2 April 1869 - 8 Oct, 1948. (Lula Skelton Goodman; wife of A.W. Goodman.)

GRIMES, Charles H., 18 April 1903 - 18 Dec. 1975. (second husband of Donna Elizabeth Sims, (daughter of William Donley and Eleanor Elizabeth Grimes Sims). married Sept 1945.)

GRIMES, Eleanor Catherine Cooper, 25 June 1844 - 18 Feb. 1920. wife of Samuel Henry Grimes; mother of Elizabeth Catherine, Eliza A. , Mary Toombs, John William Hamilton, Samuel Augustus, Fannie M., and Thomas Grimes. ref: Lewis Co. Records. Ellen C. Grimes, b 25 June 1844, Tn., d. 18 Feb. 1920, dist 4 Lewis Co., widow, age 75, father - William Cooper, b. Tn; mother - Eliza Tombs, b. Tn; informant - Flex (Felix) McClain; burial in Mt. Pleasant 19 Feb. 1920 (McClain Cemetery: E.C. Grimes 25 Jun 1844 - 18 Feb. 1920.) ref: Lewis Co., Tn Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by Merle Stevens.)

GRIMES, Henry, unknown. ( mother; Elizabeth Evins; father of Samuel Henry Grimes.)

GRIMES, Ida D. Black, 26 April 1888 - 23 Jan. 1980. "Mother" (wife of Tom Grimes; mother of Jennette Grimes Lee, Marie Grimes and Mozelle Grimes.)

GRIMES, John William Hamilton, 14 Aug. 1869 - 15 July 1935. ( husband of Lavonia Johnson Grimes,(b.9 March 1868). Note: Willard's grandfather. Services held at the home of Felix McClain. No children.)

GRIMES, Levonia Johnson, 9 Mar. 1868 - ----.(possible unmarried daughter of Thomas P. & Ida D. Grimes.) ref. Rick Gray.

GRIMES, Marie, 1909 - 1931. Possible unmarried daughter of Thomas P. and Ida D. Grimes. (Ref. Findagrave.com)

GRIMES, Samuel Henry, 12 Jan. 1844 - 18 Nov. 1918. (son of Henry Grimes; husband of Eleanor Catherine Cooper Grimes, father of Elizabeth Catherine, Eliza A., Mary Tooms, John William Hamilton, Samuel Augustus, Fannie M., and Thomas Grimes: Samuel H. Grimes, b 12 Jan 1844, Maury Co., d. 18 Nov. 1918, Lewis Co., district 4, burial at McClain Cemetery. Father was Henry Grimes, b. Maury Co.; Mother: Elizabeth Evins, b Warren Co., Tn.)

GRIMES, Thomas P., 1880 - 1942. (son of Samuel Henry Grimes & Eleanor Catherine Cooper Grimes; brother of Eleanor Elizabeth Grimes Sims, Eliza A. Grimes Bailey, John William Hamilton Grimes, Samuel Augusta Grimes, Fannie M. Grimes McClain; father of Jennette Grimes Lee, Marie Grimes, and Mozelle Grimes.) "Father."

GROSE, Edward L., 29 Mar, 1924 - 20 Oct. 1925. (Infant son of Joe & Nancy Jane McClain Grose.)

GROSE, Farris C., 3 April 1934 - 16 April 1934. (Infant son (twin) of Joe & Nancy Jane McClain Grose.)

GROSE, Glenn "Squire", 30 Sept. 1930 - 27 Aug 1997. (son of Joe & Nancy Jane McClain Grose, Veteran U.S. Army; Presidential Unit Citation, Mertorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with on Bronze Star, United Nations Service Medal Korean War Service Medal issued by the Korean Government. Photo provided by Nancy Turner Brown.)

GROSE, Joseph Edward, 7 April 1887 - 13 May 1963. (husband of Nancy Jane McClain Grose)

GROSE, Mary Louise, 4 July 1819 - 26 Aug. 1920. (daughter of Joe & Nancy Jane McClain Grose.)

GROSE, Nancy Ellen Jane McClain, 24 May 1896 - 22 Dec 1975. (daughter of Felix & Fannie B. Grimes McClain; mar. Joseph Edward Grose (b. 7 Apr. 1887 - d. 13 Mar. 1963) Nancy joined the Mt. Joy Church in 1910. Joe joined in 1911. They had 10 children; Bernice, Knox, Mary Louise, Herman, Nell Aileen, Edward L., Juanita, Glenn "Squire", Ferrell, and his twin brother Farris.)

HAMM, Lavonia McClain, 31 July 1909 - 14 Aug. 1987. ( daughter of Matthew & "Bettie" Kilpatrick McClain; wife of Raymond H. Hamm ( Williamson Co., Tn.); mother of Raymond McClain Hamm, who was born and died 1 July 1937.) Lavonia & Raymond adopted Judy Brooks (daughter of Edna Earl McClain & James Commer Brooks), after the sudden death of Edna Earl (daughterof John Turley & Allie Mai Kennedy McClain.)

HAMM, Raymond H., 23 July 1908 - 29 Oct 1976. (mar. 6 Jun. 1939 to Lavonia McClain (daughter of Matthew & "Bettie" Kilpatrick McClain); father of Raymond McClain Hamm; adopted father of Judy Brooks Hamm.)

HAMM, Raymond McClain, 1 July 1937 - 1 July 1937. (son of Raymond H. & Lavonia McClain Hamm.)

HAYES, Bessie, 20 Nov. 1885 - 17 Oct. 1905. (wife of Wm B. Hayes.) ref:: Mr. Rick Gray.

HAYES, Bessie Mae, 15 July 1902 - 30 Oct. 1905. (daughter of Wm. D. and Bessie Hayes.) ref: Mr. Rick Gray.

HAYES, Fate, 1872 - 1951. (wife Mary Jane Sims; children: Bethel Hayes Maxwell,(Clifford), Shelton Hayes ( m. Neva Goodman.) Note: undertakers marker .)

HAYES, Harm Cleve, 16 Apr 1925 - 5 Sep 2008 in Columbia, Tn. (Lewis Co. native; son of Leonard and Rena Holder Hayes; hus. of Ruth Eppy Hayes; Veteran, U.S. Army.)

HAYES, Mary Jane Sims, 1878 - 13 Aug. 1942. "64-2-14." (wife of Fate Hayes; member of Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1914, later joined Nazarene church.)

HAYES, Shelton, 30 Jun 1906 - 13 Oct 1953. "Father" (son of Fate & Mary Jane Sims Hayes; mar. Neva Goodman; (daughter of Martha Sharp and Joseph Goodman.), after Shelton died Neva married Eulas Owen; tombstone has replaced undertakers marker recently; buried in the newer section of cemetery.)

HAYES, Ruth M., 28 Dec 1929 - 28 Aug 2006. (Peoria, Ill native; daughter of Philip I. & Margaret List Eppy; wife Harm C. "Cleve" Hayes)

HAYES, Wanda Gayle Lindsey, 11 Feb 1959 - 6 Jan 2012. (d/o late William Lindsey & Sue Johnson Lindsey; preceded in death y brother Phillip D. Lindsey and sister Deborah West.)

HENDRIX, Bertha Irene, 1 June 1913 - 21 Aug. 1915. ( Lewis Co #250: Bertha Irene Hendrix, b 1 June 1913, TN, d 21 Aug 1915, CD 4; age 2/2/21; father- Willie Hendrix, b TN; mother- Ada Ramsey, b TN;( ref:#250 Lewis Co. Tn. Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by merle Stevens. Mt. Pleasant per informant- Will Hinson, Mt Pleasant, RT 2; burial McClain Cemetery, Mt Pleasant, on 22 Aug 1915 (no marker)

HENSON, Ethel E., 3 Jul 1897 - 17 Jan 1972.

HENSON, Katherine Grose, 25 Aug 1929 - Aug 2011. (d/o late Joseph & Nancy McClain Grose.)

HENSON, Wilma Jones, 2 Nov 1921 - 5 Jun 1923.

HINES, W. d. 18 Mar. 1911. (W Hines, b Hickman Co, d 18 March 1911, dist 4, West Fork, Lewis Co, married, age 82 (McClain Cemetery: is this William W Himes 1820-1911?) Ref. Lewis Co. Records. This is an unmarked grave as no marker is present at McClain's Cemetery.)

HINSON, Alice B. McClain, 9 Feb. 1899 - 21 Sept. 1974. (Allie was a member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1910; mar. Thomas L. "Chip" Hinson; 1 child; William Ward Hinson (mar. Mozelle Johnson.)

HINSON, Thomas Luther, 2 June 1893 - 10 Mar. 1951. "Cook, 318 Field Arty 81 Div, WWI. " (husband to Alla B. McClain Hinson.)

HINSON, William Ward, 2 July 1929 - 6 July 1967. (son of Thomas Luther & Alice McClain Henson; mar. Mozell Johnson.) Ward worked for Stauffer Chemical Company, in Mt. Pleasant, Tn. Our Daddy (Robert M.) and Ward Henson would play an old "Wultizer" on our front porch, all West Fork could hear. Ward joined the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1967.)

HUNT, Patrick Claiborne, May 1866 - 30 June 1934. (son of Fountain Delmar & Mary Patton Hunt; brother of Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy "Mammy"; grandson of Geo. W. & Teressa Patton Cooper Hunt.)

IRWIN, Howard Russell, 31 Dec 1914 - 9 Feb 1915. Infant son of Newton & Lizzie Lamar Irwin.

JOHNSON, Zula Hines, 1872 - 1933. (Grandmother of Zula McClain)

KENNEDY, James William, 12 Oct. 1857 - 18 June 1949. (son of Weakley Gordon & Sarah Ann Stockard Kennedy. "Pappy" was deaf at a very young age. (mar. Sarah Ellen Pickard, they had on child Jenny Pearl Kennedy mar. Argles King), after her death he married Nancy Elizabeth Hunt (dau of Fountain Delmar & Mary Patton); children: Otto, (mar. widow Ruth Riddle who had a son named Bobby Riddle and was raise in the old homestead; Otis, Allie Mai Kennedy McClain, and Pauline Kennedy Brown; "Pappy was a member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1888.)

KENNEDY, Nancy Elizabeth Hunt, 9 Mar. 1872 - 14 Aug. 1963. (Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy was the second wife of James W. Kennedy. The daughter of Fountain Delmar Hunt and Mary Patton, the grandaughter of Teressa Patton Cooper & George W. Hunt; "Mammy" & " Pappy" had 4 children. Otto and Otis (twins); Allie Mai Kennedy McClain (John Turley); and Pauline Brown (Sherman). Mammy was the step mother of Jenny Pearl Kennedy King (Argles). A very good cook, and remember by her grandchildren for her fried peach pies.)

KENNEDY, Otis, 12 July 1896 - 12 July 1896. ( infant twin son of James W. & Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy; twin brother of Otto, Allie Mai Kennedy McClain, Pauline Kennedy Brown, and half brother to Jenny Pearl Kennedy King. Otis' unmarked grave is next to his twin brother Otto Kennedy as told me by our Daddy (Robert Matthew McClain & grandfather John Turley McClain. There is a concrete block at the head of Otis' grave placed there by Robert M. McClain.)

KENNEDY, William Otto, 12 July 1896 - 16 Jan. 1965. " Tn. Pvt. US Army WWI." (Otto Kennedy was the son of James William Kennedy & Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy; twin brother of Otis Kennedy; brother to Allie mai Kennedy McClain (John Turley) and Pauline Kennedy Brown (Sherman.). Otto married the widow Ruth Riddle and step father to Bobby N. Riddle, who lives in N.M.)

KILPATRICK, Clarence Thomas, 8 Sept. 1892 Perry Co., Tn. - 11 Dec. 1918 Georgia. (husband to Reba Beckett; no children. Died of measles in Army Camp in Georgia; a member of the Mt. Joy Church joining in 1914.; brother of Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain (Our great grandmother).

KING, William (Henry), (16 Aug 1865) - 31 July 1936. (undertakers marker; aged 70 yrs; farmer; s/o John & Sarah Dimis King h/o Ella McKissick King; Irwin Bros. Undertaker.)

LAMAR, Eliza Alice Kilpatrick, 25 Dec. 1872 - 29 Mar. 1953. (daughter of Wm. A. & mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick Whitwell); wife of James (Jim) T. Lamar; mar. 6 Sept 1892, Perry Co.; mother of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Lamar Irwin, Mary Lamar, Nealie Lamar, Whitfield Lamar, Flossie Lamar Dale and Thomas Larmar. Sister to Amelia Velina Elizabeth Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain (Matthew).

LAMAR, James T., 28 Oct. 1869 - 13 Sept. 1918. "Mason." (husband of Eliza Alice Kilpatrick (daughter of Wm. A. Kilpatrick & Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick Whitwell.); father of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Lamar Irwin, Mary Lamar, Nealie Lamar, Whitfield Lamar, Flossie Lamar Dale, and Thomas Lamar.

LAMAR, Mary C., 24 Aug. 1896 - 7 Aug. 1989. ( daughter of James (Jim) T. & Eliza Alice Kilpatrick Lamar.)

LAMAR, Nealie M., 24 Oct. 1898 - 29 Dec. 1992. (daughter of James (Jim T. & Eliza Alice Kilpatrick Lamar.)

LEWIS, 2 Infants, d. 14 may 1914. Inscription: " Infants of D.J. & Dena Lewis"( male infant Lewis', b & d 14 may 1914 on farm, West Fork Creek, dist 4, Lewis Co; father - Searcy?(b. Perry Co.) mother - Denna Goodman ( b. near Hohenwald); burial in McClain Cemetery on 15 may 1914. There are two tombstones.) From Lewis Co. Records.

LEWIS, Derring John, Jr., 27 April 1890 - 24 July 1894. ( son of Derring John Lewis & Mary Ellen Kilpatrick Lewis; husband of Dena J. Goodman Lewis; father of Mary Lou Lewis Short, Elise Mai Lewis, Leota Lewis Wood.)

LEWIS, Mary Ellen Kilpatrick, 25 Nov. 1863 - 17 Sept 1932. (daughter of Mary Melvina Kilpatrick Cooper Whitwell; wife of Derring John Lewis, mar. 10 Aug. 1884; mother of Vica Melvina Lewis, who married Mart McClain ( son of Martin & Nancy Jane Beckum McClain)

LINDSEY, Alex, d. 31 Jan. 1933. "39-9-22."

LILES, Rev. Leslie Haywood, 26 Dec 1918 - 5 Jun 2002. ( Lawrence Co. native; son James Walter & Irene Adkisson Liles; Veteran WWII, serving in the Pacific Theater Marine Corps 4th Div; husband of Jewel Wright Liles; ordained Cumberland Presbyterian minister serving at the historic Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church.)

LILES, Jewel Wright, 4 April 1917 - ----.

LINDSEY, Evan, 12 April 1884 - 26 Sept. 1926. (son of William L. Alexander & Rhoda E. Neeley Lindsey), mar. Florence Seaton. Rick Gray says, "he is told that Evan's dad is buried at McClain's with him though there is no marking for his grave." His mother Rhoda is buried at Sheepneck Cemetery in Sandy Hook in an unmarked grave.)

LINDSEY, Mary Ellen Douglas, 6 April 1863 - 19 Mar. 1904. ( daughter of James Douglas & Martha Jane Johnson; wife of Baxter M.R. Lindsey, died of tuberculosis.) " 40 yrs.11mons,13days."

LINDSEY, William Alexander, 20 May 1931 - 6 Sept. 1998. "AB US Air Force Korea." (son of Evan and Florence Seaton Lindsey.)

LINDSEY, William L. Alexander, 19 Mar. 1853 - 11 Jan. 1927. ( William L. Alexander Lindsey was the son of John S. Lindsey & Martha Jane Duke. He was either born in Maury County or Lewis County, Tennessee - most likely Lewis County. (during the time Lewis Co. was being formed.) He served as a justice of the peace in Maury County for many years. For most of his adult life he lived in the Sandy Hook community. On 8 Jan 1874 in Maury County, he married Rhoda E. Neeley, daughter of George Neeley and Loucinda C. Seaton Neeley; 9 children: Fred R. Lindsey, Musetta E. Lindsey Anderson, Martha E. Lindsey, William Green Lindsey, Evan B. Lindsey, Fannie Lindsey Jones, Bessie Lindsey, Lillian Maude Lindsey Austin, and Erby Lee Lindsey. Rhoda died in 1898; he married her sister, Mary A. J. "Josie" Neeley on 20 Feb 1900. They had no children. Josie died in 1902. Alex's last wife was Nannie Nance. They married on 6 Jun 1909 in Lewis County, Tennessee. 3 children - 2 unnamed infants and Harvey Lindsey. According to family info, it is stated that Alex is buried in an unmarked grave near his son Evan, daughter-in-law, Florence, and grandson, William Alexander "W.A." Lindsey.) Ref: Rick Gray Mt. Pleasant.

LUCKETT, Barnie L., 5 Aug. 1902 - 21 July 1989. (son of Jasper L. & Effie Luckett.)

LUCKETT, Bernice McClain, 30 May 1904 - 28 May 1981. (daughter of Robert & Leora Sharp McClain).

LUCKETT, Danny, d. 24 Dec 2012. (age 61 yrs.; son of Jimmy and Evelyn Liles Luckett.)

LUCKETT, Evelyn Liles, memorial stone. not deceased (mother of Danny Luckett; wife of Jimmy Luckett.)

LUCKETT, Jimmy, d. Nov. 2002. ( husband of Evelyn Liles Luckett; member of Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Father of Danny Luckett.)

MATLOCK, Bernice Grose, 24 Dec. 1914 - ----. (daughter of Joe & nancy Jane McClain Grose; wife of John Asby Matlock.)

MATLOCK, John Asby, 19 Mar. 1915 - 6 Jan. 1981. "US Navy WWII." (husband of Bernice Grose.)

McCLAIN, Allie Mai Kennedy, 2 Jan. 1901 - 10 July 1981. (married May 5, 1915 to John Turley McClain; daughter of James W. & Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy; paternal granddaughter of Weakley Gordon Kennedy & Sarah Ann Stockard Kennedy; maternal granddaughter of Fountain Delmar and Mary Patton Hunt; maternal great granddaughter of George W. and Teressa Patton Cooper (b. So. Carolina). (Our paternal Grandmother.)

McCLAIN, Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick "Bettie", 16 Feb. 1875 - 31 Oct. 1959. (christened "Bettie" (born in Perry Co., Tn.; wife of Matthew McClain; mother of William Thomas McClain, Janie Melvina McClain Weaver, Gladys Catherine McClain Duncan, Alice Kennedy McClain Thornton, Birdie Madolia McClain Oaks, Lavonia McClain Hamm, Matthew "Mathie" Elizabeth McClain, Marth May McClain Hurst, and Jessie Reba McClain Russell; dua. of William Allen Kilpatrick & Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick Whitwell; sister of Mary Ellen Kilpatrick Lewis, William A. Kilpatrick Jr., James Samuel Kilpatrick, Eliza Alice Kilpatrick Lamar.) (Our paternal great grandmother), Matthew and Bettie had 12 children.

McCLAIN, Ara Alton, 1917 - 11 July 2003. (d. Florence, Lauderdale Co., Al.; son of John Turley & Allie Mai Kennedy McClain; father of Brenda , Teresa and Lesley Ward McClain (buried at Beech Hill Cemetery); husband of Mary Catherine Stewart McClain McClain; 2nd wife name Mary; brother of Robert matthew, James Ward, David Leo, Jerry Eugene, Ruth McClain Blair, Edna Earl McClain Brooks, Mildred Illene McClain Weatherly, Helen Jane McClain Pinkley;)

McCLAIN, Catherine, 9 Jun 1840 - 2 Jan. 1940. (daughter of W.T. & Mary McClain) Inscription: " On her stone at her request Rev. W.J. Kirkpatrick preached her funeral on the 2 Sabbath in May, from the following scripture selected by herself before her demise. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil works and will preserve me unto His Heavenly Kingdom to whom be glory forever and ever Amen." born and died in Lewis Co., Tn.)

McCLAIN, Charlie Burns, 5 May 1907 - 1 Nov. 1957. (TN Pvt. 52 Armored Inf. Regt. WWII; husband to Allene Gordon McClain; no children.)

McCLAIN, David Leo, 3 Aug. 1936 - 12 June 1976. (son of John Turley and Allie Mai Kennedy McClain; husband of JoAnn Martin McClain, father of Mark, Shelia, Cynthia, Kim, Beth, John Christopher, and Carter McClain. brother of Ruth McClain Blair (Paul), Edna Earl McClain Brooks (James C.), Robert M., James Ward, Ara Alton, Mildren Illene McClain Weatherly (John M.) Helen Jane McClain Pinkley (Kenneth), Jerry Eugene (Margaret) McClain.) (Our paternal Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Elizabeth, 29 Sept 1866 - Nov. 1866. ( infant daughter of Martin and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Clendenin McClain.)

McCLAIN, Elizabeth Clendenin, 14 Oct. 1838 - 1 Oct. 1866. ( first wife of Martin McClain; sister-in-law of Martin's brother Dr. Ephraim McClain; and sister of Telia Ann Clendenin McClain, who are buried in Lawrenceburg.)

McCLAIN, Elizabeth McMillan, 1792 Ky. - 26 June 1865 Lewis Co. Tn. Inscription: "73 yrs, 5 mos, 5 days." (wife of John McClain; Elizabeth was born in the Blue-Grass State of Kentucky; ref: Goodspeed's History of Tennessee page 940.) (Our paternal Great Great Great Great Grandmother)

McCLAIN, Eloise York, 24 Oct. 1909 - 19 May 1988. (wife of Raymond McClain; (daughter of Tom York & Azzie Lee Sims.)

McCLAIN, Fannie B. Grimes, 27 Jan. 1877 - 6 Mar. 1952. (wife of Felix McClain; mar. 15 Aug. 1894; daughter of Samuel Henry (b. 1844) & Eleanor Catherine Cooper Grimes (b. 1840); mother of 10 children: Henry V. (b.1895), Nancy Jane (1896), Alla B.(1899), Oscar (1901), Herman H. (1903), Lloyd (1906), Vera (1908), Howard (1913), Robert Burns (1916), and Billie Rex McClain. 1919). ( Our paternal Great Uncle)

McCLAIN, Fannie Roberta Lindsey, 1 Feb. 1879 - 7 July 1907. Inscription: " 24 yrs. 5 mos. 6 days." (buried next to her sister Annie McMillon; Fannie was the second wife of Newton McClain.)

McCLAIN, Felix, 1870 - 13 Oct. 1956. (son of Martin & Nancy Jane Beckum McClain; Mar. Fannie Grimes (daughter of Samuel Henry Grimes (b: 1844 and Eleanor Catherine Cooper b: 1840); Felix was 2 years old when Martin & Nancy Jane Beckum married. Felix joined the Mt. Joy Church in 1896 and served as a deacon, Session Clerk and was ordained an Elder in 1907. Felix served as magistrate of Lewis Co., Tn. for several years. Many funerals where held at their home since it was only a short distance from McClain Cemetery.) Out paternal Great Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Felix Martin, 6 Mar. 1900 - 12 Nov. 1942. ( son of Matthew and Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain) Died in Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama. in an accident while working as a brakeman for the L & N Railroad; WWI; married Minnie Johnson; father of Malcom McClain, Elaine McClain Shelton, Carmen Capitola McClain Jones, James J. McClain, Forrest McClain, Mack McClain, Zula McClain, Patricia Ann McClain Denton; Felix Martin was in col. Luke Lee's Co., Battery F. 114 Field Artillery, was in the Battle of Mense and Argonne Forrest; was almost killed in France on Armistice Day when a bomb exploded. He arrived home on April 9, 1919, and his uncle, Alfred Cooper met him with these words, "Well son you had better luck than we did." (Our paternal Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Forrest Gordon ("Tidlem"), 23 Jul 1933 - 17 Apr 2012. (Lewis Co. Tn. native; s/o late Felix Martin and Minnie Johnson McClain; 1st mar. Mary Carolyn Harlan McClain; Veteran U. S. Army; Farmer; preceded in death by sister Carmen McClain Jones and brothers Malcolm and Mack McClain; creamated, ashes buried by parents and sister Carmen.)

McCLAIN, Helen (Elizabeth) Cook, May 10, 1927 - March 5, 2013, wife of Robert Matthew McClain; daughter of Benjamin Franklin, Sr. & Mary Little Ridge Cook; mother of Mary Robert "Mary Bob" McClain Richardson, Margaret Elizabeth McClain (James) Bradburn, Edwin Knox and Michael Ephraim McClain; preceded in death by parents, sisters Margaret C. Gordon, Cornelia C. Scott, Vivian C. Gibson, Mary Ophelia C. Sutton Bell, bros., James T. and Ben F. Cook Jr.). Mary Bob is a biggest contributor to this cemetery site.

McCLAIN, Henry V. 28 May 1895 - 28 May 1895. (son of .Felix McClain & Fannie B. Grimes McClain.)

McCLAIN, Howard Lee, 15 Nov. 1926 - 7 Jan. 1927. ( infant son of Allen & Lena Bell Henson McClain.)

McCLAIN, Iris, 23 Aug. 1907 - 9 Nov. 1997.

McCLAIN, Jimmy, d. Nov. 2002.

McCLAIN, John, 16 Mar. 1781 - 1881. (John McClain fought with Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812; Edmonston's Detachment Cavalry, Tennessee Militia Private. When the war ended John was dismissed at the Tennessee River near Perryville and came through a new settlement at Mt. Joy spent the night in the home of the Ball family. His in-laws. Mr. Ball married the sister of Elizabeth McMillian in Bedford County before coming to West Fork, a small settlement in Lewis County, Tn. John left a large family on the West Fork of Bigby Creek; father of Livonia, William T. (1820 - 1891), Dr. Ephraim (? Buried in Lawrenceburg, Tn. with his wife Telia Ann Clendenin McClain), Martin ( 1833 - 1916), Godfrey Mack, Martha McClain Cox (1831 - 1892) and Elizabeth McClain. This family was the 1st family buried at the Cemetery. ( Our Great Great Great Great Grandfather )

McCLAIN, John Christopher, 22 Aug. 1968 - 4 Jan. 1993. ( son of David Leo and JoAnn Martin McClain; d. Maury Co., Tn.; died from a gun accident.) (Our paternal 1st. Cousin)

McCLAIN, John, 13 Oct. 1850 - 17 April 1875. (son of William T. & Martha Dickson McClain.)

McCLAIN, John Turley, 16 Mar. 1898 - 24 June 1979. ( son of Matthew & Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain; mar. May 1918 to Allie Mai Kennedy (daughter of James W. and Nancy Elizabeth Hunt Kennedy.) Served in WWII in U.S. Navy CB Construction Battallion 1941-1945; brother of Capitola Black McClain Weaver, Gladys McClain Duncan, Alice McClain Thorton, Birdie Madolia Oaks, Lavonia McClain Hamm, Matthew "Mathie" Elizabeth McClain, Martha May, Jessie McClain Russell, Felix, and W.T. McClain; father of Ruth McClain Blair, Edna Earl McClain Brooks, James Ward McClain, Robert Matthew McClain, Ara Alton McClain, Mildren Illene McClain Weatherly, Helen Jane Pinkley, David Leo McClain and Jerry Eugene McClain.) (Our paternal Grandfather)

McCLAIN, Knox, 26 Dec. 1879 - 13 Oct. 1956. (son of Matthew & Amelia Velina Elizabeth "Bettie" McClain) ; ( Our paternal Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Leora Sharp, 4 June 1885 - 24 June 1949. ( member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1911.)

McCLAIN, Luther, 20 Mar. 1843 Lewis Co., Tn. - 13 May 1844 Lewis Co., Tn.. (son of W.T. & Mary McClain.)

McCLAIN, Luther Lewis, 20 Mar. 1904 - 10 Jan. 1986. (husband of Isora Foster McClain; son of Martin & Vica Melvina "Jenny" Lewis McClain; no children.)

McCLAIN, Mack, 1829 - 1895. (son of John (1781) and Elizabeth McMillan McClain; brother of Martin, Wm. T., Felix, Knox, Robert, and Lavonia McClain.) (Our Great Great Great Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Mart, 21 Jan. 1881 - 4 Oct. 1959. ( son of Martin & Nancy Jane Beckum McClain; brother of Matthew McClain.) (Our paternal Great Great Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Martha, 18 Sept. 1812 - 10 Aug. 1892. (wife of W.T. McClain; mar. 24 Aug.1847. Nee: Dickson.)

McCLAIN, Martha, 21 Jan. 1881 - 4 Oct. 1959.

McCLAIN, Martin, 2 Mar. 1833 - 1916. (son of John & Elizabeth McMillan McClain, Ephraim McLean, Ephraim McLean, John McLean; Mar. (1) Elizabeth Clendenin (b. 14 Oct 1863 - d. 1 Oct. 1866.) (2) Nancy Jane Beckum , (daughter of Alexander & Phobe, buried at Bailey Cemetery); mar. 1 Sep 1872 Tn.; b. 20 Mar. 1848 Lewis Co. Tn. - d. 16 Dec 1881.) One child was born to the union of Martin & Elizabeth McClain died two days after the birth of their daughter Elizabeth McClain who lived abut 6 weeks.) Their daughter is buried at McClain Cemetery. Martin's brother, Dr. Ephraim McClain married Elizabeth Clendenin's sister Telia Ann Clendenin and they are buried in Lawrenceburg, Tn. Martin served 4 years in the Confederate States Army, in Co. D., Clack's 3rd Tenn Inf.; When Martin died four Civil War Soldiers were his pallbearers; Leander Bruce Cooper, Alfred T. Cooper, Thomas Simpson Cooper and Samuel Henry Grines. Children of Martin & Nancy Jane are: Felix, Matthew, Robert, Knox, Martin "Mart", and Lavonia McClain. Married in Lewis Co., Tn., performed by J.W. Bailey; mar per Whitwell Bible records in Lewis Co., Tn. WPA book, p 2. ( Our paternal Great Great Great Grandfather)

McCLAIN, Mary, 18 Nov. 1812 - 28 Jan. 1845. (wife of W.T. McClain; Nee: Coleman.)

McCLAIN, Mary Catherine Stewart, 14 Mar. 1927 - 14 Oct. 1994. (wife of Ara Alton McClain; mother of Teresa, Brenda, and Lesley Ward McClain.) (Our paternal Aunt)

McCLAIN, Matthew, born 8 Jul 1873, Lewis Co., Tennessee - Died: 20 Aug 1955

Further history and information on Matthew McClain.
Chart: 5Martin, 4John, 3Ephraim, 2Ephraim, 1John, Son of Martin and Nancy Jane Beckum McClain
Born: 8 Jul 1873 Lewis Co., Tennessee Died: 20 Aug 1955 Tennessee
Married: 21 Mar 1894 in Perry Co., Tn to Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick. She was the daughter of William A. and Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick. (Amelia is listed above)

McClain/McLean History

McCLAIN, Matthew "Mathie" Elizabeth, 15 Agu. 1911 - 8 Mar. 1913. (b. Hohenwald, Lewis Co., Tn.; d. Lewis Co., Tn.; daughter of Matthew & Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain." McCLAIN, Matthew "Math", 8 July 1873 - 20 May 1955. (son of Martin and Nancy Jane Beckum McClain; husband of Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrice McClain; father to,William Thomas, Janie Melvina, John Turley, Capitola, Gladys, Alice, Madolia, Lavonia, Mathie, Martha May and Jessie Reba McClain.) (Our paternal Great Aunt)

McCLAIN, Nancy Jane Beckum, 20 Mar. 1848 - 18 Dec 1881. (wife of Martin McClain, 33 yrs 8 mos 27 days; on the stone it says "From morning on till evening love shines upon her brow, she has gone from earth to heaven - we have no mother now." Census: 1850, Lewis Co., Tn; age 2; b. Tn; fam #511; died of tuberculosis when baby was 11 mo. old; dau of Alexander & Phobe Beckum.) (Our paternal Great Great Great Grandmother.)

McCLAIN, Newton, 3 May 1849 - 7 Jan 1925. (son of William Thomas and Martha Dickson McClain. Newt was a member of the Mt. Joy Church and joined in 1883. children of Newton & Fannie Roberta Lindsey McClain are: Kate McClain ( 1899 - 1974), Allen McClain ( 1901).Fannie was his second wife, mar. 15 Aug. 1895. Newton's lst wife was Mary Paralee Brown.)

McCLAIN, Oscar, Sr., 1 Pril 1901 - 1 April 1983. ( son of Felix McClain; husband of Lillian Brown; father of Eleanor Brown McClain Gibson, Melba McClain Roundtree, Imogene McClain Durrenberger, Martha McClain Bremer, Mary McClain Kelley, Oscar McClain Jr., Ollie Paul McClain.)

McCLAIN, Oscar, Jr., 4 April 1940 - 20 April 1977. (son of Oscar McClain Sr.; father of Lora McClain and Leslie McClain; husband of Sarah Dugger.)

McCLAIN, Raymond Douglas "Doug", 31 Aug 1934 - 29 Dec 2008 in Columbia, Tn. (Maury Co. native; son of Raymond and Eloise York McClain; hus. of Connie Willis McClain; Veteran, U.S. Army; member Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church.)

McCLAIN, Raymond L., 29 Dec. 1902 - 6 Dec 1988. ( "Chick" McClain was the husband of Eloise York; the father of Betty Lou, Bobbye, Olivia "Libby" and Raymond Douglas McClain.)

McCLAIN, Robert, 10 Feb. 1877 - 29 Jan 1926. ( son of John & Elizabeth McMillan McClain; member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1911; brother of Martin McClain ) (Our Great Great Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Robert Burns, 1 Jun, 1916 - 14 April 1968. (father of Freda McClain Seaton, Frances McClain Haygood, Judy McClain, Robert Burns McClain, Jr., James William McClain, and Curtis Steven McClain.)

McCLAIN, Robert C., 18 Nov. 1841 - 29 May 1861. ( Son of W.T. and Mary Coleman McClain.)

McCLAIN, Robert Matthew, 10 Feb. 1926 - 23 Feb. 2003. Large marble headstone with "Helen Cook; 10 May 1927" on one side, and a porcelain picture of our parents on their 50th Wedding Anniversary nestled between two doves. On the back of the headstone reads: "Our Children - Mary Bob, Edwin, Elizabeth, Ephraim; Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. Prov. 3:5-6; Military Footstone. U.S. Navy WWII." (See main menu page for a tribute to Robert Matthew McClain)

McCLAIN, Steven Curtis, 16 July 1955 - 14 April 1995. (son of Robert Burns McClain.)

McCLAIN, Tidlem, 23 Jul 1933 - 17 Apr 2012. (Lewis Co. Tn. native; s/o late Felix Martin and Minnie Johnson McClain; 1st mar. Mary Carolyn Harlan McClain; Veteran U. S. Army; Farmer; preceded in death by sister Carmen McClain Jones and brothers Malcolm and Mack McClain.)

McCLAIN, Vera, 6 July 1900 - 21 Oct. 1909. (daughter of Felix McClain; Vera McClain; b. West Fork, 4th school district Lewis Co. age 1/3/15 child.)

McCLAIN, Vica Melvina Lewis, 7 June 1885 - 28 Dec. 1966. "Jennie." ( daughter of John Derring & Mary Ellen Kilpatrick Lewis; wife of Mart McClain (son of Martin & Nancy Jane Beckum McClain; mother of Luther Lewis McClain, Anna Oma Brownlee McClain Duncan (Charles "Corkey"), Charles Burns McClain.) ( Our paternal Great Great Aunt.)

McCLAIN, W. Jasper, 27 Dec. 1854 - 13 Nov. 1930. (School teacher at the Macedonia and Mt. Joy schools, civil engineer; "Jap" moved to Texas about 1924 and lived with Mr. & Mrs. Poston (Maggie) and their son Sidney in Weatherford, near Ft. Worth.)

McCLAIN, W.T., 29 Aug. 1820 - 25 Oct. 1891. ( brother of Martin McClain; son of John & Elizabeth McMillan McClain; William T. was on of the men to help build the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church of 1865, that stood until 1949 when the present day building was built. He join Mt. Joy Church in 1855, appointed Deacon in 1864. A Mason in the Meriwether Lewis Lodge in Hampshire that was chartered on Oct 8, 1850 Martha Dickson McClain joined the church in 1851. William T., was an advocate of Democratic principles and was a constable in Maury County and Lewis County, Tennessee for a period of 16 years. . William T. and lived on a farm about 5 miles from Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee in Maury County. W. T. and his two wives and 7 children are buried at McClain Cemetery, in Lewis County, Tennessee; born in Bedford Co., and died in Lewis Co., Tn.)

McCLAIN, William Thomas "Tom", b. 13 Jan 1895 - died abt 1965. ( son of Matthew & Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain; husband of Ella Hill who is buried at Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Tn.; mar. 1915 Maury Co., Tn; husband of Vena Hardwick m 24 Nov 1919; father of Tommye Neal Mcclain Stokes, William Thomas McClain Jr., Neil Gray McClain.) (Our paternal Great Uncle.)

McCLAIN, Willis Martin, 31 Dec. 1910 - 16 June 1984. "Jack".

McCLAIN, Jerry Eugene, 3 Nov. 1941 - 11 Aug. 2006, Birth: Mount Joy Maury County Tn, Death: Columbus Muscogee County Georgia

McCORMICK, Thomas C., 1915 - 1970.

McCORMICK, Willodene Seaton, 1917 - 1995, 1st married to Thomas McCormick, 2nd to Almon Beckum. The memorial displays her last name as McCormick, when she died her surname was Beckum.

McKENNON, Jessie E., 4 Feb. 1909 - 14 Oct. 1971. Inscription: "PFC Coast ARTY CORPS. W.W. II."

McKENNON, Vivian Ann "VA", 22 Dec. 1944 - ----.

McMILLON, Annie Lindsey, 21 June 1883 - 14 Oct. 1903. ( wife of W. M. McMillon & daughter of Baxter M. R. Lindsey & Mary Ellen Douglas; She died of tuberculosis at the age of 20 years, 2 months and 23 days.)

McNABB, R.(Robert) H. (Houston) ("Huse"), 14 Nov 1865 - 19 Jan 1946. 9s/0 John Riley & Julia Ann Culbertson (buried at Sheboss) h.o Martha M. Hensley, mar. 12 Sep 1886 in Lewis Co.)

McQUAIL, Elizabeth Sims, 1921 - no other date. Tombstone_Photo

NOLAN, Johnny J., 1902 - 1963.

ONLY, Elizabeth, 1 Aug. 1852 - 25 Aug. 1914. ( unmarked grave; born in Alabama, died, dist. 4, Lewis Co., age 62/-/25, widow; dau of Robert Ramsey (b. S.C.) & Jane Busby (b. S.C.; ref: Findagrave.com -Kim Ramsey, Mt. Pleasant, Maury Co., Tn.; Lewis Co. Tn Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by Merle Stevens.)

ONLEY, (Sarah) Elizabeth ("Babe"), 1 Aug. 1852 - 25 Aug. 1914. ( unmarked grave; born in Alabama, died, dist. 4, Lewis Co., age 62/-/25, widow; dau of Robert Ramsey (b. S.C.) & Jane Busby (b. S.C.; ref: Findagrave.com -Kim Ramsey, Mt. Pleasant, Maury Co., Tn.; Lewis Co. Tn Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by Merle Stevens.)

OWEN, Ella Lee, 24 Dec. 1884 - 5 Nov. 1943.

*PADUAH, (Mr.) Fate, died 26 Jun 1932, aged 74, in Lawrence County, Tn, interment in McClain Cemetery, survived by 1 nephew Jim Grimes of Mt Pleasant. [obit sent in by Charlotte Colvett, from the 1 Jul 1932, Mt Pleasant Record, 3 Jun 2009]

PICKARD, Millie T.C., 11 Jan. 1867 - 28 July 1868.

POLLOCK, James Thomas, 11 Nov. 1857 - 4 Dec. 1936. (husband of Victoria Ann Kennedy (dau of Weakley Gordon & Sarah Ann Stockard Kennedy; sister of James W. "Pappy" Kennedy; Victoria is buried next to her husband in an unmarked grave. Thomas' second wife was Finetta "Nettie" Cooper (daughter of Thomas Simpson Cooper), who is buried at Zion Cemetery on Zion Road in Columbia, Maury Co., Tn.) ( Our paternal Great Uncle.)

POLLOCK, Victoria Ann Kennedy, 10 Nov. 1861 - 31 Dec. 1892. (wife of Thomas Pollock; daughter of Weakley Gordon & Sarah Anne Stockard Kennedy; sister of James W. "Pappy" Kennedy; buried in unmarked grave next to her husband. Possibly on the right side of him just because most of the other graves up here follow the same tradition with the husband on the left facing the tombstone; ref: Rick Gray of Mt. Pleasant.) (Our paternal Great Aunt)

PRUITT, Myrtle E. PRUITT COTHRAN, 24 Jan 1912 - 13 Sep 2002. (Lewis Co. native; dau. of Sam and Elizabeth Odom Fuller; wife of J. T. Pruitt who died in 1979 and Johnnie Cothran, who died in 1989; preceded in death by son Tommy Pruitt, four sisters and two brothers.)

PRUITT, Arch J., 8 May 1939 - 7 Oct 2005 in Nashville, Tn. (Mt. Pleasant native; son of John Thomas and Myrtle Fuller Pruitt; owner of Pruitt Trucking, 1957 grad of Hay Long High School; raced in local stockcars with Robert M. McClain, he was known as "8 Ball")

PUGH, Bytha Hillard, 5 Dec 1933 - 28 Feb. 2000. ( GMM3 U.S. Navy Korea.)

PUGH, Jennie S., 7 Nov. 1951 - 27 Feb. 1999.

RAMSEY, male, unknown; ( Lewis Co: male Ramsey, b & d 16 Nov 1915, CD 4; father- John Ramsey, b Lawrence Co; mother- Pearl Hendricks, b Lawrence Co; informant- J R Ramsey, Mt Pleasant; burial- McClain Cemetery on 19 Nov 1915 (This certificate is listed twice. Could this be twins? McClain Cemetery has no marker. ref. Lewis Co., Tn., Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by Merle Stevens.)

RAY, Mary Elizabeth, 27 Aug 1977 - 27 Aug 1977. (granddaughter of Ara Alton and Mary Catherine Stewart McClain.)

RICHARDSON, James C., 5 Oct 1947 - 19 Apr 2011. (Nettleton, Mississippi native; s/o late Sidney Lee Richardson and Sybil Maxine Hester Richardson Osborne; married 30 Dec 1976 to Mary Robert McClain Richardson; Vet. U.S. Army, Sgt. 101st Airborne serving in Viet Nam 1968-69. Bronze Star Recipient; preceded in death by daughter Tiffany Helen Richardson, brother Danny Carl Richardson, father - in- law Robert Matthew McClain. Mary Bob tending & sitting with Jim contributed hundreds of thousands of grave listings to Findagrave and to this site and plans to continue to be active.

RICHARDSON, Tiffany Helen, 18 June 1978 - 19 June 1980. "Loves Jesus in the sky." Pink marble child's tombstone. Footstone; "9:03" (represents the time of death) (Cause of death Neuroblastoma Cancer; age 2 yrs.1 day; born & died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; Baptist Montclair Hospital; d. Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Ala.; daughter of James Carroll ( son of Sidney Lee and Maxine Hester Richardson ) & Mary Robert McClain Richardson (daughter of Robert Matthew & Helen Elizabeth Cook McClain); sister of James Tyson and Tara Amanda Richardson.) Tiffany Helen Richardson was the maternal granddaughter of Robert Matthew and Helen Elizabeth Cook McClain; paternal granddaughter of Sidney Lee Richardson and Maxine Hester Richardson Osborne. (Also listed on the main menu page)

RUNIONS, Bonnie Lorain, 17 Dec 1941 - 8 Nov 1942, (infant son of Willie Wade & Pauline Burleson Runions; Irwin Bros, Mt. Pleasant.)

RUNIONS, Elizabeth Ray, Unknown (11 Jul 1955) - (18 Jul 1955), Undertakers marker. (d/o Wilma O. Runions & unknown) Death Certificate

RUSSELL, Jessie Reba McClain, 7 Sept 1917 - 17 Oct. 1978. ( the twelfth daughter of Matthew & Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain; wife of Robert Russell.) (Our paternal Great Aunt)

RUSSELL, Robert Lee, 27 Nov. 1916 - 15 July 1990. ( married Dec. 21, 1940.) ( Our Paternal Great Uncle.)

SCOTT, Nancy, 21 Jun 1930. Only date.

SEATON, Billie Russell, 8 Mar. 1925 - 27 Jan 1989. "Paw Paw", "MSGT US Army Force WWII.)

SEATON, Charlie, 1931 - 2001. (Attended Bethel College; Cumberland Presbyterian minister; school teacher; member of the Maury County Board of Education; mar. Whitney DePriest; children are: Joel Seaton, Timothy Seaton, and Kimberly Seaton Benefield. Charlie was a member of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church joining in 1947.)

SEATON, Charlie, 8 Feb. 1920 - 3 Oct. 1944. (Killed in action October 3, 1944) Inscription: "Tn PVT 325 Glider Infantry 82 ABN Div WWII"

SEATON, Freda McClain, 25 May 1935 - 30 Nov. 2000. ( wife of James "Jim" Seaton; daughter of Burns & Nettie Fuller McClain; mother of Barbara Seaton Beasley ( Randall), Mike Seaton (Wanda Lindsey.)

SEATON, Male, 8 April 1915 - 8 April 1915. ( Lewis Co #233: male Seaton; b & d 8 April 1915; CD 4; mother- Lubie Seaton; b Maury Co; informant- mother; burial- McClain Cemetery on 9 April 1915 (McClain Cemetery has no marker.)

SHERRILL, Jacqueline McClain, 9 Feb 1934 - 5 Nov 2012. (Maury Co. native; d/o late Willis Martin and Louise Whitworth McClain.)

SHORT, Charlie R., 11 Sept. 1913 - 4 Dec. 1981. "MMM 3 US Navy WWII"

SHORT, Mary Lou Lewis, d. 4 Jul 2003. (Born Lewis Co., dau. D.J. & Dena Goodman Lewis; wife of late Charlie Short.)

SIMS, Alura Tucker, (25 Jul)1932 - (24 Apr) 2010. (Maury Co. native; d/o Jesse and Mattie Kay Keltner Tucker; wife of Odies Sims; worked for Dari Gem for 25 yrs. in Mt. Pleasant; member 1st Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant; preceded in death by husband & son, Gary Sims.)

SIMS, Carl Cooper, Sr., 13 Aug 1894 - 23 Nov 1978. (husband of Ota Bell Hill; son of William Donely & Eleanor Elizabeth Grimes Sims; Grandson of Eleanor Catherine Cooper Grimes & Samuel Henry Grimes; Father of 7 children, Carl Sims Jr., Mary Elizabeth, Fred Hill, Hallie Augusta, Donna Faye, William Ray, Charles Eugene Sims. Inscription: "US ARMY WWI"

SIMS, Carl Cooper, Jr., 1920 - 2003. Tombstone_Photo

SIMS, Charles Eugene, 1934 - 2007. Tombstone_Photo

SIMS, Clyde E., Jr., 21 Sept 1921 - 2 Feb. 1945. ( killed in WWII.) Inscription: "TN PFC 305 INF WWII."

SIMS, Douglas Wade, 31 Jul 1961 - 23 Dec 2012. (s/o late Odies & Alura Tucker Sims.)

SIMS, Fred Hill,, 1924 - 1941. Tombstone_Photo

SIMS, Ed., 17 Dec. 1880 - ----. (age 88 metal marker only )

SIMS, Elizabeth Eleanor Grimes, 15 Jan. 1854 - 9 Jan 1949. (wife of William Donely Sims; niece of Mary Melvina Cooper Whitwell; dau of Samuel H. Grimes & Eleanor Catherine Cooper; sister to: Eliza A., Mary Toombs, John William Hamilton, Samuel Augustus, Fannie M., and Thomas Grimes.)

SIMS, Hallie Hill, 17 Feb 1894 - 8 Aug. 1956. ( wife of Samuel Augusta Sims; dau of John Hill; no children.)

SIMS, J. Frank, 15 Dec. 1900 - 23 Sept 1977. (father of Lanette Sims; played a fiddle.)

SIMS, Lela (Kincaid), 10 Jun 1889 - 25 July 1916. ( Lawrence Co. native: CD 4; age 27/1/15, father- d/o Thomas Jefferson Kincade & Alice M. Curry Kincaid Curry; w/o George Sims; informant- Jim Lemar, Mt Pleasant; burial- McClain Cemetery on 26 July 1916 (no marker).(ref. Lewis Co., Tn Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by Meryle Stevens.)

SIMS, Mack Dickson, 1 Feb. 1890 - 3 Aug 1956. (son of William Donely & Elizabeth Grimes Sims; brother of Carl Cooper, Samuel Augusta, Donna Elizabeth, and John Eugene Sims; unmarried.)

SIMS, Odies, 1923 - 1984. Inscription: married "Sept 9, 1950."

SIMS, Ota Bell Hill, 18 Nov. 1900 - 10 June 1978. (wife of Carl Cooper Sims; mother of Carl Cooper Sims, Jr., Mary Elizabeth Sims, Fred Hill Sims, Hallie Augusta Sims, Donna Faye Sims, William Ray Sims, Charles Eugene Sims.) Inscription: "Daughter of The American Revolution."

SIMS, Rachel, 26 April 1834 - 27 June 1899. (Inscription: "Wife of AC Sims, 65yrs-2mos-1day."

SIMS, Samuel A., (Samuel Augusta), 6 Sept 1986 - 9 Nov. 1963. (husband of Hallie Hill Sims; son of William Donely & Eleanor Elizabeth Grimes Sims; brother of Mack Dickson, Donna Elizabeth Sims, and John Eugene Sims.)

SIMS, Will, 1862 - 1931. ( husband of Elizabeth Risner Sims ( buried at Kittrell Cemetery in Lewis Co.); 4 children; Joe Sims married Mary Vandiver; Frank Sims married Iva Gilmore; Minnie Sims Vandiver (Calvin); Azzie Sims York (Tom); Inscription: "Father."

SIMS, William Ray "Bill", 1931 - 2000, (son of Carl Sims & Ota Belle Hill Sims. Korean War; mar. 26 Aug 1959 to Emily Joyce Vaugh of Alacha, Fla.; father of Kenneth Vaughn Sims; brother of Charles Eugene, Donna Faye, Hallie Augusta, Fred Hill, Mary Elizabeth Sims.)

SIMS, William Donley, 1854 - 1937. (husband of Eleanor Elizabeth Grimes Sims; son of Augusta Charles Sims (was the son of Col. Thomas Sims who married Mary Winn, daughter of General Richard Winn of the Revolution and Rachel Dickson.); father of Mack Dickson Sims, Carl Cooper Sims, Samuel Augusta Sims, Donna Elizabeth Sims and John Eugene Sims.)

STROUD, Hallie Sims, 1926 - 2005. Tombstone_Photo

THOMPSON, Tilden Gilbert, 7 July 1907 - 11 July 1987.

THORTON, Fred J., 1888 England - 1941. (husband of Alice Kennedy McClain; father of James Carter Thornton.)

WEATHERLY, Mildred Illene McClain, 12 Aug. 1922 - 1959. ( wife of John Merryman Weatherly; daughter of John Turley & Allie Mai Kennedy McClain; sister of Edna Earl McClain Brooks (James); Ruth McClain Blair (Paul); James Ward McClain; Robert Matthew McClain, Ara Alton McClain, Helen Jane McClain Pinkley (Kenneth), David Leo McClain and Jerry Eugene McClain; mother of John M. Weather, Jr., Donna Kay Weatherly Hansen, Sherry Weatherly Orlein, and Donald Ray Weatherly.)

WEAVER, Infant, 16 May 1922 - 16 May 1922. (Baby daughter of V.M. & Capitola McClain Weaver)

WEAVER, Capitola Black McClain, 18 Jan. 1902 - 5 May, 1924. (daughter of Matthew & Amelia Velina Elizabeth Kilpatrick McClain; sister of John Turley, Felix, W.T., Gladys Catherine, Alice, Birdie Madolia, Lavonia, Mathie Elizabeth, Martha May, Jessie Reba; mar. 1921 to Verner M. Weaver (son of Wm. Weaver of Hickman Co., Tn., died 1936 and is buried at Little Lott Cemetery, Hickman Co., Tn.) (Our paternal Great Aunt.)

WHITLOCK, Lizzie Sims, 12 Dec. 1881 - 6 Sept 1893. Inscription: "wife of J.L. Whitlock."

WHITLOCK, Mary Akin, 1920 - 1995. (Funeral Marker), (daughter of James F. & Mary Alice "Mamie" Sims.); (She was listed twice as an Aiken and again as Whitlock. Whitlock was her married last name.)

WHITWELL, Gertrude M., 1895 - 1903. ("Gertie" daughter of Pleasant Lee & Maggie Johnston Whitwell.)

WHITWELL, Infant, d. 1913. (Twin bro of Harris Lee Whitwell; Inscription: "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. P.L. Whitwell."

WHITWELL, Judge Thomas, 23 Aug. 1826 - 25 Dec. 1901. ( Father of Pleasant Lee Whitwell; 1st wife Malisy Ward; 2nd wife was Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick (daughter of Lt. William McAdams Cooper and Eliza Toombs) Inscription: "75yrs,4mos,2days." (Our paternal Great Great Grandfather. by marriage only (no blood kin to us. mb)

WHITWELL, Mary Melvina Cooper Kilpatrick, 13 Jan. 1846 - 8 Dec. 1938. (daughter of Lt. William McAdams Cooper & Eliza Toombs; granddaughter of Col. Robert Melville and Catherine Cooper Cooper.) (Our paternal Great Great Grandmother.)

WHITWELL, P.L.(Pleasant Lee), 4 Mar. 1873 Linden, Perry Co., Tn. - 15 Oct. 1914. dist. 3, Lewis Co., age 41/7/21, (son of Judge Thomas Whitwell b.1826-1901, Perry Co., Tn. & Malisy Ward, b. Perry Co., Tn.) mar. Maggie Johnston Voss (b 1876.) children 12; Peter Turney Whitwell, Gertrude "Gertie" Whitwell Chappell, Mary Elsie Whitwell Chappell (mar. Richard Otie Chappell), William Benton "Debo" Whitwell (mar. Ocie Marie Anderson), John Thomas Emmett Whitwell (mar. Opal Cothran), Lelia Mattie Whitwell (mar. Buster Jones), Nora Blanche Whitwell (mar. Monroe Hickman), Thelma Irene Whitwell, Bessie Virginia Whitwell (mar. Alton Johnson), Edgar Boyd (Ed) Whitwell (mar. Edna McAfee), Harris Lee (Heavy) Whitwell (mar. Helen Minor), Infant son Twin to Harris Lee,"Heavy.") From Lewis Co. Tn. Death Records, 1909-1920, transcribed by Merle Stevens.)(Note: There is a photo on Stone. mbmcr

WHITWELL, Thelma I., 1907 - 1918. ( dau of Pleasant Lee and Maggie Johnston Voss Whitwell.)

WILLIAMS, Sara Ann Stockard Kennedy Pugh Scribner, 23 Oct. 1834 - 10 Sept. 1917. Sarah Ann (daughter of Richard Stockard (b.5 July 1790 in N.C. - d. 6 Jun 1850; the tenth child of James & Ellender Trousdale Stockard (b. Scotland, mar. in Pa. in 1744; moved to Orange Co., N.C.); and Elizabeth Johnson; mar. 23 Sept 1813 Maury Co., Tn.); Sarah Ann's father Richard is buried at Hunter Cemetery. She married Weakley Gordon Kennedy, C.S.A. Pvt., (son of John & Barbara Gordon Kennedy of Pain Lick, Ky.) W. G. Kennedy was a P.O.W. in St. Louis Mo.; died 21 March 1862, buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo. Weakley and Sarah Ann's children are: Mandy Kennedy Christian, Robert Franklin Kennedy, James William Kennedy, John Jonas Kennedy, David O. Kennedy, and Victoria Ann Kennedy Pollock (Tom). After the death of W.G. Kennedy, Sarah Ann married James Pugh who lived only 2 months, then she married Wesley Scribner a widow man from Illinois, they were married about 5 years when he died and later she married Caleb S. Williams one of the founders of the Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She joined the church in 1883. She had a half brother named Samuel McLean Stockard (The recipient of the "Famous Stockard Letter from Alney Hite McLean), the son of Richard Stockard and his second wife, the widow of John Hill; Cynthia McLean Hill Stockard (daughter of Ephraim McLean and Polly Boyd McLean; sister of John McClain(b. 1771 - 1881.), also buried at McClain Cemetery. (Our paternal Great Great Grandmother)

WRIGHT, Sue, 20 Sept. 1941 - ----. (Picture of Panel Truck )

WRIGHT, William H. "Tick". 25 Sept. 1941 - 26 Dec. 1988. Picture of Panel Truck on tombstone.( Son of Harold & Willodene (Dene) Seaton Wright; died in a car accident; married Sue Waldrip; father of 3 children: Connie Wright Jones (Bryan), Stephen Wright (mar Brenda Lett), Tammy Wright Sisk (Jeffery).