Belew's Chapel Cemetery
Gibson County, Tennessee
Transcribed by
Proofread and Corrected by
Transcribed by Patti Matheny Simmons
Proofread and Corrected by Adam D. McCartney
Location: At Bradford, take Hwy. 105 east toward Trezevant. From the railroad
tracks in Bradford, go 4.8 miles to Gann Road. Turn right. Go 2.4 miles to
Belew's Chapel Rd. Turn left. Then, go .1 mile. Cemetery is on top of a high
hill on the right.
This cemetery was originally under the care of Mt. Zion Church of Christ. When that
church dissolved and Belew's Chapel General Baptist Church was formed, the
cemetery was handed over to the new church and has been under its care since
then. It is a scenic and beautiful cemetery, one of the most breathtaking in
the state. It is on a hill and overlooks a large lake, woods, fields, and the
church itself. There is an oak tree located in the center of the cemetery. All
burials (except eight as of 8/8/08) thus far have taken place in the old section of the
cemetery, the left (north) side.
At the main gate of the cemetery, there is a stone set into the brick gatepost
reading "In Memory of Billy Gene and Michael Dene McCartney."
These two boys were brothers. They were the children of Jim and Modene (Arnold) McCartney.
Mike was killed in a cotton gin accident in October 1964. Shortly thereafter in January
1965, Billy was killed in a trucking accident. The boys were buried here and
now their parents are buried here as well.
DOCUMENTATION BY PATTI SIMMONS, PROOFREAD BY ADAM McCARTNEY
This listing were updated by Adam McCartney on August 8, 2008.
Note: Three stars (***) with a name indicates a military marker. All military
markers will be listed at the end of this transcription.
1. Smith, Shirley - b. July 21, 1944 - d. __________
Smith, J. C. - b. Dec. 2, 1946 - d. Sept. 11, 2006
Married: Jan. 11, 1964
Daughter: Rita
Grandchildren: Autumn & Summer
2. Hayes, Jewell Arnold - b. Sept. 16, 1929 - d. __________
Hayes, Thurman Lee - b. Oct. 27, 1929 - d. July 28, 1995
Married: Nov. 2, 1946
Children: Don & Janice
Grandchildren: Tommy, Brian, Amy & Jenny
3. Morris, Betty Sue - b. Aug. 27, 1932 - d. __________
Morris, Roy Lee - b. Feb. 13, 1931 - d. Dec. 9, 1999
Married: July 22, 1950
Children: Terry and Donna
Grandchildren: Bethany and Cory
4. Bradford, Jerry Malone - b. Nov. 22, 1935 - d. Sept. 19, 2003***
Father of: Janet, Kenny, Eric
Son of: Roy Clifton Bradford and Lena Mae McCartney
Brother of: Gerald Barton, Shirley Ann Cunningham, Brenda Faye Baird
Grandchildren: Allison, Jaclyn, Amanda
Great-grandchildren: Collins, Carter
5. Cunningham, Shirley Ann - b. Aug. 24, 1943 - d. July 20, 2002
Cunningham, Mack Henry - b. Jan. 6, 1943 - d. Feb. 7, 2003
Son: Gary Mack
Daughter-in-Law: Sonya Carol Estep
Granddaughter: Candice Brooke
Grandson: Cameron Joseph
6. Bradford, Lena M. - b. May 15, 1918 - d. Jan. 5, 1999
Bradford, Roy C. - b. Feb. 16, 1916 - Oct. 3, 1994
Married: Feb. 6, 1935
Children: Jerry, Barton, Shirley, & Brenda
Grandchildren: Janet, Kenny, Gary, Andy, Eric, Dottye, & Curtis
7. McCartney, Edna Lee - b. Oct. 26, 1916 - d. __________
McCartney, Leamon - b. Dec. 17, 1910 - d. May 18, 1997
Son: Farris
Grandchildren: Robin & Amy
8. Pugh, Benjamin S. - b. Apr. 12, 1904 - d. Dec. 17, 1979
Pugh, Elbert - b. Apr. 29, 1910 - d. Feb. 2, 1994
"Brothers"
9. Browning, Kitty - b. Dec. 8, 1911 - d. Apr. 18, 2001
Browning, Fleekwood b. Oct. 31, 1911 - d. July 20, 2003
Married: May 10, 1930
10. Berry, Bobby Joe Jr. - b. & d. June 21, 1986
11. Fisher, Lucille A. - b. Aug. 21, 1935 - d. __________
Fisher, Elvis E. - Sept. 1, 1937 - d. Feb. 24, 2006
12. Flatt, Shawn Phillip - b. Jan. 11, 1977 - d. Aug. 2, 2007
13. Berry, Myra Jo Reasons - b. June 28, 1956 - d. __________
Berry, James Harold - b. June 9, 1951 - d. Apr. 5, 2008
Married: May 3, 2004
14. Berry, Lilly E. - b. Sept. 4, 1910 - d. June 6, 1995
Berry, Harvel H. - b. Mar. 25, 1905 - d. Dec. 17, 1982
Married: July 28, 1928
15. Arnold, Willie - b. June 22, 1910 - d. Jan. 10, 1992
Arnold, Raymond - b. Oct. 6, 1906 - d. Sept. 4, 1989
16. Arnold, Ronnie Wayne - b. Mar. 6, 1956 - d. Mar. 28, 1971
17. Arnold, Evelyn Berry - b. Sept. 10, 1931 - d. __________
Arnold, Carlos R. - b. Aug. 8, 1929 - d. Nov. 9, 2002
Married: Feb. 19, 1949
Our Daughter: Kathy
Son-in-Law: Ronnie Joe
Our Son: Ronnie Wayne
18. Long, Ronnie Joe - b. Mar. 7, 1950 - d. Sept. 5, 1999
Long, Kathy Arnold - b. Mar. 5, 1952 - d. __________
Married: June 25, 1972
Dearest Friends: Tommy, Beverly, & John Summers
19. McCartney, Bennie H. - b. Nov. 11, 1932 - d. May 5, 2002***
20. McCartney, Mary Ellen - b. Mar. 26, 1904 - d. Aug. 23, 1987
McCartney, Willie Hermon - b. Nov. 20, 1902 - d. May 23, 1975
21. Hugueley, Marian C. - b. Mar. 6, 1948 - d. Mar. 24, 1998
Hugueley, Harold W. - b. Mar. 26, 1946 - d. Apr. 2, 1995 ***
22. Warren, Vickie Dawn - b. & d. June 15, 1973
23. Warren, Mettie Lee - b. Dec. 7, 1909 - d. Mar. 20, 1976
24. Hamm, Shannon Marie - b. June 6, 1986 - d. Sept. 6, 1987
25. Hamm, Imogene McCartney - b. Nov. 23, 1926 - d. Feb. 4, 1999
Hamm, Carl B. - b. Jan. 27, 1922 - d. June 2, 1995 ***
Children: Mary & Roy
Grandchildren: Emily, Rachel, Wesley, & Shannon
26. McCartney, Ophelia - b. Mar. 15, 1902 - d. Jan. 19, 1993
McCartney, Thomas - b. Sept. 13, 1895 - d. Feb. 1, 1969 ***
27. McCartney, Modean - b. July 5, 1926 - d. June 12, 2005
McCartney, Ray - b. June 8, 1924 - d. May 27, 1996 ***
Married: Jan. 9, 1946
Children: Janice & Donald
28. Crocker, Helen Knott - b. Feb. 26, 1927 - d. Dec. 14, 2007
Crocker, Willie T. - b. Aug. 25, 1926 - d. Nov. 13, 1994
Married: July 14, 1945
29. Crocker, Melba Sue Oliver - b. Feb. 4, 1930 - d. __________
Crocker, Robert Talmadge - b. Oct. 7, 1929 - d. July 3, 1991
Married: Dec. 11, 1948
30. Crocker, Bunnie T. - b. May 1, 1906 - d. Feb. 16, 1976 Photo
Crocker, Thomas B. - b. June 1, 1907 - d. Dec. 3, 1986 Photo
31. McCartney, Hulen Lonzo - b. Apr. 1, 1904 - d. Mar. 29, 1981
Children: Harold, Jeanette, J.B., Wanda, & Monda
32. McCartney, Lallie Crocker - b. Nov. 21, 1906 - d. May 12, 1997
McCartney, Homer - b. Mar. 15, 1902 - d. Oct. 15, 1968
Married: Nov. 18, 1923
33. McCartney, Nancy Cole - b. Aug. 22, 1934 - d. __________
McCartney, Paul Howard - b. Sept. 30, 1930 - d. Sept. 22, 1965
Married: July 8, 1950
34. McKee, Infant Son - b. & d. Jan. 21, 1971
35. Essary, Linda Knott - b. Nov. 2, 1945 - d. __________
Essary, Boby Russell - b. Nov. 2, 1945 - d. __________
Married: June 28, 1963
36. McCartney, Mikel Dean - b. Jan. 8, 1948 - d. Oct. 10, 1964
37. McCartney, Billy Gene - b. Dec. 15, 1945 - d. Jan. 23, 1965
38. McCartney, Cleo Modene - b. Apr. 23, 1922 - d. Nov. 26, 1994
McCartney, James H. "Jim" - b. Jan. 20, 1922 - d. Mar. 13, 1995
Married: Oct. 18, 1941
39. McCartney, Clydene Bruff - b. Oct. 2, 1926 - d. __________
McCartney, Harold Edward - b. Mar. 20, 1930 - d. Dec. 3, 1993 ***
Daughter: Cindy
Grandchildren: Grant & Ginger
40. McCartney, Brenda J. - b. Mar. 5, 1942 - d. __________
McCartney, J B - b. Dec. 9, 1934 - d. __________
Our Children: Scarlett & Jeff
Our Grandchildren: Chad, Natalie, Paige, Drew, Collin, Shae & Ryan
41. Young-McCartney, Andon Lee - b. & d. Feb. 28, 2006
42. McCartney, Etta - b. Jan. 13, 1886 - d. Dec. 21, 1964 Photo
McCartney, John E. - b. May 7, 1884 - d. Sept. 23, 1963 Photo
45. McCartney, Nancy Lorene - b. Dec. 16, 1919 - d. Sept. 16, 2006
McCartney, Fred Howard - b. Mar. 27, 1918 - d. Dec. 5, 1977
Married: July 25, 1936
46. Henley, Catherine - b. July 22, 1922 - d. Feb. 24, 2005
47. Jackson, Mildred R. - b. Aug. 11, 1935 - d. May 20, 2001
Jackson, Charles L. - b. Sept. 21, 1931 - d. Jan. 26, 1993
48. Jackson, Shelia Gail - b. & d. Sept. 26, 1962
49. Knott, Susan Carol - b. & d. Mar. 22, 1955
50. Knott, Lorrie Ann - b. Sept. 30, 1959 - d. Oct. 2, 1959
51. Knott, Juanita Marie - b. Aug. 4, 1929 - d. July 6, 2005
Knott, Clarence Leon - b. Aug. 22, 1920 - d. Nov. 8, 1992 ***
Married: Mar. 20, 1948
52. Guy, Eva Lena - b. Aug. 7, 1924 - d. Jan. 5, 1993
Guy, Robert D. - b. Oct. 14, 1921 - d. June 20, 1984
Married: Feb. 10, 1947
53. Knott, Jennie Lynn - b. June 17, 1910 - d. Dec. 8, 1987
Knott, W. B. - b. Sept. 9, 1910 - d. May 19, 1976
Married: Apr. 21, 1929
54. Lowery, May - b. 1896 - d. 1964
Lowery, Willie - b. 1887 - d. 1954
55. Bailey, Nova Lynn Lowery - b. Oct. 30, 1919 - d. Apr. 29, 2007
Beloved Mother of: Ulmer, Rhonda, Lavonda, Lowery and Deborah
56. Lowery, Dathula - b. Dec. 27, 1914 - d. Oct. 18, 1984
Lowery, Carl - b. Apr. 21, 1914 - d. Mar. 16, 1976
Married: Nov. 23, 1935
57. Browning, Bertha - b. Jan. 23, 1883 - d. Jan. 23, 1966
Browning, John - b. Oct. 28, 1880 - d. Feb. 5, 1956
Married: Nov. 3, 1903
58. Arnold, Buna - b. Nov. 13, 1910 - d. May 26, 2001
Arnold, Ross - b. Feb. 15, 1909 - d. Mar. 30, 1963
Married Dec. 16, 1928
59. McCartney, Maxine B. - b. Oct. 5, 1932 - d. __________
McCartney, Glynn H. - b. Jan. 6, 1927 - d. Sept. 4, 1996 ***
Children: Gary, Larry and Glenda
Grandchildren: Brandon, Deidre, Will, & Lara
60. McCartney, Gary Lynn - b. July 27, 1952 - d. Sept. 10, 1952
Infant Son of Maxine & Glynn McCartney
61. Stewart, Lillian Cates - b. Sept. 23, 1917 - d. July 13, 2002
Stewart, Abner Lee - b. Oct. 7, 1915 - d. May 5, 1977 ***
62. Stewart, Teola - b. 1898 - d. 1982
Stewart, Ray - b. 1893 - d. 1954
63. Scott, J. L. - b. Feb. 24, 1919 - d. May 3, 2003
64. Hanes, Roger Dale - b. Feb. 2, 1947 - d. Dec. 13, 1985
65. Scott, Lockie M. - b. Oct. 3, 1893 - d. Aug. 8, 1970
Scott, Grover C. - b. Nov. 19, 1892 - d. Aug. 15, 1954
66. Knott, Vela B. - b. Aug. 27, 1902 - d. July 4, 1986
Knott, Wade - b. Oct. 5, 1900 - d. Dec. 4, 1972
67. Knott, Suson - b. May 15, 1879 - d. Feb. 9, 1958
Knott, Bill - b. Mar. 6, 1878 - d. Feb. 15, 1952
68. Knott, Lois - b. Apr. 17, 1912 - d. Sept. 22, 1982
Knott, Roscoe - b. Nov. 1, 1908 - d. Aug. 17, 1979
Married: Dec. 21, 1929
69. Morris, Terry Randall - b. Nov. 26, 1953 - d. Jan. 14, 1985
70. Guy, Harold E. - b. Nov. 17, 1938 - d. Nov. 22, 1938
Guy, Christine S. - b. Dec. 20, 1917 - d. Aug. 5, 1969
Guy, Howard W. - b. Feb. 4, 1915 - d. Oct. 17, 1966
71. Culver, Aberdeen - b. Sept. 28, 1913 - d. June 11, 2004
Culver, Leona - b. Mar. 8, 1916 - d. Sept. 23, 1905
"Sisters"
72. Culver, Mary Louise - b. 1924 - d. 1930
73. Culver, Martha E. - b. 1893 - d. 1927
Culver, Ellis E. - b. 1894 - d. 1944
74. Arnold, Emmie - b. Mar. 10, 1882 - d. Apr. 16, 1952
Arnold, Tom - b. Jan. 20, 1885 - d. Mar. 18, 1920
75. McCartney, Mattie Sue - b. May 24, 1920 - d. July 18, 2004
McCartney, Clone - b. June 19, 1918 - d. July 22, 1980
Married: May 8, 1937
76. McCartney, Infant - b. & d. Aug. 30, 1948
Daughter of Clone & Mattie Sue McCartney
77. Akin, Eddie Lee - b. Jan. 4, 1899 - d. July 4, 1901
Son of Eddie & Cora Akin
78. Akin, Edward - b. June 4, 1878 - d. Aug. 1, 1899
79. Akin, T. J. - b. Sept. 18, 1835 - d. Jan. 16, 1896
Akin, Louisa - b. June 25, 1838 - d. Feb. 24, 1900
80. Akin, Bennie Lou - b. Mar. 16, 1900 - d. Nov. 3, 1901
Daughter of W. & M. L. Akin
81. Sandstone - no inscription
82. Sandstone - no inscription
83. Sandstone - no inscription
84. Sandstone - no inscription
85. Sandstone - no inscription
86. Benson, E. L. - b. Oct. 7, 1864 (?) - d. Aug. 14???(?) 1884/9 (???)
(This is a sandstone rock, almost illegible.)
87. Sandstone - no inscription
88. Sandstone - no inscription
89. Lowery, William M. - b. Sept. 18, 1837 - d. June 5, 1897
Lowery, Mary M. - b. June 13, 1857 - d. May 29, 1897
90. Lowery, Alma L. - b. Feb. 16, 1892 - d. (see information below)
Lowery, S. W. - b. Apr. 15, 1877 - d. June 7, 1952
91. Large base only, no headstone
92. Bradford, Curtis - b. 1887 - d. 1959
Bradford, Esther - b. 1885 - d. 1943
93. Wommack, J. B. - b. Nov. 23, 1854 - d. Mar. 13, 1923
94. Wommack, Luvena N. - b. July 30, 1865 - d. Aug. 6, 1890
Wife of J. H. Wommack
Wommack, Founta Lee - b. Aug. 13, 1888 - May 23, 1890
Son of J. H. & L. N. Wommack
95. Wommack, George W. - b. May 8, 1863 - d. Sept. 22, 1888
96. Uninscribed, small, white stone
97. Blank funeral home marker
98. McCartney, Roy L. - b. July 11, 1921 - d. June 4, 1930
"Age 8 yrs., 10 mo., 23 days"
99. McCartney, Leonard - b. Nov. 13, 1915 - d. Sept. 28, 1917
Son of R. A. & M. A. McCartney
100. McCartney, Monroe - b. Apr. 1, 1904 - d. Apr. 10, 1904
Son of R. A. & M. A. McCartney
101. McCartney, Anner May - b. Mar. 16, 1912 - d. July 20, 1914
Dau. of R. A. & M. A. McCartney
102. McCartney, Infant - b. & d. Nov. 20, 1914
Dau. of R. A. & M. A. McCartney
103. McCartney, Eunice - b. Aug. 16, 1908 - d. June 7, 1916
104. Vaughn, Robert - b. 1861 - d. 1917
105. Gasque, Maudie Crossett - b. Sept. 18, 1907 - d. Jan. 16, 2004
106. McCartney, Eunice - b. Nov. 4, 1881 - d. Sept. 26, 1972
107. McCartney, Mollie - b. Nov. 29, 1878 - d. May 21, 1939
McCartney, R. A. - b. Jan. 28, 1877 - d. May 28, 1952
108. Blank funeral home marker
109. Baird, H. H. - b. July 27, 1803 - d. Feb. 19, 1881
Husband of N. Baird
110. Baird, David - b. Oct. 26, 1826 - d. Aug. 18, 1896
Husband of Julia Baird
111. Baird, Julia - b. July 27, 1843 - d. Feb. 14, 1900
112. Akin, Mary L. - b. Apr. 28, 1838 - d. July 8, 1916
113. Cook, P. J. - b. Nov. 16, 1845 - d. Mar. 10, 1879
Wife of W. A. Cook
114. Akin, W. M. - d. Jan. 10, 1881 - Aged 75 yrs. 2 mos. 8 days
Husband of N. M. Akin
Akin, N. M. - d. Aug. 15, 1876 - Aged 67 yrs.
Wife of W. M. Akin
115. Akin, W. F. - b. Aug. 21, 1849 - d. Aug. 16, 1897
Husband of Mollie
Akin, Inf. Dau. of W. F. & Mollie - no dates
Akin, Mary Etta - b. May 11, 1861 - d. Nov. 10, 1960
116. Two graves marked only by bricks
117. Corner piece of a broken stone placed here to mark the approximate
burial location of Georgia Smith McCartney's mother:
Smith, Tabitha Patterson
Placed here by Najanna McCartney Coleman, Dau. of Harmon Guy & Myrtie Bell McCartney
118. Arnold, Martin B. - b. Feb. 9, 1824 - d. Dec. 26, 1882
(Stone broken, difficult to read)
Masonic Emblem
119. Arnold, Elizabeth - b. Dec. 21, 1823 - d. Sept. 15, 1875
Wife of M. B. Arnold
120. Arnold, Infant - b. Nov. 6, 1880 - d. Nov. 9, 1886
Dau. of W. J. & M. A. Arnold
121. Hill, Molcy J. - b. Feb. 3, 1821 - d. Dec. 27, 1871
Wife of W. L. Hill
122. Yeargan, S. C. - b. Dec. 25, 1838 - d. Feb. 23, 1882
Wife of A. G. Yeargan
123. One large, uninscribed headstone and footstone
124. White, W. T. - b. Apr. 15, 1827 - d. Jan. 5, 1902
White, M. A. - b. Mar. 17, 1844 - d. Jan. 5, 1903
125. White, John H. - b. 1867 - d. 1922
126. Sandstone - no inscription
127. Sandstone - no inscription
128. Sandstone - no inscription
129. Grave marked only by a brick
130. McCartney, Robbie Cunningham - b. Jan. 19, 1919 - d. Dec. 27, 1943
131. McCartney, Anna Lee - b. 1892 - d. 1928
132. Sandstone - no inscription
133. Sandstone - no inscription
134. Williams, Martha - b. 1850 - d. 1889
Williams, William - b. 1853 - d. 1900
135. Williams, Joel Edgar - b. 1899 - d. 1926
136. Arnold, Geneva Carruth - b. Sept. 1916 - d. Jan. 6, 2001
137. McCartney, Harmon Guy - b. Dec. 21, 1899 - d. Feb. 16, 1972
McCartney, Myrtie Bell - b. Aug. 25, 1899 - d. May 5, 1983
Married: June 1, 1918
138. McCartney, Georgia A. - b. Apr. 5, 1864 - d. July 23, 1946
McCartney, James M. - b. Apr. 6, 1865 - d. Oct. 27, 1949
139. Crocker, Tabbie A. - b. Oct. 31, 1887 - d. Aug. 17, 1905
Wife of J. A. Crocker
140. Ermon - no dates
141. Allie - no dates
142. McCartney - no dates
143. McCartney - no dates
144. Two graves marked only by a brick and one plot that looks like a
grave not marked at all
145. Pryor, Jennie - b. Dec. 25, 1883 - d. July 23, 1907
146. Pryor, Lee - b. 1878 - d. 1910
147. One grave marked only by a wooden stake
Information about death of Alma L. Lowery...There is no death inscribed on the
tombstone of Alma Lowery. Reason unknown. However, I did a search on a social
security site for a death certificate and there was an Alma Lowery who died. She was
born the same day, four years earlier and died in May 1973. I believe this to be Alma
buried here. - Adam McCartney
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MILITARY MARKERS - BELEW'S CHAPEL CEMETERY, GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Bradford, Jerry Malone - T Sgt. US Air Force - Korea - Vietnam
McCartney, Bennie H. - Cpl. U. S. Army - Korea
Hamm, Carl B. - Sgt. U. S. Army - World War II
McCartney, Thomas H. - Pvt. U. S. Army - World War I
McCartney, Baby Ray - GM1 U. S. Navy - World War II
McCartney, Harold Edward - U. S. Army
Knott, Clarence Leon - Sgt. U. S. Army - World War II
McCartney, Glynn H. - Cox U. S. Navy - World War II
Stewart, Abner Lee - Tec5 U. S. Army - World War II
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Over recent years, there have been attempts made to mark the previously unmarked graves at Belew's Chapel Cemetery. This transcription lists the graves marked by blank funeral home markers, bricks, stakes, or other
methods. However, there are still several graves whose locations have been missed. There is one sandstone rock located just outside the fence in the field near the tombstone of John White.