MAURY COUNTY NATIVES AND FORMER RESIDENTS INTERRED ELSEWHERE.

ARNELL, Samuel Mayes, 3 May 1833 - 20 Jul 1903. Born in Maury County, Tennessee. Republican. Delegate to Tennessee State Constitutional Convention, 1865, member of Tennessee State House of Representative, 1865-66. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1866-71, delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1868. Died in Johnston City, Washington County, Tennessee. Interment at Monte Vista Cemetery, Johnson City, Tennessee.
AUSTIN, Paul Drewy, 28 Aug 1912 - 12 Jul 1993, native Maury Co., resident of Colbert Co. Alabama.
AUSTIN, Ruby Lee Barlar, 21 Sep 1912 - 8 Jul 2000, native Maury Co., resident of Colbert Co Alabama.
AUSTIN, Clyde Elbert, 8 Aug 1901 - 5 Apr 1979 (son of Charles Harris & Otie Eva Kerr Austin.) native of Maury County, Tn.
AUSTIN, Eula Anna Story,  8 Sep 1904 - 7 Sep 1993. Maury County Native. (She was orphaned early in her life and lived with her brother Carl in the home of Ella Burkett & her husband James Tyler)
AUSTIN, Rev. Homer Harris Sr., 31 Jan 1903 - 5 Dec 1981, son of Charles H. & Otie Kerr Austin.
AUSTIN, Margaret Louise, 6 Jun 1905 - 4 Mar 1989, wife of Homer Harris, Sr.
BARLAR, Claxton, 9 Nov 1914 -  22 Jan 1963, "son of Lela M. & Thomas Jefferson Barlar. Tenn Cpl 2113 Base Unit, AAF, WWII, (Stationed at Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL.)
BASS, PVT. J. M., Company K, 3rd (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment (CSA).
Buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Pvt Bass was buried with 6,000 other C.S.A. veterans in the section called "The Confederate Mound." Camp Douglas Confederate Mound
BLAIR, Elizabeth Ruth McClain, b. 1920 - sometimes in the 1950s, Wife of Paul Blair, daughter of John Turley and Allie Mai Kennedy McClain. b. Maury County, Mt. Joy area of Tennessee.
BOSWELL, PVT. DRURY B., Company K, 3rd (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment (CSA). On rolls as Drury and D.B. Boswell.   Buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Ill.  Pvt. Boswell was buried with 6,000 other C.S.A. veterans in the section called  "The Confederate Mound"
BROWN, Charles B., abt. 1859 - 1940 (buried in Wild Cherry, Arkansas; son of Billy Brown and Betty Wysinger; husband of Matilda Ann Bell and Rebecca Jane Cavender; settled in Mount Joy, Tennessee in about 1880, moved to Arkansas about 1930).
BROWN, Charles Jack, 15 Sep 1919 - 28 Jan 1993 (born in Mount Joy; buried in Martinez, California)
BROWN, Emma Jewel, 14 Feb 1921 - 12 Mar 1999 (born in Mount Joy, buried in Martinez, California)
BROWN, Jay F., 25 Feb 1925 - 1941 (born in Mount Joy; died in Little Rock, Arkansas; buried in Wild Cherry, Arkansas)
BROWN, Rebecca Jane Cavender, born about 1896 in Maury County - death unknown (buried in Martinez, California; wife of Charles B. Brown)
CARTER, W.M.E., Rank unknown, Company E, 1st (Feild's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment (CSA).  Buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Ill.  W.M.E. Carter was buried with 6,000 other C.S.A. veterans in the section called "The Confederate Mound"
CECIL, Lorena Belle (WRIGHT), 21 Sep 1900 - 18 Jan 1962 native of Mt Pleasant, Tennessee, dau of James Lewis Wright and Cora Dean Kennedy. The family emigrated to Atoka, Oklahoma between 1910 and 1920.
CHAFFIN, Mack (Maxwell), 1895 - 1948, (Son of Thomas & Dora Trice Chaffin.)
CHAFFIN, Nellie Ethel Coffee Chaffin Barlar, (15 Feb) 1895 - (1 Nov) 1981. (Wife of Mack Chaffin, dau. of William F. & Samantha Virginia Wiley Coffee. 1st married Mack Chaffin, 1912, and had one son, 2nd married T. J. Barlar, about 1956.) 
CHAFFIN, W. Wilson, 6 Mar 1913 - 27 Oct 1986. (Son of Mack & Nell Coffee Chaffin.)
CHAFFIN, Sallie E. Jean McKissack,4 Mar 1914 - 3 Jun 2001. (She was tall and slender a characteristic trait of the McKissack's of Southport.) 
CHAFFIN, Dorothy, 25 Jul 1940 - 24 Nov 1944. (Daughter of W. Wilson & Sally Jean McKissack Chaffin)
COFFEE, Priscilla Howard, 1826 - 17 Aug 1899, (wife of William F. Coffee; died Collins Co Texas).
COOPER, S/Sgt Raymond Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.L Cooper, was killed in a plane crash over Italy 19 Feb 1944. An engineer on a bomber, he enterd service 28 Nov 1941. His crew was credited with the sinking of a German U-boat in the Caribbean. Born 1919. Buried Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky U.S.A. Plot: F 103-104.  His name is also inscribed on the tombstone of his parents at Rose Hill Cemetery.[MBMR, 8/20/05]
COOPER, Henry, b. Columbia, Maury Co., Tn Aug 22, 1827 & d. Feb 3, 1884, brother of Edmund Cooper. Tennessee House of Representatives, 1853, Tennessee Court Judge, 1862, Tn State Senate, 1869, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1871 - 77. Killed by bandits in Tierra Blanca, Guadelupe y Calvo, Chihuahua. Interment somewhere in Mexico, cenotaph at City Cemetery, Shelbyville, Tn.
COOPER,  Samuel Gwin,  11 Sep 1838 - Mar 1862.  Samuel G. COOPER was the son of Robert Melville and Catherine Cooper Cooper and the twin brother of Alexander Duvall Cooper.  Samuel was a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Ill, were he died and was buried with 6,000 other CSA veterans at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Ill. in the section called "The Confederate Mound"
COOPER, Capt. Robert Theodore, 7 Apr 1832 - 12 May 1863. Buried Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, Hines Co., Mississippi.
CORDER, Evalyn Murphy, born 1914, died June 18, 2004, age 90+ yrs. native Maury Co., resident Nashville.
DIXON, John, ca 1854 - 1930, died in Fort Worth Texas
DOUTHIT, Thomas E., 8 Jan   8 Jan 1841 - 10 Mar 1914. native Maury Co. (died in Houston, Texas; buried at Angleton Cemetery, Brazoria County, Texas).
ELLIOTT, Freda Louise Winton, died 26 Jun 2004, age 41 (daughter of Bobby L. Winton and Marie Medley; born in Italy but raised in Franklin County, Tennessee; resident of Maury County in the Dry Creek and Culleoka areas for many years; died from gunshot wounds inflicted by her ex-husband; buried at Beans Creek Church of Christ Cemetery in Coffee County, Tennessee)
ELLIOTT, Rachel Nicole, died 24 Jun 2004, age 18 (daughter of Freda Louise Winton and Parker Ray Elliott; graduated 2nd in her class at Mt. Pleasant High School in 2004; died from gunshot wound inflicted by her father; buried at Beans Creek Church of Christ Cemetery in Coffee County, Tennessee)
ERWIN, Kenneth Edison, U.S.Navy, was the fourth Maurian (a heavy cruiser of the Northampton class) to die in the war. He was killed in the Solomons, on the USS Chester sunk in battle. 2 Nov 1942 Columbia Herald, Buried Memphis National Cemetery Memphis, Find-a-Grave, Shelby County, Tennessee USA Plot: H, 5682. Submitted by Mary Bob.
FOSTER, William Harlan, is buried Manila American (ABMC) Cemetery and Memorial. Navy, EM2, entered service 22 Jan 1943.served on USS Houston.
FOX, Emery Clyde, 23 Feb 1920 - 30 May 1944, native of Columbia Tenn, was killed on Biak. He was the son of Hensley and Arminta (Poteete) Fox, who lived in the Santa Fe community. Fox born 23 Feb 1920, was wounded 28 May 1944, on a ship going to Biak Island from New Guinea. He died two days later, 30 May 1944. He was unmarried. Buried at Manila American (ABMC) Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Philippines. MBMR 8/20/05.
GLADNEY, Ens. James Buford, a pilot on a torpedo bomber, received his wings 17 Sep 1943 in Pensacola, Fla, and was married to Mary Frances Allen shortly afterward. In Feb 1944 he was sent to the western Pacific and flew many missions before 21 Sep 1944 when he was killed during a raid on the Kaoe Airfield on Halmahera. He was 23 years old. Buried at the Manila American (ABMC) Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines
GOAD, Everett Paul, - is buried Nashville National Cemetery: Army Pfc.. was born in Maury County, entered service in Feb 1943, and went overseas Sept 1944. He was killed 19 Nov 1944. Killed in France.
GOLDMAN, Milton M. - is buried Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, entered service 19 Nov 1943. He went overseas in August 1944 and was killed in action 3 Jan 1945 in France.
GRAMMAR, Anna Pearl (WRIGHT), 1901 - 1963 native of in Maury County, Tennessee, dau of James Lewis Wright and Cora Dean Kennedy. She married to Rex Grammar in 1920 in Atoka County, Oklahoma. died in Oklahoma in 1963, buried in Wards Chapel Cemetery in Atoka, Oklahoma. Her husband Rex Grammar was born in 1897 and died during 1967.
HANBACK, James Luther, 5 Dec 1912 – 30 Oct 2004 (native of Lawrence County; long-time resident of Mt. Pleasant; husband of Bell Brawner; son of James Samuel Hanback and Ifa May Clayton).
HARDISON, William Roy, 19 Jul 1896 - 3 Feb 1966. (Grand Ole Opry musician)
HARDISON, Neuva I., 20 Feb 1899 - 15 Apr 1966.
HARMON, CPL Dillard, (1908 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial Missing in action in New Guinea Buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis Mo.411 bomb group WWII, died in a plane (bomber) crash May 22, 1944, WWII.
HAYOOD, Pvt., Ernest R. ( - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial, Army, Pvt, 271st Inf. Enlisted 16 Aug 1944. Was in Battle of the Bulge. Killed in action in western Germany 6 Mar 1945. Received the Purple Heart. Born 1926. My information says a memorial stone was placed for him in Belgium, Plot B, Row 7 Grave 50, U.S. Military Cemetery (Another memorial stone was placed in Knob Creek Baptist Cemetery in Maury Co., Tn. 
HEAD, Floyd L., (1913 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial, TN, Pfc. 318 Inf 80 Div WWII is buried at Lay Cemetery, Ethridge, Lawrence Co., Tn.
HOLT, S2 J C Melvin, ( - 1942) - Find A Grave Memorial, NAVY, Slc., enlisted 1940. The first Maury Countain to be killed in action in WWII. He was wounded 2 Aug 1942 and died of these wounds 9 Aug 1942 in South Pacfic. He received the Purple Heart.
HOWELL,Major (Buck), 1835-1906, Fled Maury County after the murder of Sam Morrow around the time of the Civil War.
JETER, William Hover "Billie" - is buried Manila American (ABMC) Cemetery and Memorial, killed on Leyte in the Philippines. He was a native of Columbia, Tenn, Maury Co.
JONES, Jim D., 1906 - 1988, Math Professor and Civil Engineer. Lived and died in Troy Tn., West Hill Cemetery Obion County Tn. 
JONES, Lutie Kerr Austin, 15 Feb 1908 - 11 Jul 1995. Teacher & Maury Native.  Married Jim Jones in Knoxville, Tn about 1934, West Hill Cemetery Obion County Tn.  
JOURNEY, Orville Bruce,Jr. - is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery. To see a picture of his tombstone go to: TSgt Orville B Journey ( - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial.
KELLEY, Albert Jack, abt. 1921 - 25 Dec. 2002, and resided in Columbia, TN. Burial: Kelly Cemetery, Fly, Tn.
KELLEY, Sgt. William Roy, d. 15 Mar 2007. (Maury Co. native; resident of Converse, La.; son of Beatrice Grimes Boshers and the late WS Kelley and husband of Martha Kelley. He was a retired sergeant with the US Army. Burial in the Deberry Cemetery, Deberry, TX with full military honors.)
KENNEDY, Weakley Gordon, Pvt. CSA resident of Tenn joined C.S.A., Was captured by the Yankees and held a P.O.W. in St. Louis, Mo. Weakley Gordon Kennedy was buried the same day that he died
KERCHEVAL, Thomas A., b. 16 Jan 1837 - 22 Mar 1915. Born in Maury County, Tennessee. Mayor of Nashville, Tenn., 1871 -74, 1875-83, resigned 1888. Episcopalian. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.
KERR, Thomas Baker 4/29/1818 - 1/10/1895., Clear Creek Church Cemetery, McNairy County TN (son of William & Kate Ross Kerr of Campbell Station Tn)
KERR, Mary Ann Warden 2/10/1820 - 12/09/1897., Clear Creek Church Cemetery, McNairy County TN (dau of James & Mary Warden)
LLOYD, Eldridge Burgess "Jock", died 5 March 2008, age 85, Walnut Cove Cemetery, Walnut Cove NC.
McCLANAHAN, Paul Thomas, 2 Jun 1912 - 3 Jul 1990. Enl. 24 Feb 1943, discharged 16 Mar 1945. Husband to Mary Bond (Shelby) McClanahan. Buried at Stand Cemetery, Shady Grove, Tn.
MILLS, Tennessee Virginia “Tennie” Zollicoffer Edwards, 16 Jun 1841 – 30 Jul 1891 (native of Maury County; daughter of Dr. Frederick Zollicoffer and Elizabeth Petillo Love; married 1st to James Mills Edwards and 2nd to Jesse P. Mills; buried in the Kosciusko City Cemetery, Attala County, Mississippi)
MOORE, Ernest Otto,21 Jul 1920 - 20 May 1994, "Papa"
MOORE, Susie Mae, 6 Jul 1923 - 4 Feb 2001, "Murr", daughter of Robert Vance & Etta Mae Turner Johnson.
O'BRYAN, Samuel Edward, 10 Jan 1947 - 13 Jul 2007, native of Maury County, died in Mexico.
ORR, Sample, b. 26 Nov 1816 - 14 Aug 1900. Born in Maury Co., Tennessee.  Candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1860, Independent candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1878.
ODOM John Sr., ca 1837 - 24 Mar 1927, died in Columbia, Tennessee.
OVERSTREET, James L.,13 Dec 1929 - 20 Nov 1970, son of Texas Ann White and Walter Overstreet of Smith County Tennessee.
OVERSTREET, Hilda Virginia Sharp,13 May 1934 - 26 Sep 2004, daughter of James Washington & Ruby Media Turner Sharp. 
PLUMMER, Hilda Josephine, 19 Sept 1937 - 22 Jul 2008. (Maury Co. native; dau. John M. and Katie McAfee Hinson & was married to Robert F. Plummer, Jr.)
PRIEST, James Percy, b. in Carter's Creek, Maury Co., Tenn April 1, 1900. Democrat U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1941-56 (5th District 1941-43, 6th District 1943-53, 5th District 1953-56. A dam in Davidson Co. was named for this honorable statesman. Died in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee and is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. 
SHARP, James Austin, 25 Dec 1928 - 29 Jun 1991. Sgt US Marine Corp Korea.
TOOMBS, Susan L., May 26 1869 - Sep 5, 1951 Photo taken in 1935, interred in Giles County.
WRIGHT, Leroy "Boss", Jan 1904 - Mar 1938 Maury County Tennessee native died in Oklahoma. (son of James Lewis and Cora Dean Kennedy Wright. Wards Chapel Cemetery in Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma.
WEST, Raphael Benjamin, 31 Mar 1911 - 20 Nov 1974, b. Maury Co Tn, Mayor of Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee 1951. Interment at Nashville City Cemetery.
WHITE, Edward Douglass, 3 Mar 1795 - 18 Apr 1847, b. Maury County; son of James White, father of Edward Douglass White 1845-1921. Louisiana State Court Judge, 1825, U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1829 - 34, 1839 - 43, Governor of Louisiana, 1835-1849, Catholic,Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Interment at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
WILLCOXON, W. N., Jul 1855 - 21 Feb 1926, son of Granville P. & Charlotte Catherine Coffee Willcoxon. Interred in Electra Cemetery, Wichita County, Texas.
WILEY, James Hugh, 26 Jan 1822 - 10 Apr 1906, 9th Tennessee Battalion, Confederate States of America. Interred in Huckabay Cemetery, Erath Co., TX.
WILEY Easter Elizabeth Barnett, Oct 1824 - 8 Sep 1904. (daughter of Hugh M. & Martha Johnston Barnett of Culleoka Tn. Interred in Huckabay Cemetery, Erath Co., TX.
WILSON, Virginia Pocahontas “Sis” Zollicoffer, 12 Oct 1837 – 2 Nov 1912, born in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; daughter of Felix Kirk Zollicoffer and Louisa Pocahontas Gordon.
WILTSHIRE, June, 5 Apr 1935 - 14 Mar 2008. Daughter of Katie McAfee Hinson & Johnny Hinson; moved to Titusville Florida, 1962.
WITHERILL, Mrs. Alice Rebecca, ca 1863 - 1 May 1937, lived on 230 North Ivy St., Medford, Ore., interred in Sterling cemetery.
WOODS, Samuel Davis, Woods, Samuel Davis b. Sept 19, 1845 - Dec 24, 1915. b. Mt. Pleasant, Lawyer, U.S. Representative from California 2nd District, 1900 - 1903, d. San Francisco, California.
WRIGHT,James Lewis "Jim", 25 Oct 1876 4 Jun 1958, Native of Maury County Tn, son of Perin Wright Jr. and Martha E. Reed, married Cora Dean Kennedy about 1897. died in Atoka County, Oklahoma. 
WRIGHT, Cora Dean Kennedy, born 14 Nov 1880 - 15 Jan 1970, native Maury County, dau of Andrew Knox Polk Kennedy and Easter Louella Henderson, married James Lewis "Jim" Wright about 1897. died in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
YOUNG, Inman Jr., 28 Aug 1921 - 18 Jun 1945, US Navy Yoeman 1st class, Died in service from an explosion, Native of Maury County Tn. 
ZOLLICOFFER, William Ferdinand, ~1818 - ~1861 (born in Maury County to George Bancroft Zollicoffer and Abigail Nicholson.
ZOLLICOFFER, Gen Felix Kirk, b. May 19, 1812 0 January 19, 1862. Born in Bigbyville, Maury County, Tenn. Member of Tennessee State Senate. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-49; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Killed in battle near Mill Springs, Wayne County, Ky.